(ICW logo flashes across the screen, followed by the Aggression logo, then the ICW-A theme song and intro...we are LIVE and the crowd is HOT! Just 4 days until REDEMPTION!)
MOTORHEAD blares over the speakers. It's the Executioners' theme and it's Ed Moorhouse's theme. The Icon comes out, by himself, and is wearing his suit, no tie, and is walking to the ring with a chip on his shoulder. He's pissed and he's had enough. The crowd is giving him a lot of heat.
CROWD: ASSH*LE! ASSH*LE!
01: SHUT UP! I'm not here to deal with you people tonight!
C: BOOOOOOO!
01: It seems as though Aggression has a little problem. A bit of a roach problem. Well, I'm here to exterminate that problem...and I'm doing it right now! You see, four weeks ago, I couldn't have been happier. Triple H retained the World Heavyweight Title and Stone Cold Steve Austin fell off of a 37-foot high sttel structure, through a table, and then was pedigreed onto the debris once more. Austin was finally out.
Two weeks later, the lights go out on Aggression during the main event! I'm out cold. Triple H is out cold. Goldberg was already out cold.
MEAN MARK: (on air) Oh, he was not! Goldberg was attacked too. How pathetic can you be, Moorhouse?
01: So that prompted an investigation. The investigation, I am happy to report, is now closed. Last week, Goldberg's car was stolen and following lock down, I return to my suite to find that it is trashed and all is knocked over save one thing......
[A stage hand, we'll call him "Scot," enters the ring with the life size cardboard cut out of Stone Cold.]
01: Thank you.
[Scot turns to leave]
01: Hey wait....What is your name?
S: Tey done right call me da Law. (Spit.)
01: Oh. Well nice to know that you amounted to being nothing more than a little bitch on our show.
[HUGE POP]
01: YOUR FIRED!!!!
[Scot begins to cry and runs out of the arena through the crowd. The crowd laughs.]
01: (to crowd) I TOLD YOU TO SHUT YOUR HOLES!
Anyway, here he was, in cardboard form and looking pretty damn better than he ever has in his life, giving me the finger. Stone Cold Steve Austin. Broken. (he punches the stand-up) Battered. (punches it again)...and RUINING MY LIFE AND CAREER!
(Ed tears into the cardboard and rips the head off of the Austin likeness. The crowd boos relentlessly.)
01: AUSTIN! YOU COWARD! YOU THINK YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH THIS? I know it was YOU that turned off those lights! I know it was YOU last week! But tonight...if you try anything funny....you'll be ARRESTED!
(Security guards, about 20 of them, come out to the ring and surround Ed)
01: Austin, I've had enough. Don't test me Austin. You've got another thing coming!
(The crowd starts up in a frenzy and starts chanting Austin's name. There is a long pause....then, GLASS SHATTERS!...The arena is defeaning. Ed Moorhouse's face is ghost white. The theme continues to play, but nothing. After about a minute...
SA: EHH EHH!
(He is up on the Iconotron. The crowd pops HUGE)
SA: I SAID...EHH EHH!!
(POP!)
01: AUSTIN! WHERE ARE YOU! YOU ARE UNDER ARREST!
SA: Do you think that Stone Cold Steve Austin would be dumb enough to come back to the arena tonight? Your damn well wrong. Stone Cold is here in his Victoria, Texas home watchin' good ol' Aggression tonight.
01: Austin, when you get back here, you will be FINED....SUSPENDED....POSSIBLY FIRED!!!
SA: Well that's all well and good but I don't know how your going to do that considering that I have a title shot against Sunday's winner on Thursday right here on Aggression!
[Pop!]
01: Stephanie....
SA: That's right. Stephanie. By the way there, Big Daddy...who wears the pants between the two of you, huh? It seems to me that you've been looking pretty girly there the last couple of nights..all....skipping around looking for the culprit.
01: You son of a ---
SA: EHH EHH! Stone Cold has the floor!
(POP!)
SA: Yes. Stone Cold admits it. Stone Cold turned off your lights. Stone Cold hit you over the head with a chair. And Triple H. And Goldberg. And the referee. Stone Cold stole Goldberg's car. Stone Cold had a beer bash in your little ol' suite. And do you know why? Because Stone Cold wanted to!
(POP!)
01: Steve...you will be indefinitely----
SA: Go ahead. Suspend Stone Cold. Stephanie will call me back. Maybe she'll give me your job. Maybe she'll give me her job. Maybe I'll get Melissa's job. Either way Icon, Stone Cold owns you. Stone Cold will be at Redemption on Sunday and there is not a damn thing that you or your little steroid usin' jackoffs can do about it. Not you. Not Hunter. Not Nash. Not Iron Man. So Stone Cold says this. Stone Cold says that he'll be at Redemption...and he'll GET Redemption. So....don't walk to your car alone.
(Austin lifts a beer in toast and drinks as he fades out. Ed Moorhouse is shocked.)
MEAN MARK: AUSTIN WILL BE AT REDEMPTION ON SUNDAY!!!!!!11
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2. Match:
Cactus Jack and Batista v. Al Snow (w/Head) and Steven Richards
Cactus and his new friend Batista are out first to a pop. They're all business heading to the ring, though. Al Snow still has not answered Cactus's challenge from last week for the ICW-A Hardcore Title.
WHAT DOES EVERYBODY WANT??...Al Snow, with Head in hand and Richards by his side, walk slowly down the ramp and shoot a hard look toward the ring. The crowd is booing.
This match is a tag team matchup with hardcore rules.
Anything you can imagine has been thrown into the ring and used as a weapon. Batista/Richards actually put on a decent fight, and Richards is doing a good job of playing up his heel role, putting Batista over as a face, and letting Batista beat the crap out of him for awhile.
The real draw to this match is Snow and Foley, of course. Cactus piledrives Snow, then places a steel chair over Snow's chest. BANG BANG! And Foley raises a fist, the crowd pops...Foley climbs to the top rope, and delivers a flying elbow across the chair and the chest of Snow. He covers for the win.
After the match, as Cactus and Batista celebrate, Snow grabs a mic...
A: (Out of breath) Foley.......you.....want me? At....Redemption.......YOU GOT ME!
(Crowd pops as an evil grin spreads across Foley's lips and he gives one last BANG BANG! to the crowd.)
Winners: Cactus Jack and Batista
Backstage...
Stephanie has called the Executioners into their office.
S: Nash, Iron Man...I've called you in here to get one thing straight. Now I know that you guys, along with Hogan, will be taking on Rhyno and the APA next week at Redemption. Tonight, Hogan and Rhyno will square off again in a match, and I don't want either one of you anywhere that ring. Don't worry, that goes for the APA also. So tonight...I'm going to have you guys preoccupied in a tag team match.
KN: Oh, come on Stephanie. You think a match is going to keep us away?
S: It better. Or I'll suspend the both of you. Besides, this match just happens to be the main event.
IM: Main Event? We have a tag title shot, don't we?
S: Not quite. You'll be taking on the APA tonight. So go get ready.
KN: WHAT? You want us to fight them tonight.....before we fight them at Redemption??
S: Get.....ready.
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Match:
Booker T v. The Sandman
Booker T is out first, followed by the Sandman. The Book has not had the crowd behind him in quite some time. He's getting a lot of heat for ignoring the fans and being selfish.
Before the match can start.....BROCK LESNAR's music hits. He joins Mark and Heyman at the announce table.
MM: We are joined now by the greatest...and the only...US Title holder in Aggression history. Welcome, Brock Lesnar.
BL: Thank you, Mean Mark.
MM: Brock, we're all set to watch your opponent at Redemption here and his match with The Sandman is well under way...
BL: Let me tell you something, Mark...Booker T is no match for me. He can come out here and say all he wants about his thug life and how he's tougher and street smart...but Booker T is barking up the wrong tree. Booker T is a coward, Mark. He could not stand the pain at Iconicide, and he will not be able to take it at Redemption.
PH: Brock....Booker T is one of the finest athletes...
BL: CAN IT, HEYMAN.
(Paul looks astonished and very nervous sitting next to his former protege back in the WWE)
MM: Well Brock you certainly are one tremendous athlete and I think that it is a tough task for any man to compete against you. Hell, I'd take you in a match with the...with the World Champion!
PH: Oh, please.
BL: Mark, I appreciate it. And just know this. Brock Lesnar is a champion and I will have that title shot one day soon. Whether it be against Triple H, Stone Cold, or that talentless jacked up jackass Goldberg...
MM: Wow. Big words...
BL: I'll back them up........but as for now, if you'd excuse me...
(In the ring, Booker T had covered The Sandman after a scissors kick for the win. Booker T raises his arms in victory, but not before Brock enters the ring and power slams The Book to the mat and emphatically makes a cut throat gesture to him. Brock's music hits and the crowd cheers him.)
Winner: Booker T
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Ed Moorhouse, still enraged over the Austin saga, sees Ultimo Dragon and Rey Mysterio talking.
01: Dragon.....by the way.....before your match with Edge and Christian next week, you can pull double duty as promised. You'll defend that Cruiserweight title against Eddie Guerrero at Redemption.
(As he walks away, Dragon motions as if he's going to go after Ed. Mysterio holds him back)
RM: Not now. Come on, I have a match.
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Match:
Christian v. Rey Mysterio, Jr.
Good match with some good spots. It ends cleanly. Mysterio wins with the West Coast pop and the 619....in the opposite order, of course...
Winner: Rey Mysterio, Jr.
Backstage...
Ed Moorhouse is...walking!
01: (to himself)....Austin....son of a....wait until I get a hold of him. It's McMahon's doing. I should have known. I knew she would be behind him. Two dollar slu-------
(Stephanie is standing outside of Ed's suite as he reaches it)
SM: Two dollar.....slut? Nice.
01: Stephanie! NO! I mean....two dollar hair cut! You know, Stone.....Cold's.....two....
SM: (not amused) Moorhouse, you and I don't see eye to eye. I don't think you realize something. I don't think you realize that I am part owner of this brand. What I say, goes...and I have as much pull as you do. And look at me...no Triple H...no Nash....no Tony, no Vince......I am a self made woman at this point in my life and I don't need to put up with the shenanigans of some third rate Icon!
01: You listen to me Stephanie McMahon....whatever pull you have with this brand is getting thinner and thinner. Tony, God love him, is just getting his feet wet with Chaos. Adam is too busy playing with Erica's ballls to have a handle on things anymore. Look what I have built here.....The Rock! Triple H! Steve Austin! Goldberg! Brock Lesnar! Kurt Angle!.....Stephanie, I have star power. I have the suits behind the scenes doing things for me that your daddy couldn't do. I have....EVERYTHING!
SM: Everything? You don't have the TESTICULAR FORTITUDE to admit that without me, Johnson, Sadowski or any of those SUITS....even my FATHER...you don't have SH*T!
[POP!]
01: How are you going to prove it? How are you going to stand up to me Staphanie McMahon?
SM: Ha ha. How about a match?
01: HA HA HA HA! You vs. Me? In a match? For what??
SM: For RESPECT! To KISS MY ASS!
01: You are on!
SM: Great. I have just the opponent for you!
01: Oppon---wha????
SM: You agreed. I never said it would be against me. Good day, Icon.
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Match:
William Regal v. Test
Test is out with Storm. Before the match, Storm and Regal aggreed to a match at Redemption. The blood runs pretty thick between them.
Regal shows what he's worth in this one and gets Test to tap out with a submission hold. Regal has some words to say to Storm after this one. It should be a good match at the PPV.
Winner: William Regal
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ICW-A Backstage Babe Katelyn Hamm is with Kurt Angle!
KH: Kurt, thoughts on your match with The Rock at Redemption...
KA: (pause, deep breath) FINALLY......THE KURT...HAS COME BACK....TO WHOOP THE ROCK'S FREAKIN BUTT!
[POP! Even Katelyn laughs!]
KA: Oh, but it's true, Katelyn. It's damn true. The Rock is the people's champion? Give me a break. If anyone is a champion of the people it's Kurt Angle I can tell you that much, deary. The Rock is too Hollywood to be a champion. With his tatoo and his eyebrow. If I didn't know any better, I would think that The Rock is a homosexual!
[Laughter]
KA: Yeah, that's right. Kurt Angle is an Olympic hero. Everyday I go out there for the people. Every day I bust my rear end for the people. I am a champion of the people....and I have this...an Intercontinental Championship! The Rock doesn't. The Rock has some nerve. Well you know something......
[Katelyn's smile goes away. She backs away slowly. The Rock is standing behind Angle]
R: The Rock assures you that he is not HOMOSEXUAL!!!! You want to sit here and run your mouth? You want to sit here and......BLAH BLAH I'M AN OLYMPIAN WAH WAH I EAT WHEATIES! OH NO MY CROTCH ITCHES!...
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU SAY! Kurt Angle...The Rock wants to simply say this... The Rock says that at Redemption....The Rock vs. Kurt Angle.....Submission Match....Intercontinental Title.........THE ROCK WILL MAKE YOU TAP!!!!!!!!!!! IF YOU SMELLLLLALA....
no wait....it goes like this....
IF YA SMMMMMMMM ELLLLLALALALALALALALALALALAOWWWWW...
What the Rock.......
Oh, you know the rest, jabroni...
[Rock walks of camera.....Angle and Hamm stare at each other. Angle looks pissed. After a few seconds, the Rock comes back...]
R: IIIIIIIISSSSSSSSSSS COOKIN'!
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Match:
Hulk Hogan v. Rhyno
Not much to know. More heat build up between the two for their PPV match. They exchange finishers and whatnot. Rhyno gores Hogan, wins cleanly.
Winner: Rhyno
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Match:
APA v. The Executioners
Bradshaw and Faarooq are out first.
The Executioners' Motorhead theme is next....Nash and Iron Man are out.
We'll cut to the chase....
Legal men are Nash and Faarooq. Faarooq hasn't been able to make a tag in quite some time. He's getting thrown around the ring. Iron Man has the ref distracted and Nash has tied Faarooq into the ropes. Nash is really beating on him now.
Ref gets a clue....Yells at KN and F is released. F is writhing on the ground in pain and KN gets in one more good stomp and then tags in IM. IM in...more of the same. IM wants to whip F into the corner but...FAAROOQ STOPS HIM! FAAROOQ does not let go of Iron Man's arm and he delivers a knee right to the stomach of Iron Man, and then flips him across his knee for a backbreaker!
F gets a much needed tag. B in and he pounds on IM. IM gains the momentum within a few minutes and starts to waer down B. IM tags in KN. Nash and B get into it. B manages a CLOTHESLINE FROM HELL! Tags F in...F starts to pound on KN. Nash is in trouble. Nash is hurting.....
Ed Moorhouse is walking down the entrance ramp with a mic.
01: NASH!!!! GET HIM!!!! POUND HIM NASH!!!
Ed walks to ringside and gets the attention of both the Referee and Bradshaw. Faarooq whips Nash into Iron Man. Iron Man falls hard to the floor. Faarooq with some chops across the chest of Nash (WOOOO!) Whips him out of the corner...knee to the gut...POWERBOMB!!!
Farrooq covers....1...2....3....4....5....6....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THE REF IS STILL DISTRACTED!
F gets up and calls to the Ref.....but, Nash ROLLS UP FAAROOQ....The Ref turns...
1..2..3!!!!!!
Bradshaw gets to the ring too late and as The Executioners celebrate, Bradshaw acts apologetic to his partner....
Faarooq pushes him away and they leave the ring separately.
Ed Moorhouse is on the mic...
01: LADIES AND GENTLEMAN....The most indestructable tag team in the ICW....NEVIN NASH AND IRON MAN!!!
[BOOOO!!!]
01: Oh but we're not done...THE ICW AGGRESSION WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION...TRIPLE H!!!!!
[Triple H's music hits and he struts to the ring, HWT Belt over his shoulder.]
[Crowd booing louder than ever]
01: At Redemption....It's going to be a great weekend boys! And just think...after Redemption....WINE....DINE....AND SIXTY-----
GOLDBERG runs down to the ring before Ed can finish. The crowd is going nuts. The three Executioners start to beat down Goldberg, but it is too much. Goldberg is a monster. He DOUBLE SPEARS Nash and Iron Man. Triple H and Ed high tail it out of there, both shouting obscentities at Goldberg.
Goldberg can only smile.......
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Redemption Card:
1. CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP, LADDER MATCH:
Ultimo Dragon (c) v. Eddie Guerrero
2. Lance Storm (w/Test) v. William Regal
3. 6-MAN TAG TEAM MATCH:
The Executioners and Hulk Hogan v. Rhyno and the APA
4. HARDCORE CHAMPIONSHIP:
Al Snow (c) v. Cactus Jack
5. UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP:
Brock Lesnar (c) v. Booker T
6. WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP:
Ultimo Dragon and Rey Mysterio (c) v. Edge and Christian
7. Ed Moorhouse v. ???
8. INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP: SUBMISSION MATCH
Kurt Angle (c) v. The Rock
9. WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: NO DQ
Triple H (c) v. Goldberg
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