From the Vault!

[Guest Longdogger_Pete]

This promo first appeared last July 11th, at the end of Metal, the last show before Wrathapalooza, and set up the story that led to Wrathapalooza's creation (and it was written by me, w00t!) I repost it for you now to continue the hype for the second one.

 

I'm also going to bring the original Wrathapalooza show back to the top of the boards for your viewing pleasure, to give you an idea of what to look forward to.

 

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It's late at night following the end of SJL Metal, and the commissioner, Edwin MacPhisto, is busy at his desk backstage in the Houston arena, shuffling through some Junior League contract extension requests. After some intense searching, he finds the two contracts that he's searching for and separates them from the stack. He retrieves an ink pad and stamper from his desk drawer, and smiles with glee as he stamps the word "TERMINATED" in big block letters over the contracts of Jacob Helmsley.

 

"Well, that's two less problems to concern myself with," Edwin says to himself as he crumples the contracts in question and tosses them literally over his shoulder.

 

The phone rings. Edwin glances at it in surprise, since it hardly ever rings this late. He shrugs and picks it up. "MacPhisto, SJL Commissioner's Office, serving pancakes all night. Can I help you?"

 

"Eddie Mac, it's Axis!" says the voice on the other end. Edwin's play-by-play partner seems agitated.

 

"Axis, what's the trouble, man? Something amiss?"

 

"Damn right there is," Axis replies. "I just got off the phone with a representative from the Ice Palace in Tampa, Florida."

 

Edwin thinks about that. The next episode of SJL Wrath, he realizes, is set to take place at the Ice Palace arena. "Yeah... and...?"

 

"Apparently one of the arena's owners caught their kids watching Metal tonight, caught sight of some of the violent content of the show, and freaked out!"

 

Edwin frowns. "Violent? Are you sure they weren't just bored from watching the Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots challenge?"

 

Axis cuts Edwin off. "Eddie, I'm serious here! They called the arena and they immediately pulled out of their contract with us! We're banned from the venue indefinitely!"

 

"WHAT?!" exclaims Edwin. "Can they DO that?"

 

"Apparently they can," Axis answers.

 

"Cripes," mutters Edwin. "What are we going to do now? We can't change the venue this close to the air date. Half the roster already has plane tickets booked to Tampa!"

 

Axis remains silent, as there isn't much more he can say and he is at a loss for an idea himself.

 

Edwin puts the phone down and begins brainstorming. "How the hell are we going to pull this off..." Then Edwin is seized by an idea. "Wait a second... Tampa?" Edwin quickly picks the phone back up. "Axis, I'm going to let you go; I've got a call to make. We just might have a show after all."