HD Opening Segment

[Stephen Joseph 0]

HeldDown starts off without an opening video, a greeting from Sofa Central, none of the pomp and circumstance normally associated with this great television broadcast. Instead, the camera focuses on the ring, zooming in on one Stephen Joseph, standing in the middle of the ring with a microphone, absorbing the cheers from 1/2 of the arena, and the boos from the other half.

And with that, Stephen Joseph looks directly into the camera and begins his opus anew.

Stephen Joseph

I suppose I should come to the heart of the matter, but, oh c'mon last week was fun wasn't it?

::The Crowd Pops::

There's so much to say, so much to explicate, where can I begin? I got cheered, that never happens. And why? Because rather than clocking Zack Malibu across his shiny noggin, I turned the chair on GPX. They SHOULD have known better than to have been in that ring.

::He pauses, sips some water::

Now, the question on your minds must be. Why did you help Zack Malibu?

::pause::

I didn't help Zack Malibu. I helped MYSELF. See, its pretty clear that around here, no one really looks out for ole BPP. Except my pal Puerto and our family, that's it. And you all hate us, even though we bring the content, bring the matches, and bring you out of your seats week in, week out. So long as we were left alone at the end of the night, we were happy to entertain and get a paycheck. See, this is cutting beyond what you see here in this ring. I know most of you read the dirtsheets, you know what beef is real and what beef isn't.

And you all know that right now, our Board of Directors is in turmoil. Hell, you see who they appointed as General Manager! I'll tell you right now I don't believe a damn thing Calvin says, and I damn sure don't think he's here to be "fair".

So here, now, I was left with the choice. These Upstarts, or these Originals. Which vision will carry through? And as I was thinking to myself, I thought about the matches in the past. I thought about the 60 minute Iron Man Match with Tony. I thought about the Cage Matches, the Inferno matches, and I realized something.

If there's going to be a war, France I am not! I'm going to pick and choose a side.
I just had to answer one question...Is it better the enemy that I don't know, or the enemy I do know? And really, there's only one answer.

So Tony, this one's for you baby! GPX, you want to take a numbers advantage over us old-timers? You want to forcibly take over? Fine. Because at AngleSlam, I'm challenging you both to a Tag Team Cage Match. And I hope that someone from the Originals will stand WITH me, because that night, momentum's going to change.

Remember kiddos. Fuck me? No Pissant! Fuck YOU! Edited August 18, 2005 by Stephen Joseph

[Mystery Eskimo 0]

I wrote a Dan promo about the match, but on reading this I'll probably hold it back for next week, where it'll make more sense.