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HeldDOWN~! Opening Segment.

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Like usual, I'll do my "bits n' pieces" routine and notify when it's finished. This needs to be the opening segment, and it will set something up for later in the show.

 

As soon as clocks around the nation hit 8pm (Eastern Standard Time, of course), we are taken to the ring, as a wild Rhode Island crowd has packed inside of the Dunkin' Donuts Center tonight for the latest edition of the OAOAST's flagship wrestling program. It's time for another HeldDOWN~!, and standing in the ring is the General Manager of HeldDOWN~!, Calvin Szechstein. Looking ever so dapper in his three piece suit, Szechstein has a mic in his hand, and prepares to address the crowd.

 

CALVIN

Ladies and gentlemen, WELCOME to OAOAST HELDDOWN~!

 

::crowd roars::

 

CALVIN

I'm General Manager Calvin Szechstein, Cal to my friends, and a slew of dirty words to my enemies, and tonight, I am pleased to bring you this special HeldDOWN~! Homecoming!

 

The fans pop again, and everybody in the arena begins chanting one name and one name only.

 

"ZACK!"

"ZACK!"

"ZACK!"

 

CALVIN

I know, I know, you want him...and you GOT him! Ladies and gentlemen, presenting one half of the OAOAST World Tag Team Champions, he is Providence's own ZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALIBUUUUUUU!

 

"Getting Away With Murder" hits, and the DDC walls rattle as the noise from the cheers shakes the building to its very foundation! Out onto the entrance stage steps Rhode Island's favorite son, the OAOAST World Tag Team title belt draped over his shoulder. Malibu walks down the stage, but then stops, and holds up his finger as if to say "wait a minute". Malibu then turns around and motions for someone to come out from the back, and the crowd goes wild for a second time, as CANDIE makes her return to OAOAST programming alongside her beau!

 

COLE

We haven't seen Candie in nearly six months, since being put on the shelf thanks to Dan Black's Blackout, and now she is back and looking as good as ever!

 

COACH

I'll second that!

 

CABOOSE

Oh what the hell, I'll third it!

 

Dressed in boot-cut jeans and a white polo shirt, Malibu leaps up onto the apron, then leans over and helps Candie up to it. Malibu raises Candie's arm up into the air, and raises his OAOAST tag belt up with his other hand, and the cameras scan the crowd who are happy to see their favorite couple back together, here tonight in Zack's hometown.

 

COLE

What a welcome for the hometown boy who made good!

 

"Getting Away With Murder" fades out, and Zack and Candie enter the ring. Malibu shakes Cal's hand, and Cal leans over to give Candie a peck on the cheek, although she's a bit reluctant to take a smooch from her old stablemate. Malibu calms her down, and the three remain silent, as no one could even begin to talk over the rabid cheering.

 

"ZACK!"

"ZACK!"

"ZACK!"

 

Candie smiles at Zack, who smiles back. Calvin takes a backseat to it all, stepping back and letting the local boy have his spotlight, as he finally raises the mic to his lips.

 

ZACK

The Zack Attack is BACK HOME, PROVIDENCE~!

 

The crowd roars, and Zack laughs, knowing that he's got the fans in the palm of his hand.

 

ZACK

That's right, it's good to be back, but more importantly, it is so good to have my babygirl back, so give it up for her, huh? Give it up for Candie!

 

Again, the crowd roars, and Candie's cheeks turn red, because despite performing live in front of OAOAST crowds for over two years. Zack smiles about it, and then continues addressing his hometown crowd.

 

ZACK

It's great to be back, it's great to be back with Candie, and it's great to be back in town holding some OAOAST gold! The OAOAST Tag Team Championship, you know, this belt means as much to me as any World Title I've won. Leon Rodez and I went through hell to get these belts, and I guarantee you we're going to go through hell to keep them! In fact, I'm sure you all caught Dirty Deeds, and...

 

"OH! OH! OOOOOOOOOOOOOH!"

 

CABOOSE

What the...that's "Sexy Boy!"

 

COLE

Some Guy! We haven't seen him in a while, but here he comes!"

 

The crowd pops, but Zack and Candie are shocked by the interruption. Clad in blue jeans and a David Ortiz Red Sox jersey, Some Guy does his trademark dance before walking down the aisle, looking slightly miffed. He climbs up the steps and into the ring, and instead of greeting his former tag team partner with a handshake, he rudely snatches the microphone from his hand!

 

CABOOSE

This should be interesting.

 

The crowd is cheering, but some fans have picked up on Some Guy's demeanor, and are jeering the mic-snatch.

 

SOME GUY

Zack, Zack, Zack...welcome home.

 

The crowd roars, but Zack is still perplexed at the disruption.

 

SOME GUY

I know you're surprised to see me, but hey, who doesn't like surprises, right? I mean, I know that I for one love to be surprised, except when SOMEONE decideds to leave me off the pay per view that was coming from MY hometown!

 

Some Guy glares at Calvin Szechstein, who glares right back at him, not intimidated.

 

SOME GUY

What's the matter, Calvin, you gonna pretend like you don't know what I'm talking about? Dirty Deeds took place from Boston. From Fenway Park, the home of my Sox, and it was a chance for the world to see Some Guy on a grand stage again. It was a chance for me to return to the ranks with a bang, and what did I get? I got to sit backstage and watch those matches with the ring crew. Instead of kicking some ass, I got catered food, bottled water and NO AIRTIME. You left one of the superstars of the past 3 years, one of the OAOAST "Originals" as we've been called, off a pay per view extravaganza, and yet you think you're a GOOD General Manager?

 

Calvin has no retort, because Some Guy won't give him the mic. As Some Guy and Calvin bicker off-mic, Zack takes the mic back and responds.

 

ZACK

Hey man, look, if you've got a bone to pick with him, that's cool. You do your thing. He's out here because tonight is...

 

SOME GUY

You give that mic back to me, you son of a bitch!

 

Some Guy snatches the mic back from Malibu, and now things are getting tense between the two.

 

SOME GUY

For months, I watched your back. You brought me back because shit was going down, and you didn't know where to turn. Remember Anglemania? It was Caboose and I who helped save your ass when Dan Black, Tony and CWM had you at their mercy. It was me who helped you handle the GPX and Drek Stone, and then when I needed to rest myself, to let myself heal, well it seems that the world just forgot about ol' SG, didn't they? Especially YOU, partner. Then a few weeks ago I turn on HeldDOWN~! and what do I see? I see you and a kid, a rookie, someone who for all you know could be playing you like a fiddle, win the OAOAST World Tag Team Titles...the titles that should have been OURS. It shouldn't have been "Zack Malibu and Leon Rodez" in that match. It should have been Zack Malibu and Some Guy, two Original asskickers, and you and I both know we'd have run through all those teams in half the time it took you and Silk Stalking or whatever he wants to nickname himself, and it would cement The Originals as the driving force behind this company, but no. That didn't happen. I was almost ready to forgive it, because I figured it was just some goodwill gesture to open the eyes of the rest of the young lions, and show them that we're standing on equal ground, but then when I got left off Dirty Deeds, from Boston...FROM BOSTON, Zack, I realized I needed to stop playing nice. I needed to stop playing, and start doing what's good for me, and for my career at this point. Now you, and the booker man over there robbed me of my chance at gold, and tonight, I...

 

CUE: Oh Hell Yeah

 

CABOOSE

What the hell?

 

COACH

No 'boose, it's "Oh Hell Yeah" by the H-

 

CABOOSE

Fist. Face. Unless you shut up now.

 

Another unexpected arrival enters "The Dunk", as the OAOAST X Division Champion, Peter Knight, makes his way down to the ring. Knight looks agitated, and rolls under the bottom rope, coming to his feet, revealing that's he's brought his own mic. He looks at Some Guy, while Malibu, Candie, and Calvin all look on.

 

KNIGHT

You know something, Some Guy, I've been hearing you bitch for the last few minutes about being left off Dirty Deeds, and all I can say is it could be a LOT worse.

 

SOME GUY

How do you figure?

 

KNIGHT

How do I figure? Do you even need to ask me that? You weren't even on the show, and to me, that's a hell of a lot better than being the focal point and losing the big one, blowing your shot at the World Heavyweight Title in front of your friends and family!

 

The crowd is shocked, as Knight continues.

 

KNIGHT

Dirty Deeds was supposed to be MY night, MY time, MY chance at being at the top of the mountain. Don't get me wrong, I'll do everything in my power to keep this X Title presitgious, but the World Heavyweight Title is the belt that everyone strives for, and I let it slip away from me. I made myself weak, I made myself tap, and I made myself miss out at a chance for glory. I stood in that ring heartbroken the other night once I heard that bell toll, and now here we are, rolling out the red carpet for Zack Malibu.

 

All eyes are on Zack now, and he quickly snatches the mic back from Some Guy to retort.

 

ZACK

PK, look man, I've been where you are, and I know what you're feeling.

 

KNIGHT

No, no you don't. You have no idea what mental torture I've been through these last few days. You didn't lose in front of thousands of people who all knew you before you were a star!

 

Some Guy takes his mic back, and now the mic-swiping is getting ridiculous.

 

SOME GUY

Knight, you're right, he doesn't know, and that's why tonight, I want you in this ring, Zack. I want you and Leon Rodez across the ring from me, and I want what should be mine...the OAOAST World Tag Team Championship...and I'm going to take Peter Knight as my partner!

 

The crowd is in awe, and Knight is taken aback by it.

 

KNIGHT

What do you thi-

 

SOME GUY

Hear me out. You talk about how he doesn't know what it's like? Well now's your chance to show him. You can redeem yourself tonight, you can be a DOUBLE CHAMPION tonight, you can win the gold with me and have Preppy Boy flat on his back, looking at the lights in front of allllllll these idiots!

 

The crowd boos, and then start a chant up against Some Guy.

 

"MASSSSSSSSHOLE!"

"MASSSSSSSSHOLE!"

"MASSSSSSSSHOLE!"

 

Some Guy runs to the ropes and kicks them, threatening some ringsiders, while fellow Massachusetts native Knight looks a bit unimpressed at the chant.

 

KNIGHT

Look, you've made your points, Some Guy, but I think you and I are on different pages here. I think that...

 

All of a sudden, Calvin Szechstein finally steps in.

 

CALVIN

ALL RIGHT! That's it, no more talking, no more name calling, no more musical chairs with the microphone! Now, it seems that we've got a few issues boiling over here, a little bit of controversey, and I've gotta admit, I like it. Controversey equals ratings, boys, and tonight is no exception. So tonight, in this ring, your main event will see Zack Malibu and Leon Rodez put their OAOAST World Tag Team Championships on the line against...PETER KNIGHT AND SOME GUY!

 

The crowd roars for the announcement, and Some Guy looks pleased. Knight looks around him, first at Calvin, then at Some Guy, then at Zack. Malibu looks at Candie, then turns his attention to Some Guy, who walks up to him, smiles, and then heads out. As Some Guy leaves, Knight and Malibu stare at each other, and then Knight ducks out of the ring, leaving the hometown hero and his girlfriend bewildered at all that's just happened.

 

COLE

What an announcement, what a night it's going to be...tonight, the OAOAST World Tag Team Titles are on the line here in Providence! Fans, stay tuned tonight, because this one is not to be missed!

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