HD: Everyone wants the damn title

[Stephen Joseph 0]

This should either start or end the show.

 

BA BA BUM BA

 

It Ain't Over For Me!

 

BOOM!

 

BOOM!

 

BAM!

 

PYRO MADNESS!

 

It Ain't Over for ME!

 

COLE

This is unexpected! Stephen Joseph was not scheduled for a match here tonight.

 

COACH

He's a smart man, ensuring he gets rested before his chance at the title this Sunday at World Without End!

 

Stephen Joseph walks out in full street clothes and a trenchcoat, still wet from the rain outside. He pauses at the top of the ramp to survey the crowd, soaking in the boos like they're recharging his batteries. He then prompty flicks off the crowd with one hand and ambles down the ramp and towards the ring.

 

COLE

Stephen Joseph does have a chance this Sunday, but so do three other men! And with Stephen Joseph the defacto leader of the Upstarts, he's got to be public enemy number 1 right now. He's against 3 OAOAST Originals!

 

Stephen Joseph slides into the ring and asks for a microphone.

 

Stephen Joseph

Three days...

 

::The crowd in attendance doesn't even let him begin, as they shower him with boos. You can't tell there are a few cheers, but there are. Stephen milks the crowd to boo, egging them on::

 

COACH

He doesn't deserve this reaction! He's Stephen Joseph

 

CABOOSE

Yeah. Fuck him.

 

Stephen Joseph

Hey Caboose, I heard that. No no, FUCK YOU you Original towel-boy. Listen to me, and here my words well. Very few people understand what it takes to bring yourself back up from the gutter, not once, but twice. I was retired, but got my way back to the ring. I was treated as a joke, but now I'm fighting for the OAOAST World Title.

 

Let me make one thing perfectly clear! The only REASON why I came back was for the TITLE. THE TITLE!. Does anyone think, that even for a second, that I'm going to lose? I'm UNBEATEN since returning. I've beaten each guy THAT IM FACING. THIS IS, without a doubt, going to be a piece of ...

 

OH, OH OH!

 

CUE: "Simply Ravishing"

 

COLE

Tony Brannigan has heard enough

 

CABOOSE

Hell Yes, I can take my earplugs out now!

 

COACH

And look, he brought Dan Black with him.

 

Tony Brannigan and Dan Black, straight outta Compton they are not. But they're wildly popular, and make their way down to the ring as they slap some fans' hands. SJ backs up to the rear of the ring as Black T enter and pose on the ringbuckesl, both making belt motions!

 

Stephen Joseph

Now wait just one cotton-picking... ::SNATCH::

 

COLE

Tony's snatched the microphone away from Stephen Joseph!

 

Tony Brannigan

Listen to ME, asshat! ::crowd "Ohhhhhhhh":: Now you can spout all that you want about how you're ::fingers quote:: going to win, but look at the facts. I'm a former Champion. I've never, ever, gotten my One on One rematch for the belt. You think that doesn't piss me off? It does, and it makes me want to beat your ass even more. But before that, tell em Dan.

 

Dan Black

How the hell, Stephen, do you plan on beating both members of Black T, when they're legally allowed to be in the same ring, at the same time. Do you think we're going to fight each other? HA! When it gets down to two, you bet! But until then, we're a unified front, against YOU! And if Peter Knight has anything to do, I bet he'd be happy to get rid of you first also!

 

COLE

Peter Knight is at the entrance!

 

Peter Knight

And then what? ::He walks down the ring ramp while talking:: Stephen gets eliminated, so who gets double-teamed next? ME! The enemy of my enemy is my friend. So if you two are going to be double-teaming us, then I guess I've got no choice.

 

::Peter slides in the ring::

 

But to make the best of a bad situation.

 

He charges at Dan Black, grabbing his shoulders and tossing Black out of the ring, Black's head thumping on the ring apron. Tony runs over and pulls Peter Knight by the shoulder, but Knight turns around and decks him! And tosses him over!

 

COLE

Peter! LOOK OUT!

 

Stephen Joseph, having been standing back, is running full steam ahead and launches a clothesline as Peter turns, smiling, hands on the ropes. He pulls them down and Stephen Joseph sails out of the ring, missing his clothesline, and landing on BOTH members of Black T! The crowd goes crazy as Peter Knight celebrates in the ring!

 

COLE

Did I just hear that right? Is Peter Knight not targeting Stephen Joseph? Is this a preview of Sunday night? Will Peter Knight be the new Champion?!

Edited October 26, 2005 by Stephen Joseph