HD: PK's Victory Speech

[KingPK 0]

Coming back to the arena, [i]Getting Away With Murder[/i] is still playing as Zack Malibu has returned to the ring, wary at being alone after everything that has happened tonight.

COLE
Welcome back. As you see, Zack Malibu has joined us once again in the ring as during the break, he got a message to do so alone, but we don’t know why that is. 

CABOOSE
Don’t worry, he’s got backup right here.

COACH (under his breath)
[size=2]He’ll need it.[/size]

CABOOSE
What was that?

COACH
Oh, nothing

Zack’s music fades......and is replaced by the opening beats of [i]Oh Hell Yeah[/i].

“YEAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!”

CABOOSE
My favorite person this week!

The fans let out a mighty roar as the NEW OAOAST World Heavyweight Champion, Peter Knight, walks into the arena, title belt all shined up and around his waist as he pauses at the top of the ramp to look around at the cheering mass, nodding his head before resuming his walk to the ring. 

COLE
We've been waiting all night to hear from the man that finally took the title from Stephen Joseph this past Sunday, but I wonder what the new champion wants to do with Zack?

COACH
I’m sensing there is going to be some serious ass kissing here. Where’s my vomit bag?

Knight hops up onto the apron and steps through the ropes, unstrapping his belt and raising it to the crowd. He turns to Zack and puts the belt onto his shoulder, patting it with affection as Zack politely applauds him. Knight walks to the ropes and gets a mic from Michael Buffer, motioning for the music to be cut. Knight prepares to speak, but another loud cheer stops him. Chuckling, he nods his head and motions for the crowd to settle down before speaking.

KNIGHT
You know, they gave me some time tonight to come out here because I guess it’s kind of a tradition for the new World Champion – God, that sounds good – (more cheers from the crowd) for the new World Champion to come out and make a “victory speech” of sorts, saying how he’s going to be the best champion ever, a “fighting champion” and everything but......that’s just not me. I don’t say I’m going to do something, I just go and do it so I’ll just let my title defenses speak for themselves. But, since I had this time and Zack here just happened to be in the ring right now, I thought I would come out and......well....I guess to thank you.

Zack points at himself with a confused look on his face.

COACH
Oh great, here it comes.

KNIGHT
Yeah. Remember oh, about two months ago when we teamed up in the six-man tag tournament? (An angry look)Remember when you gave that big motivational speech to me and then slapped me across the face?

Knight takes a step forward to get in Zack’s face.

COLE
Uh oh.

COACH
Hold on, this just got interesting.

KNIGHT
.......It worked. That’s right, that slap you gave me pissed me off at first, but then.....but then it did what you meant it to; it motivated me. It motivated me and led me to finally get what is hanging over my shoulder right now. I’m at the top of the mountain......and I have you to thank, Zack. I might have been acting “weird” these last couple months, but that’s all over now. I now know where I stand and that’s as the NEW One and Only Anglesault Thread World Heavyweight Champion.

“YEAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!”

KNIGHT 
So, all I wanted to do tonight is come out here, in front of all these fans and the TV audience and do one thing......

Knight extends his hand and drops the mic. Zack studies Knight while thinking about it as the crowd persuades him to do it.

COLE
A great show of class from the new champion.

CABOOSE
I gotta say, I respect him a lot for doing this.

Zack nods......and shakes Knight’s hand.

“YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!”

COLE
All right!

Knight slaps Zack on the shoulder and turns to leave, but Zack holds on to the hand, drawing Knight back. He releases the handshake and bends down to retrieve the microphone.

COLE
What’s this?

Knight looks on in confusion as Zack begins to speak.

ZACK
Peter, let me just say that I am very proud of you for becoming the champ and I really appreciate you giving me respect like this......but, since I have the time now, I wanted to get some answers about something. That match Sunday.....it kind of rubbed me the wrong way how it went down; how you actually won that title, I mean. I know you and that isn’t the way I imagined you would win the title. I don’t think you would have needed anyone’s help to beat Stephen Joseph but Axel, quite blatantly I should say, had a big assist to you winning that belt. I dunno, I just didn’t really think that was.....

Suddenly Knight rips the mic from Zack’s hand.

KNIGHT
So this is what I get for being humble? This is what I get for being a MAN and giving credit where it is due? Listen to that, everyone, Zack Malibu didn’t like how I won the title. I guess that means I’m not on the level of champions like the great Zack, is it? Mr. Two-Time-Champ-I-Always-Won-Clean-I’m-The-Best Zack Malibu. I don’t have to justify how I win my matches to you or ANYONE and I don’t think Axel needs to justify HIS actions to you either. We aren’t hanging off your jock like Rodez is.

“OOOOOOOOOHHHHHHH!”

COLE
Now come on.

COACH
Yeah, FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT!!

KNIGHT
You know what you can do, Zack? You can take your criticism and shove it.....

AXEL
Whoa, hold on now, mate.

The new General Manager appears on stage with his own microphone and walks down the aisle to the ring. 

COLE
Now Axel’s down here. What’s he going to say?

Axel steps through the ropes and gets between the two men, pulling Knight away and motioning for him to calm down before turning to Zack.

AXEL
Let’s just calm things down here. I see that tensions are running a bit high, so I came out here to make everyone happy. (To Zack) You say you want answers? That’s fine. I’m sure there are a lot of people that want answers after what happened Sunday night, so here you go. Like I’ve said many times, Stephen Joseph was the worst champion this company could possibly have had and fans all over were just itching for the day that someone finally steps up and shuts him up for good. Since I had won the General Manager’s job earlier in the night I, maybe acting a bit selfishly I admit, made sure that Joseph wasn’t walking out of that arena with the title. Sure, like you said, PK probably would have done the job by himself, but I decided to score an “assist”, as you said. Zack, I’m sure that if you were in my position, you would have done the exact same thing. I did what was good for the company; hey, that’s the same reason you use whenever you have a hand in something around here, isn’t it Zack? Like what happened to Hoff?

ZACK
Now wait a minute.....

AXEL 
I doesn’t matter because, as your General Manager, I will also do what I think is good for the company. My first act to do so took place last Sunday when PK and I took care of one cancer on this company....and right now; I’m going to take care of another.




*BAM*

COLE
WHAT!? Axel just floored Zack with the microphone!

"BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!"

Axel pulls Zack up and pushes him into the corner, firing off right hands that rock him hard as the crowd and Knight look on in shock. Axel grabs the mic again and jams it into Zack’s head a few times before putting it to his own mouth while choking Zack with his free hand.

AXEL
People have been wondering what side I’m going to take in this war......but I knew where I stood a LONG time ago. You want to know who the “real” leader of the Upstarts is? (He leans in to get nose-to-nose with Zack) You’re looking at him, mate.

COLE
NO! Axel? How can that be?

COACH
YES!! The ringmaster is finally revealed!

CABOOSE
YOU knew about this?!

COACH
Not that Axel was the real leader, just that Joseph wasn’t it.

Knight, getting over his shock, steps in and pulls Axel away, pushing him back and checking on Zack as Axel soaks in the boos from the crowd. 

COLE
Thank God for Knight or Axel could have killed him.

Knight folds up the straps of his belt and threatens to bean Axel with it, but Axel just waves him on. Knight takes a few steps towards him, waggling the belt and allowing Zack to stumble out of the corner.....






......before whirling around and flooring him with a beltshot! Axel and Knight smirk before laying the boots to a now bloody Zack Malibu.

"BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!"

COLE
NO! Not Knight too!!!

COACH
Oh, this is just a bonus. The plan is coming off as scheduled. Maybe we should check what’s going on backstage, eh Michael?

COLE
I am getting word that some commotion is happening and we have a camera back there......

We head to the back and find a huge brawl occurring in the halls between the Upstarts and Originals, and the Upstarts, who seem to be fighing with a renewed vigor, seem to be getting the upper hand. Jamie O’Hara scoops up Leon Rodez and slams him onto a table as the GPX tee off on Black T. Christian Wright smashes Parka with a chairshot as Bohemoth whips Dan Black into a stack of piping, sending them scattering all over the place.

COLE
The Upstarts have the upper hand here both in the ring and backstage and......wait, Caboose, no.

COACH
Going somewhere?

CABOOSE
You want to try and stop me?

Caboose leaps from his announce position for the second time tonight and reaches for his cricket bat….but it isn’t where he thought it would be. He looks around the announce table for it, but no dice.  

COACH (holding the cricket bat)
Looking for this?

*CRACK*

Coach swings and nails Caboose in the ribs, doubling him over for another shot to the back of the head that lays him out. Coach drops the bat and cheers on Knight as he picks up Zack and drills him to the mat with a Knightmare.

COLE
Coach just knocked Caboose out!! What the HELL is going on here? We thought that the Upstarts were weakened after Stephen Joseph lost the title.....but they’ve only gotten stronger. God help this company.

A pumped up Axel grabs the microphone again, and yells right into Zack Malibu's bloody face.

AXEL
Welcome to the new era of the One and Only AngleSault Thread, Zack, welcome to the Axel Era, the Peter Knight Era... The Upstarts Era! You think you can stop us now? I've got the power, Peter's got the gold. And you know what you and your little friends have from now on? You've.. got... HELL!!!!

Axel slams the microphone down as [i]I'm On A High[/i] plays and he raises the hand of Knight and bits of garbage begin littering the ring.  The camera then shifts downward to show a closeup of the damage done to Zack as we fade to black.