Zack Malibu 0 Report post Posted May 18, 2006 I SHOULD have it done before I leave work (8pm EST), if not it'll be here no later than 10ish (after the OC Season Finale, baby.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zack Malibu 0 Report post Posted May 18, 2006 COLE Coming off the much herladed debut of OAOAST Syndicated, we are live and in living color on this Thursday night for another edition of the flagship show, OAOAST HeldDOWN~! I'm Michael Cole, just one third of Triple C along with Caboose and DA COACH~!, and tonight we...we...ok, what's this now? The voices of the fans pick up, rising into a loud ovation, as Zack Malibu comes out unannounced, and heads for the ring. Malibu, dressed to kill instead of dressed to wrestle, comes to the ringside area and approaches announcer Michael Buffer, asking him for his microphone. Buffer obliges, and Zack simply rolls in under the bottom rope, coming up to his feet in the center of the ring. COLE Zack's not on the format, I thought we... CABOOSE Has this show EVER followed format? COACH Maybe the dude's out here to apologize. I think he owes all of us one of those! CABOOSE I don't know if we'll get an apology Coach, but I'm one of the people looking for an explanation. "ZACK!" "ZACK!" "ZACK!" Malibu, who normally responds back to his legions of fans, remains at a standstill, simply looking out to the crowd with a more frustrated look than usual, and waits for the chant to die down. MALIBU In the last seven days, I've heard a lot of different things. I've seen the way some people react to my presence, and I've heard that people want answers. Well right now, everyone that's in the locker room, everyone that's in this arena as a paying customer, everyone watching at home, you are going to get what you want, and it's going to be one hundred and ten percent brutal honesty, so I hope you're all ready to handle it. COACH Psssh, honesty? Like someone like... CABOOSE Shut UP, Coachman. MALIBU About a year ago, right here on a Thursday night, I was the victim of an assault by Scotty Static and Johnny Jackson, the Global Party Exchange. At the time, who thought anything more of it than the GPX got antsy, and wanted to take a shortcut to make a name for themselves? Happens all the time in the wrestling business, it's nothing new to me. But what it was was the start of what many dubbed the OAOAST's "Civil War". It was, in the mind of many, the beginning of the end. A new era, or at least that's what they were trying to achieve, and to their credit, they got a lot of names in on it with them, and they did it fast. They knew what they were doing, so it was only natural that myself and many of the longtime roster members...the "Originals" if you will, banded together to fight back, and not give them what they wanted. To this day, it's been a constant battle in the ring, in the locker room, in interviews...and now I'm at the center of it all. As usual, Zack Malibu is at the forefront of all the controversy. COLE He's right about that. MALIBU For ONE YEAR, I have had to endure constant attacks, both verbally and physically, from Scotty Static, Johnny Jax, and Jamie O'Hara. I have been criticized for rallying the troops because it took people away from their "real goals" here in the company. Now personally, I don't feel that that is a wrongdoing, because since DAY ONE it has not been about me, or about Black, or Brannigan, or Blonde or Faqu or Caboose or WHOEVER. Throw any name in there you want, but the fact is that I was, am, and always will be, looking out for THE COMPANY. THIS COMPANY...OUR HOUSE! We all have our individual goals and that's fine, but to be nitpicked for banding together to perserve the legacy of something we ALL helped create and make into a superpower...well I'd be lying if I didn't say that was selfish of all of those who felt that way. The crowd remains still, not reacting, because they know Zack is far from done. MALIBU So then...it starts again. After Anglemania this past year, Static, Jax and O'Hara come to me and swallow their pride, professing their respect for me, and actually getting me to do it in return. Why shouldn't I respect their abilities...those are three of the most talented kids in the game today. What I don't respect is their attitude, their action, and the way they go about everything. I've had them beat me with belts and chairs and bottles and put my head through a GOD DAMN car window a few weeks ago, but yet deep down, I know they're better than that. But if that's they way it's going to be, then so be it, and that's why last month, I did what they wanted me to do. I brought out the Zack Malibu of old...the one who thinks outside the box. The one who isn't as predictable as he'd become. I brought that side of me out again, and let me tell you, it felt good. It felt good to see their jaws drop when the masks were pulled off of The Wildcards at Living Angleously. It felt GOOD to see Jamie O'Hara's head bounce off this mat with a Riot Act Plus from Todd Cortez. FINALLY, it seemed like everything was going to be settled...but... Malibu breaks off, as if he's got to think of how to word this next part. MALIBU ...but then things went TOO far. I'm a firm believer in retribution, but what happened to Scotty Static at Living Angelously, it went over the line. I admit that. I'm the one who brought Bloodshed, Cortez and Blank here. I knew their history, I knew what they were all about...and that's WHY I brought them here. To give the GPX and O'Hara something that they couldn't handle. To deal the fatal blow to this god damn Upstarts, revolution...whatever you want to call it...and honestly...what happened at Living Angleously...it shouldn't have gone that far. Scotty Static was already taken out, and after that, it was a case of excessive, unnecessary violence, and I hold myself responsible for it. You think something like that would be the end, but no...oh no...it was just the beginning...because THEN not only did it fuel the fire even MORE between the Hooligans and myself, but apparently that fire spread like wildfire through the locker room. Zack Malibu, all of the sudden, wasn't a company guy...he went to the SWF for backup. Zack Malibu crossed the line by bringing these guys in...Zack Malibu....WHAT DID YOU WANT ZACK MALIBU TO DO!? We worked for a year...A GOD DAMN YEAR to put these guys in their place, and nothing worked...not Black T, not me and Leon, not ANYBODY...NOTHING TOOK. We NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING UNEXPECTED, SOMETHING NEW, but noooooo...because I did it, because I'm the "poster boy", I go and do something outside of the company line, and it's locker room treason! Have you SEEN the looks I get from my peers, from guys like Leon Rodez, my former tag team partner...from guys like James Blonde and Faqu, who I watched reinvent themselves both here and in HI-YAH...from YOU Caboose, sitting down at the broadcast table. All of you, last week, in my face telling me "enough was enough" with Jamie O'Hara...you were all their to get ME to stop, but WHERE WERE YOU when it was my head being sent through the window of a car!? Where were YOU, Caboose, when the blood was dripping from the back of MY head. Sitting down at Sofa Central, signing off for the night? None of you, friend or foe...NONE OF YOU know what it's like to be in my spot. It's a constant target on my back, 24/7, from other wrestlers, from corporate executives...everyone wants a piece of the pie, and everyone wants what is theirs, but when someone crosses that imaginary line, that's when you unite? WHERE HAS THAT UNITY BEEN!? What happened to standing up to these guys and bringing things back to the way they were? What happened to the unity we had not more than a year ago? Why is it that I get questioned about what I do, bringing new faces into the fold to HELP US, only to be shunned for it? Why is it that Leon Rodez never bothered to want to get a rematch for the tag belts once we lost them, instead choosing to go off on his own again? If we're so united, then tell me, and I swore...I swore I'd never even acknowledge this again knowing my stance on the subject...but if we're all so united, then WHY ARE THOSE TWO DESERTERS, the REAL traitors to the company, BACK HERE WITHOUT QUESTION!? Oh, Tony and Dan went after them...SO GOD DAMN WHAT! This company...I love it...but it can be so god damn hypocritical sometimes. I didn't ask to be put in the position I'm in, but I earned it. I deserve to be where I am, but I do not deserve the glares, and the second guessing. I don't deserve the mistrust, and I don't deserve... "One for the treble, two for the bass..." Malibu gets cut off in mid-stream, as "Oh No", aka Todd Cortez's theme song, starts playing, and leads the newly crowned OAOAST World Six Man Tag Team Champions, The Wildcards, down the aisleway. COLE Malibu...he's...he's making some valid points, Caboose. CABOOSE He is, I won't deny that. And he's taken responsibility for his actions as I knew he would. It's just that...something doesn't feel right about this entire situation, Michael. Something doesn't feel right about what the GPX and O'Hara have brought out of him, because it's certainly not the "old" Zack Malibu. Cortez, Blank, and Bloodshed all enter the ring, with Malibu questioning why they're there. Cortez plays mediator, and calmly asks Zack for the mic, which is handed over. CORTEZ Zack Malibu, let it be known that the three of us, respect you, and we appreciate your accomplishments. BUT...let's get one thing straight here, Zack. When you came to me in Japan, and asked if I wanted to come into the OAOAST to help you out, you asked me point blank, to help you find men that were on equal ground with me. Men who loved the sight and smell of blood, whether it was someone else's or their own. Men who would gladly throw down at the drop of a hat for any reason, or for no reason at all. I brought you Bruce Blank and Bloodshed, and you pulled off the coup of the a lifetime but making sure these men were able to remain active in the top two wrestling federations in the world today! Blank snickers as he chomps on his toothpick, while Bloodshed rests against the turnbuckles, watching the drama unfold. CORTEZ I see you out here Zack, taking responsibility, and...to me, it comes off as an apology. Now, we're not about to apologize for what we do...because we love what we do, and we do it well. YOU don't need to apologize, because what you did last week...it's human nature. I think the apology that needs to be owed is to you...to US, because of the way we are perceived by the rest of the OAOAST! The crowd is mixed in its response, and even Malibu seems to want to hear more. Rather than continue, Cortez hands the mic over to Blank. BLANK Ya see, ya'll don't seem to respect us. Don't seem to want us around. Maybe because we're not "homegrown". Maybe because to some of you, we're still sleepin' with the enemy. But what I think it is is that it's not dislike. It's intimidation. Ain't that right, 'boosey? Blank heads over by the ropes, and question Caboose, who is startled by it. BLANK Ya, you heard me. Maybe because you've never seen anything like this before. Three of the toughest sons of bitches, the most brutal competitors anywhere in this sport, brought in by the least likely person to do. Maybe that's why ya'll are mad at Zachary here too...because you don't feel he's one of you anymore. Maybe you feel he's one of...us. Blank nods to Zack, who seems perplexed by his statement. BLANK Zack, I've seen that look in my eyes when I look in the mirror, that look that I saw in your eyes last week when you were slicin' that boys head open. You've been hiding it all inside, and it's been building up. Those days gone by, like when you were jabbing the belt buckle in Crystal's head, raking her face across the steel cage...oh yeah, see I know as much about you as you do about us. You've been in that zone before Zack, and you've been squashin' it lately, tryin' to hide it because...hell I dunno, might hurt your image? Might not make you look like Mr. Nice Guy anymore? Zack...you'll feel so much better when you let it ou... Malibu, who doesn't look happy, snatches the mic. MALIBU Let me make one thing clear, Blank. I'm NOT like the three of you. I brought you here, that's on my head, and that's fine. I respect the three of you, but what I did last week was simply the heat of the moment, and... Blank, not happy with the mic snatch, takes it right back. BLANK I wasn't done, boy. Tension builds, as the larger Blank looks down on Zack, who still doesn't budge. BLANK Yer makin' excuse for yourself, Zack. "Heat of the moment"...c'mon now boy, you knew EXACTLY what you were gonna do once you got yer hands on Jamie O'Hara. And that's fine, because there ain't nothin' finer than knowin' we get PAID to do that stuff! We're one step below hitmen, Zack, and it's all legal for us! We're makin' money hand over fist for what we do, so there's no need to feel sorry 'bout it. Bloodshed said it best, it's kill or be killed out here...you'd rather be a killer, wouldn't you? Malibu, who doesn't appear to know what to say, remains silent. BLANK Don't answer that, Zack. I know what you'll say. After all, I saw it in your eyes last week. Now as for yer unity...don't worry. I don't think you need to worry about that, because we're in the same boat as you. Disrespect in the backstage area. People in the company thinkin' we're some travelin' circus of violence...kinda hurts, but then again, it doesn't. All these people worryin' for nothin', squirmin' in their chairs when we walk by...kinda nice knowing how intimidating we are, actually. Eventually, they'll all come 'round. After we establish ourselves a bit more, after all we are representatives of this company! Blank proudly holds his Six Man belt up, and hands the mic back to Zack. MALIBU Well I'm glad you feel that way, because here's how it's going to be. Maybe you're right...maybe I don't need to make an apology, maybe you don't either. But I'm a man of responsibility, and right know the weight of your world is coming down onto MY shoulders...so here's how it's going to go. See those belts you guys have. At School's Out, I've gotten you a match. Blank, Cortez, and Bloodshed look at each other, wondering when Malibu became their talent manager. MALIBU Go ahead and give me the looks all you want, but I'm done with playing favorites. You've got a match, and the belts are on the line, against The Hooligans...Static, Jax, and O'Hara! The crowd roars at the announcement, and The Wildcards shrug it off. MALIBU That's not the only match I made for School's Out. While they couldn't be here tonight due to a booking in Mexico through the HI-YAH office, James Blonde and Faqu have already received word of this. After talking with corporate officials from HI-YAH, and given the events of the past few months, with Faqu cheated out of his HI-YAH Title shots and Blonde sidelined since Anglemania with the arm injury, it was determined that at School's Out, the HI-YAH Championship will be on the line when I take them BOTH on in a Three Way Dance! The crowd roars again, as Zack is going to defend against two of his friends in the same match. MALIBU Now, Blonde and Faqu...whatever I have to work out with them, I'LL do it. You guys take care of your match, and let me take care of mine. This isn't about you, this isn't about "us", this is about me now. Blank looks over to Bloodshed, who has pushed up and comes walking out of the corner. Cortez puts an arm out, keeping Bloodshed back, although by the look on his face he doesn't appear to be taking kindly to Malibu's orders. BLANK Don't you worry, Zacky. You do what you have to do...because we already know what we have to do. With those ominous words uttered Blank waves his contingent away and out of the ring. Malibu stands his ground, but the tension continues to boil between Zack and The Wildcards, not to mention the rest of the OAOAST roster. COLE Strong words from Zack Malibu tonight, as well as some from the Wildcards! CABOOSE Malibu...I hope you know what you're doing this time, because I don't like where any of this is going at all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
