HD: Usual Suspects/Wildcards/GPX/Martial Law

[Zack Malibu 0]

*NOTE* PK, if you can make this the last thing on the show, please do. If not, try to schedule it as far up the card as possible, and just tweak the ending. Also, give credit to Bruce for helping with this.

 

COLE

This Sunday night, we've got a stacked card for our World Without End spectacular, but there is one match on that show that has everyone's attention perhaps more than any other. It's a Dream Tag Team Match, with no rules pertaining to it, as we prepare for another chapter in the blood feud between Bruce Blank and Zack Malibu, this time with some added involvment.

 

COACH

When it comes to The Wildcards, there's always added involvement, yo. But Malibu, someone's got his back this time around.

 

COLE

After months of being jaded by his peers due to being responsible for the Wildcards reign of terror which ultimately came back to haunt him, someone has stepped up to the plate. That someone is Leon Rodez, Zack Malibu's former partner in The Usual Suspects. This Sunday night, that duo will reform and enter a tag team match for the first time since the beginning of this year, to take on two of The Wildcards who earned their sick reputations in a certain other company. Despite what you know them as here on OAOAST Television, Blank and Bloodshed were known as The Dead Precendents in another organization, where their brutality was as unmatched as it is here. Bruce Blank attempted to back Zack into a corner by having both Todd Cortez and Bloodshed attack him in recent weeks, however when Rodez stepped into the picture, it lured Blank back out into the open, after claiming that he has no need or reason to step back into the ring with Zack again. What we'd like to take you to now is to both teams, obviously not together as that's a recipe for chaos. However The Usual Suspects are standing by outside, while Blank and Bloodshed are inside the arena, under heavy watch no less. We take you now to both teams and their comments on the match this coming Sunday.

 

The scene fades to the parking lot, where we see Zack Malibu pacing, and his partner Leon Rodez sitting on the back end of a car, appearing to be in though.

 

MALIBU

So as yet another protective measure, we're out here. In the parking lot, rather than out in the ring in front of you fans, or even in the backstage area close by. Instead of being amongst the rest of the OAOAST roster, we've got to make these comments from the confines of the parking lot, because everyone knows that Zack Malibu doesn't want to wait until Sunday night. Everyone knows that Bruce Blank doesn't want until Sunday night. It's not that we don't want to wait...it's that we CAN'T wait, for entirely different reasons. You know all of my reasons...especially you, Bruce. I know yours too. I know why you can't wait. I know why you're going to try to take my head off with that equalizer of yours if you get a chance before Sunday, and it's because you think the end is near, don't you? Don't you feel like, after all this, your day of reckoning is going to catch up with you?

 

The scene quickly cuts to an empty room backstage. Bloodshed sits in the corner, arms folded on his knees, while Bruce Blank grins into the camera.

 

BLANK

Am I hearin' you right out there, boy? Are you tryin' to make me look scared? Scared of what, mind you? A mental midget of a man so broken down he don't know what's good for him anymore? A man so obsessed not with me like he claims, but with himself and the fact that he can't swallow his pride and realize he failed his friends, his family, his fans, and most importantly, his baby girl? YOU FAILED, ZACK! What we've got coming up is a DREAM MATCH, one for the ages...BUT YOU NEED TO FACE REALITY! That dream match is gonna be a nightmare for you, one that you might not wake up from! I've pushed you to your limit, beaten you to the brink of death, and yet you want more!? MORE!? MORE FROM ME, AND FROM THIS MAN, OVER HERE, WITH NO REGARD FOR HIS OWN SAFETY OR YOURS?! YOU HAVE DUG YOUR OWN GRAVE, BOY, AND YOU'RE BRINGING AN INNOCENT MAN ALONG FOR THE RIDE!

 

Once again, the camera cuts, this time back to the parking lot, where Rodez has hopped off the car, and is approaching the camera.

 

RODEZ

Innocent? Maybe. Dragged? Hardly. I didn't get dragged into anything, Blank. Nothing was sugarcoated for me. I've seen first hand what this man has been through, and that's EXACTLY why I stepped up. Because I'm not going to let a man I respect, my partner, my FRIEND, go at this alone. I'm not going to watch the family this man has at home used as a lure to get him to come at you, only to be beaten down again and again and again. Rage can blind you, Bruce...and when Zack Malibu is blinded I'm going to be there to be his eyes. That could be good for you...I could let him go easy on you...but now that I think about it, it's highly unlikely.

 

Yet another camera cut, back to Blank and Bloodshed.

 

BLANK

EASY!? You hearin' this, Bloodshed? Leon Rodez ain't gonna let Zack go easy on me!? WE DON'T DO EASY, YOU SISSY SONS A' BITCHES! Ain't nothin' easy about this life. You tryin' to be the voice of reason here, Leon? Let me spell it out for you...that reason of yours is fallin' on deaf ears. Just because my man here don't talk too much don't mean he don't understand the importance of this situation. Just because I might not seem like a highly educated fellow doesn't mean I don't know what I'm doin'. I took your partner APART. I did what everyone tried to do, but no one could. Some came close, but I FINISHED THE JOB! ZACK MALIBU WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN, THANKS TO BRUCE BLANK AND THE WILDCARDS!

 

Camera cut...

 

MALIBU

Never be the same? You're right, you sick bastard, I won't ever be the same after what you did! I can handle disrespect, Bruce. In this business, that comes with the territory...but what YOU DID went FAR AND BEYOND DISRESPECT! You want to talk about reality? My FAMILY IS A REALITY, BLANK. WHAT YOU DID IS A REALITY! YOU CROSSED THE LINE, AND IT HAS LED YOU DOWN A PATH YOU AREN'T GOING TO COME BACK FROM!

 

Annnnnnnnnnnd cut...

 

BLANK

A path I ain't comin' back from? Do you even know what you're sayin'? You know what, this little promo experiment here, it's all well and good, but if you got somethin' to say boy, why don't you blaze a path back into the building and say it to MY FACE!

 

(Off camera)

Bruce, Bruce we can't have any of...

 

BLANK (raising his barbed wire bat)

Can't have any of what? You shut your mouth and run the camera, boy. C'mon, Usual Suspects, you wanna give these people a little bit o' heat before we burn the place down on Sunday, let's get it goin'!

 

Outside, Malibu and Leon are already heading for the doors, pushing aside crew members and staff who are trying to keep them from moving back into the arena.

 

COACH

It’s definitely on now!! A PPV preview right here in front of us Cole!

 

COLE

Zack and Leon are famous for not backing down from ANY fight even! Not even one that may look like it favors Bruce and Bloodshed!

 

Zack yanks the door open and then heads down the hallway with Leon Rodez only a few feet behind him as they seek out Blank and Bloodshed. They turn and head down another hallway, peeking into each room that they pass, when suddenly they're pounced on from behind by two individuals who are definitely NOT Bruce Blank and Bloodshed...

 

...the third Wildcard, Todd Cortez, along with Landon Maddix!

 

COACH

What the hell is this??

 

While Cole and Coach protest and scream bloody murder, Cortez and Maddix pick Leon up and each take an arm, slamming him back first into the wall. Zack gets up from having been knocked to the floor and grabs Cortez by the waist, trying to drive him back, but Maddix turns from kicking at Leon on the floor and clubs Zack over the back, no doubt trying to look good in front of Cortez to ease their tensions!

 

COLE

This was a setup! Zack and Leon took the bait, but it was a damn trap all along by The Wildcards and Maddix!

 

COACH

Zack's always been irrational, Mikey, and Blank knows that he is now more than ever!

 

Maddix tries to pull Zack away from Cortez, but Zack comes up and delivers a hard back elbow, knocking him back...only to turn right into a huge cowboy boot to the face!

 

*WHACK!!*

 

COLE

Sonuva...

 

Blank, appearing out of nowhere, is now on the scene, having just drilled Zack with a big boot. Leon comes up swinging, but Cortez and Maddix double up on him, while Blank and Bloodshed work Zack over, kicking him repeatedly and making sure not to leave him any room for recovery!

 

COLE

This is a massacre, someone help them!!

 

Blank, clutching his beloved barbed wire bat, nods to Bloodshed, who picks Zack up by the head and then rakes his face before throwing him through the curtain! Malibu rolls out onto the entrance ramp, and as soon as Blank and Bloodshed step through it, they're met with resounding boos and jeers. Once in front of the arena full of fans, Bloodshed picks Zack up again, and this time Blank takes his bat longways and charges forward, drilling the tip of it into Zack's skull!

 

*CRACK!!*

 

Zack goes down hard, and Blank stands over him...but all of a sudden, the fans rejoice, as Leon Rodez has apparently broken free from Cortez and Maddix, and has rushed to aid his fallen friend! He spins Blank around and starts drilling him with fast jabs, and spins around as Bloodshed charges him and floors him with a lariat! Rodez becomes a one man army, going after both Dead Precedents...but then Landon Maddix comes out from the back and hits a chop-block to his knee, taking his legs right out from under him!

 

COLE

DAMMIT! Maddix goes to the knee, and now Rodez is down!

 

Cortez follows, and now the four men, obviously all on the same page despite what Maddix will tell you, bring their rivals down to the ringside area. Blank leads Malibu, and once they hit ringside, drives him headfirst into the steel ringpost, opening a gash on Malibu's forehead just as he flops to the floor!

 

COACH

He's busted open! God damn it, Zack Malibu is busted open again!

 

Rodez gets rolled into the ring, while Bloodshed and Cortez go and swipe steel chairs before sliding into the ring. Maddix picks Leon up off the canvas, while Bloodshed eyes Zack, who is being rolled into the ring by Blank. The Wildcards and Maddix surround The Usual Suspects, who are now at their mercy. Bloodshed watches as Zack struggles to get up, the blood from his forehead trickling on the canvas...BUT HE REACHES UP AND GRABS A TESTICULAR CLAW ON BLOODSHED!

 

COLE

THAT'S ONE WAY TO WIN A FIGHT! TEAR 'EM OFF, ZACK!

 

COACH

Damn Mikey...HARSH!

 

The crowd roars, but it's momentarily, as Cortez brings his chair down hard across Zack's back. Maddix, who has held Rodez at bay and trash talked him, now takes him by the head and waves for Cortez to hold the chair up in front of him, and hurls Rodez headfirst into it! Leon bounces off the steel chair and falls back to the canvas, as all four men prepare to massacre them some more...

 

...but not if SCOTTY STATIC AND JOHNNY JAX have anything to say about it!

 

COLE

LISTEN TO THE CROWD! THE GPX! THEY'RE HERE!

 

Two thirds of The Hooligans hit the ring, fighting through the wall of Wildcards and Maddix to aid Malibu and Rodez. The numbers don't appear to be doing any favors for The GPX, but within another minute Malibu and Rodez are on their feet, pulling Bloodshed and Blank away so that the odds are even! It's mayhem!

 

COACH

All hell is breaking loose, Cole!

 

Scotty Static takes Cortez by the head and runs him into the turnbuckles, then takes him by the head once again and hurls him over the ropes. Maddix pleads for mercy from Jax, but winds up bumping into Static. Maddix turns around and Static just makes a look like "don't ask ME to help you" before Landon turns around into a patented Yakuza Kick from Jax! Meanwhile Zack is hammering on Blank in the corner, raking the sole of his boot across the redneck's face before seeing his barbed wire bat on the canvas, and picking it up! Zack holds the bat up high, and swings down at Blank, who rolls out under the bottom rope just in time to avoid a shot with it! With Leon, Zack, and the GPX left standing in the ring, the fans are going wild, while the four men on the outside are aching and agitated that their little scheme didn't go as planned!

 

COLE

It's chaos here tonight, and I can only imagine what it'll be like this Sunday! The GPX vs. Todd Cortez and Landon Maddix. The Usual Suspects reunite to take on Bruce Blank and Bloodshed in a Streetfight! World Without End is this Sunday, and don't you dare miss it! We've gotta go!

 

Cole gives the final shoutout, as Malibu stands on the ropes, calling out to Blank. The GPX make motions for Landon and Todd as well, while Leon stands favoring his knee, glaring at the group of villains who are retreating for the backstage area, as we fade to black.