Zack promo for HeldDOWN~!

[Zack Malibu 0]

Like Pavlov's dogs when he rang the bell, the moment "Getting Away With Murder" starts coming out of the arena sound system, the fans react, leaping to their feet in anticipation of the arrival of their hero.

 

COLE

It has been a tense past few weeks for Zack Malibu, as Drek Stone has taken an already personal war to the next level.

 

COACH

Desperate men do desperate things, Mikey Cole.

 

COLE

Like the time you had your cousin Rudy dress in drag and have him pretend to be your date for the company Christmas party?

 

COACH

THAT WAS HIS IDEA! IT WAS JUST A JOKE!

 

Luckily not able to hear about Coachman's personal habits, the crowd comes alive when the former World Champion and current number one contender steps through the curtain. These days, Malibu's look of focus has intensified, turning his normal easygoing appearance into a more dark, stoic look. He's not just a man with an Anglemania main event and World Title shot on his mind...he's a man seeking vengeance. Malibu takes the microphone from Michael Buffer and enters the ring, prepared to address the crowd tonight on HeldDOWN~!

 

COLE

I can only imagine the thoughts running through this man's head right now. Come April 1st, Drek Stone is a DEAD MAN, and I'll put my last dollar on it.

 

MALIBU

People say that death is simply the inevitable. The end to it all. That no matter what you do, it's unavoidable. The truth is, people, we're avoiding it every day. Every single day that we wake up with breath in our lungs and the sun in our eyes, it's 24 more hours that we're spending delaying the inevitable. 24 more hours that we're on the run, distracting ourselves with our daily routines to put off the fact that sooner or later it's all going to end.

 

The crowd remains hush, not knowing what to make of Zack's cryptic comments.

 

MALIBU

Drek Stone, every day since the start of this whole...every day, going back two years ago, you have been putting off the inevitable. You have been running and hiding and creeping around corners knowing that the MINUTE WE CAME FACE TO FACE THAT IT WAS ALL GOING TO END. Now, the clock is ticking. Now, you're starting to slip up, because NOW, Drek Stone, you're starting to grow DESPERATE. Desperate for attention, which is why you bring a gun onto live TV and commit a heinous, premeditated assault on MY friend, on the OWNER OF THIS COMPANY! Desperate to leave something behind, some type of legacy, something memorable, because deep down even YOU realize that you're not what a World Champion should be. You're desperate because every time you look at a clock, a watch, a cell phone...every time you watch the sun go down at night and rise again in the morning, you realize that you're closer and closer to your DAY OF RECKONING, MY DAY OF REDEMPTION! You're so nervous, Drek, paranoid even, because you're making these mistakes. You're relying on shock value, desperate measures to keep your name in conversation, to keep people talking, fearing the very day that you and I meet in the ring. Well, let me tell you something, Drek Stone...time has JUST RUN OUT!

 

The fans buzz, wondering what's going on, as do Cole and Coach on commentary.

 

MALIBU

Drek Stone, almost one year ago at Anglemania, I won a match. A match that not only kept the HI-YAH Heavyweight Title around my waist, but granted me an opportunity anytime I saw fit. Truth be told, I got distracted for a while, and eliminating Bruce Blank was more important to me even than what this offered me...but now, I'm ready to collect. I am ready, right here and now, to CASH IN MY TWO FOR THE MONEY WIN, and get a shot at YOUR World Heavyweight Title TONIGHT, RIGHT HERE AND NOW!

 

The fans ROAR, totally taken by surprise, as Zack Malibu has just pushed up the Anglemania main event by a week and a half to this very moment!

 

COLE

Coach, can you believe THAT!?

 

COACH

We're gonna have Anglemania early this year!

 

Zack, now getting even more worked up, unbuttons his dress shirt and flings it out into the crowd, pacing the ring in anticipation of Drek's arrival. The gauntlet has been thrown down, and Drek Stone shows up moments later...on the Angletron, smirking.

 

STONE

Zack, Zack, Zack...look at you, all worked up. Calm down, killer. See, as much as I would love to throw away a big payday and come out there right now and humiliate you on national television before Anglemania, it's not gonna happen!

 

The fans boo, and Zack stops and stares at the screen, rolling his eyes at what the reason possibly could be.

 

STONE

See Zack, I don't know if you noticed, but I'm not even in the arena right now. I figure that I would let a little bit of the heat die down, let you and your company of kiss-asses take a breather and get off my back. You just went on and on about ME being desperate Zack, but look at you. It's not that you want to get your hands on me and take me out...or, TRY to take me out. You NEED to, Zack. You have this notion, this burning desire, to be the hero at anytime, to anyone. It's chivalrous, really, but I'll be DAMNED if you're going to do it at my expense. Yeah, I've done a lot of things that I'm called out on...I've done things that make some people sick, and others squirm, and you know what? It WORKS. Because look at you, Zack. Calling me out with no preperation, letting your emotions do the talking...people can say I'm a heartless bastard all they want but you know what...that only means I don't HAVE ANY EMOTIONS TO GET IN THE WAY OF WHAT I DO. I act without thinking, without remorse, because THAT is how I survive. So take a look at yourself, Zack, and ask yourself if I'm the desperate one, or if you are. I heard you earlier saying that every day of our lives, we're just delaying the inevitable. What about you, Zack? Aren't you delaying the inevitable? Avoiding the day that you don't mean as much to this company, or these fans anymore? Avoiding the day that you grow older, weaker, and aren't able to hold onto that spotlight that you so desperately crave? For five years, Zack, it's ALWAYS been about you. Not anymore. This is MY time now, Zack. Whether you like it or not, I'm holding what MADE you into the man you are. The title that you say was built on your blood, and the blood of your equals, your peers. Come April 1st, come hell or high water, you will not see me as an equal, you will see me as BETTER than the lot of you thrown together. A champion for the new era. Heartless, ruthless, reckless, but still...A CHAMPION. See you on the 1st, Zack.

 

Closing with a smirk and a raising of the title belt, as if he's dangling it right in front of Malibu's eyes, Drek's feed then cuts out, leaving a black screen. Malibu never took his eyes off the 'Tron during Drek's little rant, and his eyes are still focused on it, burning red with rage.

 

COLE

Zack Malibu was ready, willing, and able to take on Drek Stone right here tonight, but once again, Drek Stone cut corners, and has escaped the wrath of Zack Malibu!

 

COACH

The more he runs, the more enraged Malibu becomes, and honestly I think that's what Drek wants.

 

COLE

That's a good point, Coach. Both men, for very different reasons, are growing desperate. We'll find out which one of them makes the fatal mistake come April 1st when the OAOAST presents Anglemania: Etched In Stone, but right now, we're due for a commercial break, so we'll see you in two!