Post by MadStepDad on May 27, 2012 16:00:15 GMT -5
** EDITORS NOTE **
This is the official “World Television Premiere” of XPW Remixed presents: Baptized in Blood 1… a made-for-TV clip show designed to hype the upcoming supershow “Baptized in Blood II”… For Mash-Up Wrestling reasons, this week falls on the cusp of the May/June change and right between my monthly schedule (original programming returning June 5th)… so it’s a “filler” episode… but it’s worth it to sell a few extra DVD/Blu-Ray copies of the original event and to hype the upcoming event as well… HUGE things on the horizon for XPW Remixed as we begin the march to BiB2
[End transmission]
________________________________________________________________________
Cut to the in-studio announce team for the evening:
Gordon Solie & Matt Striker
Welcome to the show… fresh on the heels of “Scene of the Crime”, XPW Remixed is riding a whole new wave of momentum.. Old scores were settled, new feuds established - and a championship road wrought in bloodshed and destruction… now we are finally on the horizon of the single biggest event in XPW Remixed history… “BAPTIZED in BLOOD II”!! Banned in the US, the Xtreme Rulez “Tournament of Death” returns for one night only! As a harbinger of things to come, tonight we look back at the first time XPW Remixed made history… this is a very special “Best of” episode highlighting the FIRST “Baptized in Blood” supershow that put this company on the map… plus, more information on the merger with B&B&B Enterprises as XPW Remixed president Ed “Strangler” Lewis is set to make the decision final tonight!
** CUT TO ACTION **
___________________________________________________________________________
**Previously Recorded **
4) THE MESSIAH versus THUMBTACK JACK
versus
Three pits surround the ring – one with syringes, another with glass and the final one is filled with thumbtacks. Cult ReBourne makes its eerie entrance beneath moody black-and-red lighting and smoke machines. The Heath Ledger-inspired Doink ReBourne has quickly gained a cult following in XPW Remixed for his unhinged promos and serial killer/cult leader antics. Here, Thumbtack Jack and Danny Havoc have a new look – rocking horrifying face paint and “Doink ReBourne” T-shirts. Doink himself doesn’t accompany them to ringside, as he’s still recovering from his last match. Finally, the MESSIAH gets his tremendous God’s Fury entrance complete with singular white spotlight, the Messiah symbol and clouds of marijuana smoke from the audience. The roof nearly comes off the building as he enters with slow, dramatic lighting ala Triple H. Thumbtack Jack rushes to attack Messiah when he gets on the ring apron, and we’re off. Hard-hitting, intense and very physical. In the matches high spot, Danny Havoc misses a top rope attempt at interference and Messiah catches him in mid-air with his elevated Diamond Cutter right into the pit of glass, smashing it upon impact and taking out Danny Havoc for good. A few more teases into the pits, including Thumbtack Jack wielding twin syringes at one point, looking like a bloody doctor gone mad. Thumbtack Jack took a Death Valley Driver off the ring apron into the pit of syringes, but it still wasn’t the finish. In the end, the last remaining pit of thumbtacks was actually lit ablaze before Thumbtack Jack took the dramatic plunge through it in a fiery collision. MESSIAH quickly pinned his still-smoldering corpse for the victory. Messiah performs a bloody sign of the cross upon himself, offering thanks and praise for his brutal victory.
Winner: THE MESSIAH
** CUT TO PRESENT DAY **
** Savior 2 tha Xtreme **
John Zandig debuted at "Scene of the Crime"... backstage after his assault on "Sick" Nick Mondo he had these words to say... decipher them if you dare...
*********************
** BACKSTAGE SKIT (“Business Decisions Intro”) **
MSD and camera crew are prepping for a backstage interview, when they overhear a frank discussion between GDT Inc operating partners Ed “Strangler” Lewis & Joe “Toots” Mondt… Mister Mondt seems a bit perturbed with his partner Lewis over selecting B&B&B Enterprises to partner up with so quickly… Mister Mondt just wanted a few extra days to go over some additional proposals and counter-offers… but Ed Lewis insists Triple B is the way to go, so we shall proceed… Ed Lewis exit stage left, cameras linger on Toot Mondt’s stone cold, expressionless face as he picks up his cell phone to make a call…
** FADE OUT **
__________________________________________________________________________
** Previously Recorded **
5) ORIGINAL SHEIK versus SABU
versus
Sabu enters first to a massive pop. His face is etched with grim determination and he does NOT point skyward to start the match. The ring ropes have been removed for this last Tournament of Death semi-finals match, and the visual of crisscrossing barbed wire strands running around it gives you the chills. House lights darken for the impending arrival of the Original Sheik, and The Grand Wizard appears on the video wall. He cuts a brief, brash promo. He’s BACK on the XPW Remixed scene, he’s splitting with this Gold Dust Trio Inc business partners and promising to move XPW to the East Coast permanently! Big boos from the downtown Hollywood crowd for that one. After sufficiently getting the crowed riled up, TGW reveals the motivations for the Sheik’s attack upon his own nephew – Sabu the Elephant Boy is a pale facsimile of the Original Sheik himself, born in his image. But here in XPW Remixed, the OG Sheik is still the King of the Jungle and father of the pride, keeping the herd in line and weeding out the weak. Guess which side of the fence Sabu the Elephant Boy falls on? We’ll find out tonight in the middle of that barbed wire death trap… Original Sheik suddenly slides into the ring from the darkness behind Sabu carrying a flaming torch and wearing a black turban! He blows a HUGE fireball into Sabu’s face to start the match. On the video screen, TGW chuckles smugly and blinks out of transmission. The focus is squarely upon the Original Sheik and Sabu.
OG Sheik has immediate control and bloodies beats and lacerates his nephew Sabu in a vicious, violent spectacle. The whips into the barbed wire strands are fierce and unrestrained. Those viewers familiar with the Sabu/Funk barbed wire match from ‘90s ECW would even cringe watching this display. Sabu severs an arm tendon and the OG Sheik gashes his shoulder blade resulting in a long, dangerously deep laceration. In the matches dramatic finish, Sabu actually launches himself off the strands of barbed wire with a somersault plancha that catches the Sheik and impales them BOTH upon the barbed wire strands! The bloody tangle of wire and flesh quickly rips from the ring posts and both men tumble to the arena floor, a hopelessly trapped mess. It’s quickly apparent something has gone dreadfully wrong as both men struggle in the barbed wire death trap. Referees, XPW officials and paramedics rush the scene with wire cutters, stretchers and bandages. They are still cutting the two men loose when the segment abruptly ends and the PPV broadcast switches to a quick commercial spot for the Bruno Sammartino/”Nature Boy” Buddy Rogers main event.
Winner: NONE (no finish)
** CUT TO PRESENT DAY **
** BACKSTAGE SKIT (“Business Decisions Are Made”) **
XPW Remixed president Ed “Strangler” Lewis prepping for the arrival of B&B&B Enterprises and bragging to all who will listen how great a time they had at “Scene of the Crime”, and can’t wait to start contributing… just then - a secretary rushes into the room alongside Mister Mondt clutching a facsimile page… it’s a last-minute counter offer that even Ed Lewis has to blink and stare twice at to comprehend… Mister Mondt just smiles - he told Mr Lewis there were other buyers worth listening to… Ed Lewis silently nods in agreement… the contract finalization will have to wait until this final mystery bid is considered…
** CUT **
************************
"The Champ Is Here"
Reigning XPW Boston champion JOHN CENA touches on his Xtremely grueling "I Quit" match at "SotC" and promises hell to pay for whoever stands in his way at "Baptized in Blood 2"...
JOHN CENA: I am a true extension of myself – I am me. This is not ballet, it’s a contact business. I hit like a mack truck and I don’t do any of that stuff. I don’t have any elaborate uniforms, I come to the ring in a T-shirt, a pair of sneakers and some shorts. I don’t use fake tan. Sometimes I’m fat, sometimes I’m skinny, sometimes I’m white as a ghost, sometimes I got a good tan, it’s just a matter of how much sun I can get that week. I don’t doll myself up for TV because I want people to accept me for who I am. Like I said before, I can’t stress this enough, that’s either in a negative or a positive, because either way is a result.
** CUT TO COMMERCIAL **
__________________________________________________________________________
** Previously Recorded **
8) "VICIOUS" VIC GRIMES versus JUN KASAI (c)
(45-foot Scaffold Match for the "King of the Death Match" title)
versus
"The Scaffold Match". The mere mention alone is enough to conjure a whirlwind of emotion. Good, bad, dangerous, impractical. Pro wrestling has run the gamut when it comes to scaffold matches. From the origins (Memphis 1971) to the divine (Road Warriors vs Midnight Express, Starrcade 1986) to the horrifying (PN News, WCW 1991). Scaffold matches hold a special place in pro wrestling lore. And with the high-as-a-kite "Vicious" Vic Grimes and high flying Jun Kasai looking to settle their blood feud once and for all - the scaffold match was the perfect solution. XPW has actually held it's share of Scaffold Matches in the past. Baptized in Blood 3 had a scaffold match. But perhaps XPW's most infamous contribution to the genre was the "Free Fall" main event match between New Jack and "Vicious" Vic Grimes (2001). In that match, Vic Grimes nearly killed himself when he missed the stack of tables and crashed down onto the ring ropes. Another inch in the wrong direction and he would've been Owen Hart (true story). Suffice to say, Vic Grimes is no stranger to this type of death-defying match. But this title fight starts on the entrance ramp and continues all throughout the arena, as every paying fan gets a chance to see these two madmen up close and personal. Good, stiff, hard hitting match with enough creative athletic spots from Jun Kasai (who uses whatever setting he's in to bound/bounce/strike from) to offset the brute physicality of the fatman Vic Grimes. The moves, speed, velocity and bumps Vic Grimes takes at his size is simply phenomenal. Live electricity comes into play at one point, as Kasai shocks Grimes with an electrical cord (complete with sparkling electrical charge and sound effect). With the audience suitably riled up from the traveling brawl, the two men finally make their way up opposite ends of the scaffold (where the King of the Death Match title hangs from the ceiling of the arena). Lots of nerve-wracking teases and near falls (literally) as Kasai and Grimes struggle mightily 45-feet high above the arena floor. In the matches climatic finish, Vic Grimes sparks a huge flaming torch to use as a weapon - only to be disarmed by the martial-arts mayhem of Jun Kasai. The burning torch rolls off the scaffold where it lands upon the dozens of erect tables in the ring (pre-soaked in lighter fluid from an earlier segment in the match) instantly setting them ABLAZE! So now Kasai and Grimes are clashing high above the arena, while plumes of smoke from the burning tables beneath them open up like the Gates of Hell themselves. Grimes counters a Kasai hurricanrana attempt into a running Powerbomb that propels the "Crazy Monkey" off the scaffold and through the burning tables for the dramatic finish! "HOLY SHIT!!!" and "XPW!" chants fill the arena. "Vicious" Vic Grimes pounds his chest and yells out in primal fury as he unsheathes the King of the Death Match championship and claims it as his own. The Cannibal Cartel only gets higher at "Baptized in Blood".
Winner (and NEW KotDM Champion): "VICIOUS" VIC GRIMES
The Cannibal Cartel continues its bloody rise to the top, as their leader Vic Grimes takes the King of the Death Match title tonight...
** CUT **
________________________________________________________________________
”B&B&B in Business”
Backstage finale culminating with the arrival and introduction of Triple B Enterprises and associates… they are greeted warmly by President Lewis, others and even Toots Mondt… From left to right; Paul Bowser, Logan Boggs & Carl Beane… they each get a few moments to put themselves over and position B&B&B Enterprises in the forefront… Ed Lewis says they are eager to begin business, but the contracts are not done up yet… he apologizes for the delay, but as a caveat (and gesture of good faith) Ed Lewis is giving B&B&B Enterprises booking authority on the next XPW TV Episode… but for now, enjoy the L.A. nightlife (and there’s A LOT of it) courtesy of the don Ed “Strangler” Lewis himself… the group of business men adjourn their meeting and head out “off the clock”… Mister Mondt, however, graciously declines…
** CUT **
*******************
"An Xtreme Shooter"
SHANE DOUGLAS: If we’d had a backer like Panda Energy or Ted Turner, I think….no, I KNOW we’d wipe the mat with the WWF!! MSD is that talented a booker and our dressing room is that talented. Vince McMahon ripped everything off from us. He’ll tell you he didn’t but it’s as blatant as the nose on my face....
** CUT **
_____________________________________________________________________
"Words from the XPW Heavyweight Champion"
Responding to the B&B&B merger, counter-offer, and rumors that exiled conman Jack Pfefer may be trying to get back into business..
LOU THESZ: As you discovered, there is more speculation about wrestling history than any of us ever imagined would occur. It seems even stranger to be history myself! I wish I could be of more help and if some stories surface in the vast pool of memories sloshing around in my brain, I will post them... Pfefer really had a way with tangled webs in this crazy business. That story sounds very feasible.
** CUT TO ACTION **
** Previously Recorded **
MESSIAH versus DOINK REBOURNE
("Baptized in Blood" finale)
versus
(Joined in progress)
Months and months of anger, frustration, psychological warfare and torture come to a head as these two opposing forces clash in the middle of the blood-stained ring. Broken glass, bloody tables, dented steel chairs and thumbtacks litter the ring, making it look like a war zone. Meanwhile the unholy clash between Darkness and Light continues to rage. MESSIAH – who entered the match tonight wearing Altar Boy garb in a really magnetic, stunning walk out – has been stripped down to all black and both men are bloody messes. Doink takes the advantage and brutalizes the Messiah in a stark and stunning display. The madness and insanity is evident in his eyes, as he lashes the MESSIAH for 1,000 years of torment. The whole crux of the angle involves Bourne destroying the specter of “Doink” forever by forcing Messiah to embrace him. In this case, it means dramatically unsheathing the old school neon-colored clown get up in the matches ending segment. Doink ReBourne makes a spectacle of removing the briefcase from beneath the ring and opening it to reveal the costume. He has the frizzy green mop of hair and face-painted mask like a hunter would hoist a skinned scalp. But before he can stuff Messiah's bloody head in it, the crimson Son of Xtreme retaliates with unholy vengeance. With the bloodthirsty crowd urging him on, Messiah dominates and decimates Doink ReBourne in gruesome, horrifying fashion. To the dramatic moment of Doink ReBourne actually begging off and showing the emotion that was lost the entire time. But this time, Messiah does not spare him - he slays him. Light tube-assisted "Godsmack" (spinning fireman carry into a stunner) seals the deal. In the matches ceremonial ending, Messiah holds aloft a bloody kendo stick and defiantly burns the offending Doink the Clown costume once and for all. "MESSIAH!" chants ring out long and loud for XPW's homebrewed Superstar who finally gets his big XPW Remixed moment by winning the "Baptized in Blood" tournament and vanquishing his Demons.
Winner: THE MESSIAH
** CUT **
** FADE OUT **
_________________________________________________________________________
CREDITS:
LOU THESZ: Wrestlingclassics.com messageboard
JOHN CENA: Interview with "The Sun" (2008)
SHANE DOUGLAS: "inside the ropes" interview (may 2012)
________________________________________________________________________
This is the official “World Television Premiere” of XPW Remixed presents: Baptized in Blood 1… a made-for-TV clip show designed to hype the upcoming supershow “Baptized in Blood II”… For Mash-Up Wrestling reasons, this week falls on the cusp of the May/June change and right between my monthly schedule (original programming returning June 5th)… so it’s a “filler” episode… but it’s worth it to sell a few extra DVD/Blu-Ray copies of the original event and to hype the upcoming event as well… HUGE things on the horizon for XPW Remixed as we begin the march to BiB2
[End transmission]
________________________________________________________________________
Cut to the in-studio announce team for the evening:
Gordon Solie & Matt Striker
Welcome to the show… fresh on the heels of “Scene of the Crime”, XPW Remixed is riding a whole new wave of momentum.. Old scores were settled, new feuds established - and a championship road wrought in bloodshed and destruction… now we are finally on the horizon of the single biggest event in XPW Remixed history… “BAPTIZED in BLOOD II”!! Banned in the US, the Xtreme Rulez “Tournament of Death” returns for one night only! As a harbinger of things to come, tonight we look back at the first time XPW Remixed made history… this is a very special “Best of” episode highlighting the FIRST “Baptized in Blood” supershow that put this company on the map… plus, more information on the merger with B&B&B Enterprises as XPW Remixed president Ed “Strangler” Lewis is set to make the decision final tonight!
** CUT TO ACTION **
___________________________________________________________________________
**Previously Recorded **
4) THE MESSIAH versus THUMBTACK JACK
versus
Three pits surround the ring – one with syringes, another with glass and the final one is filled with thumbtacks. Cult ReBourne makes its eerie entrance beneath moody black-and-red lighting and smoke machines. The Heath Ledger-inspired Doink ReBourne has quickly gained a cult following in XPW Remixed for his unhinged promos and serial killer/cult leader antics. Here, Thumbtack Jack and Danny Havoc have a new look – rocking horrifying face paint and “Doink ReBourne” T-shirts. Doink himself doesn’t accompany them to ringside, as he’s still recovering from his last match. Finally, the MESSIAH gets his tremendous God’s Fury entrance complete with singular white spotlight, the Messiah symbol and clouds of marijuana smoke from the audience. The roof nearly comes off the building as he enters with slow, dramatic lighting ala Triple H. Thumbtack Jack rushes to attack Messiah when he gets on the ring apron, and we’re off. Hard-hitting, intense and very physical. In the matches high spot, Danny Havoc misses a top rope attempt at interference and Messiah catches him in mid-air with his elevated Diamond Cutter right into the pit of glass, smashing it upon impact and taking out Danny Havoc for good. A few more teases into the pits, including Thumbtack Jack wielding twin syringes at one point, looking like a bloody doctor gone mad. Thumbtack Jack took a Death Valley Driver off the ring apron into the pit of syringes, but it still wasn’t the finish. In the end, the last remaining pit of thumbtacks was actually lit ablaze before Thumbtack Jack took the dramatic plunge through it in a fiery collision. MESSIAH quickly pinned his still-smoldering corpse for the victory. Messiah performs a bloody sign of the cross upon himself, offering thanks and praise for his brutal victory.
Winner: THE MESSIAH
** CUT TO PRESENT DAY **
** Savior 2 tha Xtreme **
John Zandig debuted at "Scene of the Crime"... backstage after his assault on "Sick" Nick Mondo he had these words to say... decipher them if you dare...
*********************
** BACKSTAGE SKIT (“Business Decisions Intro”) **
MSD and camera crew are prepping for a backstage interview, when they overhear a frank discussion between GDT Inc operating partners Ed “Strangler” Lewis & Joe “Toots” Mondt… Mister Mondt seems a bit perturbed with his partner Lewis over selecting B&B&B Enterprises to partner up with so quickly… Mister Mondt just wanted a few extra days to go over some additional proposals and counter-offers… but Ed Lewis insists Triple B is the way to go, so we shall proceed… Ed Lewis exit stage left, cameras linger on Toot Mondt’s stone cold, expressionless face as he picks up his cell phone to make a call…
** FADE OUT **
__________________________________________________________________________
** Previously Recorded **
5) ORIGINAL SHEIK versus SABU
versus
Sabu enters first to a massive pop. His face is etched with grim determination and he does NOT point skyward to start the match. The ring ropes have been removed for this last Tournament of Death semi-finals match, and the visual of crisscrossing barbed wire strands running around it gives you the chills. House lights darken for the impending arrival of the Original Sheik, and The Grand Wizard appears on the video wall. He cuts a brief, brash promo. He’s BACK on the XPW Remixed scene, he’s splitting with this Gold Dust Trio Inc business partners and promising to move XPW to the East Coast permanently! Big boos from the downtown Hollywood crowd for that one. After sufficiently getting the crowed riled up, TGW reveals the motivations for the Sheik’s attack upon his own nephew – Sabu the Elephant Boy is a pale facsimile of the Original Sheik himself, born in his image. But here in XPW Remixed, the OG Sheik is still the King of the Jungle and father of the pride, keeping the herd in line and weeding out the weak. Guess which side of the fence Sabu the Elephant Boy falls on? We’ll find out tonight in the middle of that barbed wire death trap… Original Sheik suddenly slides into the ring from the darkness behind Sabu carrying a flaming torch and wearing a black turban! He blows a HUGE fireball into Sabu’s face to start the match. On the video screen, TGW chuckles smugly and blinks out of transmission. The focus is squarely upon the Original Sheik and Sabu.
OG Sheik has immediate control and bloodies beats and lacerates his nephew Sabu in a vicious, violent spectacle. The whips into the barbed wire strands are fierce and unrestrained. Those viewers familiar with the Sabu/Funk barbed wire match from ‘90s ECW would even cringe watching this display. Sabu severs an arm tendon and the OG Sheik gashes his shoulder blade resulting in a long, dangerously deep laceration. In the matches dramatic finish, Sabu actually launches himself off the strands of barbed wire with a somersault plancha that catches the Sheik and impales them BOTH upon the barbed wire strands! The bloody tangle of wire and flesh quickly rips from the ring posts and both men tumble to the arena floor, a hopelessly trapped mess. It’s quickly apparent something has gone dreadfully wrong as both men struggle in the barbed wire death trap. Referees, XPW officials and paramedics rush the scene with wire cutters, stretchers and bandages. They are still cutting the two men loose when the segment abruptly ends and the PPV broadcast switches to a quick commercial spot for the Bruno Sammartino/”Nature Boy” Buddy Rogers main event.
Winner: NONE (no finish)
** CUT TO PRESENT DAY **
** BACKSTAGE SKIT (“Business Decisions Are Made”) **
XPW Remixed president Ed “Strangler” Lewis prepping for the arrival of B&B&B Enterprises and bragging to all who will listen how great a time they had at “Scene of the Crime”, and can’t wait to start contributing… just then - a secretary rushes into the room alongside Mister Mondt clutching a facsimile page… it’s a last-minute counter offer that even Ed Lewis has to blink and stare twice at to comprehend… Mister Mondt just smiles - he told Mr Lewis there were other buyers worth listening to… Ed Lewis silently nods in agreement… the contract finalization will have to wait until this final mystery bid is considered…
** CUT **
************************
"The Champ Is Here"
Reigning XPW Boston champion JOHN CENA touches on his Xtremely grueling "I Quit" match at "SotC" and promises hell to pay for whoever stands in his way at "Baptized in Blood 2"...
JOHN CENA: I am a true extension of myself – I am me. This is not ballet, it’s a contact business. I hit like a mack truck and I don’t do any of that stuff. I don’t have any elaborate uniforms, I come to the ring in a T-shirt, a pair of sneakers and some shorts. I don’t use fake tan. Sometimes I’m fat, sometimes I’m skinny, sometimes I’m white as a ghost, sometimes I got a good tan, it’s just a matter of how much sun I can get that week. I don’t doll myself up for TV because I want people to accept me for who I am. Like I said before, I can’t stress this enough, that’s either in a negative or a positive, because either way is a result.
** CUT TO COMMERCIAL **
__________________________________________________________________________
** Previously Recorded **
8) "VICIOUS" VIC GRIMES versus JUN KASAI (c)
(45-foot Scaffold Match for the "King of the Death Match" title)
versus
"The Scaffold Match". The mere mention alone is enough to conjure a whirlwind of emotion. Good, bad, dangerous, impractical. Pro wrestling has run the gamut when it comes to scaffold matches. From the origins (Memphis 1971) to the divine (Road Warriors vs Midnight Express, Starrcade 1986) to the horrifying (PN News, WCW 1991). Scaffold matches hold a special place in pro wrestling lore. And with the high-as-a-kite "Vicious" Vic Grimes and high flying Jun Kasai looking to settle their blood feud once and for all - the scaffold match was the perfect solution. XPW has actually held it's share of Scaffold Matches in the past. Baptized in Blood 3 had a scaffold match. But perhaps XPW's most infamous contribution to the genre was the "Free Fall" main event match between New Jack and "Vicious" Vic Grimes (2001). In that match, Vic Grimes nearly killed himself when he missed the stack of tables and crashed down onto the ring ropes. Another inch in the wrong direction and he would've been Owen Hart (true story). Suffice to say, Vic Grimes is no stranger to this type of death-defying match. But this title fight starts on the entrance ramp and continues all throughout the arena, as every paying fan gets a chance to see these two madmen up close and personal. Good, stiff, hard hitting match with enough creative athletic spots from Jun Kasai (who uses whatever setting he's in to bound/bounce/strike from) to offset the brute physicality of the fatman Vic Grimes. The moves, speed, velocity and bumps Vic Grimes takes at his size is simply phenomenal. Live electricity comes into play at one point, as Kasai shocks Grimes with an electrical cord (complete with sparkling electrical charge and sound effect). With the audience suitably riled up from the traveling brawl, the two men finally make their way up opposite ends of the scaffold (where the King of the Death Match title hangs from the ceiling of the arena). Lots of nerve-wracking teases and near falls (literally) as Kasai and Grimes struggle mightily 45-feet high above the arena floor. In the matches climatic finish, Vic Grimes sparks a huge flaming torch to use as a weapon - only to be disarmed by the martial-arts mayhem of Jun Kasai. The burning torch rolls off the scaffold where it lands upon the dozens of erect tables in the ring (pre-soaked in lighter fluid from an earlier segment in the match) instantly setting them ABLAZE! So now Kasai and Grimes are clashing high above the arena, while plumes of smoke from the burning tables beneath them open up like the Gates of Hell themselves. Grimes counters a Kasai hurricanrana attempt into a running Powerbomb that propels the "Crazy Monkey" off the scaffold and through the burning tables for the dramatic finish! "HOLY SHIT!!!" and "XPW!" chants fill the arena. "Vicious" Vic Grimes pounds his chest and yells out in primal fury as he unsheathes the King of the Death Match championship and claims it as his own. The Cannibal Cartel only gets higher at "Baptized in Blood".
Winner (and NEW KotDM Champion): "VICIOUS" VIC GRIMES
The Cannibal Cartel continues its bloody rise to the top, as their leader Vic Grimes takes the King of the Death Match title tonight...
** CUT **
________________________________________________________________________
”B&B&B in Business”
Backstage finale culminating with the arrival and introduction of Triple B Enterprises and associates… they are greeted warmly by President Lewis, others and even Toots Mondt… From left to right; Paul Bowser, Logan Boggs & Carl Beane… they each get a few moments to put themselves over and position B&B&B Enterprises in the forefront… Ed Lewis says they are eager to begin business, but the contracts are not done up yet… he apologizes for the delay, but as a caveat (and gesture of good faith) Ed Lewis is giving B&B&B Enterprises booking authority on the next XPW TV Episode… but for now, enjoy the L.A. nightlife (and there’s A LOT of it) courtesy of the don Ed “Strangler” Lewis himself… the group of business men adjourn their meeting and head out “off the clock”… Mister Mondt, however, graciously declines…
** CUT **
*******************
"An Xtreme Shooter"
SHANE DOUGLAS: If we’d had a backer like Panda Energy or Ted Turner, I think….no, I KNOW we’d wipe the mat with the WWF!! MSD is that talented a booker and our dressing room is that talented. Vince McMahon ripped everything off from us. He’ll tell you he didn’t but it’s as blatant as the nose on my face....
** CUT **
_____________________________________________________________________
"Words from the XPW Heavyweight Champion"
Responding to the B&B&B merger, counter-offer, and rumors that exiled conman Jack Pfefer may be trying to get back into business..
LOU THESZ: As you discovered, there is more speculation about wrestling history than any of us ever imagined would occur. It seems even stranger to be history myself! I wish I could be of more help and if some stories surface in the vast pool of memories sloshing around in my brain, I will post them... Pfefer really had a way with tangled webs in this crazy business. That story sounds very feasible.
** CUT TO ACTION **
** Previously Recorded **
MESSIAH versus DOINK REBOURNE
("Baptized in Blood" finale)
versus
(Joined in progress)
Months and months of anger, frustration, psychological warfare and torture come to a head as these two opposing forces clash in the middle of the blood-stained ring. Broken glass, bloody tables, dented steel chairs and thumbtacks litter the ring, making it look like a war zone. Meanwhile the unholy clash between Darkness and Light continues to rage. MESSIAH – who entered the match tonight wearing Altar Boy garb in a really magnetic, stunning walk out – has been stripped down to all black and both men are bloody messes. Doink takes the advantage and brutalizes the Messiah in a stark and stunning display. The madness and insanity is evident in his eyes, as he lashes the MESSIAH for 1,000 years of torment. The whole crux of the angle involves Bourne destroying the specter of “Doink” forever by forcing Messiah to embrace him. In this case, it means dramatically unsheathing the old school neon-colored clown get up in the matches ending segment. Doink ReBourne makes a spectacle of removing the briefcase from beneath the ring and opening it to reveal the costume. He has the frizzy green mop of hair and face-painted mask like a hunter would hoist a skinned scalp. But before he can stuff Messiah's bloody head in it, the crimson Son of Xtreme retaliates with unholy vengeance. With the bloodthirsty crowd urging him on, Messiah dominates and decimates Doink ReBourne in gruesome, horrifying fashion. To the dramatic moment of Doink ReBourne actually begging off and showing the emotion that was lost the entire time. But this time, Messiah does not spare him - he slays him. Light tube-assisted "Godsmack" (spinning fireman carry into a stunner) seals the deal. In the matches ceremonial ending, Messiah holds aloft a bloody kendo stick and defiantly burns the offending Doink the Clown costume once and for all. "MESSIAH!" chants ring out long and loud for XPW's homebrewed Superstar who finally gets his big XPW Remixed moment by winning the "Baptized in Blood" tournament and vanquishing his Demons.
Winner: THE MESSIAH
** CUT **
** FADE OUT **
_________________________________________________________________________
CREDITS:
LOU THESZ: Wrestlingclassics.com messageboard
JOHN CENA: Interview with "The Sun" (2008)
SHANE DOUGLAS: "inside the ropes" interview (may 2012)
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