Post by MadStepDad on May 3, 2012 15:34:24 GMT -5
Cut to the in-studio announce team for the evening
Gordon Solie & Matt Striker
SCENE of the CRIME!
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"The $25k Challenge"
w/
Versus
Diamond Dynasty open the broadcast and they are NOT happy (video recap of the NAO parody on XPW TV Episode #41)… the Dynasty are livid and want a piece of the New Age Outlaws - and to further sweeten the pot, “Nature Boy” Buddy Rogers is putting up a $25k wager on the result (unsheathes the stack of crisp $100 bills bundled together)… the smell of money & a challenge draws out the New Age Outlaws (1998) to a tremendous pop… dueling mic intro from Road Dogg that climaxes with a “puppies” related diss to Missy Hyatt and we’re OFF! Wild, unrestrained brawl between Morgan & Riley versus Gunn & Dogg… this is NOT an official match, these 4 men are just tearing into each other… referees, officials, security and off-duty police officers try futilely to separate them… finally - XPW Remixed VP Joseph “Toots” Mondt appears on the scene to quell the chaos and get the two teams separated… he has a special announcement about the Tag Team titles…
Suddenly - this makes loudmouth, encyclopedic-genius Wild Red Berry appear at the top of the entrance ramp during a lull in the brawl… his XPW Tag Team champion Fabulous Kangaroos (and their enforcers Bam Bam Bigelow & Bull Ramos) filter in behind him… Berry feigns disgust to see such a barbaric display and indicates that NEITHER team is worthy of a Title rematch because neither has defeated his enforcer tandem of the NEW Twin Towers (Bam Bam Bigelow & Bull Ramos)!
But before Berry can gloat about his managerial brilliance… his quartet is jumped from behind! Through the curtains comes Ken Patera and the Original Sheik, led by The Grand Wizard! They’re taking it right to the NEW Twin Towers over a financial dispute held by TGW against Berry! (see XPW Online #17)… Now all hell has broken loose… the Dynasty & NAO continue to duke it out… Patera & Sheik are brawling with Bigelow & Ramos… while the FabKangs try to shelter and protect their manager Wild Red Berry from the chaos…
But wait! Mister Mondt isn't finished with his announcement yet! As it turns out - the FabKangs will be defending their XPW Tag Team titles at "Scene of the Crime" against the Dynasty AND New Age Outlaws! Triple threat match! Huge pop from the crowd! Another explosion from Berry! In the madness, Buddy Rogers chases after Berry - Billy Gunn MOONS Missy Hyatt! And Road Dogg steals the $25k stack of bills from the Diamond Dynasty and flees the building!
Fabulous Kangaroos defend against the Diamond Dynasty and the New Age Outlaws!
Only @ "Scene of the Crime!"
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** BACKSTAGE INTERLUDE **
The Miz catches up with a very intense, perturbed Sheamus in the locker room gearing up… Miz tries to convince Sheamus to join his team at War Games, but Sheamus DECLINES… he reminds Miz of his pompous run in the Diamond Dynasty and his fake matriculation into fandom… Sheamus is PISSED because apparently he just got word that his assignment tonight consists of teaming with “enemy”/rival/”ally”(?) Jon Moxley in a tag team match! So Sheamus has bigger things to worry about tonight! Sheamus brushes off the Miz and storms away, leaving Miz to stew... then Miz picks up his cellphone and makes a call... apparently he's calling in a favor, saying things are "worse than he thought"... Miz confirms that the mystery person on the other end of the line will be here later tonight...
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** Savior 2 the Xxxtreme **
”SICK” NICK MONDO: (recounting his past with Messiah, and the diverging paths they took when Messiah thought Mondo was “forsaking” his Xtreme roots) Not Messiah… He was busy... The main difference between him and I is the amount of risks I take. I knew it wouldn't be, and that's why I joined XPW Remixed. It’s the first place where I actually felt at home. It wasn't like, "look at that freak, why does he want to bleed?" anymore. I love when we have crazy brawls. I had a lot of fun on both of those shows. But I’m trying to show my range as a performer now… I've always done violent stuff in my matches. It's just that lately I've turned it up more than a notch. I guess I'm testing myself to see how far I can go. So far, I haven't reached the limit. It sometimes worries me to think how far I may go someday… and Messiah you will find out how far I will go at “Scene of the Crime”! I ACCEPT YOUR CHALLENGE! Maybe wrestling in a ladder match… maybe something worse… When I did King of the Death matches for IWA Mid South, those were a couple of legit fights. I had a good time there, but both of those matches got pretty nasty. You kinda have to do it that way for kotdm, though. As for Messiah’s unprovoked attacks against me? If you haven't figured it out by now I'm kind of surprised. I'm one of the only guys in this business who mixes EVERY single one of those styles. My style is all styles mixed. My goal is to be able to work a good match with anyone. And if that means taking out Messiah for good at “Scene of the Crime”, then that’s just what I’m going to do…
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Messiah retorts, and explains (?) his decision to declare holy jihad upon "Sick" Nick Mondo - in a perverted, disturbed attempt to "save" him...
"Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth!!"
** Jeremiah 25:30
Messiah vs "Sick" Nick Mondo!!
The so-called "Savior of Xxxtreme" is prophecized (and promised) to appear!
Return of "Blood of the Martyr" match!
Only @ "Scene of the Crime"!!!
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** BACKSTAGE INTERLUDE **
Guerrilla footage of Shane Douglas, Lizzy Borden & Chyna preparing to ambush and confront XPW Remixed VP Joseph “Toots” Mondt… but using deft negotiations and FDR-era diplomacy Mondt turns the tables instead... Mister Mondt praises Douglas for the anarchy & chaos he’s sewn in XPW Remixed lately… (a far cry from Douglas original treatment at the hands of GDT Inc when he was stumbling as a member of Triple Threat)… now Toots Mondt is congratulating him for the formation of his War Games stable thus far, and promising Douglas his “Unofficial” XPW championship belt might get a little more recognition from the board of directors if Douglas is victorious at “Scene of the Crime”… and Mr Mondt can’t wait to see Shane Douglas show Mildred Burke this is a man’s world (Mildred Burke is Ed Lewis’ pet project anyway)… this is a General Patton/MLK/Paul Heyman-level pep talk and Douglas & crew immediately pick up what Toots Mondt is putting down… there’s a reason Shane Douglas was the “Franchise” of ECW… and NO reason he can’t become the “Franchise” of XPW Remixed as well…Toots Mondt exits stage left, and cameras linger on Douglas satisfied smirk and hand-rubs of anticipation… but Lizzy Borden (former director of the Woman's Division) doesn't trust Toots at all...
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** Unofficial XPW Championship **
SHANE DOUGLAS © (w/ Lizzy Borden) vs. [/div]
MILDRED BURKE
w/ versus
Brutal, barbaric, uncomfortable and unsettling… all hallmarks of this torrid affair… Matt Striker & MSD provide commentary for the match as Gordon Solie walked off during commercial break in protest… even though Mildred Burke accepted this match, she was bullied and coerced into this situation with seemingly no positive recourse… thankfully it’s more of a “sportz entertainment” segment than straight up beatdown, but that doesn’t make it any less disturbing… this is Shane Douglas at his arrogant, demeaning, woman-beating worst – shades of “Don’t Piss Me Off” Jeff Jarrett late 90s WWF… meanwhile his cheerleader Lizzy Borden bounces merrily at ringside, encouraging the sadistic display… Mildred Burke is the plucky underdog who never quits, but the massive size differential (Burke is really only about 5’3”) is just too much.. in a disgustingly sadistic display, Douglas slowly dominates her with a series of high impact moves (like the hanging suplex – he held her in the air for almost 30 seconds before dropping her)… before finishing with his Pittsburgh Plunge for the arrogant cover… Douglas has “defended” his title…
Winner: SHANE DOUGLAS
Postmatch Shane & Lizzy Borden can’t leave well enough alone, and (after Chyna runs in too) begin to set up Mildred Burke for a spike piledriver! But thankfully Miz runs in for the save! Using a steel chair as a deterrent, he quickly drives Douglas, Chyna & Borden from the ring and protectively stands over Burke’s fallen body… but Shane Douglas’ jawing from the entrance ramp only serves to distract Miz further… allowing “The Cali Crippler” AD SANTEL to attack Miz from the rear! Ad Santel is wearing fancy street clothes (1920’s era swagger with the suit coat, fedora and handkerchief in the breast pocket)… Ad Santel locks Miz in a vicious Cloverleaf submission hold, nearly snapping him in half! Human Tornado tries to make the superhuman run-in but the numbers game becomes too much, and he too is quickly devoured… Shane Douglas, Lizzy Borden, Chyna & Ad Santel pose and hold their arms aloft triumphantly over the broken mass of humanity at their feet! On to War Games @ “Scene of the Crime”!!!
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AD SANTEL & HAKUSHI KURO
Versus
SHEAMUS & JON MOXLEY
versus
Back from commercial break we get the TV entrance of SHEAMUS… he angrily confronts Shane Douglas for his treatment of Mildred Burke; alluding to some kind of backstage edict preventing outside interference (or else Sheamus would have beat Shane’s ass sooner)… before settling in on the “Cali Crippler” Ad Santel with his tuff-talking Irish brogue… and when Santel tries to take a cheap shot, Sheamus blocks him! He holds Santel by the scruff of his tie and prepares to strike! But before he can… the lights in the building go OUT! Darkness! When they return, mere seconds later – Hakushi Kuro is in the ring behind Sheamus! Steel-chair buzzsaw kick to the Celtic Warrior’s skull!
Sheamus is stunned – the bell rings – bad guys take control… after a few minutes of brutal in-and-out tag teaming from Santel & Hakushi, we FINALLY get the run-in of Jon Moxley sans theme music! He’s angrily storming to ringside, still ripping off his street clothes like he just heard the match was going on… right into position on the apron for the hot tag – something the entire building is screaming to see… but of course after an intricate chain of maneuvers in which Sheamus outwits and clobbers Santel & Hakushi before reaching for the tag… Jon Moxley betrays Sheamus… Moxley hits Sheamus with a set of brass knuckles (ala Ad Santel) and his version of the Implant Buster (on a steel chair, no less) to bloody and disable the Irishman for good… Hakushi Kuro swoops in for a springboard moonsault for the finish!
Winners: HAKUSHI KURO & AD SANTEL
Post match a cackling Shane Douglas has reappeared once more (with his unofficial XPW championship belt & Lizzy Borden in tow) to boast about the victory… in a romanticized version of the NWO’s “bash @ the beach” revelation, Shane Douglas reveals JON MOXLEY to be the 5th and final member of his War Games team! This is a collection of FRANCHISE Fantasy Wrestling players that are SICK & TIRED of being underplayed! At “Scene of the Crime” they will TRIUMPH! Now play Jon Moxley’s theme song as everybody poses in the ring.
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** BACKSTAGE INTERLUDE **
BLKOut are trying to formulate a strategy and their personality differences are readily apparent… Tarver is beyond intense, on the verge of violent outburst at any moment… Sabian is arrogant and cocky with a hair-trigger temper… Ruckus is the laid-back, smoked-out cat with the bloodshot eyes and ready chuckle… Ruckus tries to tell everybody to chill, and to let him go first tonight because he’s got it all covered... but his partners more bombastic personalities outweigh him, until they literally storm out on him in anger… to them Ruckus is unfocused and NOT taking this issue seriously… but he just chuckles and puffs on his Black-n-Mild as cameras fade out...
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LORD HUMONGOUS versus BLKOUT
(Gauntlet Match)
versus
XPW Commissioner (and reigning KotDM champion) “Real Deal” Damien Steele and his entourage open up the segment in-ring… cocky promo from Steele setting the table on this feud and wrapping it up with the “Renouncement Challenge” tonight… Lord Humongous versus BLKOUT in a Gauntlet Match… if any of the BLKOUT members are defeated this must RENOUNCE BLKOUT… but if one of BLKOUT beats Humongous they get a title shot!
Michael Tarver gets his TV entrance (scary and intimidating like a West Coast gangsta rap video) to start, and announcers say the biggest member of BLKOUT used his size to make his partners let him go first… just the match option that “winner gets at title shot” alone has driven a wedge of dissension within the BLKOUT ranks… crabs in a pot mentality… Tarver & Humongous have a nice little exchange, with Tarver showing off his sick striking and boxing skills… and even though he wobbles the giant Lord, he never takes him off his feet… Lord Humongous does one big move where he has Tarver in an armbar, jumps up on the top rope, and does a mini-springboard moonsault armdrag that is impressive because of Lord Humongous size… Damien Steele distracts – Lord Humongous hits a chokeslam on a steel chair (slid into the ring by Jasmin St Claire) and pins Tarver with a POWERBOMB! Lord Humongous RIPS off Tarver’s BLKOUT T-shirt and stands over his body.
Winner: LORD HUMONGOUS
Sabian out next like pint-sized dynamite… in XPW Remixed cannon he’s survived whippings, beatings, shootings & bludgeoning’s… but he can’t survive the Humongous powerbomb… especially when it’s OFF the top rope THROUGH a wooden table on the arena FLOOR (as set up by Damien Steele)! Jasmin St Claire FINALLY gives Sabian some “play” (something he was lasciviously trying to acquire all match from her in various humorous interludes) by doing a grinding, belly-dance over his broken unconscious body, surrounded by shattered table debris… “Real Deal” Damien Steele laughs and parades around with his KotDM belt in his 3-piece suit as Lord Humongous poses two arms aloft in the ring.
Winner (by count-out): LORD HUMONGOUS
Ruckus enters last to the largest pop of the 3, and is casually puffing a Black-n-Mild cigarillo as always… despite Damien Steele running around with a tarnished piece of BLKOUT gang colors like he owns them – Ruckus remains nonplussed and confident… he stops in the entrance ramp to calmly survey Lord Humongous waiting for him… before blowing a puff of smoke in the giant’s direction… instead of charging into combat, Ruckus beckons backstage – gesturing for somebody to come forth and join him… the entrance curtains part dramatically, and a giant enters the building… it’s…
(another) LORD HUMONGOUS (!?!?)
The crowd, and Damien Steele, don’t really know how to react… is this another BLKOUT parody? A Ruckus practical joke? Something to do with Ruckus trying to convince his boys that this “Lord Humongous” character Steele had recruited was a “phony” and a “poseur”? Ruckus leads his man right into the ring for a staredown with Steele’s Humongous… Ruckus’ version is a few inches taller and wider… Damien Steele is right in Ruckus face now talking smack, holding up the tattered remains of a BLKOUT T-shirt… Ruckus just smirks and blows a smoke circle in Steele’s face! He flicks the lit cigarillo into Damien’s face and Steele’s Lord Humongous KICKS Ruckus in the gut and puts him in powerbomb position… but RUCKUS’ Humongous clotheslines the OTHER one away – saving Ruckus… Lord Humongous (BLKOUT version) grabs Steele’s version of the same character and CHOKESLAMS THE GIANT! That just leaves Damien Steele alone in the ring now to cower away from the new big man before him… POWERBOMB to Steele! Just as his version of the Lord Humongous character is struggling to his feet after the chokeslam, Ruckus flies into the ring with a springboard senton splash onto him for the pin! The crowd counts along with the referee and explodes huge with Ruckus earns the 3! Ruckus has pinned Steele’s version of Lord Humongous!
Winner: RUCKUS
Post match, Steele is going ballistic over the loss and has a million and one complaints… first he tries to overturn the ruling until Ruckus orders his Lord Humongous to CHOKESLAM Jasmin St Claire! So Damien Steele tries to execute a sneak attack with his bodyguard but Ruckus & his version of Lord Humongous are too strong! Chokeslam to Steele’s version takes him out – once again leaving Damien Steele alone to take the brunt of the abuse... he tries to persuade Ruckus otherwise by just GIVING him the KotDM belt! Steele didn’t even want it anyways! Here! Take it! Just PLEEEEEEZE let me live! Steele is acting like a white businessman stranded in Harlem after dark… but Ruckus is just smiling when he DECLINES Steele’s belt offer! He gives the belt to his version of Lord Humongous instead… see, Ruckus has BIGGER fish to fry… and even BIGGER Goals now that he has a future title shot! Ruckus gives the cue and his Lord Humongous gives Damien Steele the biggest, crowd-pleasing powerbomb you’ve ever seen! It takes Steele right out of his $1500 expensive Italian loafers! Ruckus and the giant pose over Steele’s shattered posse (with the big guy holding up the KotDM belt) and they do the grand unveiling… “Lord Humongous” (BLKOUT version) unmasks to reveal…
SID FN VICIOUS!!
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(REAL) KINGS of WRESTLING (w/ Jessica Darlin)
Versus
HAVANA PITBULLS
w/
Versus
(Real) Kings of Wrestling entrance… they seem focused… intense mic segment from both men putting over their unity and promising to take over the XPW Remixed tag team landscape once more… their opponents for the night give them a helluva fight, but Rocky Romero clearly has a chip on his shoulder regarding his partner Ricky Reyes… he tries upstaging him a few times, and when Ricky Reyes actually takes over the offense (classic “little man vs big man” moves) on Gunner briefly – Romero blind tags himself in, destroying the Pitbulls momentum… sure enough Idol & Gunner take back over on Rocky Romero and hit a thunderous suplex/powerbomb combination for the pin. Idol, Gunner & Darlin pose in victory… post match – Gunner finishes the segment with a closing mic bit… at “Scene of the Crime” – the (Real) Kings of Wrestling are hosting an OPEN CHALLENGE! Any team that thinks they’re tough enough to compete, STEP UP! Doesn’t matter if it’s a team from the XPW Remixed locker room, or ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE FANTASY WRESTLING UNIVERSE! The (Real) Kings of Wrestling don’t care! They’re stronger than ever now and ready to reclaim their spot as #1 Tag Team in the Territory Wars!!
Winners: (REAL) KINGS of WRESTLING
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** BACKSTAGE INTERLUDE **
Sami Callihan & Thumbtack Jack somewhere in the dark bowels of the arena… Callihan reiterates his claim to be the “Anti-Christ of Fantasy Wrestling” and divulges their sick intent to “scar the face of mainstream wrestling” forever… that’s why Sami targeted Cena – and will finish him at “Scene of the Crime”… but tonight, Callihan’s disciple Thumbtack Jack will be stepping up and he WILL earn them the right to call the championship stipulation at the PPV… and Callihan has some VERY diabolical intentions for Cena… IF he makes it to the PPV!...
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Backstage interview from MSD with Cena… he still looks a little rough for the wear after the attack he suffered, but gives a passionate, fiery promo nonetheless… Cena believes in standing on his own two feet, which is why tonight (despite his injuries) he is choosing HIMSELF to represent Cenation in the “Choose the PPV Stipulation” match tonight! MSD questions the idea, but Cena is resolute in his belief he can overcome their evil machinations and triumph tonight (or is he just blinded by anger and arrogance??)
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** XPW Woman's Championship **
WENDI RICHTER © vs NATALYA NEIDHART
versus
Both woman get TV entrances and a championship graphic for the match… they have a tight little TV affair, rife with reversals, counters and expert chain wrestling… unlike any typical WWE Diva match… but Natalya steps up the disrespect by slapping Richter right in her face, and female aggressions get the best of them… both woman tumble from the ring in hair-grabbing catfight and wind up brawling around ringside until the ref has no choice but to count them both out… Richter is in a mad FRENZY, angrier than you’ve ever seen her before as security tries to separate the two women… and when Natalya sees the reaction she’s gotten from Richter, she… smiles and laughs triumphantly!?!? Has Natalya’s entire goal been to drive Richter out of her mind with anger? It sure seems to be working here…
Winner: NONE (Double-Countout)
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DAVID OTUNGA (w/ GG) versus MIL MASCARAS
Versus FRENCH ANGEL (w/ Sammi Lane)
w/ versus versus w/
DAVID OTUNGA: Well, you know, an A-List star like myself, I have to go to different out of the way places such as Cabo to relax and enjoy myself and kind of get away from the ordinary people. It seems like everything I do gets a lot of media coverage. That was just one little thing I said and it's kind of crazy how people just jumped on it and ran with it. Like “FOCUS”. Now it's just blown up and evolved, and it's all over the place.
On himself and his legal origins in XPW Remixed leading up to the formation of FOCUS…
DAVID OTUNGA: I was a litigation attorney. Those are the type of people who like to talk, and obviously I love to talk and hear myself talk. I really enjoyed the verbal combat, because when you're doing trial work that's exactly what it is: combat. You're engaging with another attorney, trying to break down witnesses. There's a lot that goes into it, but I really loved the competition. Where I was working you do a lot of behind-the-scenes stuff working at the desks and that got kind of boring, but the trial stuff I loved. I never lost a case. It was a very touching moment, but also a very scary one because I had to go into my boss' office and tell him I quit. The moment was so amazing because I had worked all my life to get to that point. That was a dream job -- people were dying to get it -- and I was resigning.
On GG – the literal face (and body) of “FOCUS”…
DAVID OTUNGA: (laughs)Well, there is a reality television convention circuit, but no, that's not how we met … [Laughs]. We got introduced by a mutual friend, and one day we started talking -- texting actually -- and we just kept on texting every day ever since. All of a sudden I was like "Man, she's really cool." But from the moment we met we started texting and we've been together ever since. We just clicked and when it's right, it's right, you know what I mean?
On reigning XPW Remixed Television champion Gorgeous George Wagner (1950)…
DAVID OTUNGA: He's taught me to slow down in the ring and think things through more. Sometimes I'm so amped up that I'm just all over the place at 100 mph, but he's taught me to take things more slowly and think about them more, which is only going to make me more devastating. I'm obviously smarter than everyone else, so once I slow down and really think about it, there's no stopping me – and George’s reign as TV champion proves that.
On the FOCUS lifestyle…
DAVID OTUNGA: It's difficult just being an A-Lister in general. It's so hard to look like I do and just go about my daily life. You don't understand -- I have to go to the gym and maintain my looks, but it's not even just that. With my face, people don't understand the reason I wear sunglasses to the ring and when I'm around town. I don't know if you've ever looked me in the eye or just seen my eyes, but they're pretty unique. They're a unique shade of light brown -- almost what I would call hazel, but not quite -- and I have to say they're the two most beautiful things I've ever seen. When I look someone in the eye, they are immediately smitten with me. I try to wear sunglasses to shield people because they're just not ready for this. With the A-List lifestyle, there are a lot of demands placed on me: everywhere I go, people want to stop and take pictures, get autographs, and luckily I'm cool with that. I will sign every autograph and take every picture without turning anyone away. That can take up a lot of my time trying to get somewhere, but that's just how I am -- I value my fans and I give a lot to them.
in closing…
DAVID OTUNGA: In XPW Remixed, anything can happen at any time. All of a sudden, you could be expected to get up and speak, and many people would crumble under the pressure, like you saw MIZ do. But FOCUS will absolutely stand up to that and dominate -- that's my thing. You put a microphone in my face, I'm not going to crumble. I'm going to shine like the star that I am. I'm a lawyer, I've grown up talking, and that's my strong point. I'm clearly the best public speaker here, GG the most beautiful woman in showbiz… and Gorgeous George classic is the undisputed champion of all TELEVISION!
The floor is then given to Gorgeous George to provide a taste of his outrageous shtick… with “Pomp & Circumstance” blaring in the background he is once again “presented” with the TV title (in a garish, egotistical display that is replayed over and over ad nasuem by the FOCUS clique every night)… Gorgeous George reminds the ref to “keep your filthy hands off me!”… leads the booing crowd in a rendition of his famous “pledge” … and tosses his gold-plated “Georgie-pins” (golden bobby pins) into the crowd… Gorgeous George is right in the midst of proclaiming himself the FACE of Television and the most beautiful thing in Hollywood… when an opposing theme song starts blaring through the arena sound system – interrupting Gorgeous George and begging to differ…
Enter SAMI LANE & THE FRENCH ANGEL (1942)!!
Sammi Lane talks her man into a special “pose down challenge” with David Otunga… put on blast like that in front of the public, Otunga had no choice but to relent… the result being a humiliating encounter in which the unshaven, misshapen, deformed monstrosity French Angel actually gets more crowd cheers for his “posing” and “flexing” than the pompous director of FOCUS… of course this outrages Otunga and he takes it out on Angel with an attack from behind… he and Gorgeous George stomp the cur into the mat, until a savior appears… with a BLAST of pyro and FLASH of confetti and sparks MIL MASCARAS (1975) appears on the entrance ramp for the save! His high-flying, heavyweight Lucha attack dazzles and confounds Otunga and George… finally Angel gets back into the action and a brief 3-way encounter ensues between Mascaras, Angel & Otunga… In the end, Sammi Lane and GG finally get into their crowd-pleasing, clothes-ripping catfight… and David Otunga hits French Angel with his spinebuster finisher… but Mascaras is off the top rope at the same time with a sunset flip to Otunga! 1!.. 2!.. 3! Mil Mascaras has pinned David Otunga!
Winner: MIL MASCARAS
Postmatch, Angel & Otunga tumble to the floor in combat… Gorgeous George MISSES a swing at Mascaras with his large hand-held mirror, and gets atomic dropped in return! A hilarious oversell from George and Mascaras clotheslines him over the top rope! Then, Mascaras scales the top turnbuckle like a giant bird of prey and SQUASHES Gorgeous George with a high cross body to the arena floor! “XPW! XPW!” chants for that, as George is left humiliated and holding his ribs… GG left half-naked… and Mil Mascaras earning a TV Title shot @ “Scene of the Crime”!
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**BACKSTAGE INTERLUDE **
The Focus group is in a tizzy - all frazzled and flustered... complaining, bitching and moaning about their treatment and Gorgeous George being forced to defend his precious TV Title @ "Scene of the Crime" against Mil Mascaras... but when they retreat into the safety of their limo ride, we see somebody ELSE got to it first! Tagged, signed & delivered by RUCKUS courtesy of BLKOUT, bitches! And it's clear Ruckus has the TV belt in mind with his upcoming PPV title shot! Oh my it's a 3-way ALL STAR EXTRAVAGANZA
Gorgeous George vs Mil Mascaras vs Ruckus!!
Only at "Scene of the Crime"!!!
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"The #1 Contender"
Segment starts with the always dapper (and eternally pissed-off) Jinder Mahal taking the ring and mic, alongside his mysterious valet Raisha Saeed… another racist, conspiracy theory completely downplaying the affirmative action clause that allowed him to skip a Semi-Finals contest and go straight to the finish in the “Race for the Gold” tournament on XPW TV Episode #41 (Mahal won his #1 contendership in that match)… now he’s accusing Lou Thesz of being racist, and a figure head on the hood of the vast corporate machine designed to stifle and subjugate minorities… blah blah blah.. Enough is enough and finally XPW Champion Lou Thesz interrupts to set the record straight…
LOU THESZ: Jinder Mahal… you’re the first one I remember using this substitute for talent. It became more prevalent in the territories which had less respect for wrestlers. The blood was not too far behind. Some of the promoters would have jumped at the opportunity to have the match you describe… that’s why that low down scoundrel Toots Mondt booked you a title shot, even though you don’t deserve it! But we did have rules governing what the champ could and could not do… which is not to say I didn't have a confrontation with the promoter before I got in the ring in most territories. And at “Scene of the Crime”, Jinder Mahal - ready or not I will prove you’re not worthy…
Mahal flexes, so Thesz rears back like he’ll throw a punch… Mahal flinches… Raisaha Saeed distracts Thesz from the rear for only a moment - but it’s all the time Jinder Mahal needs to pull off his sneak attack… in a flash, he’s on Thesz - stomping, punching & elbowing him… his valet Saeed slides him a steel chair which he uses to pulverize Thesz… then he targets the champs arm and back (for use in Mahal’s arm breaker & camel clutch finishers).. By the time he’s about to Pillmanize Thesz’ arm and shoulder for good, cavalry finally arrives in the form of sweatshirt/towel around the neck-wearing Dan Severn and Kendo stick-wielding Drake Younger … they were already out of the building when the attack started, and came back as soon as they heard… they clear Mahal from the ring but the damage has been done… while Lou Thesz writhes in pain, Jinder Mahal finally smiles…
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JOHN CENA versus THUMBTACK JACK (w/ Sami Callihan)
(Winner picks stipulation at “Scene of the Crime”)
versus w/
Video recap of the disturbing backstage beatdown on Cena perpetuated by Callihan & TJ – followed by a dark, grainy promo video with Callihan putting himself over as the “Anti-Christ of Fantasy Wrestling” here to destroy wrestling’s golden child forever… tonight Thumbtack Jack will take the pretty face of mainstream wrestling… AND SCAR IT BEYOND RECOGNITION! TJ & Callihan get their TV entrances first… followed by Cena. No playing around tonight, Cena streaks to the ring ready for action… he grabs a big wooden section sign from ringside and launches it at TJ & Callihan in the ring (this forces Sami Callihan to bail from the ring for good)… Thumbtack Jack grabs a chair to defend himself and nails Cena with it… They clash on the mat and fight to the floor, in a stiff unconvincing fashion reminiscent of a shoot fight… they scrap around ringside with Cena no-selling the earlier chair shot and just going ballistic on TJ… he looks like a skinny, undernourished Indy wrestler in there against Cena – and is quickly bashed, tossed, slammed and heaved about ringside recklessly… but Sami Callihan distracts Cena and Thumbtack Jack hits a series of headbutts to the gut – and a Roaring Elbow to Cena’s head… He bodyslams Cena but misses a second rope kneedrop… Cena hits a running shouldertackle that propels Thumbtack Jack through the ropes to the floor, where he congregates with Sami Callihan again.. Sami is viciously berating and slapping him, driving TJ further into a frenzy…
Cena takes off after both of them. He rams Sami’s head into the barricade and a table but Thumbtack Jack is sneak up on a Cena with a bulldog onto the announce table… Now Thumbtack Jack grabs a section of the barricade and sets it up in the corner of the ring – THEN he wraps the entire section in barbed wire handed to him by Sami! Cena has dragged himself up onto the ring apron, and TJ suplexes him into the center of the ring, and hits his frogsplash elbowdrop for 2… Thumbtack Jack tries to whip Cena into the buckles, but instead eats a hiptoss through a table that HE set up, in a crushing spot… Wicked Ref bump on that spot too, taking the official OUT… Cena is RAGING and rams TJ’s head into the table debris repeatedly… Cena bodyslams Thumbtack Jack again... Now Sami is in the ring with a chair, but loses it in the fracas and Cena grabs it… so Sami goes low… Callihan blocks and dropkicks the chair into Cena's face – before CRUSHING Cena with a sick chair shot… the single blow to turn this match around…
At Sami’s behest, Thumbtack Jack begins scaling the turnbuckles for a KO blow… but Cena springs to life and hurls TJ off the top rope – literally halfway across the ring- onto the metal barricade section wrapped in barbed wire! TJ has completely and hopelessly tangled himself and his long, ratty hair in the barbed wire… But Cena is hurt, and the injuries from his backstage assault are catching up with him… but he never quits! Cena hulks up and manages to snatch Sami Callihan in a thunderous Attitude Adjustment! Thumbtack Jack with a feeble attempt to swing a pipe at Cena and HE TOO gets pulverized with an FUAA! Cena explodes for the crowd, and is about to snatch the referee to his feet… when John Cena is blindsided by a slovenly “fan” of some kind, wearing a hockey jersey who BLASTS Cena in the back of the head with a hockey stick! The “fan” removes his Jason-from-Friday the 13th-goalie mask to reveal MADMAN PONDO! The original Devilz Reject is back under the “Anti-Christ of Fantasy Wrestling’s” tutelage! MadMan Pondo smashes Cena repeatedly with the stick in his sore, exposed ribs – and allowing the evil Sami Callihan to lock on his Stretch Muffler submission! Cena is futilely tapping out in great pain!
Madman Pondo aggressively wakes the referee from his slumber, as Callihan and Thumbtack Jack line up a giant pane of GLASS over the champs unconscious body on the mat (resting the pane of glass on two chairs over Cena’s body)… In a huge, climatic moment – Sami Callihan raises a steel chair up and SMASHES the pane of glass! With that huge explosion he gives the impression of breaking the pane over Cena himself in an ill wrestling visual! Big crowd ooohs on that one, as Cena is bleeding and Thumbtack Jack is in position for the pin. 1!.. 2!.. 3!! THUMBTACK JACK HAS PINNED JOHN CENA!! Re-read that last sentence again! Only in Fantasy Wrestling! Only in XPW Remixed! Sami Callihan and his troops pose over Cena’s body and hold aloft the now-bloody XPW Boston championship…
Winner: THUMBTACK JACK
Sami Callihan on the mic, and while MMP & TJ hold Cena for Sami to scream in his face, gives us the match stipulation… Sami Callihan vs John Cena for the XPW Boston championship at “Scene of the Crime”… in an “I QUIT” MATCH! Announcers lament Callihan’s antics and attacks, but noticed Cena tapping hopelessly to the Stretch Muffler moments before… and this match no doubt further injured Cena further… what will be left him at the PPV? And now Sami Callihan as recruited ANOTHER evil ally?!?! The XPW Remixed universe may never be the same again after “Scene of the Crime”!!
The Anti-Christ of Fantasy Wrestling gains another convert!
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** BACKSTAGE SKIT **
Miz is angrily recuperating in his locker room, when Sheamus storms in... the angry Celtic Warrior is on a RAMPAGE and now he ACCEPTS Miz's initial offer to join his War Games team! Sheamus wants a piece of them in the cage... Miz welcomes him, and as the rest of his team move into view (forming like the Avengers) Miz tells them he has a secret weapon... a strategic mastermind to aid their cause... ladies and gentleman finally arriving in the building tonight, the 5th an final member of Team Miz...
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Brutal, barbaric, uncomfortable and unsettling… all hallmarks of this torrid affair… Matt Striker & MSD provide commentary for the match as Gordon Solie walked off during commercial break in protest… even though Mildred Burke accepted this match, she was bullied and coerced into this situation with seemingly no positive recourse… thankfully it’s more of a “sportz entertainment” segment than straight up beatdown, but that doesn’t make it any less disturbing… this is Shane Douglas at his arrogant, demeaning, woman-beating worst – shades of “Don’t Piss Me Off” Jeff Jarrett late 90s WWF… meanwhile his cheerleader Lizzy Borden bounces merrily at ringside, encouraging the sadistic display… Mildred Burke is the plucky underdog who never quits, but the massive size differential (Burke is really only about 5’3”) is just too much.. in a disgustingly sadistic display, Douglas slowly dominates her with a series of high impact moves (like the hanging suplex – he held her in the air for almost 30 seconds before dropping her)… before finishing with his Pittsburgh Plunge for the arrogant cover… Douglas has “defended” his title…
Winner: SHANE DOUGLAS
Postmatch Shane & Lizzy Borden can’t leave well enough alone, and (after Chyna runs in too) begin to set up Mildred Burke for a spike piledriver! But thankfully Miz runs in for the save! Using a steel chair as a deterrent, he quickly drives Douglas, Chyna & Borden from the ring and protectively stands over Burke’s fallen body… but Shane Douglas’ jawing from the entrance ramp only serves to distract Miz further… allowing “The Cali Crippler” AD SANTEL to attack Miz from the rear! Ad Santel is wearing fancy street clothes (1920’s era swagger with the suit coat, fedora and handkerchief in the breast pocket)… Ad Santel locks Miz in a vicious Cloverleaf submission hold, nearly snapping him in half! Human Tornado tries to make the superhuman run-in but the numbers game becomes too much, and he too is quickly devoured… Shane Douglas, Lizzy Borden, Chyna & Ad Santel pose and hold their arms aloft triumphantly over the broken mass of humanity at their feet! On to War Games @ “Scene of the Crime”!!!
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AD SANTEL & HAKUSHI KURO
Versus
SHEAMUS & JON MOXLEY
versus
Back from commercial break we get the TV entrance of SHEAMUS… he angrily confronts Shane Douglas for his treatment of Mildred Burke; alluding to some kind of backstage edict preventing outside interference (or else Sheamus would have beat Shane’s ass sooner)… before settling in on the “Cali Crippler” Ad Santel with his tuff-talking Irish brogue… and when Santel tries to take a cheap shot, Sheamus blocks him! He holds Santel by the scruff of his tie and prepares to strike! But before he can… the lights in the building go OUT! Darkness! When they return, mere seconds later – Hakushi Kuro is in the ring behind Sheamus! Steel-chair buzzsaw kick to the Celtic Warrior’s skull!
Sheamus is stunned – the bell rings – bad guys take control… after a few minutes of brutal in-and-out tag teaming from Santel & Hakushi, we FINALLY get the run-in of Jon Moxley sans theme music! He’s angrily storming to ringside, still ripping off his street clothes like he just heard the match was going on… right into position on the apron for the hot tag – something the entire building is screaming to see… but of course after an intricate chain of maneuvers in which Sheamus outwits and clobbers Santel & Hakushi before reaching for the tag… Jon Moxley betrays Sheamus… Moxley hits Sheamus with a set of brass knuckles (ala Ad Santel) and his version of the Implant Buster (on a steel chair, no less) to bloody and disable the Irishman for good… Hakushi Kuro swoops in for a springboard moonsault for the finish!
Winners: HAKUSHI KURO & AD SANTEL
Post match a cackling Shane Douglas has reappeared once more (with his unofficial XPW championship belt & Lizzy Borden in tow) to boast about the victory… in a romanticized version of the NWO’s “bash @ the beach” revelation, Shane Douglas reveals JON MOXLEY to be the 5th and final member of his War Games team! This is a collection of FRANCHISE Fantasy Wrestling players that are SICK & TIRED of being underplayed! At “Scene of the Crime” they will TRIUMPH! Now play Jon Moxley’s theme song as everybody poses in the ring.
** CUT TO COMMERCIAL **
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** BACKSTAGE INTERLUDE **
BLKOut are trying to formulate a strategy and their personality differences are readily apparent… Tarver is beyond intense, on the verge of violent outburst at any moment… Sabian is arrogant and cocky with a hair-trigger temper… Ruckus is the laid-back, smoked-out cat with the bloodshot eyes and ready chuckle… Ruckus tries to tell everybody to chill, and to let him go first tonight because he’s got it all covered... but his partners more bombastic personalities outweigh him, until they literally storm out on him in anger… to them Ruckus is unfocused and NOT taking this issue seriously… but he just chuckles and puffs on his Black-n-Mild as cameras fade out...
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LORD HUMONGOUS versus BLKOUT
(Gauntlet Match)
versus
XPW Commissioner (and reigning KotDM champion) “Real Deal” Damien Steele and his entourage open up the segment in-ring… cocky promo from Steele setting the table on this feud and wrapping it up with the “Renouncement Challenge” tonight… Lord Humongous versus BLKOUT in a Gauntlet Match… if any of the BLKOUT members are defeated this must RENOUNCE BLKOUT… but if one of BLKOUT beats Humongous they get a title shot!
Michael Tarver gets his TV entrance (scary and intimidating like a West Coast gangsta rap video) to start, and announcers say the biggest member of BLKOUT used his size to make his partners let him go first… just the match option that “winner gets at title shot” alone has driven a wedge of dissension within the BLKOUT ranks… crabs in a pot mentality… Tarver & Humongous have a nice little exchange, with Tarver showing off his sick striking and boxing skills… and even though he wobbles the giant Lord, he never takes him off his feet… Lord Humongous does one big move where he has Tarver in an armbar, jumps up on the top rope, and does a mini-springboard moonsault armdrag that is impressive because of Lord Humongous size… Damien Steele distracts – Lord Humongous hits a chokeslam on a steel chair (slid into the ring by Jasmin St Claire) and pins Tarver with a POWERBOMB! Lord Humongous RIPS off Tarver’s BLKOUT T-shirt and stands over his body.
Winner: LORD HUMONGOUS
Sabian out next like pint-sized dynamite… in XPW Remixed cannon he’s survived whippings, beatings, shootings & bludgeoning’s… but he can’t survive the Humongous powerbomb… especially when it’s OFF the top rope THROUGH a wooden table on the arena FLOOR (as set up by Damien Steele)! Jasmin St Claire FINALLY gives Sabian some “play” (something he was lasciviously trying to acquire all match from her in various humorous interludes) by doing a grinding, belly-dance over his broken unconscious body, surrounded by shattered table debris… “Real Deal” Damien Steele laughs and parades around with his KotDM belt in his 3-piece suit as Lord Humongous poses two arms aloft in the ring.
Winner (by count-out): LORD HUMONGOUS
Ruckus enters last to the largest pop of the 3, and is casually puffing a Black-n-Mild cigarillo as always… despite Damien Steele running around with a tarnished piece of BLKOUT gang colors like he owns them – Ruckus remains nonplussed and confident… he stops in the entrance ramp to calmly survey Lord Humongous waiting for him… before blowing a puff of smoke in the giant’s direction… instead of charging into combat, Ruckus beckons backstage – gesturing for somebody to come forth and join him… the entrance curtains part dramatically, and a giant enters the building… it’s…
(another) LORD HUMONGOUS (!?!?)
The crowd, and Damien Steele, don’t really know how to react… is this another BLKOUT parody? A Ruckus practical joke? Something to do with Ruckus trying to convince his boys that this “Lord Humongous” character Steele had recruited was a “phony” and a “poseur”? Ruckus leads his man right into the ring for a staredown with Steele’s Humongous… Ruckus’ version is a few inches taller and wider… Damien Steele is right in Ruckus face now talking smack, holding up the tattered remains of a BLKOUT T-shirt… Ruckus just smirks and blows a smoke circle in Steele’s face! He flicks the lit cigarillo into Damien’s face and Steele’s Lord Humongous KICKS Ruckus in the gut and puts him in powerbomb position… but RUCKUS’ Humongous clotheslines the OTHER one away – saving Ruckus… Lord Humongous (BLKOUT version) grabs Steele’s version of the same character and CHOKESLAMS THE GIANT! That just leaves Damien Steele alone in the ring now to cower away from the new big man before him… POWERBOMB to Steele! Just as his version of the Lord Humongous character is struggling to his feet after the chokeslam, Ruckus flies into the ring with a springboard senton splash onto him for the pin! The crowd counts along with the referee and explodes huge with Ruckus earns the 3! Ruckus has pinned Steele’s version of Lord Humongous!
Winner: RUCKUS
Post match, Steele is going ballistic over the loss and has a million and one complaints… first he tries to overturn the ruling until Ruckus orders his Lord Humongous to CHOKESLAM Jasmin St Claire! So Damien Steele tries to execute a sneak attack with his bodyguard but Ruckus & his version of Lord Humongous are too strong! Chokeslam to Steele’s version takes him out – once again leaving Damien Steele alone to take the brunt of the abuse... he tries to persuade Ruckus otherwise by just GIVING him the KotDM belt! Steele didn’t even want it anyways! Here! Take it! Just PLEEEEEEZE let me live! Steele is acting like a white businessman stranded in Harlem after dark… but Ruckus is just smiling when he DECLINES Steele’s belt offer! He gives the belt to his version of Lord Humongous instead… see, Ruckus has BIGGER fish to fry… and even BIGGER Goals now that he has a future title shot! Ruckus gives the cue and his Lord Humongous gives Damien Steele the biggest, crowd-pleasing powerbomb you’ve ever seen! It takes Steele right out of his $1500 expensive Italian loafers! Ruckus and the giant pose over Steele’s shattered posse (with the big guy holding up the KotDM belt) and they do the grand unveiling… “Lord Humongous” (BLKOUT version) unmasks to reveal…
SID FN VICIOUS!!
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(REAL) KINGS of WRESTLING (w/ Jessica Darlin)
Versus
HAVANA PITBULLS
w/
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(Real) Kings of Wrestling entrance… they seem focused… intense mic segment from both men putting over their unity and promising to take over the XPW Remixed tag team landscape once more… their opponents for the night give them a helluva fight, but Rocky Romero clearly has a chip on his shoulder regarding his partner Ricky Reyes… he tries upstaging him a few times, and when Ricky Reyes actually takes over the offense (classic “little man vs big man” moves) on Gunner briefly – Romero blind tags himself in, destroying the Pitbulls momentum… sure enough Idol & Gunner take back over on Rocky Romero and hit a thunderous suplex/powerbomb combination for the pin. Idol, Gunner & Darlin pose in victory… post match – Gunner finishes the segment with a closing mic bit… at “Scene of the Crime” – the (Real) Kings of Wrestling are hosting an OPEN CHALLENGE! Any team that thinks they’re tough enough to compete, STEP UP! Doesn’t matter if it’s a team from the XPW Remixed locker room, or ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE FANTASY WRESTLING UNIVERSE! The (Real) Kings of Wrestling don’t care! They’re stronger than ever now and ready to reclaim their spot as #1 Tag Team in the Territory Wars!!
Winners: (REAL) KINGS of WRESTLING
** CUT BACKSTAGE **
** BACKSTAGE INTERLUDE **
Sami Callihan & Thumbtack Jack somewhere in the dark bowels of the arena… Callihan reiterates his claim to be the “Anti-Christ of Fantasy Wrestling” and divulges their sick intent to “scar the face of mainstream wrestling” forever… that’s why Sami targeted Cena – and will finish him at “Scene of the Crime”… but tonight, Callihan’s disciple Thumbtack Jack will be stepping up and he WILL earn them the right to call the championship stipulation at the PPV… and Callihan has some VERY diabolical intentions for Cena… IF he makes it to the PPV!...
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Backstage interview from MSD with Cena… he still looks a little rough for the wear after the attack he suffered, but gives a passionate, fiery promo nonetheless… Cena believes in standing on his own two feet, which is why tonight (despite his injuries) he is choosing HIMSELF to represent Cenation in the “Choose the PPV Stipulation” match tonight! MSD questions the idea, but Cena is resolute in his belief he can overcome their evil machinations and triumph tonight (or is he just blinded by anger and arrogance??)
** CUT **
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** XPW Woman's Championship **
WENDI RICHTER © vs NATALYA NEIDHART
versus
Both woman get TV entrances and a championship graphic for the match… they have a tight little TV affair, rife with reversals, counters and expert chain wrestling… unlike any typical WWE Diva match… but Natalya steps up the disrespect by slapping Richter right in her face, and female aggressions get the best of them… both woman tumble from the ring in hair-grabbing catfight and wind up brawling around ringside until the ref has no choice but to count them both out… Richter is in a mad FRENZY, angrier than you’ve ever seen her before as security tries to separate the two women… and when Natalya sees the reaction she’s gotten from Richter, she… smiles and laughs triumphantly!?!? Has Natalya’s entire goal been to drive Richter out of her mind with anger? It sure seems to be working here…
Winner: NONE (Double-Countout)
** CUT **
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DAVID OTUNGA (w/ GG) versus MIL MASCARAS
Versus FRENCH ANGEL (w/ Sammi Lane)
w/ versus versus w/
DAVID OTUNGA: Well, you know, an A-List star like myself, I have to go to different out of the way places such as Cabo to relax and enjoy myself and kind of get away from the ordinary people. It seems like everything I do gets a lot of media coverage. That was just one little thing I said and it's kind of crazy how people just jumped on it and ran with it. Like “FOCUS”. Now it's just blown up and evolved, and it's all over the place.
On himself and his legal origins in XPW Remixed leading up to the formation of FOCUS…
DAVID OTUNGA: I was a litigation attorney. Those are the type of people who like to talk, and obviously I love to talk and hear myself talk. I really enjoyed the verbal combat, because when you're doing trial work that's exactly what it is: combat. You're engaging with another attorney, trying to break down witnesses. There's a lot that goes into it, but I really loved the competition. Where I was working you do a lot of behind-the-scenes stuff working at the desks and that got kind of boring, but the trial stuff I loved. I never lost a case. It was a very touching moment, but also a very scary one because I had to go into my boss' office and tell him I quit. The moment was so amazing because I had worked all my life to get to that point. That was a dream job -- people were dying to get it -- and I was resigning.
On GG – the literal face (and body) of “FOCUS”…
DAVID OTUNGA: (laughs)Well, there is a reality television convention circuit, but no, that's not how we met … [Laughs]. We got introduced by a mutual friend, and one day we started talking -- texting actually -- and we just kept on texting every day ever since. All of a sudden I was like "Man, she's really cool." But from the moment we met we started texting and we've been together ever since. We just clicked and when it's right, it's right, you know what I mean?
On reigning XPW Remixed Television champion Gorgeous George Wagner (1950)…
DAVID OTUNGA: He's taught me to slow down in the ring and think things through more. Sometimes I'm so amped up that I'm just all over the place at 100 mph, but he's taught me to take things more slowly and think about them more, which is only going to make me more devastating. I'm obviously smarter than everyone else, so once I slow down and really think about it, there's no stopping me – and George’s reign as TV champion proves that.
On the FOCUS lifestyle…
DAVID OTUNGA: It's difficult just being an A-Lister in general. It's so hard to look like I do and just go about my daily life. You don't understand -- I have to go to the gym and maintain my looks, but it's not even just that. With my face, people don't understand the reason I wear sunglasses to the ring and when I'm around town. I don't know if you've ever looked me in the eye or just seen my eyes, but they're pretty unique. They're a unique shade of light brown -- almost what I would call hazel, but not quite -- and I have to say they're the two most beautiful things I've ever seen. When I look someone in the eye, they are immediately smitten with me. I try to wear sunglasses to shield people because they're just not ready for this. With the A-List lifestyle, there are a lot of demands placed on me: everywhere I go, people want to stop and take pictures, get autographs, and luckily I'm cool with that. I will sign every autograph and take every picture without turning anyone away. That can take up a lot of my time trying to get somewhere, but that's just how I am -- I value my fans and I give a lot to them.
in closing…
DAVID OTUNGA: In XPW Remixed, anything can happen at any time. All of a sudden, you could be expected to get up and speak, and many people would crumble under the pressure, like you saw MIZ do. But FOCUS will absolutely stand up to that and dominate -- that's my thing. You put a microphone in my face, I'm not going to crumble. I'm going to shine like the star that I am. I'm a lawyer, I've grown up talking, and that's my strong point. I'm clearly the best public speaker here, GG the most beautiful woman in showbiz… and Gorgeous George classic is the undisputed champion of all TELEVISION!
The floor is then given to Gorgeous George to provide a taste of his outrageous shtick… with “Pomp & Circumstance” blaring in the background he is once again “presented” with the TV title (in a garish, egotistical display that is replayed over and over ad nasuem by the FOCUS clique every night)… Gorgeous George reminds the ref to “keep your filthy hands off me!”… leads the booing crowd in a rendition of his famous “pledge” … and tosses his gold-plated “Georgie-pins” (golden bobby pins) into the crowd… Gorgeous George is right in the midst of proclaiming himself the FACE of Television and the most beautiful thing in Hollywood… when an opposing theme song starts blaring through the arena sound system – interrupting Gorgeous George and begging to differ…
Enter SAMI LANE & THE FRENCH ANGEL (1942)!!
Sammi Lane talks her man into a special “pose down challenge” with David Otunga… put on blast like that in front of the public, Otunga had no choice but to relent… the result being a humiliating encounter in which the unshaven, misshapen, deformed monstrosity French Angel actually gets more crowd cheers for his “posing” and “flexing” than the pompous director of FOCUS… of course this outrages Otunga and he takes it out on Angel with an attack from behind… he and Gorgeous George stomp the cur into the mat, until a savior appears… with a BLAST of pyro and FLASH of confetti and sparks MIL MASCARAS (1975) appears on the entrance ramp for the save! His high-flying, heavyweight Lucha attack dazzles and confounds Otunga and George… finally Angel gets back into the action and a brief 3-way encounter ensues between Mascaras, Angel & Otunga… In the end, Sammi Lane and GG finally get into their crowd-pleasing, clothes-ripping catfight… and David Otunga hits French Angel with his spinebuster finisher… but Mascaras is off the top rope at the same time with a sunset flip to Otunga! 1!.. 2!.. 3! Mil Mascaras has pinned David Otunga!
Winner: MIL MASCARAS
Postmatch, Angel & Otunga tumble to the floor in combat… Gorgeous George MISSES a swing at Mascaras with his large hand-held mirror, and gets atomic dropped in return! A hilarious oversell from George and Mascaras clotheslines him over the top rope! Then, Mascaras scales the top turnbuckle like a giant bird of prey and SQUASHES Gorgeous George with a high cross body to the arena floor! “XPW! XPW!” chants for that, as George is left humiliated and holding his ribs… GG left half-naked… and Mil Mascaras earning a TV Title shot @ “Scene of the Crime”!
** CUT TO COMMERCIAL **
**BACKSTAGE INTERLUDE **
The Focus group is in a tizzy - all frazzled and flustered... complaining, bitching and moaning about their treatment and Gorgeous George being forced to defend his precious TV Title @ "Scene of the Crime" against Mil Mascaras... but when they retreat into the safety of their limo ride, we see somebody ELSE got to it first! Tagged, signed & delivered by RUCKUS courtesy of BLKOUT, bitches! And it's clear Ruckus has the TV belt in mind with his upcoming PPV title shot! Oh my it's a 3-way ALL STAR EXTRAVAGANZA
Gorgeous George vs Mil Mascaras vs Ruckus!!
Only at "Scene of the Crime"!!!
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"The #1 Contender"
Segment starts with the always dapper (and eternally pissed-off) Jinder Mahal taking the ring and mic, alongside his mysterious valet Raisha Saeed… another racist, conspiracy theory completely downplaying the affirmative action clause that allowed him to skip a Semi-Finals contest and go straight to the finish in the “Race for the Gold” tournament on XPW TV Episode #41 (Mahal won his #1 contendership in that match)… now he’s accusing Lou Thesz of being racist, and a figure head on the hood of the vast corporate machine designed to stifle and subjugate minorities… blah blah blah.. Enough is enough and finally XPW Champion Lou Thesz interrupts to set the record straight…
LOU THESZ: Jinder Mahal… you’re the first one I remember using this substitute for talent. It became more prevalent in the territories which had less respect for wrestlers. The blood was not too far behind. Some of the promoters would have jumped at the opportunity to have the match you describe… that’s why that low down scoundrel Toots Mondt booked you a title shot, even though you don’t deserve it! But we did have rules governing what the champ could and could not do… which is not to say I didn't have a confrontation with the promoter before I got in the ring in most territories. And at “Scene of the Crime”, Jinder Mahal - ready or not I will prove you’re not worthy…
Mahal flexes, so Thesz rears back like he’ll throw a punch… Mahal flinches… Raisaha Saeed distracts Thesz from the rear for only a moment - but it’s all the time Jinder Mahal needs to pull off his sneak attack… in a flash, he’s on Thesz - stomping, punching & elbowing him… his valet Saeed slides him a steel chair which he uses to pulverize Thesz… then he targets the champs arm and back (for use in Mahal’s arm breaker & camel clutch finishers).. By the time he’s about to Pillmanize Thesz’ arm and shoulder for good, cavalry finally arrives in the form of sweatshirt/towel around the neck-wearing Dan Severn and Kendo stick-wielding Drake Younger … they were already out of the building when the attack started, and came back as soon as they heard… they clear Mahal from the ring but the damage has been done… while Lou Thesz writhes in pain, Jinder Mahal finally smiles…
** CUT TO COMMERCIAL **
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JOHN CENA versus THUMBTACK JACK (w/ Sami Callihan)
(Winner picks stipulation at “Scene of the Crime”)
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Video recap of the disturbing backstage beatdown on Cena perpetuated by Callihan & TJ – followed by a dark, grainy promo video with Callihan putting himself over as the “Anti-Christ of Fantasy Wrestling” here to destroy wrestling’s golden child forever… tonight Thumbtack Jack will take the pretty face of mainstream wrestling… AND SCAR IT BEYOND RECOGNITION! TJ & Callihan get their TV entrances first… followed by Cena. No playing around tonight, Cena streaks to the ring ready for action… he grabs a big wooden section sign from ringside and launches it at TJ & Callihan in the ring (this forces Sami Callihan to bail from the ring for good)… Thumbtack Jack grabs a chair to defend himself and nails Cena with it… They clash on the mat and fight to the floor, in a stiff unconvincing fashion reminiscent of a shoot fight… they scrap around ringside with Cena no-selling the earlier chair shot and just going ballistic on TJ… he looks like a skinny, undernourished Indy wrestler in there against Cena – and is quickly bashed, tossed, slammed and heaved about ringside recklessly… but Sami Callihan distracts Cena and Thumbtack Jack hits a series of headbutts to the gut – and a Roaring Elbow to Cena’s head… He bodyslams Cena but misses a second rope kneedrop… Cena hits a running shouldertackle that propels Thumbtack Jack through the ropes to the floor, where he congregates with Sami Callihan again.. Sami is viciously berating and slapping him, driving TJ further into a frenzy…
Cena takes off after both of them. He rams Sami’s head into the barricade and a table but Thumbtack Jack is sneak up on a Cena with a bulldog onto the announce table… Now Thumbtack Jack grabs a section of the barricade and sets it up in the corner of the ring – THEN he wraps the entire section in barbed wire handed to him by Sami! Cena has dragged himself up onto the ring apron, and TJ suplexes him into the center of the ring, and hits his frogsplash elbowdrop for 2… Thumbtack Jack tries to whip Cena into the buckles, but instead eats a hiptoss through a table that HE set up, in a crushing spot… Wicked Ref bump on that spot too, taking the official OUT… Cena is RAGING and rams TJ’s head into the table debris repeatedly… Cena bodyslams Thumbtack Jack again... Now Sami is in the ring with a chair, but loses it in the fracas and Cena grabs it… so Sami goes low… Callihan blocks and dropkicks the chair into Cena's face – before CRUSHING Cena with a sick chair shot… the single blow to turn this match around…
At Sami’s behest, Thumbtack Jack begins scaling the turnbuckles for a KO blow… but Cena springs to life and hurls TJ off the top rope – literally halfway across the ring- onto the metal barricade section wrapped in barbed wire! TJ has completely and hopelessly tangled himself and his long, ratty hair in the barbed wire… But Cena is hurt, and the injuries from his backstage assault are catching up with him… but he never quits! Cena hulks up and manages to snatch Sami Callihan in a thunderous Attitude Adjustment! Thumbtack Jack with a feeble attempt to swing a pipe at Cena and HE TOO gets pulverized with an FUAA! Cena explodes for the crowd, and is about to snatch the referee to his feet… when John Cena is blindsided by a slovenly “fan” of some kind, wearing a hockey jersey who BLASTS Cena in the back of the head with a hockey stick! The “fan” removes his Jason-from-Friday the 13th-goalie mask to reveal MADMAN PONDO! The original Devilz Reject is back under the “Anti-Christ of Fantasy Wrestling’s” tutelage! MadMan Pondo smashes Cena repeatedly with the stick in his sore, exposed ribs – and allowing the evil Sami Callihan to lock on his Stretch Muffler submission! Cena is futilely tapping out in great pain!
Madman Pondo aggressively wakes the referee from his slumber, as Callihan and Thumbtack Jack line up a giant pane of GLASS over the champs unconscious body on the mat (resting the pane of glass on two chairs over Cena’s body)… In a huge, climatic moment – Sami Callihan raises a steel chair up and SMASHES the pane of glass! With that huge explosion he gives the impression of breaking the pane over Cena himself in an ill wrestling visual! Big crowd ooohs on that one, as Cena is bleeding and Thumbtack Jack is in position for the pin. 1!.. 2!.. 3!! THUMBTACK JACK HAS PINNED JOHN CENA!! Re-read that last sentence again! Only in Fantasy Wrestling! Only in XPW Remixed! Sami Callihan and his troops pose over Cena’s body and hold aloft the now-bloody XPW Boston championship…
Winner: THUMBTACK JACK
Sami Callihan on the mic, and while MMP & TJ hold Cena for Sami to scream in his face, gives us the match stipulation… Sami Callihan vs John Cena for the XPW Boston championship at “Scene of the Crime”… in an “I QUIT” MATCH! Announcers lament Callihan’s antics and attacks, but noticed Cena tapping hopelessly to the Stretch Muffler moments before… and this match no doubt further injured Cena further… what will be left him at the PPV? And now Sami Callihan as recruited ANOTHER evil ally?!?! The XPW Remixed universe may never be the same again after “Scene of the Crime”!!
The Anti-Christ of Fantasy Wrestling gains another convert!
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** BACKSTAGE SKIT **
Miz is angrily recuperating in his locker room, when Sheamus storms in... the angry Celtic Warrior is on a RAMPAGE and now he ACCEPTS Miz's initial offer to join his War Games team! Sheamus wants a piece of them in the cage... Miz welcomes him, and as the rest of his team move into view (forming like the Avengers) Miz tells them he has a secret weapon... a strategic mastermind to aid their cause... ladies and gentleman finally arriving in the building tonight, the 5th an final member of Team Miz...
"The Solid Man" WILLIAM MULDOON!
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** Best of 7 Series **
(Match #3)
BRUNO SAMMARTINO (1975) versus SAMOA JOE (2007)
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Incredibly intense set-up – ring intros – ref instructions – and finally – tolling of the ring bell… but right before the first dramatic lock-up Samoa Joe breaks and rolls to the floor… and smirks… then he does it again. And again… Bruno wants to fight and is practically begging Joe to get in the ring now – and the crowd is chanting his name… good work from Joe who is hell-bent on remaining a “heel” in this contest… Bruno finally chases after him around the ring but Samoa Joe SPITS on him! This enrages Bruno and chases Joe back in the ring… but it’s a just a set-up and Sammartino runs right into uppercuts, and hard strikes in the corner… Samoa Joe chokes Bruno with his boot, before bodyslamming him and getting a 2 count… Rear-naked choke attempt from Joe and his struggle with Bruno in this sequence right here describes the difference in XPW Remixed’s style of wrestling: instead of simply clamping on a chinlock rest hold, it genuinely appears that Joe is trying to suffocate Bruno with a real-life sleeper hold… they stay battling, not resting, until Bruno escapes and unleashes the heavyweight artillery on Joe… huge kicks, stomps and wild punches overwhelm the Samoan Submission machine… Sammartino stomps him out on the mat but Joe rakes the eyes to stop his momentum… more stiff European Uppercuts by Samoa Joe, but BRUNO gets the counter combo into a backdrop and clothesline that sends Joe over the top rope to the arena floor! Commercial break as announcers hype the intensity of this encounter…
Back from break and both men are on the arena floor (replay shows Joe hitting a nasty T-Bone suplex on Bruno)… they struggle back to their feet and Joe climbs up on the apron – but Bruno gorilla press slams him HARD onto the arena floor! Then into the barricade! This is a 1970’s-styled shit-kicking being endured by Joe here… more Stiff kicks by Bruno to the chest of Samoa Joe… he rolls Joe back in the ring and hits more kicks and stomps… A slam followed by a knee drop from Bruno and he covers for 2... Samoa Joe manages to pull Bruno BACK to the floor – but this time slams Bruno into the steel ring post… and on the rebound, Samoa Joe gets an overhead belly to belly on Bruno that hurls him into the barricade! His body bounces off the structure like a slab of meat, and the crowd reacts voraciously… Samoa Joe feeds on their anger and gives the crowd his middle finger… Joe rolls Bruno back in the ring again… 1!.. 2!.. KICKOUT! Joe is frustrated and whips Bruno into the buckles, but Samamrtino fires back with right hands! Chops! Uppercuts! Boots! A clothesline takes Joe over the top again, and now they start brawling on the entrance ramp… Samoa Joe tries a suplex, but Bruno blocks that and gets his own on the steel entrance ramp! They fight up on the stage area, with Bruno absolutely rocking Joe with stiff right hands… But Samoa Joe blocks a spinning lariat attempt, and in the biggest “HOLY S***!” moment of the night – overhead suplexes Bruno OFF the stage area! He crash lands on dark padded pallets surrounded by studio equipment, as the crowd starts the aforementioned chant… without wasting a moment, a seemingly still-dazed Samoa Joe hits a senton dive from the entrance to Bruno on the floor! “HOLY S***”! x10…
Referee finally starts a double-count, but Joe drags himself ALL the way back to the ring by the count of 9… and breaks up the count! He’s not letting the match end on countout and the crowd actually cheers this move… but it’s for brutal, dickish, bullying heel reason only – and Joe drags Bruno back into the ring with him… Joe lays the boots into BRUNO and hits a back breaker but only gets 2! Back to the Kokina Clutch attempt from Joe, and the crowd is surging for Bruno here… Sammartino fights to his feet and bulls Joe back into the corner, but eats an Enziguri in return! Joe is getting his swagger on now, and his cocky heelish mannerisms reflect that… another overhead belly to belly by Samoa Joe followed by a bodyslam, but STILL only 2! Joe goes for another Kokina clutch attempt, but Bruno fights, works to his feet and escapes… Chops to Samoa Joe, rights, lefts and knees by the Italian Strongman, and now the crowd is rocking with chants of “BRUUUUUNO!!” Off the ropes and they collide in a double-clothesline spot… another double count-out from the referee, but both men are up at 7 and 8… They trade rights with Joe wilting under every punch… a clothesline by BRUNO but Joe pops up… another one… another one… Joe reverses and tries for belly-to-back suplex… but Bruno elbows out and HE hits an overhead suplex into the turnbuckle pads! He covers Joe for the finish! 1!.. 2!.. KICKOUT! Running shoulder block by Bruno, and he heaves Joe up into the over-the-shoulder backbreaker! Bruno is losing his grip on the hold though, and in a moment of great improvisation turns it into a spinning Dominator attempt for another VERY close 2 count! Joe & Bruno to their feet and in their close-quarters combat, Joe grabs the referee up so he can’t see Joe dropping Bruno with a mule kick lowblow! OOOO! With the ref momentarily distracted, Joe grabs the small metal chain (he wore around his neck for his entrance)… Bruno charges but gets hit with a spinebuster – and unbeknownst to the referee, this time Joe slips the small steel chain around Bruno’s NECK when he cinches in the Kokina clutch! Now Bruno can’t escape, and begins turning blue in the face and frothing at the mouth under Joe’s steel chain-assisted rear naked choke!!! Body grapevine from Joe and Bruno goes cold! Arm drops 3 times! Samoa Joe has choked out Bruno Sammartino!! Again! Just like "NoCII", but this time he needed a steel chain assist! Solie & Striker lament his underhanded cheating. Meanwhile, Joe has the mic for a post match promo... reiterates his Best of 7 series with Bruno and now leads 2 - 1... Match #4 at "Scene of the Crime"... but this time, it's a SUBMISSION ONLY MATCH! Joe's speciality!
Winner (by submission): SAMOA JOE
** FADE OUT **
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XPW Remixed presents...
"SCENE of the CRIME"
** XPW Championship **
Lou Thesz (1955) © vs Jinder Mahal (2014)
** WAR GAMES MATCH **
Shane Douglas (captain), Chyna, Ad Santel, Hakushi Kuro & Jon Moxley
versus
MIZ (captain), Mildred Burke, Human Tornado, Sheamus & William Muldoon
** Boston Championship **
John Cena (2012) versus Sami Callihan (2015)
("I Quit" Match)
The MESSIAH versus "Sick" Nick Mondo
("Blood of the Martyr" Match)
** XPW TV Title **
Gorgeous George (1950) © vs Mil Mascaras (1975) vs Ruckus (2005)
(Real) Kings of Wrestling "Open Challenge"
** XPW Tag Team titles **
Fabulous Kangaroos © vs Diamond Dynasty vs New Age Outlaws
** Best of 7 Series (Match #4) **
Bruno Sammartino (1975) versus Samoa Joe (2007)
("Submission match")
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CREDITS:
"SICK" NICK MONDO: www.genickbruch.com/interviews/mondo_eng.html (2/29/02)
DAVID OTUNGA: The NXT Interview
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