10th March 2008

[FWF]

LEGEND: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Monday Night Rampage. We are hot off of Genesis and what an amazing night that was.

STRACHON: And the MNR ratings are about to beat Live-Wire’s for the first time. Sam Strachon is here with his Rampage debut.

LEGEND: I am Johnny Legend.

STRACHON: And I’m not Tom Briggs.

LEGEND: We have an amazing show for you tonight.

STRACHON: But let us remind you of what happened at Genesis V. Don Lepore destroyed Prozac for the Heavyweight World Championship.

LEGEND: And tonight, he’s gonna put that belt on the line against former wWo comrade, Couch Potato.

STRACHON: What a main event that’s going to be, but what a blockbuster opening contest we have.

LEGEND: Eight championship belts in one match. It’s time for the Champion’s Showcase.

CHARLES: The following six man tag team Champion’s Showcase match is scheduled for one fall. Introducing first...

A hot pink light surrounds the arena as “Simply the Best” by Tina Turner begins to play. Moments later, Christine Marsh and James Bohne enter the arena linking. They split and stand at opposite sides of the stage, raising their belts. Soon after this, Benny Starr steps out with his title over his shoulder. The three then walk down the ramp and get into the ring. James and Benny ascend the turnbuckles as Christine stands in the middle of the ring with the crowd booing heavily. The music fades and the lights restore to normal.

CHARLES: The team of the FWF United States Tag Team Champions, “The Assassin” James Bohne and “The Highlander From Hell” Christine Marsh ...and the FWF Iron Man Champion, “Super” Benny Starr ...Better Than Sex!

STRACHON: Benny coming off a huge win at Genesis.

LEGEND: And James doing the opposite, losing to Dan “Dragon” Taylor in his final FWF match.

Darkness descends upon the arena. The entrance song plays. Fog appears as purple lights turn on all down the walk way. Five arrows fly out of the fog and hit the center of the ring forming an X. Astryd steps down the ramp bow in hand. Seconds later Sujir walks down the ramp sword ready. Together the two get into the ring as the light come back on. Astryd kneels down and grabs the arrow and then stands back as Sujir circles protectively around her. The two stand back to back circling then step to their corner getting rid of their weapons.

CHARLES: And their opponents ...the team of the FWF Television Champion, Sujir Thorn ...and the FWF Women’s Champion, Astryd Thorn ...they are the FWF Tag Team Champions ...the Twins!

The lights go out, as Black Sabbath's "Children of the Grave" begins. As the music begins, the lights slowly come down to a dim blue, a fog begins to surround the entrance, the fans scream in anticipation, knowing who is coming. As the main riff screams forth, Matthew steps out in the fog, wearing his trademark trench coat, he stares down at the ring, and his opponents, then slowly begins his ascent of the ramp, he then enters the ring, and derobes himself of the coat. He turns then, and throws his fists up, playing the crowd like a professional. He then picks a corner, and leans into it.

CHARLES: And their partner ...from Monterey, California ...the FWF United Kingdom Champion ...Matthew “The Raven” Knox!

The two teams stand in the middle of the ring, facing off as the bell sounds. The men get on the apron, leaving the women to fight. The bell sounds and straight away, Christine grabs Astryd by her hair and pulls her down to the mat.

LEGEND: She said the bitch was back and she was right.

As Astryd is getting up, Christine quickly hooks her head and takes her over with a snap suplex before rolling into the cover. ...1 ...Astryd kicks out. Christine picks her up and hooks her head again. She lifts Astryd up with another suplex, but Astryd lands on her feet and pushes Christine forward into the BTS corner.

LEGEND: She avoided it that time.

Christine scowls and tags in James. Astryd tags in Sujir and straight away, James runs at Sujir, but Sujir lifts him up and drops him to the mat with a sidewalk slam. James gets up and Sujir charges at him with the High Impact Clothesline, but James ducks and tags in Benny.

LEGEND: That could’ve been it.

STRACHON: Pfft. James would’ve kicked out.

LEGEND: In comes the Iron Man champion.

Benny springboards and goes for a Double Axe-handle, but Sujir punches him in the gut. Sujir Irish-whips Benny into the corner before charging at him with a clothesline, but Benny moves out of the way and Sujir hits the turnbuckle. He stumbles out and Benny nails a big back body drop.

STRACHON: That’s wrestling!

Sujir tags in Knox. Knox slowly gets into the ring, smiling as the crowd cheer. Benny tries not to show his fear as the two begin to circle the ring. They go to lock up, but Benny kicks Knox in the stomach. He then elbows him in the back of the head.

LEGEND: That was a cheap shot.

STRACHON: It was perfectly legal, Beast.

LEGEND: Beast?

STRACHON: This is gonna take some getting used to.

Benny Irish-whips Knox, but Knox reverses and throws Starr into the ropes. He bounces back and Knox hits him with a straight karate punch. Benny gets up and runs at him, but Knox grabs him in a reverse waistlock position before throwing him over with a Belly-to-Belly suplex.

LEGEND: Beautifully executed move.

STRACHON: I’ve seen better.

Matthew picks Benny up and wrenches on his arm before tagging in Astryd. She gets in and kicks Benny in the stomach before bouncing off the ropes. When she comes back, Benny lifts her up and slams her to the mat with a hard Spinebuster.

STRACHON: Spinebuster! What a great move!

LEGEND: To a woman...

When Astryd gets up, Benny hooks her head and her leg. He then nails a Fisherman Suplex before tagging in Christine. Christine hits an elbow drop, going straight into the cover. ...1 ...2. Astryd kicks out.

STRACHON: And BTS are in control.

Christine tags James in. He gets into the ring, smiling. He then picks Astryd up and holds her by the hair, pointing at Sujir. He raises Astryd into the fireman’s carry position.

STRACHON: Assassination coming up.

James is about to hit the Assassination, but Astryd counters, spinning over James’ shoulders and driving his head into the mat with a DDT.

STRACHON: No!

LEGEND: Shades of Dan Taylor. What a counter.

Both wrestlers are down and so the referee begins to count. ...1 ...2 ...3. They both try and move. ...4 ...5 ...6. James gets up to his knees. ...7 ...8 ...9. Astryd manages to get the tag to Knox. James gets up as Knox gets into the ring. James runs at him, but gets hit with a dropkick. Benny gets in the ring and runs at Knox, but Matthew cuts him off with a dropkick. Benny rolls to the outside.

STRACHON: I don’t like where this is going.

As James gets up, Knox bounces off the ropes and hits a Spinning Wheel Kick. He covers. ...1 ...2 ...James kicks out.

LEGEND: He kicked out. What a match this has been so far.

STRACHON: What do you expect from all these champions?

Knox waits for James to get up. In doing so, Knox bounces off the ropes, but from the outside, Benny grabs Knox’s head and hangs it from the top rope. Knox stumbles around and James picks him up into the fireman’s carry. He then nails the Assassination.

STRACHON: There it is!

Sujir gets into the ring and quickly takes James out with the High Impact Clothesline. Christine climbs to the top rope before jumping off, hitting Sujir from behind with the Scottdog.

LEGEND: All hell is breaking loose!

STRACHON: Who the hell’s legal?

Astryd gets into the ring and kicks Christine in the stomach. She then nails the Spinning Sitout Facebuster. With too many people around, the referee is confused. Taking advantage of this, Benny gets into the ring and grabs Astryd. He is about to hit the Super Strike, but Knox gets up and grabs him in the Tazmission position as James grabs his title.

LEGEND: Here we go.

Benny elbows his way out of it and gets out of the ring. He then begins to walk up the ramp, avoiding further confrontation. James gets into the ring and swings the belt for Knox’s head, but Knox ducks and grabs James in the Tazmission position. He then nails the Straight to Hell. He covers. ...1 ...2 ...3.

STRACHON: No!

CHARLES: The winners of the match ...The Twins: Sujir and Astryd Thorn ...and Matthew “The Raven” Knox!

STRACHON: I can’t believe it.

LEGEND: What a match.

STRACHON: Benny doesn’t look happy.

James and Christine roll out of the ring with their belts and walk up the ramp besides Benny as the Twins and Knox stand, staring at them with their titles in the air.

STRACHON: This isn't over.

LEGEND: Fans, don't go anywhere. More great action when we return.

[FWF]

"Numb" by Linkin Park begins to play.

LEGEND: Welcome back to MNR. It looks as though we're gonna get a visit from the Commissioner.

After a moment, Joe Stall enters the arena. He slowly begins to walk down the ramp before walking up the ring steps and climbing through the ropes where he is handed a microphone.

CHARLES: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome ..."Commissioner" Joe Stall!

STALL: Our time in the UK is almost over for now, and on the 29th of this month, FWF will be travelling to Tokyo, Japan as we present FWF Vertigo 2008.

LEGEND: Live on pay-per-view.

STALL: It's time to announce the first match. For almost four years, the female wrestlers have been a huge part of FWF. But which one of them is the best? We'll find out as the Women's Championship is on the line for the very last time.

STRACHON: You challenging for that, Legend?

LEGEND: Funny.

STRACHON: I thought so.

STALL: Astryd Thorn will defend her gold in a four woman gauntlet match. Her first opponent will be the wrestler she beat for the title, Katherine Brown in her retirement match.

LEGEND: It'll be a shame to see her go.

STRACHON: Pfft, I was getting bored of her.

STALL: Up against them will be former Women's Champion, The Fizz.

STRACHON: Meh.

STALL: And finally, joining them will be Alexia Cross.

Suddenly, "I Disappear" by Metallica plays. Christine Marsh and James Bohne step out from behind the curtain with James holding his neck. In Christine's hand is a microphone.

CHRISTINE: Now hold on there, Joe. There is no way that you're having this match without the first ever Women's Champion.

STRACHON: Agreed.

CHRISTINE: Astryd may have got lucky tonight, but it won't happen at Vertigo. She may think she's at the top... but what goes up, must come down.

STRACHON: Agreed... again.

CHRISTINE: So I'm putting myself in this thing.

STALL: Now you hold on. That really isn't your decision. You can't put yourself in this match.

DOA BRIGGS: But I can!

The titantron screen shows the Director of Authority, Mark Briggs, standing in his office. The crowd begin to erupt into boos as he stands with a large grin on his face.

DOA BRIGGS: Joe, you may be the Commissioner, but the brand split is over. As DOA, I hereby order that Christine is put into this match. That is all.

Christine and James exit, leaving Joe stood in the ring. A look of anger hits his face. He gets out of the ring and heads backstage.

STRACHON: Ha! Take that, Joe.

LEGEND: Are you telling me we have a DOA and a Commissioner?

STRACHON: It looks that way.

LEGEND: I don't know how we'll be able to cope. Ah, well, the following match is between relative newcomer, the Count, and former FWF World Champion, Prozac.

STRACHON: A rookie who showed some real guts and testicular fortitude at Genesis V, where he was one of the most impressive men in the Capture the Flag match.

LEGEND: While Prozac on the other hand, lost his newly won World title to FWF Grandslammer, Don Lepore. It seems both men are coming off impressive losses, and thus, both have something to prove.

STRACHON: Now let’s go down to Charles who is in the ring, and ready for introductions.

CHARLES: The following match scheduled is for one fall! Introducing first...

The arena lights go out in an instance. The darkness consumes the air, pitch black surrounds, the sounds of the open wind can be heard blowing through walls as a thick fog like smoke drifts in from the top of the stage, a soft voice is heard over the whistling of the wind, He's here... With that the sound of "Crawling" by Linkin Park leaks out with a bang from the speakers as a figure appears. He then walks down the ramp and get into the ring.

CHARLES: ...weighing in at 256 pounds ...The Count!

LEGEND: Hell of a rookie is this Count. Hell, he beat the then undefeated Benny Starr in his debut match. Unbelievably impressive to say the least.

STRACHON: I would even have to agree Johnny. This guy has been quite impressive since he first walked through the curtains.

The lights dim slightly. Then a red light surrounds the entrance on stage as “Fight Like This” by Decyfer down hits the P.A system. A moment later Prozac walks quickly out onto stage to a roaring crowd of chants and cheers. He is dressed in his wrestling bottoms and boots and a black Meds T-shirt. He stands on stage for a moment with a huge smile on his face as he looks over the crowd and taking in the cheers. He then beats his chest with both hands and yells. He begins walking down the ramp slapping hands with as many fans as he can. He climbs the stairs and enters the ring going between the ropes. He goes to a corner and climbs to the second turnbuckle and yells and beats his chest again with both hands. He then jumps down and goes to the middle of the right and looks around the arena. He takes off his shirt and throws it into the crowd. He then pumps up the crowd waving his hands for them to get louder. He then throws both arms up and faces each direction posing for the crowd.
CHARLES: And his opponent ...from Cornwall, New York …weighing in at 234 pounds …Prozac!

LEGEND: And here comes Prozac, who made a more than honourable job trying to defend his title this past Sunday.

STRACHON: Yeah, but he didn’t walk away the champion, which must have him really burning on the inside.

LEGEND: I would have to agree. Looks like Charles is leaving the ring, and the referee has already checked both competitors for foreign objects.

STRACHON: And that would be the opening bell! Which means this match is officially underway!

At the exact same time, both men lunge at one another, locking up in the center of the ring, and quickly struggling back and forth, to be the first person with control. Count slowly gets the advantage, being the bigger man, putting Prozac down to a knee. Prozac tries to fight to his feet, but Count holds him down, until Prozac jerks backward, putting his knees into Count’s chest, and monkey flipping him. Count slams to the mat hard, but quickly gets up and charges at Prozac, he hops to his feet, and quickly arm drags Count. He wastes no time jumping back to his feet, as he turns to Prozac, who hip tosses him onto his back.

LEGEND: Prozac is on one hell of a roll at the moment!

STRACHON: Count may have been quicker, but, so far, Prozac is proving to be smarter!

Count once again jumps to his feet, and turns towards Prozac, who is in midair, spins, and hits a jumping spinning elbow to the face! Count stumbles back, but the ropes bounce him back, into a toe kick from Prozac, who quickly hooks his head, his arm, and then locks his hands together, before hitting his patented PDDT! Prozac quickly turns Count over on his back, jumps on, hooks the leg, and goes for the pin. The referee drops to the mat and slaps the mat. ...1 ...2. Count puts a shoulder up right after the two!

LEGEND: What an incredible showing by the former World Champ so far through the match.

STRACHON: Yeah, but this Count just won’t stay down. After all that and a PDDT, and Prozac STILL couldn’t get the pin!

Prozac gets to his feet, taking a moment to catch his breath, which he hasn’t really done since the match first started. He turns back to the Count, only to receive a boot to the face for his troubles. Count quickly drops an elbow across the chest of the downed Prozac. He gets up and repeats the move several more times before content to move on. The Count then runs of the ropes and hits drops a big leg across the neck of Prozac. But he doesn’t go for the pin; instead he grabs him by the hair, and yanks him to his feet. Count then grabs his arm and pulls Prozac towards him, leveling him with a short arm clothesline.

LEGEND: Jeez, Count came out of nowhere, and really turned this match around. Now he has the lead, so to say, and is really taking it to Prozac.

STRACHON: I learned a long while ago to never count out Prozac, trust me, just because he’s named after a drug, doesn’t mean he doesn’t have the heart of a lion.

Count drops to his knees, and lackadaisically covers Prozac, with just his palms on his chest. The referee smacks the mat once… And just before the second time, Prozac kicks out. Count looks quite flustered that he kicked out so soon, as he climbs to his feet, runs off the ropes, and hits another big leg drop across the throat of Prozac. He covers again. ...1 ...2. He kicks out just after the two count! Count looks frustrated, as he now goes to the turnbuckle, he makes it up to the top rope, and leaps, going for a guillotine leg drop, but, at the last second, Prozac rolls out of the way, and Count hits nothing but mat.

LEGEND: Oh! That had to hurt like a bitch! He hit nothing but mat! He’s on his side, holding his behind!

STRACHON: Told you! Prozac has a way about him… You can really never see it coming!

Prozac is up, and he’s set up in the corner, egging Count on, as he slowly gets to his feet. As soon as he does, Prozac lunges forward, hitting a hard clothesline, as Count jumps back to his feet, Prozac hits a big elbow tackle, knocking him down again! Prozac back up again as Count gets up quite slower than before, as Prozac runs in, jumps, and hits a running jumping forearm. Prozac then grabs Count by collar, pulls him to his feet, hooks his head, and hits a swinging neckbreaker! But he holds on, and him and Count slowly both get back up, as he hits another swinging neckbreaker! Third time, Prozac slowly gets to his feet, he pulls Count up, and goes for a final neckbreaker, but Count pushes him off. Prozac comes off the ropes, Count goes for the clothesline but Prozac ducks, grabs his head, and hits the third and final neckbreaker! Prozac jumps on him and goes for the pin. ...1 ...2 ...Count kicks out..

LEGEND: Oh! Prozac had the match won! But that Count has some guts! He stuck through it!

STRACHON: Yeah! And Prozac doesn’t look very happy about it!

Prozac quickly goes for another cover, but once again, only gets a two count. He gets to his feet, leans down to grab Count, but he quickly counters with a small package roll up! ...1 ...2. He kicks out. Prozac gets to his feet with a surprised look on his face, he turns to Count, who grabs him, lifts him up, and slams him down to the mat with a thunderous spinebuster! Both men are lying on the mat, tired, and trying to catch their breaths. Count slowly gets to his feet, as Prozac gets to his knees. Count sees an opportunity, runs off the ropes, comes back and hits a massive knee lift, sending Prozac hard onto his back! Count quickly takes advantage grabs Prozac, pulls him to his feet, hooks his head, slowly turns him, before hitting him his patented neckbreaker, Swinging Corpse!

LEGEND: A hell of a move by Count! But it seems all this fast paced offence so late in the match has taken its toll! BOTH men are on the mat!

STRACHON: A hell of a match as the referee starts the count! Someone has to get to his feet before ten!

...1 ...2 ...3. Count and Prozac are both on their knees. ...4 ...5 ...6. Both men are using the ropes to get to their feet. ...7 ...8. Count is up first, and Prozac is soon to follow! Both men meet in the middle of the ring, locking up, before Count reaches his foot behind Prozac’s and sweeps it out from under him! Count starts stomping away at his ankle! Prozac goes to kick him, but Count reverses, grabbing his ankle, locking in his version of the Ankle Lock! Prozac fights it, refusing to tap, as he goes for the ropes, but Count pulls him back into the middle! Finally Prozac rolls through, throwing Count forward, chest first into the ropes. Count bounces back, turning into the Rehabilitation! Prozac covers as the ref counts. ...1 ...2 ...3.

LEGEND: Prozac did it! He came out on top! He pinned him! Its over!

STRACHON: What a hellacious match! I can’t believe the rookie put up such a damn good fight!

CHARLES: The winner of the match ...Prozac!

The referee lifts Prozac’s arm high into the air, as he celebrates in the ring, holding onto the ropes to stay up. The crowd goes wild, as the referee drops to Count, and checks on him.

LEGEND: Ladies and gentlemen, the Heavyweight World title is on the line ...when we return!

[FWF]

LEGEND: Welcome back to MNR.

STRACHON: Look who's in the ring, Legend.

LEGEND: Absolutely... Don Lepore and Couch Potato, two former wWo members are face to face.

Don Lepore grabs Couchie's arm and throws him to the ground. He then quickly attempts to put Couch Potato in the triangle choke. After much fighting Don Lepore finally locks it. Couch Potato then begins to stand up as Don hangs off of him. Don then fully leans back and uses all his leverage to strengthen the hold. After four or five seconds of being extended like that Couch Potato starts to show signs of wearing down. Then Don leans into the hold even more as Couch Potato finally taps out.

LEGEND: He tapped. We have a winner.

The referee calls for the bell and goes to hand Don Lepore the title as his music plays. The announcer begins to announce Don as the winner, when he is suddenly interrupted.

STALL: Hold it just a damn minute!

Suddenly Joe Stall can be seen coming out onto the stage. He looks incredibly angry as he shouts into the microphone.

LEGEND: Looks like the Commissioner has something to say.

STALL: Don Lepore, congratulations on finally beating Couchie.

You can see Don nods with a smirk on his face as he gazes at Stall from the ring.

STALL: The only problem is that Couchie beat you first.

Stall points up the screen as the final moments from the match are replayed. As Don cranks the hold you can see his shoulders pressed down on the canvas as Couch Potato stands over him still locked in the triangle choke.

STALL: ...1 ...2 ...3. Wow! Looks like Couch Potato is the winner!

LEGEND: What!?

STRACHON: New champion!?

Stall then points at the referee and shouts at him, as Don Lepore looks pissed.

STALL: Ref, you saw the footage and as the Commissioner, I'm reversing the decision. Couch Potato is the new Heavyweight World Champion!

LEGEND: I can't believe it.

Couch Potato stands up and looks incredibly happy as he raises his hands in the air. Joe Stall quietly watches from the stage as Don Lepore slowly hands the belt over to Couch Potato. After he hands the belt over, Couch Potato extends a hand to Don Lepore. Don then shakes Couch Potato's hand. Then Don Lepore asks for a microphone.

LEPORE: You know Stall, I don't need the title anymore, I've accomplished all I've ever wanted to accomplish in this sport and I've realized it's time for me to finally retire on top. Sure, Couch Potato may have beaten me, but I beat him to, even if he beat me first. But hey he's my friend, and if you can't lose to your friends, who can you lose to?

Stall looks happy at Don Lepore's retirement as Don continues on.

LEPORE: It's been a wild ride for me in this sport, but like I said I've done everything I've ever wanted to do and now it's time I called it quits. You've gotten your wish, Stall because now Don Lepore is out of the top spot and out of wrestling for good. The only problem is, look at my successor...

Don then points to Couchie as Stall looks in shock as he realizes what he's just done. Don then hands the microphone to Couch Potato.

POTATO: Don, first off that was a hell of a match and let me say that I am honored to have wrestled your final match. And Joe Stall, you thought Don Lepore was bad, you ain't seen nothing yet. I've been waiting years this for this and now my time has come. It's finally time that Couchie owns this place!

Don Lepore raises Couchie's hand as the two then motion towards the entrance ramp. McCroon comes out wheeling a green cooler right past Joe Stall. McCroon opens the cooler at ringside and tosses some sodas up to Don and Couch. The two then crack open the sodas and toast to Don's career and Couchie's big win.

STALL: Well, seeing as we're all about surprises tonight, I have one of my own. Y'see, a few years ago, there was another group of people who came here claiming to own this place.

STRACHON: I like where this is going.

STALL: And one of these people held the top title in FWF. A few years later and he's got it again.

STRACHON: I really like where this is going.

STALL: So congratulations on winning the belt, Couch, but you'll be defending it at Vertigo against this man.

"You Know You're Right" by Nirvana plays. Marcus Brody, Sausage, Bean and The Unknown enter the arena as the crowd begin to cheer. Moments later, The Predator jogs out between them with his World title in the air.

STRACHON: It's the Predator!

STALL: We're going to have ourselves a wWo vs UCW Lumberjack Match!

STRACHON: Oh my God!

LEGEND: I can't believe it.

STRACHON: What an announcement here to lead us out. We will see you next week.