"P.O.D." by Southtown
blasts over the sound system, and a huge explosion illuminates the arena. Mad Dog Dino
Fischetti and Big Bald Bitch appear, both wearing trench coats and wraparound sunglasses.
TETE: Dirty Deeds coming down for their grudge match with the Company Line, Jimmy Steele
and Ragin' Ray Brown.
FLOYD: These guys are just scary, Papa. Mostly because they've got Keanu Reeve's fashion
sense.
TETE: You think they dress poorly?
FLOYD: Au contraire... they've asked me to join them.
TETE: They asked you to become another member of their tag-team?
FLOYD: Well... Dino told me to "get the hell out of the way" as we were walking
down the hallway... that's close.
TETE: Shut up, Floyd.
Dino and BBB head down to the ring and climb over the ropes. Dino sheds his coat and
tosses it into the corner, then tosses his sunglasses after it. Bitch also removes his
sunglasses, but keeps his coat on for the match. They each jump onto the turnbuckles in
the corners of the ring, shouting to the crowd. The cheering rises significantly.
After a few moments, Rage Against The Machine's "Calm Like A Bomb" comes up, and
Jimmy Steele and Ragin' Ray Brown appear. Jimmy, as always, had a look of anger across his
face. He and Ray both yelled at the audience (and at the pair in the ring) as they walked
down the ramp. They split up and circled around the ring, climbing in at the side opposite
the entryway. Dino and BBB glared at the two as they climbed into the ring.
The music died down, and Dino and Ray stepped out of the ring. Bitch and Jimmy stood on
opposite sides of the ring for several seconds, before Jimmy shouted and ran forward, only
to be caught upside the head by a right rook from BBB. Jimmy fell to the mat and bounced
back up, only to be floored again. They repeated this one more time before Bitch kicked
Jimmy in the thigh, making him fall down to one knee. BBB swung his foot again, knocking
Jimmy back against the ropes, where Dino knocked him across the back of his neck with his
forearm.
TETE: Dirty Deeds is taking control with their excellent teamwork early on.
FLOYD: I'm just wondering if they'll do the same to Jimmy and Ray that they did to Faust.
Jimmy falls forward, only to be caught by Bitch, who whips him into the ropes on the
opposite side of the ring. Bitch tries to catch Jimmy for a powerbomb, but Jimmy manages
to wrap his arms around the ropes. Bitch rushes forward and clotheslines Jimmy over the
rope. Jimmy crashes to the floor, and slowly climbs back to his feet. As he does so, Bitch
leaps over the ropes and brings his arm down across Jimmy's back, again knocking him down.
Bitch then begins kicking Jimmy in the ribs and head, but Ray Brown appears and pounds
Bitch across the back. Bitch staggers forward and crashes into the announcers' table.
FLOYD: Hey, watch it, you clumsy oaf! You're going to spill my tea!
TETE: The action's spilling out of the ring here! Get back, back!
Ray keeps hammering on Bitch, knocking the trenchcoated man to his knees, but is
interrupted as Dino appears, catching Ray in a clothesline. Ray falls back, but jumps
right back up and he and Dino begin trading punches. The ref climbs out of the ring and
begins yelling at the four to get back in the ring, but they all ignore him. Dino grabs
Ray and slams him backfirst into the barricade, then begins delivering punches into his
gut. Meanwhile, Jimmy Steele climbs back to his feet, and he goes back after Bitch,
grabbing him by the head and throwing him into the ring pole. Bitch ricochets off and
falls to the ground.
FLOYD: Hey, Bitch ain't so tough after all.
TETE: I wouldn't count him out just yet.
FLOYD: Yeah, well, I would.
TETE: And that's why I get a bigger salary than you.
Jimmy begins kicking at Bitch's side, hammering him into the barricade. Dino is still
working Ray over.
FLOYD: You get a bigger salary than me?
Jimmy pauses his attack on Bitch to check on his partner, and notices the dire situation
that Ray is in. Jimmy rushes over and slams his elbow into Dino's back, which only
succeeds in causing Dino to crush Ray. Jimmy begins throwing punches, which slows Dino
down some.
Meanwhile, Bitch climbs back to his feet. He reaches into his trenchcoat and pulls out a
piece of steel pipe, about 18" long. He grasps it in both hands and walks over to
Jimmy Steele, ignoring the ref's orders to get rid of the weapon. Without hesitation,
Bitch slams the pipe across Jimmy's lower spine, then across Jimmy's knees, making him
keel over. The referee waves his hands, shouting at the wrestlers.
TETE: Looks like the ref's calling for the bell! This match is a DQ!
FLOYD: What for? There's no reason to disqualify anybody! That ref needs his eyes
examined!
TETE: I think you need your head examined.
FLOYD: Hey, now, nobody's ever disputed THAT...
Bitch slides the pipe back into his coat and proceeds to deliver booted kicks to Jimmy's
head. Dino recovers, leaving Ray Brown lying against the barricade, and grabs Jimmy by the
shoulders and hauls him to his feet. Dino then lugs Jimmy towards the opposite side of the
ring and throws him against the steps. Jimmy flips over the steps and lands right at the
base of the entrance ramp. Dino and BBB, right behind him, begin the double-team again.
Bitch hauls Jimmy to his feet, Dino begins working Jimmy over with his fists.
After several moments of this, Ray manages to climb to his feet. He glances around,
notices the commotion, and ambles over, stumbling ever-so-slightly. He climbs up onto the
apron right behind BBB and prepares to leap off, but Bitch whirls around at the last
second. Ray jumps off the apron, but Bitch manages to catch him in mid-air. BBB uses the
momentum to swing Ray over his shoulder and sends him smashing down onto the ramp.
TETE: Ray Brown's body emitting a loud slap as he crashes into the hard steel of the
entrance ramp!
FLOYD: Ouch ouch ouch! Don't this guys know to keep the fun on the padded parts?
Ray lies where he lands, so Bitch turns his attention back to Jimmy Steele (still the
legal man). Both Bitch and Dino slide Jimmy into the ring and climb in after him. They
haul him to his feet, then both grab him under one of his arms and hoist him high into the
air. They spin him around a couple times, them slam him down onto the mat.
FLOYD: Holy hell, I think I felt that in my teeth, Papa!
TETE: I'm pretty sure Jimmy Steele felt it, as well.
As this was going on, Ray Brown was struggling to his feet. He shook his head a couple
times, trying to clear the dizziness. Suddenly, "Mahadeva" comes up again, and
Remington and Cyril hand run down the ramp, and C-Cube appears in the entryway, though
doesn't approach. Remington holds a cloth in one hand, and he presses it up against Ray's
mouth and noise. Cyril holds Ray down for the few seconds it takes for the chloroform to
take effect. Presently, Ray's body goes limp, and Cyril grabs his legs and the two carry
Ray Brown back up the ramp. They stop and exchange words with C-Cube, who gestures to the
backstage area and says a few words. After that, the Brothers disappear.
TETE: What the hell is this? C-Cube and the Brothers Hand are kidnaping Ragin' Ray Brown!
FLOYD: Jeez, it's like something out of a bad detective movie!
TETE: Dino or Bitch hadn't noticed! I don't think anybody has! Don't we have security
teams here?!?
FLOYD: I guess they're all busy eating donuts, Papa.
TETE: Again I agree with you. That's twice in one night. This day will go down in the
history books.
Dino and BBB continue the assault on Jimmy Steele. They lay him across the turnbuckle,
then climb up onto the second rope. Dino grabs Jimmy's arms, Bitch his feet. They haul him
up, swing him back and forth a couple times, then release him. Jimmy flies in a low arc
across the ring, and smashes down, his limp form rolling a few times.
The ref tries to stop them, but Dino only grabs him by the shirt and pushes him aside none
too gently. Dino and BBB again go at kicking Jimmy, but a couple more ref's run down to
ringside and pull them apart. Instead of taking out these officials, too, Dino and Bitch
throw their arms in the air to the audience, celebrating their self-imposed victory. Their
music comes back on, and Dino grabs his coat and sunglasses, and the two men return back
up the ramp. They glare at C- Cube for a few moments, who simply shrugs and heads down to
the ring.
TETE: So, what the hell was that? The whole match got DQ-ed, half the
Company Line tag-team vanished... what in God's name does C-Cube want with Ray Brown?
FLOYD: Don't ask me, Papa.
TETE: Well, the EMTs are tending to Jimmy Steele. C-Cube is still standing in the ring.
FLOYD: Well, his match IS up next.
TETE: The man has no remorse whatsoever.
"Sad but True" hits and the crowd explodes as Steve Roman walks down to the
ring, his belt slung over his shoulder. C-Cube stands serenely in the middle of the ring
as the EMTs take Jimmy Steele out on a stretcher. C-Cube points at Roman and motions for
him to come forward. Roman drops the belt on the ring apron and charges into the ring.
TETE: The legendary Steve Roman wants to dispatch C-Cube immediately.
FLOYD: Well, that's not going to be so easy.
C-Cube simply steps out of the way, and Roman, unable to stop himself, crashes into the
steel turnbuckle. C-Cube laughs a bit, picks up Roman's belt and holds it above his head,
as though trying the pose on for size. Roman sees this and charges at C-Cube again.
C-Cube, not looking this time, crashes to the concrete floor outside the ring, dropping
the belt back onto the ring apron. Roman hands the belt to the timekeeper. Roman flies
over the ring ropes and lands directly on top of C-Cube.
TETE: It was foolish of C-Cube to go after Roman's property like that.
FLOYD: It could very easily be his property tonight, Poppa.
TETE: Even so....
Roman begins to whip C-Cube into the steel stairs, but C-Cube reverses it and Roman's the
one whose shoulders crash into the steel. C-Cube pulls Roman to his feet and smashes his
head against the steps several times, then sweeps Roman into the steps, Roman's back
crunching against the cold steel.
TETE: Steve Roman getting well-acquainted with steel tonight.
C-Cube tosses Roman into the ring, then climbs to the top turnbuckle, preparing to deliver
an elbow drop, but Roman is on his feet and charges into the ropes, jarring C-Cube, who
falls and lands directly on his considerable cojones. Roman pulls C-Cube into the ring,
whips him into the ropes and goes to deliver a clothesline from hell, but C-Cube ducks,
bounces off the opposite ropes, and gives Roman a flying axe-kick to the head. C-Cube goes
for a pin. 1...2... Roman gets a shoulder up. C-Cube pulls Roman to his feet and goes for
a powerbomb, but Roman reverses it into a back body drop, then, as soon as C-Cube is up,
begins trading punches with the Khrishna.
C-Cube backs Roman into a corner, delivers a knee to Roman's midsection, then another knee
to Roman's vulnerable visage. Roman swiftly raises his head and, possibly unintentionally,
crashing it into C-Cube's chin. Roman then nails a clothesline, then a kick to C-Cube's
face.
TETE: Roman seems to be taking charge here.
FLOYD: We'll see how long that lasts.
C-Cube gets to his feet, but Roman hooks on a submission maneuver that looks somewhat
similar to the Tazzmission.
TETE: The Phalanx! It's the Phalanx!
FLOYD: Aaaaaah! No, not that! His noble Hindu throat is gonna be mush!
C-Cube is tapping out. The ref calls for the bell. Roman gets to his feet, raises his
fists above his head, and screams. But suddenly, Cyril and Remington Hand come out of the
audience and grab Roman, C-Cube pointing and giving orders. Roman struggles, but Remington
grabs a steel chair and knocks Roman silly. They start to drag Roman to the back.
TETE: Oh no! First Ray Brown, now Steve Roman? What is C-Cube doing?
FLOYD: I don't know, but I don't like it.
Suddenly, "Southtown" by POD hits and Dino Fischetti and Big Bald Bitch suddenly
rush out from the back, bearing steel pipes. They immediately set to work on C-Cube and
the brothers, who can barely fight back and try to spirit Roman away at the same time.
TETE: What the hell? What are they doing here?
Roman comes to, grabs C-Cube, and nails him with a DDT onto a fallen steel chair. At the
same time, Fischetti has just knocked Remington cold with a steel pipe and the Bitch has
taken Cyril out with the steel steps. Roman, Fischetti, and the Bitch climb into the ring.
TETE: What the hell is going on here? What's the story?
FLOYD: Roman's about to take these idiots out, that's what's going on!
Fischetti pulls off his trenchcoat, revealing a "Dirty Deeds" T-shirt
underneath. The Bitch does the same with his leather jacket, revealing the same
underneath. Fischetti pulls his T-shirt off and tosses it to Roman! The crowd explodes!
TETE: Oh my God! Is what's about to happen really what's about to happen?
FLOYD (clueless): What?
Roman looks to the crowd, which roars its approval, then takes his own shirt off and pulls
the "Dirty Deeds" T-shirt on. The Bitch hands Fischetti another shirt, which he
puts on, and the three men stand in a line and hold each others' hands up.
TETE: Holy God! Steve Roman has formed a stable with Fischetti and the Bitch!
FLOYD: But - but - nooo!
The group embraces and heads into the back. After a moment, C-Cube wakes his men up and
they stare up the ramp after the departing winners of the fray. Then they exit into the
back as well.
TETE: Boy, I for one can't wait to hear the explanation for this one.
"Black is Black" hits and Diego Cabrera comes down to a loud pop from the crowd.
TETE: Well, here comes the new CEO of the company, Diego Cabrera. Looks like he's ready
for his tag match.
FLOYD: You bet he is! Ready to ruin the reputation of a captain of industry, one of the
most important men in this business ... Mr. Laser.
TETE: Oh, will you stop with the Mr. Laser stuff already?
Suddenly, a gust of wind, not a breeze, but a gust of wind, strikes the arena and the
lights go out. "Supernova Goes Pop" explodes from the speakers, and the crowd
goes insane as Malice, wasting no time, comes down to the ring, every step with a purpose.
TETE: Malice foregoing his usual somewhat playful entrance.
FLOYD: He's not in the mood after what Hart did to him at Delirium. If he took that mask
off, we'd see scars - permanent scars. That's what the Glass Man does best, after all.
TETE: Well, I bet Malice gives Hart a few scars after tonight himself.
FLOYD: Don't count on it.
Malice stands in the ring next to Cabrera. He exchanges a glance with him, but nothing
more. They both stare back up the ramp. "Walk this Way" hits and Marty Hart
starts down the ramp. Malice begins yelling at him across the ring. Hart gestures for
Malice to come get him. Malice shakes his head and invites Hart into the ring.
TETE: Malice not wanting to get involved on the outside.
FLOYD: Look at him, Papa, he's a coward!
Hart dives into the ring. Malice immediately reaches into his cloak, pulls out a pane of
glass, and quickly smashes it over Marty Hart's head. Hart goes down and Malice goes for
the pin. But the ref isn't counting.
TETE: The match hasn't started yet, so the pin won't count.
FLOYD: And neither does that yellow-bellied move with the glass, unfortunately.
Everything's legal before the bell.
Cabrera stands in the ring, continuing to wait for Laser, who still hasn't appeared. Marty
Hart, blood pouring down his face, grabs a shard of glass and comes after Malice with it.
Malice picks up his own shard of glass and parries Hart's move. Cabrera is still waiting
for Laser, and there's still no Chosen One.
Hart and Malice circle each other, each looking for an opening. Finally, Malice shoulder
tackles Hart, who hits his head on the turnbuckle in the corner. Malice shoves the shard
of glass right in front of Hart's face. There is a mad, empty look in his eyes.
TETE: Don't do it, Malice! For God's sake, that's going too far!
FLOYD: Hey, by any means necessary, right, Poppa?
TETE: That's not like Malice, I tell you. It's just not like him!
FLOYD: If Mr. Laser were here, this wouldn't be happening.
TETE: Yeah, where is "Mr. Laser" anyway?
Cabrera sees what Malice is about to do and bends down and slaps Malice, hard, across the
face. Malice looks up at Cabrera, then down at Hart, and suddenly, his sanity returns. He
stands up, pulls Hart to his feet, and tosses him into the ropes, then clotheslines him.
Hart slashes Malice's thigh with his shard of glass. Malice collapses to the floor, and
Hart begins to kick Malice mercilessly. Cabrera goes to break it up when suddenly,
"Pink Elephants on Parade" hits yet again.
FLOYD: Oh no, not these idiot!
The Court Jester and Mike the Chicken Eater appear at the top of the ramp. They've both
got Rico Laser, Mike holding one of his arms and the Jester holding the other. They're
dragging him to the ring. The Jester's free hand is holding a mic.
JESTER: Look what I found sneaking around like a bad Bond into his limousine, our favorite
owner, Rico Loser!
Cabrera comes down and waits at the bottom of the ramp for Laser. The Jester and Mike toss
Laser down to the bottom of the ramp.
JESTER: He's all yours, my Erik Estrada-looking luchador! And remember... always wash your
hands after touching a Company Linesman!
As the Sideshow disappears, Cabrera nods his thanks and takes Laser by the hair down to
the ring. He signals to the timekeeper, who rings the bell. Cabrera throws Laser between
the ropes, climbs into the ring and punches Laser into a corner. Laser squirms his way out
and whips Cabrera into the ref, who falls off the ring apron. Meanwhile, Hart is working
at Malice with a chain that's wrapped around his hand. Malice is limp as a fish as Hart
kicks him in the jaw and stomps on his head.
TETE: Hart is systematically destroying Malice!
FLOYD: Hey, Malice asked for this, remember?
TETE: He didn't ask to be beaten to a bloody pulp, Floyd!
Cabrera has just given Laser a flying head scissors, and Laser lies on the mat. Cabrera
goes for a pin. But the ref is out! Cabrera goes to wake the ref up.
Hart, meanwhile, has grabbed three panes of glass from under the ring and balances them on
Malice's face, then climbs to the top turnbuckle and prepares for a possibly fatal elbow
drop.
TETE: No! Oh my God, someone stop him! Someone stop-
New music suddenly hits - unfamiliar music. The lights are out, aside from strobe flashes
that somewhat resemble lightning. The crowd murmurs.
Hart pauses and looks up the ramp, unsure what to expect.
TETE: What now? Who the hell is this?
FLOYD: I'm really confused, Poppa.
At the top of the ramp is Odium, wearing a similar mask to Malice's, only the colors are
reversed. Next to him is Angst, his usual sour expression quite present.
FLOYD: What the heck are they doing here?
TETE: Well, Abbott invited everybody back, right?
Odium and Angst run down to the ring and knock Hart off the turnbuckle -Hart crashes
through the Spanish announce table! The ref, who's now awake, calls for the bell. Cabrera
begins yelling at the ref, who shrugs and starts yelling something about the rules.
Odium and Angst have pulled Hart to his feet. Odium holds Hart from behind, and Angst
grabs the glass panes off of the still-unconscious Malice's face. Angst jumps back down to
the wreckage that once was the announce table, and smashes one pane of glass in Hart's
face, then the second into one knee, the third into the other!
Laser has scrambled to his feet and runs for the back. Cabrera chases after him. Odium and
Angst pick their brother up in their arms and take him up the ramp. The camera focuses on
Hart, lying in a heap on top of what was the Spanish announce table.
TETE: I can't believe we're out of time! What the hell just happened? What's Cabrera going
to do to Laser after this? How will Malice get his revenge on Hart? How will Hart handle
Odium and Angst? What about Dirty Deeds? What about Steve Roman? What about C-Cube's
kidnapping of Ray Brown? What about-?
FLOYD: The hell with it, Papa, just end the show. I've got a certain young lady waiting
for me back at the hotel...
TETE: She's not related to you, is she?
FLOYD (after a pause): Uhm ... no.
TETE: We'll be back with Trauma next week. Till then ... stay extreme!
We fade out.
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