The WMW Show

(courtesy of Wrestling Midwest)

WMW Show, Part 1

[The scene is set. Stephen Squires sits across 7 of the top superstars in WMW today, AWS Man, Kronin, Hecate, Druscilla and Amariie, Valora and Jade.]

Stephen Squires – Thank you, John. First, want to welcome everyone to the WMW Show. My name is Stephen Squires, and I am sitting here with 7 of the biggest superstars in WMW right now, and we’re going to talk about what’s going on and how it effects them and the rest of us here in WMW. Starting to my left, we have one half of the Midwest Tag Leage Champions and former Great Lakes Champion, AWS Man. Nice that you showed up on time this time. Thanks for being here tonight.

[AWS Man scowls, not looking pleased to be here.]

AWS Man – That’s former and FUTURE GLC, Pseudo Benny 64.256

Stephen Squires – Right. Next up, his partner in the MTL, and – I don’t know, guess it’s former friend? Kronin.

AWS Man – Oh, we’re still friends … in freakin’ hell!

[The camera pans to Kronin, who smirks and gives a brief little salute from his eyebrow.]

Kronin – Yo.

Stephen Squires – Next to him is the new Heartlands Champion, Hecate. Hecate, welcome back.

[The camera pans to Hecate, who smiles.]

Hecate – Pleased to be back on the show once again, thanks for having me here.

[The camera pans over to show both Druscilla and Amariie. Amariie looks a bit disappointed.]

Stephen Squires – The current Ace Superior Champion, Druscilla – fresh off a successful title defense.

[Druscilla smirks.]

Druscilla – You sound surprised. Stephen. I am one of the WWRs top 25 women wrestlers after all.

Stephen Squires – Congratulations on that, by the way. Next to her is her tag team partner in the MTL2 tournament, and former Heartlands Champion, one of the few listed in the WWR Top 60, Amariie Maerthos.

[She raises her eye brows and takes a deep breath.]

Amariie – The pleasure is all yours. I wouldn’t get used to saying ‘former’ though.

[She looks at Hecate and smiles confidently before looking back at Stephen. The camera pans over to show Valora and Jade.]

Stephen Squires – Am I’m feeling some tension here from the Daughters of Darkness? Next to her is the reigning Hardcore Champion. Sorry, I mean to say, the longest reigning Hardcore Champion in WMW history, right? Valora Salinas.

Valora – [bleep]ing A right longest reigning Hardcore champ and number 7 on the WWR list of women wrestlers… AWS Man’s little bitch couldn’t stop me.

AWS Man – Hey, Pyre could be one of the top 10 women’s wrestlers if he freakin’ wanted to!

Stephen Squires – And.. the new Wrestling Midwest Great Lakes Champion, Jade.

[Jade smirks and holds her GLC belt up so that AWS Man can see it.]

Jade – Pleasure to be here.

[AWS Man starts to massage his finger angrily while Pen grits his teeth. The shot changes back to show just Stephen Squires.]

Stephen Squires – Let’s start off with the questions, shall we. Hardcore Hell 2009. Druscilla and Valora successfully defended their titles. Amariie and AWS Man, the night didn’t go as well. What is your reaction to the supercard? Was everything.. everything? Or are you surprised with how things turned out?

[The camera turns to AWS Man.]

AWS Man – No, everything was not freakin’ everything! In fact, everything was the gay! First Pyre loses to Vajayjay on account of … well, I haven’t had time to think of an excuse, but it was pretty crap. And then Hong Kong Phooey steals my title through the highest of malarkerish! Worst … show … freakin’ … ever.

Stephen Squires – Kronin, you came very close to winning the GLC. Are you glad now, knowing how everything went down, that… you didn’t?

[The camera pans back to show both Kronin and AWS Man. Kronin smirks as he turns to look at AWS Man.]

Kronin – You forgot the part where I beat your ass and put like…ten different submission holds on you, dude. As for the GLC match, hey man, it’s no big deal… if Jade had still cashed it in, she and I woulda hooked up and found out who the better ma..errr wrestler is. Unlike Mr. Paintball here, I don’t bitch when or if I lose.

AWS Man – I didn’t mention it because you’re freakin’ dead to me. In fact, I didn’t even say that, because I’m ignoring you.

[Squires shakes his head. He then turns his attention to Hecate and smiles. The camera focuses on her.]

Stephen Squires – Hecate…. have you stopped smiling yet?

[Hecate chuckles softly, fingers stroking the Heartlands title. She looks down at the title and then back at Stephen.]

Hecate – I’m still in shock, think about it for a moment. Hardcore Hell was a historic night. I don’t think there has ever been another promotion that has had all 4 major singles titles held by women at the same time. It’s humbling to think about that.

[The shot changes to show Hecate, Druscilla and Amariie. Amariie stares at Hecate.]

Hecate – Also, I was given a title shot in only my 6th singles match and walked out the winner, I don’t know if that is some kind of record or not but I am proud of what I’ve done since getting here. And while a triple threat match puts the champion at a disadvantage, I made sure to give Amariie the honor of pining her for the win instead of Adam Allocco, although I wish it had been a one on one match.

AWS Man – Oh yeah? I won the GLC in -1 matches.

[All 3 of them look at AWS Man and just shake their heads.]

Stephen Squires – Druscilla, overall, anything surprising to you or did Hardcore Hell 2009 go as planned?

[Druscilla rolls her eyes as she turns back to Squires.]

Druscilla – Were you not paying bloody attention? Are you mentally deficient somehow? Of course everything went according to bloody plan! We’re not the TDA here sunshine! We’re the Pinnacle of Power, the only minor hiccup is Amariie losing her title, but she lost it to our good friend Hecate so that’s well within acceptable limits.

[Amariie shakes her head.]

Amariie – I disagree. No loss is acceptable. Ever. They are simply an inevitability that one must deal with. Although I am glad that if I am no longer the champion, that a friend of mine is. For how long though remains to be seen.

Stephen Squires – Geez, people. I’m looking for some surprises. No one was surprised by what happened at Hardcore Hell? Valora. Come on, give me something.

AWS Man – I’m still surprised just how much worse than Real Benny you freakin’ are.

[Squires shifts his head and glares at AWS Man, before turning back to Valora. The shot changes to just show Valora. She smirks.]

Valora – I’m surprised… surprised Adam Pyre can still [bleep]ing walk after the epic beating I threw down at him. I’ll be more surprised if the [bleep]er’s dumb enough to show his face round here again. I’m also surprised Amariie got her ass kicked too… so much for her breaking Jade’s record.

[Amariie and Valora share a look. The shot changes to show the whole group again.]

AWS Man – Oh yeah, I see the Pyramid of Poodles is freakin’ realllll tight-knit.

Valora – Keep runnin’ your mouth, [bleep]nut. I’ll put you right next to Pyre. In the hospital.

AWS Man – You don’t scare me, not with Pen here. You’re just freakin’ lucky he hasn’t come after your precious belt yet.

Hecate – Is that why Pen is busy flirting with the mop over there?

[AWS Man looks at Pen, who's facing the the mop in the corner. He then looks at the mop.]

AWS Man – Well, she is known for her sloppy seconds … whatever that freakin’ means.

[He shakes his head and looks back towards the center of the table.]

Valora – Bring it on… I’ll kill you and your imaginary friend too.

Stephen Squires – Try and keep it civil ladies … and AWS Man. No need to fight here. Jade, by far, the biggest surprise for me was seeing you cash in the Ace in the Hole. Not only that, but you won the GLC. The second female, if that really matters in the grand scheme of things, but still – it’s a big accomplishment is it not?

[The shot once again focuses in on Jade.]

Jade – I think it is… Of course I knew it would be a surprise if I cashed it in at Hardcore Hell. Which is exactly why I did so. AWS Man insulting Kronin gave me the perfect chance to humble AWS Man and give Kronin a shot I feel he has earned.

[Squires quickly gathers his notes. He looks at his watch and smiles as the shot changes to an overhead look at the entire set.]

Stephen Squires – Real quickly, as we’re about to head into a break. Kronin, biggest part of the night?

Kronin – Well, the Hardcore Hell match was insane. Valora and Pyre took things to a whole ‘nother level but… I really enjoyed the GLC title match. Shame AWS Man wasn’t in the mood to give me fair competition but, oh well.

[He shrugs as AWS Man silently mocks him. The shot changes to show all 7 guests.]

Stephen Squires – Druscilla, would you agree with that?

[Druscilla nods.]

Druscilla – Yes, I suppose so. Throttling Father Nathan was… less then satisfying. Valora put on a very good performance.

Stephen Squires – Wednesday Wrestling Rag actually made that match the match of the week from what I read. So, the guys over at WWR must agree as well.

[The shot turns to show just Stephen.]

Stephen Squires – We’ll be back a bit later on tonight. Stay tuned. Coming up we’ll talk about PoP. They currently hold 5 of the 6 titles in Wrestling Midwest today. Are they too powerful? Stay tuned.

[The scene fades.]

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The shot opens back up backstage as Stephen Squires looks up at the camera and smiles.]

Stephen Squires – All right, and we’re back with the WMW Show here on Graveyard Shift 91. And, we’re going to start it off by talking about the Pinnacle of Power and the Daughters of Darkness. I mean, you guys can cut it any way you like, but I see both groups as being pretty united. So, let me start this off with you AWS Man – you’re the odd man out. All individual titles and one half of the MTL Champions are in either PoP or DoD. What does that mean for you, everyone sitting on the outside with you, and WMW in general?

[The shot focuses in on AWS Man. He shrugs.]

AWS Man – I’m not freakin’ happy about it, at all, obviously. But I wouldn’t be too worried about it. It’s only temporary. Next month I’ll go through both Kranky and Emerald to regain my title. And his days as half of the MTL champs are numbered too, believe you freakin’ me. As for the Paragon of Pungence themselves, they’re not going to last. Half of them don’t even like the other half. What about when Rattylsnake returns, and wants to be the leader again? You think he’ll really let Kreme Brouleil stay in, or Ryverdance? It’s a joke. TDA will outlast all of them.

[The shot zooms out to show Kronin looking at him with a smile.]

Kronin – Dude, you’re doing that ‘talking’ thing again. You should stop. You sound like less of a goof. As for the tag team belts. I got my own plans concerning these babies and I guarantee that when said plan goes through, these belts wont be leaving for a good long while.

[The shot pans back to show all 7 guests.]

Hecate – Yeah, I mean – that is if your ego’s don’t kill you first. I mean look, Evers gets so full of himself he pisses the wrong person off and gets taken out. Pyre can’t see past his own inadequacies and feeling that Valora should still be his. Umbrage is living in the past, way in the past and as for Cereal Killer over here, Pen is the smarter of the pair. TDA is showing that they are That Dismally Abysmal.

[AWS Man sticks his fingers in his ears. He backs away from the table and looks down.]

AWS Man – None of that is freakin’ true! TDA will never die! Do you hear me, God?!

Amariie – The only joke I see is sitting in a bad paintball mask and is talking to a spatula.

[Jade shakes her head and smiles as she positions the title over her shoulder.]

Jade – And now we see just why AWS Man should be let nowhere near the GLC.

Stephen Squires – Stay on topic guys. PoP… are they too powerful?

AWS Man – If by powerful you mean, um … stupidheads.

[Jade sighs and shakes her head.]

Hecate – Power is all in how you use it. If PoP ends up abusing their position, then someone will rise up like PoP did against TDA.

Amariie – The Pinnacle is made up of people who were born to lead, who were designed to hold power. It’s only natural that we have it.

AWS Man – Designed to hold my di-

[Squires clears his throat and leans into the table putting his hands together.]

Stephen Squires – Listen guys. I guess I’m just confused.

[AWS Man looks at Squires, disappointed that he just got interrupted.]

Stephen Squires – See, when this all started, at least – from my perspective as a WMW Reporter and a WMW Fan – there were two sides. The Pinnacle of Power and the good vigilantes who were trying to help WMW. Now, I’ve watched each one of you in PoP do a lot of negative things during all of this. Sure, you may get cheers here and there, but for the entire existence of PoP, they’ve been the bad guys. Now, it seems like there was a cross over. But, not PoP to the “good guys”, but the “good guys” joining PoP. Isn’t that bad for WMW and the fans here?

AWS Man – Yeah, it reminds me of something that rhymes with “scrudubbuyuoh”.

Jade – The Pinnacle of Power has always been about respect, Stephen. You and the others in WMW, who were either used to, enjoying the fruits of, or convinced nothing changed, the effects of the backstage corruption and the crap that goes on… how many people have joined this company claiming to be the next big thing? Demanding that everything be handed to them because, even though we had never heard of them, they are just that damn good like… 95% of those idiots… are no longer here. The Pinnacle takes out the trash because no one else will. Kronin, Ryven, myself… we’re siding with the Pinnacle to help the business, especially from the greedy, selfish, egomanical people trying to hold everybody down. TDA doesn’t care about anything other then their own agendas. They don’t care if WMW sinks, just as long as they’re on top when it goes under. The Pinnacle does care about things here.

[Druscilla rolls her eyes.]

Druscilla – Yes, well… we shall see how far this new… outlook gets us, won’t we?

AWS Man – Geez, this isn’t the freakin’ high school debate squad.

Jade – You mean you went to high school? Wow, the American Education system is worse then I thought.

AWS Man – Oh yeah? Well … give her a snappy comeback, Pen.

Pen -: …

[AWS Man looks at Squires nervously, before turning back to Jade.]

AWS Man – Ooooo-freakin’-oh, snap!

[AWS Man begins to laugh out loud while the others just look at him.]

Amariie – You do realize that that kitchin utensil doesn’t actually speak, right?

[AWS Man and Amariie glare at one another. Hecate shakes her head and leans forward. She looks at Druscilla.]

Hecate – Druscilla, you of all people here should know what not respecting the ‘peasants’ leads to. Besides, you want to make the ASC something? Can’t do that without respect.

AWS Man – Not to carpet-munchers, maybe. Which Umbrage said you guys totally are. Why would you freakin’ eat that stuff?

[Squires looks down trying to hold his laughter.]

Amariie – You mean he was able to put the bottle down long enough to give you the intellectual epiphiny? I wouldn’t put much stock in his ‘wisdom’.

[Hecate gives AWS Man a hard cold stare. Jade rolls her eyes.]

Jade – Well, while I’m sure Vyper, you know, my boyfriend, would be happy to see me with another girl, some male fantasy I think, I don’t do that… mostly due to a number of factors beyond your intellect.

Stephen Squires – All right – this conversation is going nowhere. We’re going into another break. But, before we go – coming up is the first match of the evening. Jack Reynolds and Shank partner up to take on That Damn Awesome, Justin Evers and Umbrage. But, Evers… I haven’t seen him? Will he be here to compete tonight? AWS Man, you’re a friend of his, as leader of That Damn Awesome. You got to know something.

AWS Man – Nope. That’s Blade’s department. And sometimes freakin’ Pen’s. Do you know anything, buddy?

[He turns to Pen.]

Pen – …

[He turns back to Squires and shrugs his shoulders.]

AWS Man – Well, there you freakin’ go.

Hecate – Pen sounds lonely.

[AWS Man snaps his head in Hecate's direction.]

AWS Man – Yeah? Well, you sound like a tramp.

[Stephen Squires sighs loudly as he begins to rustle his paperwork.]

Stephen Squires – Stay tuned. Now come on guys. I’m not asking for you guys to like each other, but can we keep on topic here?

[The scene fades as AWS Man and Hecate begin to argue.]

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[The shot opens back up at the WMW Show round table. Squires is looking at the camera and smiles. AWS Man is shown wiping the sweat off of his paintball mask.]

Stephen Squires – And welcome back to the WMW Show here on Wrestling Midwest Graveyard Shift 91. And, we’ve been talking with Kronin, Amariie and Druscilla, Hecate, Valora, Jade and AWS Man and…

[He turns back around towards the 7.]

Stephen Squires – …we’re going to move onto the last topic before tonight’s Main Event matchup between Hecate and Sam Hershey, as they take on Adam Allocco and Father Nathan in MTL2 competition. Now, some people would say that this is a huge deal. While, others are just shrugging this off as just good competition and the class of talent we have here. So, let me bring it to you guys. Starting with you, Kronin. All four individual titles are held by females. Is that important? Does it really matter?

[The shot focuses in on Kronin.]

Kronin – Well it’s definitely important. I mean, on one hand, it’s great for the women of WMW and it proves the level of talent we have here and it should definitely be motivation for us guys to get back in the game and elevate our own performances.

Stephen Squires – But, the idea that the titles, all 4 individual titles, are held by women. There are many critics out there that could go either way with this. But, the fact is: women aren’t separated from the men here in WMW. It’s everyone for themselves. How is 4 women holding the titles different than 4 men holding the titles?

Kronin – It’s really not, it’s as I said, good for them, given how much shit women in wrestling usually get, but it’s also motivation for us to get back into the swing of things… if you’re not a champion you should damn sure be motivated to become one, regardless of gender.

AWS Man – Oh, it’s not that freakin’ different at all.

[The shot changes to show an overhead shot of the round table.]

AWS Man – I just assume we’re sponsored by Lifetime now, and will have to start promoting Maxipads.

Amariie – Well, it shouldn’t be different, but the generalized view that women are ‘weaker’ than men will turn this into a big deal.

Hecate – Men have an ingrained belief that women are weaker and have far less skill than men do when it comes to ‘Male-defined’ activities and roles. It’s really a shame how certain religions and cultures have corrupted society as a whole.

Kronin – Yeah… anyone who has caught one of Jade’s feet in their face… or anywhere else on their body knows that isn’t always true.

[Jade smiles.]

AWS Man – Oh, they just tickle … a lot. So much that I freakin’ fall down and it might seem like I’m hurt, but I’m really laughing on the inside.

[Hecate shakes her head with a smile.]

Hecate – You could always ask Dean Williams or Masahiro about that. Oh, wait… they aren’t around anymore

Jade – Oh well then if it brings you joy, perhaps I should kick you more often. I am here to help, after all.

AWS Man – I’d like to see you freakin’ try! … But not literally. And definitely not right now.

[Amariie raises her hand.]

Amariie – I’d like to see it right now.

[AWS Man looks over to Amariie and shakes his head. She lowers her hand.]

AWS Man – No one’s talking to you, Armadillo.

Stephen Squires – Well, with the titles in PoP and on women, I mean… what’s the next step? Amariie and Druscilla winning the MTL Championships?

Druscilla – You bet your bloody arse we’re winning the MTL, Sonny Jim. There is not one team that can or will stop us this time. Especially since the current champs seem to be a bit divided.

AWS Man – What? Maybe you weren’t freakin’ paying attention to what just happened out there. Now that Umbrage and I are back together, we’re guaran-freakin’-teed to win. And then it looks like we’ll have AWS Man/Kronin vs. AWS Man/Umbrage II… Hmmm, somehow I don’t really feel like fighting AWS Man this time.

[Kronin sits for a moment and nods his head.]

Kronin – Yeah, now all you two need to do is stop Valora and Videogame, and Dru and Amariie here and then I’ll kick the crap outta both of you two.

Valora – I love this arguing. They can all argue whose second best when Videogame and I kick everybody’s ass and move into the title picture.

AWS Man – Oh man, I wish TDA hadn’t already fought you guys. I’d really love to pull a Shank and slap Gameboy’s face off his freakin’ face.

Valora – Funny… I was just thinkin about how much I’d like to Shank you.

Stephen Squires – Too much information, guys. Come on, keep it civil.

[Kronin laughs.]

Kronin – Now, that there… was pretty funny.

[Hecate grins suddenly, almost giddy.]

Hecate – There is still alot left of the MTL, but expect the unexpected. Someone will be delivered to Hades when they least expect it.

Stephen Squires – There is a lot left in MTL2. We still have a lot of great teams in the picture here.

[He looks down at his watch.]

Stephen Squires – All right, we’ll we’re just about out of time. I know Hecate needs to prepare for her upcoming match. Once again, main event, in just a few moments. Hershey and Hecate vs. Allocco and Father Nathan. Let’s get some predictions. AWS Man, out of both teams – who wins?

AWS Man – Who freakin’ cares? Those happen to be the two teams left that Umbrage and I need to face. After we destroy both of them, they won’t even matter anymore.

Hecate – I’ll make sure to leave a walker out for you and Umbrage so you can make it down to the ring when you face us.

Stephen Squires – Kronin?

Kronin – I’d have to say…

[He looks at Hecate and then back towards Stephen.]

Kronin – Hecate and Hershey, though it’s a close call. I used to team with Hershey and he and I had some fun times together, I know he can get it done, he’s just been in a spot of bad luck lately.. Hecate is well, just been really impressive since coming here and on the other team… Father Nathan impresses me but… I’ve seen a lot of mouth running from Allocco and not much else. I think it’s basically Father Nathan in a handicap match tonight.

Valora – Father Nathan aint got enough miracles in that cross of his to carry Allocco’s ass to the promised land… just like his college, Notre Dame… Allocco and Father Nathan… fall short and stay home from the playoffs.

Hecate – I just wonder which Hershey I will get tonight, it could very well be me having to carry the team once again.

Jade – I look forward to a quality match… I have no vested interest in the match though.

Stephen Squires – Well, good luck Hecate. And, once again, congratulations to both Hecate and Jade, both enter tonight as new Champions. And thank you all for joining the WMW Show. Let’s turn it back over to Graveyard Shift 91.

AWS Man – You’re all freakin’ welcome for me saving this chat from being incredibly boring.

[The scene fades.]