Post by T-Marv on Oct 26, 2012 11:21:12 GMT -4
Judgment Day.
The mythical End of times depicted in every level of Christianity where the wicked are cast into fires of hell and the righteous are brought up into the kingdom of heaven with the gift of eternal life. It really is a heavy concept to wrap your hand around. Most people pass it off as a scary story told to manipulate mankind into a certain kind of controllable behavior. It’s behavioral control in its highest form, something tyrannical authority figures have been doing since the dawn of time and continue to do today. But that doesn’t mean that there isn’t some sort of truth behind the myth. After all, every myth is born from some bit of fact.
In the stories, Judgment day is coincided by the final battle between good and evil, when those who stood with God will battle those who stand with Lucifer. Some Theologists say that we are living in the end times now, and said battle is reaching its end soon. And though in Christian beliefs, the outcome of the war is predetermined, fears still spread that the Devil shall emerge victorious and turn this world into his very own playground. The final battle is very far from decided. As for the Final Judgment?
I guess I never really thought about which side I would be on. I never gave credence to it really. But it’s more than just religion now. This has spilled into the APW, into wrestling, into the world that I call MINE! There is a final battle among us, a battle for the souls of the entire Wrestling community, perhaps the entire world. This battle won’t be fought in Heaven…won’t be fought on earth. This decisive, bloody contest will be fought in Satan’s back yard, it will be fought in HELL!
And once again, the question rings out. Which side will I fall on? Are my recent actions just a ruse to disguise my true self? Have I really turned a new leaf and will I turn out to be the hero that I’ve always said I am?
At One Night In Hell, I’ll face my Final Judgment, I will face Armageddon. The battle will be bloody and brutal. In the end, only one can survive.
Can you survive Hell on Earth?
We’ll find out soon!
Lightning flashes outside the window as the thunder cracks loudly in the hotel room where APW Undisputed Champion lays fast asleep. He reaches for Faythe, but he keeps on reaching. When his arm crashes on the bed, he wakes, realizing that Faythe is missing. Thinking that she was just waken by the storm, Terry rolls over and tries to go back to sleep. But a loud whisper causes his eyes to shoot open.
”…..Wake…..Up…..”
Terry sits strait up looking around. ”Faythe?”
Terry looks around confused unable to find Faythe anywhere. Suddenly a flash of lightning illuminates the night sky. Out on the balcony stands the silhouette of a woman as the doors fly open and she glides into the room wearing all white! Terry jumps, almost falling over. He then takes a deep breath and laughs.
”You scared the hell out of me. What’s going on? Why are you out there?”
She floats into the room in a very smooth and slow fashion. The lightning behind her illuminates the left side of her face and we see that it’s Faythe, but she has a blank expression on her face, almost numb. This freaks him out for a second, but he then guesses that he’s caught in some crazy dream.
”Am I dreaming?”
”This no dream. This is the destiny you have doomed us to.”
”Um What?”
”You failed! And now we must pay.”
”Excuse me? ”
Just then, another lightning strike crashes right into the balcony Sparks fly up as Terry shields his eyes. When he turns back, there is another figure standing on the balcony exactly where the lightning strike hit. Terry’s jaw drops as he seems to take a couple steps back.
The figure takes a few steps inside and stands next to Faythe. The lightning flashes from behind and illuminates the right side of her face. We see it’s Amy Noble standing there, and Terry smiles for a second.
”Oh, it’s going to be that kind of dream is it?”
But the smile quickly fades as both figures take slow careful steps toward him. Their faces showing no emotion at all.
”You were supposed to be the hero.”
”You were supposed to save us all.”
There tones are so ominous that it forces Terry to stumble a couple steps back. They continue advancing with wicked scowls on their faces.
”I don’t know what you’re talking about!!!”
”Oh but you do!”
”You were God’s chosen.”
”To lead us to battle.”
”To claim victory for the righteous.”
”But you failed!”
”You lost!”
”AND DAMNED US TO HELL!”
Lightning flashes again as a bright light shines in the room revealing the whole picture. Both women’s are half decayed! Bone and blood sticks out as their former beauty fades away. Terry backs up right against the wall scared shitless!
”WHAT THE FUCK!”
”Come with us!”
”We’ll show you the Destiny you’ve damned the world to!!!!”
They let out a wicked, humorless laugh as Terry seemingly faints and the room begins to spin fast. The scene turns almost white as all sound stops.
We focus on Terry’s face as the light begins to dim to a normal level. The smell of smoke and sulfur in the air is very apparent. Terry’s eyes blink as he begins to wake up. He is flanked on either side by the half destroyed figures of Faythe and Amy.
He sits up with a start, crawling backwards to get away. But his disposition worsens as he looks out at the scenery.
His facial expressions are that of sheer terror as he surveys the damage. He looks around in shock as the city he loved just yesterday lay in shambles around him. There are no people on the broken streets other than the burned and mutilated bodies that fill the air with such a stench that Marvin runs to the side to puke heavily.
”Welcome to the new world.”
”This is what happens when you make the wrong choices.”
”I don’t understand, what happened?”
They both smile a half smile as they glare at him.
”Well You did of course!”
”For a while now people have wondered what side you were on.”
”They thought your new attitude was a game just to play more mind tricks.”
”But the fans believed in you 100%! The world believed in you 100%.”
”And you let them down. You were supposed to be their savior….but you turned into their destructor.”
”How?”
They both pause for a moment.
”You called it correctly when Kurt Noble turned on the fans. He was dangerous, so dangerous that when you FAILED to stop his tirade at one Night in Hell. He finally did what the world feared and completely let his rage erupt. He tore people limb from limb, with no regard to human life. He did this to me, Did this to Faythe, and you did nothing to stop him.”
”So, Kurt did this?”
They both laugh at him.
”Of course not. He was not alone. You were supposed to stop Level One as well, to bring him to your way of thinking. But he played you for a fool and chose the absolute right moment to stab you in the back, something you always knew was going to come to pass! But you weren’t ready for it, or you let him get away with it. Perhaps you didn’t care enough, didn’t want it enough. Either way, his betrayal prevented you from achieving your goal and everything spiraled down from there.”
”Gates is not strong enough, not mentally capable enough to prevent the hell that was unleashed. It was as you always said… he proved to be an unworthy foe. Unfortunately he was the last stance against the evil that was unleashed and didn’t even pose a threat. You should have done more, should have convinced him to join with you. Together you two would have been a disastrous force for the opposition to overcome.”
”But as it stands, you left his fate up to Biggs who in the end turned out to be a bigger coward than anyone could have imagined. His thoughts were only on winning that title and not the bigger picture, but when the shitstorm began to fly, he ducked and hid for cover. Of course that didn’t spare him the pain and humiliation, as he went out like the spineless jellyfish he is. Biggs was even more of a pretender than you. But at least he didn’t get one over on you again right?”
Terry seems stunned by all this news He has a question in the back of his head, but fails to ask it. He didn’t have to as Amy saw right into his soul.
”Wondering about Chris Hart are you? Well, Chris was blind as usual to his friends evil ways. He stood by him whilst he performed wicked feats of destructive power. But eventually the glamour faded away and Chris saw the beast that was underneath. But by then it was too late, and he too was consumed by the raging fire of Kurt.”
”So who won? ”
Both women glare at him as fire flashes in their eyes!
”Don’t you see what was lost? Don’t you understand?”
”THIS WASN’T ABOUT YOUR FUCKING TITLE!”
”Your failure doomed us all!”
Terry scoffs for a second, as his laughter seems out of place in this setting.
”So you’re telling me that because I lost a fucking wrestling match… The world ended?”
Terry continues laughing heartily.
”You still don’t get it.”
”You still don’t see.”
”This isn’t a depiction of THE world after you blew it at One Night in Hell.”
”It is simply your fate. Your failure has damned you to an eternity in the fiery pits of hell. Your career is over. Your life is over!”
Terry’s laughter falls short as the women approach him slowly.
”You were the one Chosen by God.”
”You were to be his gift to Wrestling. You were to be the child of destiny to prevent the fall of wrestling, to prevent all this destruction! ”
”But you couldn’t do it!”
”You fell short! You gave into temptation! You let these people down. You let Amy down. You let ME down. But worst of all, you let yourself down. You’re an undeserving champion who has ruined everything you stood for. All your hard work has turned to SHIT!”
Terry tries to contemplate this, but is distracted by the women ominously moving toward him.
”And now you will suffer a fate worth than death….”
The Undisputed Title around Terry’s waist crumbles to dust as he stares down horrified. Suddenly Amy and Faythe are on top of him, tearing him to bits. They claw and bite at him as blood shoots out. When they finally step back, all that’s left is a shaken shell of a man, scared and beaten. His flesh hangs from his bones as a fire erupts around him. He screams in silent pain as his flesh burns and melts.
CRASH!
A loud clang of thunder rattles through the hotel room as Terry sits strait up in his bed. He is soaking wet from sweat as he looks around. He gives a sigh of relief when he sees Faythe fast asleep next to him.
”It was just a dream.”
But he sounds unconvinced. He now knows what he has possibly always known but failed to admit to himself….how high the stakes are! He now knows that this isn’t merely a title defense. It isn’t merely a wrestling match. Hell, it isn’t just the biggest match of his life.
One Night in hell IS…..
JUDGMENT DAY!
The scene slowly fades in on the Large fake set of post apocalyptic Japan. Sitting up high on a ruined building in front of a large “Samsung” Sign sit’s the APW Undisputed Champion holding his title over his left shoulder. He smiles as he looks to the camera.
”So, you’re probably thinking that perhaps the end of the world was a little too dramatic for a wrestling match. If that‘s the case, then you clearly haven‘t the slightest idea who I am! Perhaps my world won‘t literally end if I lose my title this Sunday….but I‘ll be damned if that‘s not my mindset when I step into that unforgiving structure to do battle!”
Terry scowls a bit, but softens it up with a half smirk. He shakes his head as he pulls out a folder.
”No matter how over the top you think my dreams and nightmares may be, you cannot argue with one particular aspect….One Night in Hell will be the FINAL Judgment for all those involved in the Elimination Chamber Match!”
Terry smiles an evil, wicked smile now as he lets out a harsh laugh.
”Unfortunately for my undeserving opponents, I will be the one passing said sentencing, and I am a relentless and merciless judge, I promise you that!”
Terry pauses for a second, and looks confusingly at the camera.
”Oh, you thought Azrael Goeren was the judge?”
Terry laughs loudly and shakes his head.
”Oh my pour misguided friends. It‘s almost cute how naive you all sometimes appear. No, Azrael is simply a spectator blessed with the glorious gift of watching one of the most dominating and courageous displays of wrestling talent this world has ever seen. Azrael will be a NON factor in this match because I know the quality of human being that he is. He is a good man who wishes nothing more than to be part of what will be the GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH! I have the utmost confidence in his abilities in that zebra shirt. If the Syndicate would have hired quality referees like him, my life would have been a whole lot easier.”
Terry smirks again and opens the folder he took out pulling out 7 thick cards. He looks at them fanned out, careful not to show the camera before smiling.
”As I was saying, my role in this event will be to punish the wicked and prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that I am APW‘s one and only hero. Let‘s be honest here, I am no angel! I am not a pure and humble human being, but it takes a dedicated sinner like yours truly to recognize the downfalls of other men. And being handpicked by God himself to deliver the APW from evil washes me clean of my past intercessions and purifies my soul so that I am fit to hand down Vengeance to those that deserve it! And don‘t get me wrong, all five of my competitors deserve it. They are ALL guilty of committing at least ONE of the SEVEN deadly sins!”
Just then, a lightning crashes behind Terry and he laughs at the effect. He then holds up one of the cards he had in his hands.
AVARICE / GREED
”Ah yes, you people know this sin by heart don’t you? Each and every one of you are guilty of this in spades! With the exception of the one man who is out of the league of everything this match stands for, Chris Hart, Each and every one of you have held this title before. But that is not good enough for you is it? You aren’t satisfied with your hall of fame careers, so you feel the desire to STEAL what is rightfully mine!
Biggs wanted it all. He wanted to chase after championships, wanted to live happily ever after with Ellie. How’d that work out for you Biggs? Your wife showed a flash of good conscience and threw your ass to the curb due to your overwhelming Greed.
CJ Gate’s Greed knows no bounds. He’s spent the better part of this year in pursuit of another man’s property! First with Noble, then with Delikado, and finally with yours truly! Perhaps if you would have shown that same sense of purpose with your family, you wouldn’t be bat shit crazy and seeing ghosts now would ya Gates?
As for Kurt Noble, His greed and desire to hold all the power, to keep rising and rising even when he hit his ceiling, has cost him EVERYTHING! Kurt Noble is a man who’s story could teach many lessons to those who are never satisfied. Tell us Kurt how coveting it all cost you your wife, your title, your friends….EVERYTHING!
But the biggest offender is a man who just doesn’t know when to quit! Level One is easily an APW hall of famer. He is a four time Undisputed Champion. But is that enough for him? Is he satisfied with past achievements? Of course not. Regardless of all his achievements, Level One will never be satisfied, and he still feels Hollow. That’s what greed does to you! It never goes away. He has one ally in this match, and his Greed will cause him to stab that man in the back. He knows it, I KNOW IT, The whole world knows it. But his greed WILL be his downfall, and he will end up exactly where he ALWAYS does when his selfishness and avidity come back to bite him in the ass….Empty handed and pissed off, blaming everyone but himself for his own shortcomings.
I shall deliver you all from Greed by removing your temptation. This Undisputed championship has a PERMANENT home around my waist! No man is more dangerous than the man you’re trying to take everything from.”
SLOTH
”Some may be wondering….’How can your opponents be lazy, exhibit sloth when they’ve all worked so damn hard in their careers?’ To those people I politely ask you to OPEN YOUR FUCKING EYES!
You all sat by and watched, doing absolutely nothing when Kurt Noble went on his rampage, terrorizing APW! I did everything I could to stop it, but the rest of you were too God Damned Lazy to step up and do the right fucking thing. And now that you finally realize that this is a HUGE fucking problem, you’re all of a sudden ready to act. Well, la dee fucking da! Nice of you all to join the party at the 11th hour.
The worst offender of this is that COWARD Chris Hart! He knew what Kurt was capable of. He saw all the signs, all the prophecies pointing toward his unabashed rage exploding on APW. Yet he sat back and watched, doing absolutely nothing. HE is the reason Amy Noble got hurt. HE is the reason Faythe got attacked. HE is the reason Biggs, Level One, and CJ Gates almost had their careers ended by the hands of a madman. His inaction threatens the very foundation of APW!
And now Chris, it’s time for you to pay! In the elimination Chamber, you won’t have the luxury of watching from the cheap seats! You’ll be trapped in that ring with the man who’s title you’re trying to steal from under his nose, the same man who was damaged the most by your decision to let your boy destroy everything I’ve worked for throughout my career. Everything Kurt did to me, I blame on YOU CHRIS HART! Now you’ll have to grow a pair and come face to face with the man you’ve sinned against. I will show you NO MERCY Chris and send you back to the sidelines where you belong!”
LUST
”We’re all weak carnal men who have fallen to this sin from time to time. After a match, A lovely young woman walks by, sees the man she just watched beat another human being to a bloody pulp minutes ago and can’t help but be turned on. And you, as just a man, can’t say no to a pair of never-ending legs and bouncing perky breasts. So you give in, no harm no foul right? WRONG! Your inability to control your carnal needs hurts EVERYONE involved. That poor woman gave you a piece of her soul and you simply used her body like a glorified jizz-rag and tossed her aside.
Still, it’s not the most dangerous of all sins now is it…unless your lust goes much further than the sins of the flesh! We’ve all seen what Lust for power does to people like Level One, who are completely consumed by it and allow it to run their lives. We’ve seen what lusting for a career that has long passed you by has done to people like Biggs who tries so hard to hold on to something that’s trying to let him go, that it ruins everything personal that means a damn to him!
And then there’s C.J. Gates. I’m sure you’re asking yourself what this asexual being could possibly lust after. And while it’s true that C.J. gates hasn’t used his little pipe cleaner since the Reagan administration, it’s not exactly what I’m talking about. C.J. Lusts after that feeling to belong, the feeling that you’re actually part of something. It’s the same feeling you get after landing a slut safely on the runway of your bedchambers. But for CJ it goes much further than that. A few months ago, he had that feeling, that sense of belonging. He was the top of the top in APW, the king sitting smug on his throne. But since he’s had that all snatched away, his mind has been circling the drain and he’s tried desperately to replace that feeling, never succeeding.
CJ, your lust for this title, for that chance to be GREAT again will be your down fall! You’re journey isn’t pure… You don’t think you deserve this title because you know deep down in your heart that you don’t belong….hell even your dead daddy rotting in hell could tell you that! This title won’t give you that since of family you’re looking for. However, I offered you that since of belonging once. I offered you a chance to join me in saving the APW. But you turned me down, thought yourself to be too good for me. That, CJ Gates, has never left my mind, how you thought I wasn’t good enough for you! So instead of companionship, you will instead find pain in suffering at the end of your Lustful quest! A sentence handed down by THE GREATEST THING TO EVER HAPPEN TO WRESTLING. And then you will be doomed to forever lust after the one prize you’ll never regain.”
GLUTTONY
”So obviously nobody in this match is a lard ass who piles away mountains of double bacon cheeseburgers only to chase them down with a vat of grease and 10w40 motor oil. We all think of ourselves as fine machines who have undergone such a strenuous regiment of diet and exercise that you’d think we were a couple of Chinese girls training for the Olympics! But that’s not the only meaning of Gluttony. It’s a sense of wanting, a sense of overdoing! The old saying ‘Enough is enough’ is blatantly ignored by Gluttonous individuals.
Take Level One for example. Here’s a guy who’s won all the titles, who’s conquered everything. He could easily retire to a beach somewhere, watching the hot mommas stumble in and out of the water drunk on their 10 dollar cocktails. But instead he continues to indulge himself. Continues to engorge himself in an attempt to forever gain more and more and more! But when will it be enough? Unfortunately, for a personality such as Level One’s who has a sense of entitlement and truly believes that he deserves the world just for being alive in it….it will NEVER STOP!
But level One, I know why you let your gluttony run free. Just like a supermodel who gorges herself on sweets before taking a trip to her private bathroom to stick her arm down her gullet, you’re trying to replace that empty place in your heart! However, it doesn’t matter how hard you try. You will never fill that gap. See, you’re simply an EVIL SOULLESS person who only sees his object of desire and nothing else. But as a good friend does Level One, I will end your pain and suffering this week when I FOREVER rip that object from your grasps. If you think for one second that I will relinquish this title to your gluttoness ass, then your head is as empty as your defecated soul! ”
VANITY / PRIDE
”Everyone has some bit of pride. It’s necessary in this business. It’s what keeps us going on rough days. It’s what propels us to greatness. I take pride in knowing that every time I walk in that ring, I will come out the better man. I take pride in knowing that I am now sitting on the top of the APW mountain as the Undisputed Champion. But I don’t let that pride consume me or rule my decisions.
Unlike CJ Gates, I don’t let my pride keep me from making the right decision to stand up against a dangerous foe.
Unlike Chris Hart, I don’t’ let my pride put me in a dangerous match after I damn near died a few weeks ago!
Unlike Kurt Noble, I don’t let my pride ruin my relationship and alienate my family.
But the biggest offender of this deadly sin is a man who lets his pride do the talking for him to such an extent that he endangers his very life just to be closer to greatness. BIGGS suffered one of the worst head injuries I have ever seen in my life. When everyone in the world was telling him to walk away, Biggs simply held on to his pride and stood tall in his defiance. Hell, he wouldn’t even let his beautiful wife deter him from his pride. And it’s his pride that blinds him to the truth that everyone knows….ITS OVER! That’s right Biggs, it’s over! You’ve had a great career, something that you should hold your head high for! There is no shame in all you’ve accomplished. But there IS shame in letting your pride keep you in the game FAR longer than you should!
Never fear though. This week when I finally breach that cusp of getting the best of you Biggs, when I break my own curse of pride and conquer the mythical unicorn, you will have no choice but to face the facts. I will break your pride when I break your body. That is a PROMISE!”
WRATH
”Ah yes! The sin of complete and total malice with no regard to human life. Gee, I wonder who I could be talking about here! Don’t get me wrong though, everybody struggles with this. I mean the entire idea behind this match is filled with Wrath! It’s a steel structure built to break bones and tear flesh! But I’m talking extreme Wrath, the desire to destroy more than just a person’s body, but their immortal soul as well.
We’ve seen this demonstrated lately by Chris Hart and Level One when they tried to bury each other alive, but we’ve never seen Wrath the likes of which Kurt Noble demonstrates on a weekly basis. Kurt has certainly taken things to a whole new level! He is consumed by his rage, lets it control him and everything he does! However, it all stems from his OWN shortcomings. HE lost his title, HE lost his wife and he’s decided to project his grief on everyone around him instead of blaming the one person who’s truly responsible.
But I will fight fire with fire. I will extinguish his Wrath with my own. For he intends to take everything from me, intends to end my existence as I know it! And that I will not stand for. His wrath makes him reckless, susceptible to those with a cunning mind, those who know how to use one’s anger against him. I will Destroy Kurt Noble….and he will be the TOOL I use to accomplish my mission!”
ENVY
”Who wouldn’t be envious of GOD’S GIFT TO WRESTLING! After all I have accomplished all of my goals. I am the man with everything right now. And each man in this match wants more than just my title. Each man envies me in more ways than one.
Chris Hart is jealous of my ability to find my place in this company with such ease while he’s been damned to the obscurity being a tag team BITCH with no hope of being anything more than a SIDEKICK!
Gates is jealous of my success against Noble, a man who has routinely owned him for months.
Biggs is jealous of my longevity, my ability to rebound from a debilitating setback, something he will soon fail to achieve.
Noble is jealous of the way I can manage prosperity, how I don’t fall apart and let it consume me like he did.
And Level One…..he’s the worst of all. He is jealous of how these fans LOVE me for seemingly no reason while he’s tried to earn their support for years with NO success. I guess they just recognize a WINNER when they see one!”
Terry smiles and stands next to the sign n the dilapidated building. He tosses the sin cards into the wind.
”Sunday Night, your sins come back to haunt you when I cleanse the APW of all your debauchery. I will overcome all the odds and walk through the pits of hell unscathed! I will serve my time in purgatory and emerge to the glorious kingdom of paradise.
Sunday Night I prove to the wrestling world that I am the HERO they’ve longed for as I lead Overdrive out of the clutches of evil.
Sunday Night, Kurt, Chris, Biggs, Level One, and CJ Gates find out that I’m not some paper champion unable to defend my domain, that I am everything I said I was:
The HERO
The KING
The BEST OF THE BEST
The UNDISPUTED
THE CHOSEN ONE
Sunday Night is Judgment day
Sunday Night….. It’s SHOWTIME!”
The scene fades to black.
The mythical End of times depicted in every level of Christianity where the wicked are cast into fires of hell and the righteous are brought up into the kingdom of heaven with the gift of eternal life. It really is a heavy concept to wrap your hand around. Most people pass it off as a scary story told to manipulate mankind into a certain kind of controllable behavior. It’s behavioral control in its highest form, something tyrannical authority figures have been doing since the dawn of time and continue to do today. But that doesn’t mean that there isn’t some sort of truth behind the myth. After all, every myth is born from some bit of fact.
In the stories, Judgment day is coincided by the final battle between good and evil, when those who stood with God will battle those who stand with Lucifer. Some Theologists say that we are living in the end times now, and said battle is reaching its end soon. And though in Christian beliefs, the outcome of the war is predetermined, fears still spread that the Devil shall emerge victorious and turn this world into his very own playground. The final battle is very far from decided. As for the Final Judgment?
I guess I never really thought about which side I would be on. I never gave credence to it really. But it’s more than just religion now. This has spilled into the APW, into wrestling, into the world that I call MINE! There is a final battle among us, a battle for the souls of the entire Wrestling community, perhaps the entire world. This battle won’t be fought in Heaven…won’t be fought on earth. This decisive, bloody contest will be fought in Satan’s back yard, it will be fought in HELL!
And once again, the question rings out. Which side will I fall on? Are my recent actions just a ruse to disguise my true self? Have I really turned a new leaf and will I turn out to be the hero that I’ve always said I am?
At One Night In Hell, I’ll face my Final Judgment, I will face Armageddon. The battle will be bloody and brutal. In the end, only one can survive.
Can you survive Hell on Earth?
We’ll find out soon!
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Lightning flashes outside the window as the thunder cracks loudly in the hotel room where APW Undisputed Champion lays fast asleep. He reaches for Faythe, but he keeps on reaching. When his arm crashes on the bed, he wakes, realizing that Faythe is missing. Thinking that she was just waken by the storm, Terry rolls over and tries to go back to sleep. But a loud whisper causes his eyes to shoot open.
”…..Wake…..Up…..”
Terry sits strait up looking around. ”Faythe?”
Terry looks around confused unable to find Faythe anywhere. Suddenly a flash of lightning illuminates the night sky. Out on the balcony stands the silhouette of a woman as the doors fly open and she glides into the room wearing all white! Terry jumps, almost falling over. He then takes a deep breath and laughs.
”You scared the hell out of me. What’s going on? Why are you out there?”
She floats into the room in a very smooth and slow fashion. The lightning behind her illuminates the left side of her face and we see that it’s Faythe, but she has a blank expression on her face, almost numb. This freaks him out for a second, but he then guesses that he’s caught in some crazy dream.
”Am I dreaming?”
”This no dream. This is the destiny you have doomed us to.”
”Um What?”
”You failed! And now we must pay.”
”Excuse me? ”
Just then, another lightning strike crashes right into the balcony Sparks fly up as Terry shields his eyes. When he turns back, there is another figure standing on the balcony exactly where the lightning strike hit. Terry’s jaw drops as he seems to take a couple steps back.
The figure takes a few steps inside and stands next to Faythe. The lightning flashes from behind and illuminates the right side of her face. We see it’s Amy Noble standing there, and Terry smiles for a second.
”Oh, it’s going to be that kind of dream is it?”
But the smile quickly fades as both figures take slow careful steps toward him. Their faces showing no emotion at all.
”You were supposed to be the hero.”
”You were supposed to save us all.”
There tones are so ominous that it forces Terry to stumble a couple steps back. They continue advancing with wicked scowls on their faces.
”I don’t know what you’re talking about!!!”
”Oh but you do!”
”You were God’s chosen.”
”To lead us to battle.”
”To claim victory for the righteous.”
”But you failed!”
”You lost!”
”AND DAMNED US TO HELL!”
Lightning flashes again as a bright light shines in the room revealing the whole picture. Both women’s are half decayed! Bone and blood sticks out as their former beauty fades away. Terry backs up right against the wall scared shitless!
”WHAT THE FUCK!”
”Come with us!”
”We’ll show you the Destiny you’ve damned the world to!!!!”
They let out a wicked, humorless laugh as Terry seemingly faints and the room begins to spin fast. The scene turns almost white as all sound stops.
We focus on Terry’s face as the light begins to dim to a normal level. The smell of smoke and sulfur in the air is very apparent. Terry’s eyes blink as he begins to wake up. He is flanked on either side by the half destroyed figures of Faythe and Amy.
He sits up with a start, crawling backwards to get away. But his disposition worsens as he looks out at the scenery.
His facial expressions are that of sheer terror as he surveys the damage. He looks around in shock as the city he loved just yesterday lay in shambles around him. There are no people on the broken streets other than the burned and mutilated bodies that fill the air with such a stench that Marvin runs to the side to puke heavily.
”Welcome to the new world.”
”This is what happens when you make the wrong choices.”
”I don’t understand, what happened?”
They both smile a half smile as they glare at him.
”Well You did of course!”
”For a while now people have wondered what side you were on.”
”They thought your new attitude was a game just to play more mind tricks.”
”But the fans believed in you 100%! The world believed in you 100%.”
”And you let them down. You were supposed to be their savior….but you turned into their destructor.”
”How?”
They both pause for a moment.
”You called it correctly when Kurt Noble turned on the fans. He was dangerous, so dangerous that when you FAILED to stop his tirade at one Night in Hell. He finally did what the world feared and completely let his rage erupt. He tore people limb from limb, with no regard to human life. He did this to me, Did this to Faythe, and you did nothing to stop him.”
”So, Kurt did this?”
They both laugh at him.
”Of course not. He was not alone. You were supposed to stop Level One as well, to bring him to your way of thinking. But he played you for a fool and chose the absolute right moment to stab you in the back, something you always knew was going to come to pass! But you weren’t ready for it, or you let him get away with it. Perhaps you didn’t care enough, didn’t want it enough. Either way, his betrayal prevented you from achieving your goal and everything spiraled down from there.”
”Gates is not strong enough, not mentally capable enough to prevent the hell that was unleashed. It was as you always said… he proved to be an unworthy foe. Unfortunately he was the last stance against the evil that was unleashed and didn’t even pose a threat. You should have done more, should have convinced him to join with you. Together you two would have been a disastrous force for the opposition to overcome.”
”But as it stands, you left his fate up to Biggs who in the end turned out to be a bigger coward than anyone could have imagined. His thoughts were only on winning that title and not the bigger picture, but when the shitstorm began to fly, he ducked and hid for cover. Of course that didn’t spare him the pain and humiliation, as he went out like the spineless jellyfish he is. Biggs was even more of a pretender than you. But at least he didn’t get one over on you again right?”
Terry seems stunned by all this news He has a question in the back of his head, but fails to ask it. He didn’t have to as Amy saw right into his soul.
”Wondering about Chris Hart are you? Well, Chris was blind as usual to his friends evil ways. He stood by him whilst he performed wicked feats of destructive power. But eventually the glamour faded away and Chris saw the beast that was underneath. But by then it was too late, and he too was consumed by the raging fire of Kurt.”
”So who won? ”
Both women glare at him as fire flashes in their eyes!
”Don’t you see what was lost? Don’t you understand?”
”THIS WASN’T ABOUT YOUR FUCKING TITLE!”
”Your failure doomed us all!”
Terry scoffs for a second, as his laughter seems out of place in this setting.
”So you’re telling me that because I lost a fucking wrestling match… The world ended?”
Terry continues laughing heartily.
”You still don’t get it.”
”You still don’t see.”
”This isn’t a depiction of THE world after you blew it at One Night in Hell.”
”It is simply your fate. Your failure has damned you to an eternity in the fiery pits of hell. Your career is over. Your life is over!”
Terry’s laughter falls short as the women approach him slowly.
”You were the one Chosen by God.”
”You were to be his gift to Wrestling. You were to be the child of destiny to prevent the fall of wrestling, to prevent all this destruction! ”
”But you couldn’t do it!”
”You fell short! You gave into temptation! You let these people down. You let Amy down. You let ME down. But worst of all, you let yourself down. You’re an undeserving champion who has ruined everything you stood for. All your hard work has turned to SHIT!”
Terry tries to contemplate this, but is distracted by the women ominously moving toward him.
”And now you will suffer a fate worth than death….”
The Undisputed Title around Terry’s waist crumbles to dust as he stares down horrified. Suddenly Amy and Faythe are on top of him, tearing him to bits. They claw and bite at him as blood shoots out. When they finally step back, all that’s left is a shaken shell of a man, scared and beaten. His flesh hangs from his bones as a fire erupts around him. He screams in silent pain as his flesh burns and melts.
CRASH!
A loud clang of thunder rattles through the hotel room as Terry sits strait up in his bed. He is soaking wet from sweat as he looks around. He gives a sigh of relief when he sees Faythe fast asleep next to him.
”It was just a dream.”
But he sounds unconvinced. He now knows what he has possibly always known but failed to admit to himself….how high the stakes are! He now knows that this isn’t merely a title defense. It isn’t merely a wrestling match. Hell, it isn’t just the biggest match of his life.
One Night in hell IS…..
JUDGMENT DAY!
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The scene slowly fades in on the Large fake set of post apocalyptic Japan. Sitting up high on a ruined building in front of a large “Samsung” Sign sit’s the APW Undisputed Champion holding his title over his left shoulder. He smiles as he looks to the camera.
”So, you’re probably thinking that perhaps the end of the world was a little too dramatic for a wrestling match. If that‘s the case, then you clearly haven‘t the slightest idea who I am! Perhaps my world won‘t literally end if I lose my title this Sunday….but I‘ll be damned if that‘s not my mindset when I step into that unforgiving structure to do battle!”
Terry scowls a bit, but softens it up with a half smirk. He shakes his head as he pulls out a folder.
”No matter how over the top you think my dreams and nightmares may be, you cannot argue with one particular aspect….One Night in Hell will be the FINAL Judgment for all those involved in the Elimination Chamber Match!”
Terry smiles an evil, wicked smile now as he lets out a harsh laugh.
”Unfortunately for my undeserving opponents, I will be the one passing said sentencing, and I am a relentless and merciless judge, I promise you that!”
Terry pauses for a second, and looks confusingly at the camera.
”Oh, you thought Azrael Goeren was the judge?”
Terry laughs loudly and shakes his head.
”Oh my pour misguided friends. It‘s almost cute how naive you all sometimes appear. No, Azrael is simply a spectator blessed with the glorious gift of watching one of the most dominating and courageous displays of wrestling talent this world has ever seen. Azrael will be a NON factor in this match because I know the quality of human being that he is. He is a good man who wishes nothing more than to be part of what will be the GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH! I have the utmost confidence in his abilities in that zebra shirt. If the Syndicate would have hired quality referees like him, my life would have been a whole lot easier.”
Terry smirks again and opens the folder he took out pulling out 7 thick cards. He looks at them fanned out, careful not to show the camera before smiling.
”As I was saying, my role in this event will be to punish the wicked and prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that I am APW‘s one and only hero. Let‘s be honest here, I am no angel! I am not a pure and humble human being, but it takes a dedicated sinner like yours truly to recognize the downfalls of other men. And being handpicked by God himself to deliver the APW from evil washes me clean of my past intercessions and purifies my soul so that I am fit to hand down Vengeance to those that deserve it! And don‘t get me wrong, all five of my competitors deserve it. They are ALL guilty of committing at least ONE of the SEVEN deadly sins!”
Just then, a lightning crashes behind Terry and he laughs at the effect. He then holds up one of the cards he had in his hands.
AVARICE / GREED
”Ah yes, you people know this sin by heart don’t you? Each and every one of you are guilty of this in spades! With the exception of the one man who is out of the league of everything this match stands for, Chris Hart, Each and every one of you have held this title before. But that is not good enough for you is it? You aren’t satisfied with your hall of fame careers, so you feel the desire to STEAL what is rightfully mine!
Biggs wanted it all. He wanted to chase after championships, wanted to live happily ever after with Ellie. How’d that work out for you Biggs? Your wife showed a flash of good conscience and threw your ass to the curb due to your overwhelming Greed.
CJ Gate’s Greed knows no bounds. He’s spent the better part of this year in pursuit of another man’s property! First with Noble, then with Delikado, and finally with yours truly! Perhaps if you would have shown that same sense of purpose with your family, you wouldn’t be bat shit crazy and seeing ghosts now would ya Gates?
As for Kurt Noble, His greed and desire to hold all the power, to keep rising and rising even when he hit his ceiling, has cost him EVERYTHING! Kurt Noble is a man who’s story could teach many lessons to those who are never satisfied. Tell us Kurt how coveting it all cost you your wife, your title, your friends….EVERYTHING!
But the biggest offender is a man who just doesn’t know when to quit! Level One is easily an APW hall of famer. He is a four time Undisputed Champion. But is that enough for him? Is he satisfied with past achievements? Of course not. Regardless of all his achievements, Level One will never be satisfied, and he still feels Hollow. That’s what greed does to you! It never goes away. He has one ally in this match, and his Greed will cause him to stab that man in the back. He knows it, I KNOW IT, The whole world knows it. But his greed WILL be his downfall, and he will end up exactly where he ALWAYS does when his selfishness and avidity come back to bite him in the ass….Empty handed and pissed off, blaming everyone but himself for his own shortcomings.
I shall deliver you all from Greed by removing your temptation. This Undisputed championship has a PERMANENT home around my waist! No man is more dangerous than the man you’re trying to take everything from.”
SLOTH
”Some may be wondering….’How can your opponents be lazy, exhibit sloth when they’ve all worked so damn hard in their careers?’ To those people I politely ask you to OPEN YOUR FUCKING EYES!
You all sat by and watched, doing absolutely nothing when Kurt Noble went on his rampage, terrorizing APW! I did everything I could to stop it, but the rest of you were too God Damned Lazy to step up and do the right fucking thing. And now that you finally realize that this is a HUGE fucking problem, you’re all of a sudden ready to act. Well, la dee fucking da! Nice of you all to join the party at the 11th hour.
The worst offender of this is that COWARD Chris Hart! He knew what Kurt was capable of. He saw all the signs, all the prophecies pointing toward his unabashed rage exploding on APW. Yet he sat back and watched, doing absolutely nothing. HE is the reason Amy Noble got hurt. HE is the reason Faythe got attacked. HE is the reason Biggs, Level One, and CJ Gates almost had their careers ended by the hands of a madman. His inaction threatens the very foundation of APW!
And now Chris, it’s time for you to pay! In the elimination Chamber, you won’t have the luxury of watching from the cheap seats! You’ll be trapped in that ring with the man who’s title you’re trying to steal from under his nose, the same man who was damaged the most by your decision to let your boy destroy everything I’ve worked for throughout my career. Everything Kurt did to me, I blame on YOU CHRIS HART! Now you’ll have to grow a pair and come face to face with the man you’ve sinned against. I will show you NO MERCY Chris and send you back to the sidelines where you belong!”
LUST
”We’re all weak carnal men who have fallen to this sin from time to time. After a match, A lovely young woman walks by, sees the man she just watched beat another human being to a bloody pulp minutes ago and can’t help but be turned on. And you, as just a man, can’t say no to a pair of never-ending legs and bouncing perky breasts. So you give in, no harm no foul right? WRONG! Your inability to control your carnal needs hurts EVERYONE involved. That poor woman gave you a piece of her soul and you simply used her body like a glorified jizz-rag and tossed her aside.
Still, it’s not the most dangerous of all sins now is it…unless your lust goes much further than the sins of the flesh! We’ve all seen what Lust for power does to people like Level One, who are completely consumed by it and allow it to run their lives. We’ve seen what lusting for a career that has long passed you by has done to people like Biggs who tries so hard to hold on to something that’s trying to let him go, that it ruins everything personal that means a damn to him!
And then there’s C.J. Gates. I’m sure you’re asking yourself what this asexual being could possibly lust after. And while it’s true that C.J. gates hasn’t used his little pipe cleaner since the Reagan administration, it’s not exactly what I’m talking about. C.J. Lusts after that feeling to belong, the feeling that you’re actually part of something. It’s the same feeling you get after landing a slut safely on the runway of your bedchambers. But for CJ it goes much further than that. A few months ago, he had that feeling, that sense of belonging. He was the top of the top in APW, the king sitting smug on his throne. But since he’s had that all snatched away, his mind has been circling the drain and he’s tried desperately to replace that feeling, never succeeding.
CJ, your lust for this title, for that chance to be GREAT again will be your down fall! You’re journey isn’t pure… You don’t think you deserve this title because you know deep down in your heart that you don’t belong….hell even your dead daddy rotting in hell could tell you that! This title won’t give you that since of family you’re looking for. However, I offered you that since of belonging once. I offered you a chance to join me in saving the APW. But you turned me down, thought yourself to be too good for me. That, CJ Gates, has never left my mind, how you thought I wasn’t good enough for you! So instead of companionship, you will instead find pain in suffering at the end of your Lustful quest! A sentence handed down by THE GREATEST THING TO EVER HAPPEN TO WRESTLING. And then you will be doomed to forever lust after the one prize you’ll never regain.”
GLUTTONY
”So obviously nobody in this match is a lard ass who piles away mountains of double bacon cheeseburgers only to chase them down with a vat of grease and 10w40 motor oil. We all think of ourselves as fine machines who have undergone such a strenuous regiment of diet and exercise that you’d think we were a couple of Chinese girls training for the Olympics! But that’s not the only meaning of Gluttony. It’s a sense of wanting, a sense of overdoing! The old saying ‘Enough is enough’ is blatantly ignored by Gluttonous individuals.
Take Level One for example. Here’s a guy who’s won all the titles, who’s conquered everything. He could easily retire to a beach somewhere, watching the hot mommas stumble in and out of the water drunk on their 10 dollar cocktails. But instead he continues to indulge himself. Continues to engorge himself in an attempt to forever gain more and more and more! But when will it be enough? Unfortunately, for a personality such as Level One’s who has a sense of entitlement and truly believes that he deserves the world just for being alive in it….it will NEVER STOP!
But level One, I know why you let your gluttony run free. Just like a supermodel who gorges herself on sweets before taking a trip to her private bathroom to stick her arm down her gullet, you’re trying to replace that empty place in your heart! However, it doesn’t matter how hard you try. You will never fill that gap. See, you’re simply an EVIL SOULLESS person who only sees his object of desire and nothing else. But as a good friend does Level One, I will end your pain and suffering this week when I FOREVER rip that object from your grasps. If you think for one second that I will relinquish this title to your gluttoness ass, then your head is as empty as your defecated soul! ”
VANITY / PRIDE
”Everyone has some bit of pride. It’s necessary in this business. It’s what keeps us going on rough days. It’s what propels us to greatness. I take pride in knowing that every time I walk in that ring, I will come out the better man. I take pride in knowing that I am now sitting on the top of the APW mountain as the Undisputed Champion. But I don’t let that pride consume me or rule my decisions.
Unlike CJ Gates, I don’t let my pride keep me from making the right decision to stand up against a dangerous foe.
Unlike Chris Hart, I don’t’ let my pride put me in a dangerous match after I damn near died a few weeks ago!
Unlike Kurt Noble, I don’t let my pride ruin my relationship and alienate my family.
But the biggest offender of this deadly sin is a man who lets his pride do the talking for him to such an extent that he endangers his very life just to be closer to greatness. BIGGS suffered one of the worst head injuries I have ever seen in my life. When everyone in the world was telling him to walk away, Biggs simply held on to his pride and stood tall in his defiance. Hell, he wouldn’t even let his beautiful wife deter him from his pride. And it’s his pride that blinds him to the truth that everyone knows….ITS OVER! That’s right Biggs, it’s over! You’ve had a great career, something that you should hold your head high for! There is no shame in all you’ve accomplished. But there IS shame in letting your pride keep you in the game FAR longer than you should!
Never fear though. This week when I finally breach that cusp of getting the best of you Biggs, when I break my own curse of pride and conquer the mythical unicorn, you will have no choice but to face the facts. I will break your pride when I break your body. That is a PROMISE!”
WRATH
”Ah yes! The sin of complete and total malice with no regard to human life. Gee, I wonder who I could be talking about here! Don’t get me wrong though, everybody struggles with this. I mean the entire idea behind this match is filled with Wrath! It’s a steel structure built to break bones and tear flesh! But I’m talking extreme Wrath, the desire to destroy more than just a person’s body, but their immortal soul as well.
We’ve seen this demonstrated lately by Chris Hart and Level One when they tried to bury each other alive, but we’ve never seen Wrath the likes of which Kurt Noble demonstrates on a weekly basis. Kurt has certainly taken things to a whole new level! He is consumed by his rage, lets it control him and everything he does! However, it all stems from his OWN shortcomings. HE lost his title, HE lost his wife and he’s decided to project his grief on everyone around him instead of blaming the one person who’s truly responsible.
But I will fight fire with fire. I will extinguish his Wrath with my own. For he intends to take everything from me, intends to end my existence as I know it! And that I will not stand for. His wrath makes him reckless, susceptible to those with a cunning mind, those who know how to use one’s anger against him. I will Destroy Kurt Noble….and he will be the TOOL I use to accomplish my mission!”
ENVY
”Who wouldn’t be envious of GOD’S GIFT TO WRESTLING! After all I have accomplished all of my goals. I am the man with everything right now. And each man in this match wants more than just my title. Each man envies me in more ways than one.
Chris Hart is jealous of my ability to find my place in this company with such ease while he’s been damned to the obscurity being a tag team BITCH with no hope of being anything more than a SIDEKICK!
Gates is jealous of my success against Noble, a man who has routinely owned him for months.
Biggs is jealous of my longevity, my ability to rebound from a debilitating setback, something he will soon fail to achieve.
Noble is jealous of the way I can manage prosperity, how I don’t fall apart and let it consume me like he did.
And Level One…..he’s the worst of all. He is jealous of how these fans LOVE me for seemingly no reason while he’s tried to earn their support for years with NO success. I guess they just recognize a WINNER when they see one!”
Terry smiles and stands next to the sign n the dilapidated building. He tosses the sin cards into the wind.
”Sunday Night, your sins come back to haunt you when I cleanse the APW of all your debauchery. I will overcome all the odds and walk through the pits of hell unscathed! I will serve my time in purgatory and emerge to the glorious kingdom of paradise.
Sunday Night I prove to the wrestling world that I am the HERO they’ve longed for as I lead Overdrive out of the clutches of evil.
Sunday Night, Kurt, Chris, Biggs, Level One, and CJ Gates find out that I’m not some paper champion unable to defend my domain, that I am everything I said I was:
The HERO
The KING
The BEST OF THE BEST
The UNDISPUTED
THE CHOSEN ONE
Sunday Night is Judgment day
Sunday Night….. It’s SHOWTIME!”
The scene fades to black.
