Post by biggs on Sept 30, 2009 15:16:09 GMT -4
Gary Biggerstaff stands all alone in a pitch black room. He has no idea where he is, and can't even see more than a foot in front of him. As he stands there confused, trying to gather any clue as to his whereabouts, he hears a saddened voice.
Voice: Why?
Gary: Why what? Who's there?
Voice: Why? Why did you do what you did? How could you do that?
Gary: (with panic in his voice.) I don't know what you're talking about! Show yourself!
All of a sudden, flames burst up around Gary, illuminating the room and showing his tormentor. About five feet away, a figure who looks much like Slade Craven is standing, though his body is covered in severe burns. His face in blackened, and one of his eyes is covered by a bloodied bandage. He steps closer towards Gary, pointing at him.
“Slade”: You burned me, and for that, you will burn eternally!
Gary: It was to protect my friend! If it hadn't been you, it would have been him!
“Slade”: So I have to suffer so your friend does not!? How is that fair?
Gary: Your beef isn't with me! It's with Max Carter! He's the one who made it a Blaze of Glory match! I'm innocent in this matter!
“Slade”: Then why do you feel such guilt over it? Max Carter didn't make you come out with a Super Soaker filled with lighter fluid! Why are you hiding it?
At this point, Slade grabs a hold of Gary, and forcibly pushes hims down towards the flames! As the blazing inferno ensues, Slade inches Gary's face closer and closer to the flames, until the right side of his face is engulfed!
Gary: NO! STOP IT! IT HURTS! IT HURTS! AAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
Slade shoves Gary into the flames, and he screams as he rolls around in the fire!
All of a sudden, Gary sits up, and looks around the room. The flames are gone, and after his eyes adjust, he realizes that he's in his bed in a hotel room in Sweden. He's drenched in sweat.
Gary: Holy smokes. It was just a dream...
Gary gets up out of bed and walks to the bathroom, flicking on the light. He checks the mirror, seeing that he's not actually burned at all. He grabs a Dixie cup from the counter, and fills it with water taking a quick drink before heading back to bed. As he reaches the queen size bed, Gary gets down to his knees and begins to pray.
Gary: Father God in heaven...
***
Depeche Mode's “Space Walker” plays as the words First Contact flash across the starry background. The image then cuts to Biggs on his new First Contact set, complete with the clear podium, blue leather couch, and large video screen behind him. Biggs is dressed wearing a MUSE T-Shirt, and has blue jeans and black shoes on. The APW Overdrive Title is set on top of the podium.
Biggs: Ladies and gentlemen, one and all, welcome to the hottest wrestling web show on the Internet, none other than Biggs' First Contact! I am obviously your host, Biggs, the current APW Overdrive Champion! As always, we've got a lot to talk about, so lets hope right in!
An image of Michael Lively is shown on the video screen.
Biggs: This past week was quite big for your's truly, as I successfully defended my APW Overdrive Champion against Michael Lively. This victory is the win that insiders call a signature victory, seeing as Lively is a former APW Heavyweight Champion! In the short time that I've been Overdrive Champion, I have already established a reputation for being a fighting champion, and for seeking out challengers that will test me and push me to grow ever better at what I do! This week, however, will be a step back for me, as I have to defend my belt against Shadow.
The image on the screen shifts to Shadow.
Biggs: Not to say that I will be backsliding, but the quality of my opposition will definitely be a downgrade, as during his previous title reign, Shadow showed himself to be an apathetic and pitiful champion. When I face him this Wednesday, it will be my third official Overdrive Title defense, meaning that in one month, I will have had the same number of Overdrive Title Matches as he did in his entire five month reign! And yet despite my efforts to elevate this title and bring some worth back to it, there are still those who believe that my win over Shadow at Shockwave was a fluke. They cite such trivial things as his former undefeated streak, the fact that I fell out of the cage and that he fell in, or even something as insufficient as the size difference between Shadow and myself. While it is true that Shadow is 10 inches taller than me, and almost 80 pounds heavier, it is of no consequence. My match with Shadow reminded me a lot of the story of David and Goliath in the Bible. For those of you not familiar with the story, we're going have ourselves a little sermon today on First Contact!
Biggs goes to the podium, and pulls a Bible out from behind the APW Overdrive Championship.
Biggs: The story is in 1 Samuel, chapter 17. Starting in verse 4,
A champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out of the Philistine camp. He was over nine feet tall. He had a bronze helmet on his head and wore a coat of scale armor of bronze weighing five thousand shekels ; on his legs he wore bronze greaves, and a bronze javelin was slung on his back. His spear shaft was like a weaver's rod, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels. His shield bearer went ahead of him.
Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, "Why do you come out and line up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not the servants of Saul? Choose a man and have him come down to me. If he is able to fight and kill me, we will become your subjects; but if I overcome him and kill him, you will become our subjects and serve us." Then the Philistine said, "This day I defy the ranks of Israel! Give me a man and let us fight each other." On hearing the Philistine's words, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and terrified.
Skipping down to verse 25, at which point David has made his way to the battle field.
Now the Israelites had been saying, "Do you see how this man keeps coming out? He comes out to defy Israel. The king will give great wealth to the man who kills him. He will also give him his daughter in marriage and will exempt his father's family from taxes in Israel."
David asked the men standing near him, "What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?"
Hopping down to verse 32.
David said to Saul, "Let no one lose heart on account of this Philistine; your servant will go and fight him."
Saul replied, "You are not able to go out against this Philistine and fight him; you are only a boy, and he has been a fighting man from his youth."
But David said to Saul, "Your servant has been keeping his father's sheep. When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock, I went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its hair, struck it and killed it. Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God. The LORD who delivered me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine."
Saul said to David, "Go, and the LORD be with you."
To make a long story a bit shorter, everyone knows that after this, David took his slingshot and launched a stone right into the forehead of Goliath, killing him. The reason this scripture reminds me of my feud with Shadow is that though I am smaller than him, much like David was Goliath, Shadow's pride did him in, just as it did Goliath. And you know what, Shadow, every time I've read this story, it always turns out the same, with David winning! So while David and Goliath never had a rematch, I can be certain that our little David and Goliath story will continue to have the same result, again and again and again! Try as you might, Shadow, you will not win this APW Overdrive Championship back from me!
The image on the screen shifts to Chris Cyrus.
Biggs: Also this past week, my good friend Chris Cyrus finally put a stop to that ridiculous little trinket of a Title, the CWF Xtreme Championship, when he beat Rocky Starr to not only retain his APW Xtreme Title, but unified the belts. And he'll be successful again in his defense against Jason Royce this week, as well! Let's face it, Royce, you're going up against The Axis of Awesome! There's no way you can come out on top!
The screen then shows Victor Hades.
Biggs: Another guy I have to give mad props to this week is Victor Hades! Not only did he make a statement by preventing Kieren King from even having his debut match, he also inserted himself into the main event mix by taking out Jesse Nunez in the main event! I got to say, I like Hades' style, and would like to wish him the best of luck against Pence Weatherlight this week! I'm rooting for you, man!
The words “Shameless Plug of the Week” flash across the screen behind Biggs.
Biggs: Now it's time once again for my Shameless Plug of the Week, which I'm giving to Batman: The Animated Series. With four volumes on DVD, there's plenty of Caped Crusader action to go around. It's an extremely well done series, and I can't recommend it enough! Well, that's all the time I got for First Contact this week! Until next time, keep watching the stars!
First Contact comes to close, with the APW logo and copyright shown on the screen.
Voice: Why?
Gary: Why what? Who's there?
Voice: Why? Why did you do what you did? How could you do that?
Gary: (with panic in his voice.) I don't know what you're talking about! Show yourself!
All of a sudden, flames burst up around Gary, illuminating the room and showing his tormentor. About five feet away, a figure who looks much like Slade Craven is standing, though his body is covered in severe burns. His face in blackened, and one of his eyes is covered by a bloodied bandage. He steps closer towards Gary, pointing at him.
“Slade”: You burned me, and for that, you will burn eternally!
Gary: It was to protect my friend! If it hadn't been you, it would have been him!
“Slade”: So I have to suffer so your friend does not!? How is that fair?
Gary: Your beef isn't with me! It's with Max Carter! He's the one who made it a Blaze of Glory match! I'm innocent in this matter!
“Slade”: Then why do you feel such guilt over it? Max Carter didn't make you come out with a Super Soaker filled with lighter fluid! Why are you hiding it?
At this point, Slade grabs a hold of Gary, and forcibly pushes hims down towards the flames! As the blazing inferno ensues, Slade inches Gary's face closer and closer to the flames, until the right side of his face is engulfed!
Gary: NO! STOP IT! IT HURTS! IT HURTS! AAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
Slade shoves Gary into the flames, and he screams as he rolls around in the fire!
All of a sudden, Gary sits up, and looks around the room. The flames are gone, and after his eyes adjust, he realizes that he's in his bed in a hotel room in Sweden. He's drenched in sweat.
Gary: Holy smokes. It was just a dream...
Gary gets up out of bed and walks to the bathroom, flicking on the light. He checks the mirror, seeing that he's not actually burned at all. He grabs a Dixie cup from the counter, and fills it with water taking a quick drink before heading back to bed. As he reaches the queen size bed, Gary gets down to his knees and begins to pray.
Gary: Father God in heaven...
***
Depeche Mode's “Space Walker” plays as the words First Contact flash across the starry background. The image then cuts to Biggs on his new First Contact set, complete with the clear podium, blue leather couch, and large video screen behind him. Biggs is dressed wearing a MUSE T-Shirt, and has blue jeans and black shoes on. The APW Overdrive Title is set on top of the podium.
Biggs: Ladies and gentlemen, one and all, welcome to the hottest wrestling web show on the Internet, none other than Biggs' First Contact! I am obviously your host, Biggs, the current APW Overdrive Champion! As always, we've got a lot to talk about, so lets hope right in!
An image of Michael Lively is shown on the video screen.
Biggs: This past week was quite big for your's truly, as I successfully defended my APW Overdrive Champion against Michael Lively. This victory is the win that insiders call a signature victory, seeing as Lively is a former APW Heavyweight Champion! In the short time that I've been Overdrive Champion, I have already established a reputation for being a fighting champion, and for seeking out challengers that will test me and push me to grow ever better at what I do! This week, however, will be a step back for me, as I have to defend my belt against Shadow.
The image on the screen shifts to Shadow.
Biggs: Not to say that I will be backsliding, but the quality of my opposition will definitely be a downgrade, as during his previous title reign, Shadow showed himself to be an apathetic and pitiful champion. When I face him this Wednesday, it will be my third official Overdrive Title defense, meaning that in one month, I will have had the same number of Overdrive Title Matches as he did in his entire five month reign! And yet despite my efforts to elevate this title and bring some worth back to it, there are still those who believe that my win over Shadow at Shockwave was a fluke. They cite such trivial things as his former undefeated streak, the fact that I fell out of the cage and that he fell in, or even something as insufficient as the size difference between Shadow and myself. While it is true that Shadow is 10 inches taller than me, and almost 80 pounds heavier, it is of no consequence. My match with Shadow reminded me a lot of the story of David and Goliath in the Bible. For those of you not familiar with the story, we're going have ourselves a little sermon today on First Contact!
Biggs goes to the podium, and pulls a Bible out from behind the APW Overdrive Championship.
Biggs: The story is in 1 Samuel, chapter 17. Starting in verse 4,
A champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out of the Philistine camp. He was over nine feet tall. He had a bronze helmet on his head and wore a coat of scale armor of bronze weighing five thousand shekels ; on his legs he wore bronze greaves, and a bronze javelin was slung on his back. His spear shaft was like a weaver's rod, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels. His shield bearer went ahead of him.
Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, "Why do you come out and line up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not the servants of Saul? Choose a man and have him come down to me. If he is able to fight and kill me, we will become your subjects; but if I overcome him and kill him, you will become our subjects and serve us." Then the Philistine said, "This day I defy the ranks of Israel! Give me a man and let us fight each other." On hearing the Philistine's words, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and terrified.
Skipping down to verse 25, at which point David has made his way to the battle field.
Now the Israelites had been saying, "Do you see how this man keeps coming out? He comes out to defy Israel. The king will give great wealth to the man who kills him. He will also give him his daughter in marriage and will exempt his father's family from taxes in Israel."
David asked the men standing near him, "What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?"
Hopping down to verse 32.
David said to Saul, "Let no one lose heart on account of this Philistine; your servant will go and fight him."
Saul replied, "You are not able to go out against this Philistine and fight him; you are only a boy, and he has been a fighting man from his youth."
But David said to Saul, "Your servant has been keeping his father's sheep. When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock, I went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its hair, struck it and killed it. Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God. The LORD who delivered me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine."
Saul said to David, "Go, and the LORD be with you."
To make a long story a bit shorter, everyone knows that after this, David took his slingshot and launched a stone right into the forehead of Goliath, killing him. The reason this scripture reminds me of my feud with Shadow is that though I am smaller than him, much like David was Goliath, Shadow's pride did him in, just as it did Goliath. And you know what, Shadow, every time I've read this story, it always turns out the same, with David winning! So while David and Goliath never had a rematch, I can be certain that our little David and Goliath story will continue to have the same result, again and again and again! Try as you might, Shadow, you will not win this APW Overdrive Championship back from me!
The image on the screen shifts to Chris Cyrus.
Biggs: Also this past week, my good friend Chris Cyrus finally put a stop to that ridiculous little trinket of a Title, the CWF Xtreme Championship, when he beat Rocky Starr to not only retain his APW Xtreme Title, but unified the belts. And he'll be successful again in his defense against Jason Royce this week, as well! Let's face it, Royce, you're going up against The Axis of Awesome! There's no way you can come out on top!
The screen then shows Victor Hades.
Biggs: Another guy I have to give mad props to this week is Victor Hades! Not only did he make a statement by preventing Kieren King from even having his debut match, he also inserted himself into the main event mix by taking out Jesse Nunez in the main event! I got to say, I like Hades' style, and would like to wish him the best of luck against Pence Weatherlight this week! I'm rooting for you, man!
The words “Shameless Plug of the Week” flash across the screen behind Biggs.
Biggs: Now it's time once again for my Shameless Plug of the Week, which I'm giving to Batman: The Animated Series. With four volumes on DVD, there's plenty of Caped Crusader action to go around. It's an extremely well done series, and I can't recommend it enough! Well, that's all the time I got for First Contact this week! Until next time, keep watching the stars!
First Contact comes to close, with the APW logo and copyright shown on the screen.
