((Camera opens up in the ring, Livia along with Chloe, Kaos, Jericho, Darkstar, Faygo, Patroit and Ace-man are all standing around a coffin. The coffin is covered and surrounded by candles, a hearse in seen parked infrom of the ring with the back hatch wide open. The crowd lets out continuos boos at the sight. Livia with mic in hands turns away from the coffin for a moment.))

Livia: Please, everyone listen to me. I’m… I’m sorry. I’m sorry I disrupted the show tonight but… I have some business I want to conduct. I… I have something to say.

((The crowd boos and jeers her more.))

Livia: I know I’m not a superstar and I know my Sephiroth isn’t here. I know you enjoy seeing him more than you ever would me. But, he can’t come here anymore. You see that is Sephiroth’s coffin…

((The crowd begins to sound disgusted as if she has just made them all sick. She begins to cry more hysterical as they do and stops for a small overemotional pause as tears stream down her face.))

Livia: I know… I know. I’m sorry. I just… I just wanted my Sephiroth to have a real tribute. You didn’t care for him. You forgot him once he was dead and buried. Two whole weeks in that casket, with no air. He suffocated to death. And you didn’t care.

((The crowd starts to die with their booing and grows silent for a second.))

Livia: I just want my Sephiroth to have some respect in death as he did in life. I just want… I just… I… oh’ Sephiroth!

((She starts sobbing and falls on the casket, as the whole arena just seems to grow silent as the grave. Everyone just seems to realize that this is serious and that she is either very distraught or very disturbed. She starts to rise still sobbing a bit as she wipes her tears away on her shirt sleeve.))

Livia: Can… can I ask everyone for a silent moment of prayer before we get started with this… out of respect for my lord?

((All grows deathly silent as all the superstars, indeed, the whole arena bows they’re heads. Just then… “Points of Authority” by Linkin Park plays during the moment of silence and everyone raises their heads. Martin Smalls skulks out along with Draven and Harley Quinn as all look in disgust. They slowly walk to the ring as Smalls pulls out a mic.))

Martin: Now, hold up, you sick little bitch! This is my show! And I decide who does what in this place! You can’t just expect to drive a hearse to my ring and not expect to pay the consequences did you?

((They begin to enter the ring as the crowd boos. The other wrestlers would interfere if not for the firing power of one Mr. Martin Smalls.))

Travis: The champ is here!

Eddie: You sicken me. During a moment of silence they come out. They should at least show respect for the dead.

Travis: Well, it was an unsanctioned moment of silence.

Eddie: Why do I bother?

Martin: But, you know since I’m feeling generous tonight I may let you get out of here without getting you…

((The crowd goes into a chant of “Martin Smalls has no balls!”))

Martin: SHUT UP OR I’LL BURN THAT DAMN CASKET RIGHT NOW!!!

((The crowd begins to silence.))

Martin: Now as I was saying… I’ll let you go if you get down ON YOUR KNEES… and kiss my feet.

((The crowd boos and Livia shakes her head no. She refuses and Smalls seems pissed.))

Martin: Go ahead kiss ‘em. Kiss ‘em DAMN IT!!! Fine, Draven… make her kiss ‘em!

((Draven lunges at her and holds her down to her knees as a shadow is seen in the rafters… is it the man in black?))

Eddie: No, this is uncalled for!

Travis: This is out of line even by my standards!

((Just then a loud sound is heard from the coffin. A shuffling sound. Harley steps near the coffin to listen to it and all is quiet . Draven stops what he is doing as does Smalls as they all stare. Then a hand bursts out of the coffin grabbing Quinn, nearly giving her a heart attack as Smalls and Draven high tail it.))

Eddie: My god! What the!?

Travis: Ah! I didn’t mean it!

Eddie: Could it be?!

Travis: I don’t wanna die!

((Quinn is left hanging by her shirt collar as the hand holds her in position. The mafioso runs out and pulls her away as another hand breaks out. With a final smash the form of Sephiroth rises from the casket as the crowd roars. Livia smiles and seems overwhelmed with joy.))

Eddie: it is! It’s du Lac!!!

Travis: He’s back to get me! Save me, Eddie!

Eddie: not for all the gold in the world.

((Sephiroth stands and looks at Harley Quinn who is looking as if she just saw a ghost. Smalls and Draven wait for her on the stage as all the superstars marvel at the sight. Smalls looks at him and sums up all the courage he can into a brief statement.))

Martin: You… you… you can’t be… you… you want to face the champion?!

((Seph points to Harley and nods not saying a word.))

Martin: You want it? Well, tough! You got to earn it… you got to go through someone… you got to go through…. JERICHO DYLAN!!!

((Seph’s eyes shift to Jericho as Dylan stares back in mixture of horror and surprise.))

Martin: Uh-huh! And this time if you lose there ain’t gonna be no coming back! Cause tonight you and him are going to meet in a FLAMING BURIED ALIVE MATCH FOR THE IC TITLE!!! You got that, Seph!?

((The crowd goes wild as Seph just nods to Dylan and then shifts his gaze to the black list. He points to Quinn and the Mafioso and then to Smalls as they all run into the back. The spotlight goes up to the rafters showing the man in black staring down at Sephiroth and raising his arms. He drops them and pyro explodes on the ring posts and stage area around the black list. “Fade to Black” by Metallica plays as all seem shaken by the explosion… all but Sephiroth du Lac.))

((It's Going Down by The X-Ecutioners plays while HWC superstars are seen doing verious moves. One Harley hitting Seph over the head with a Shovel. Another one of Tiger landing the reverse bull dog on Ace, then goes on to showing Ace-man standing on a turn buckle with Patriot waving them America flagg. Amy and Chaotica are shown standing over Die Zerstörer's beaten bodies holding the Tag Team belts. Bulldozer grabing someone by the throat and choke slamming them off the turn buckle and out of the ring. Image changes to a flash of Martain Smalls with the rest of The Black List going on to where Enforcer turned and choke slammed Autumn Lewis. Finally a clip of Jericho turning on The Black List and winning the IC belt. It ends with a shot of a blood stained Slaughter ring. The song ends and the sceen fades. It reopens with a shot panning over the crowd as blue and white pyro goes off. The camera cuts to the announcer tables with Eddie Danniels and Travis Best.))

Eddie: We’re here and we’re live at the sold out Ice Arena in Augusta, Maine! As always I’m Eddie!

Travis: And I’m Travis “good, better” Best! Ha! Good one, eh, Edwardo?

Eddie: Edwardo?

Travis: Yeah, I changed your name. Made it more exotic.

Eddie: I think I’ll stick with Eddie.

Travis: All right, but I know cool.

Eddie: I’m sure.

Eddie: What a way to kick off Slaughter!!!

Travis: Did you see… I… I need a drink!

Eddie: There's no time we just started!

TV Title Match
Chloe vs Terry Riffic

Bree Sharps "Cheap and Evil Girl" hits and the lights dim and red spotlights come on as a greyish cold mist rolls over the ground. Black lights flash at the stage entrance. Chloe comes out from behind the curtain with the TV title slung over her shoulder and walks down to the ring.

Jean Foretllo: The following contest is for the HWC Television title and scheduled for one fall. Now approaching the ring, she is the current HWC Telvision champion Chloe!

Travis: And she is looking just as fine as ever!

Eddie: Do you ever have a thought that orginates above the waist?

"I Will Be Heard" by Hatebreed hits and Terry walks slowly to ring with a big smile and his book "101 ways to be a Terry Riffic Wrestler" in his hand.

(Chloe goes charging across the ring and does a baseball slide under the bottom rope and into Terry's face. He staggers backwards and falls squarely on his ass. Chloe comes out after him but he's back on his feet and decks her as she reaches him. He drags her back to the ring by her hair and tosses her back in the ring. He gets back in the ring as the bell rings and kicks her in the gut and DDT's her. He kicks her in the head as she tries to get back to her feet and then whips her off the ropes hiptossing her on her return. He winces slightly grabbing his ribs.)

Eddie: Looks like Terry's ribs aren't at 100% like he thought. That hiptoss may have hurt him more than it did Chloe.

Travis: She's already back up and sees Terry holding his ribs. And she just kicked him in the ribs.

(Terry falls to the mat holding his ribs as Chloe takes over. She pulls him to his feet and executes a snap suplex and with Terry down she drops an elbow into his ribs. He cries out in pain and rolls around on the mat. Chloe stays right on him grabbing him back up and backing him into the corner letting go with lefts and rights into his midsection. Terry slumps down into the corner and Chloe backs up. She then charges in and hits Terry with a Bronco Buster.)

Travis: Whoo-hoo! Ride 'em cowgirl. I wish she would do that to me!

Eddie: I guess that answers my earlier question.

Travis: Hey a man can dream can't he? (Terry pulls himself to his feet using the ropes. Chloe charges in again and Terry ducks out of the way and Chloe goes face first into the turnbuckle and Terry drops down and tries to roll her up in a school boy. 1..2..kickout by Chloe. Terry pokes her in the eyes and then grabs her in a headlock and drags her eyes across the top rope stopping at the corner to ram her head first into the turnbuckle. He then sends her to the opposite corner and as she staggers out he takes her down with a samoan drop.)

Eddie: Was Terry maybe playing possum before with those ribs? Because that was a perfectly executed samoan drop right there?

Travis: I don't know, I just hope Chloe isn't too badly damaged...for me that is....

Eddie: Suuuuure.

(Terry pulls Chloe up to her feet and after a series of rights to the head nails her with a Manhattan drop. Chloe staggers back into the ropes and Terry moves in kicking her in the gut before sending her for the ride and nailing her with a clothesline. He sets Chloe up on the top rope and goes up after her for a superplex. She recovers and pushes him off. He lands in the center of the ring and Chloe gets up on the top rope and dives off after him. Terry gets his knees up and catches her.)

Travis: Chest first into the knees of Terry. I glady offer my servies for a chest massage to help Chloe out.

Eddie: You are truly a sad, sad man.

Travis: What because I want to help her?

Eddie: Look it's Harley!

(Travis hides under the desk.)

Travis: Where?

(In the ring Terry has managed to lock Chloe in the crossface. She pulls herself to the ropes and forces him to let go of the move. He pulls her back up and scoop slams her. He drops a leg on her and then set her up for a powerbomb. She starts punching him in the head when she's up, and then turns the move into a hurricanranna. Terry gets back to his feet only to be met with a spinning heel kick. Terry backs into the corner begging off and Chloe responds with a slap to the face.)

Eddie: Chloe adding a little insult to injury there.

Travis (from under the desk): Is Harley gone yet?

Eddie: She was never here you big baby. Get out from under there and help me call this match like you're supposed to.

(Terry, angry over being slapped punches Chloe in her gut and then getting to his feet nails her with a jawjacker. Chloe staggers around and Terry grabs her and sets her up for the Terrific Slam, he nails it!)

Eddie: We could have a new TV champ right here.

(The ref goes to count, 1..2..foot on the ropes. However when the ref tells Terry to cease with the pin attempt, he thinks he's won. He turns to the crowd and raises his arms and start to celebrate, the referee trying to tell Terry the match is still going. Terry pushes the ref aside and starts asking for the title belt to be given to him. Chloe however is now back on her feet and charges from behind, shoving Terry into the ropes and then falling back rolling him up, bridging the pin. 1..2..3! Chloe breaks the pin and rolls out of the ring grabbing the belt and heading back up the ramp as a confused Terry sits in the middle of the ring.)

Jean Foretllo: Here is your winnner, and still HWC Television champion, Chloe!

Eddie: Chloe pulls this one out after the she managed to get her foot on the ropes following a Terrific Slam.

Travis: Terry thought he had the TV title in his hands, but it wasn't to be as Chloe had good presence of mind to put her foot on the ropes and then rolled him up from behind to keep that TV title around her shapley waist.

Eddie: Could you please think with the head on your shoulders for a change?

((Cameras cut to a ad for Bud Light beer showing all kinds of hot chicks drinking Bud Light, then it shows Kidd Rock surrounded by the hot chicks. he makes a selling face as he takes a drink. It then flashes across with the Bud Light logo and under that it says. 'Drink Responsibly. Only over 21.')) ((Only In America by Brooks and Dunn plays as the crowd leaps to their feet in cheers. Stepping out onto the stage comes Autumn Lewis, she waves to the crowd before continuing on to the ring. In one hand is a file of papers and the other is a mic.))

Travis: Oh great SHE'S back.

Eddie: Show some respect that she signs your pay check!

Travis: Don't remind me!

((Autumn climbs into the ring and the song cuts. The cheers continue while Autumn smiles and waits to speak.))

Autumn: I know I have been away for awhile, some say too long. I have seen everything goning on here. But all that's going to change now that I am back.

((Cheers roar to life once again.))

Autumn: I have learned that Commissioner Black has been getting his checks from a Martin Smalls. Now knowing this I think it's time to shift the scales of power. I have been away making deals and signing new talent. One deal is that of a match for End Game. This match will take place, and not even the mighty Smalls can change that. Victor Black will face off against a mystery man for the job of commissioner. If he values his job he can fight for it. Smalls rane is about to come to an end I'll see to that personaly!

((Only In America hits and Autumn makes her way out of the ring and back stage.))

Eddie: President Lewis is back and ready for business!

Travis: Why does she have to ruin everything!

Submission Match
"The Genius" Wendell Graham Bell vs Lestat

Jean Fortello: Ladies and gentlemen the following is a submission match.

(("Outsmarted" hits as "The Genius" Wendell Graham Bell walks out slowly from behind the curtain, donning a white lab coat for the entrance. Green, the color of intelligence, randomly fills the arena. He holds his head high in defiance of the average wrestling fan, occasionally stopping to prove his intelligence to a fan using an abacus.))

Jean Fortello: Now approaching the ring, from Greensboro, North Carolina, weighing 273 pounds, "The Genius" Wendell Graham Bell!

Eddie: Well this is our first look at the Genius Wendell Grahm Bell. What do you think of him so far Travis? Travis?

Travis: ZZZZZ...huh? Oh, uhm....sorry Eddie. I can't be concerned with some new guy.

Eddie: You're impossible!

((The lights go out. Forsaken by Disturbed starts to play, and fog comes out of the entrance way. A few lights come back on to see Lestat stepping through the fog in a long black duster. He walks to the ring and gets on the apron. Without using his hands he jumps to the top rope and crouches as the lights come back on.))

Travis: And this guys read one too many Anne Rice novels! Either that or he just needs to get out more!

Eddie: Will you stop?

((Both men go in for a tie up, and Bell pushes Lestat back into the ropes and then backs off but then suddnely kicks Lestat in the gut. With Lestat doubled over Bell elbows him in the back of the neck. He pulls Lestat back to his feet and unloads a series of European uppercuts before sending him off the ropes. He catches Lestatt with a belly to belly suplex.))

Eddie: Remember, this is a submission match. The only way to win is to make your opponent tap out by slapping on a submission hold. The Genius claims he's smart enough to make Lestat tap out.

Travis: They'll bore me into submission.

((Bell hits a spinning neckbreaker on Lestat before dropping an elbow on him. He stands back up and points to his head as if to indicate to everyone exactly how smart he is. However Lestat gets up and nails Bell in the back of the head from behind with a forearm shot. Bell stumbles forward into the ropes and back into the arms of Lestat who takes him ower with a belly to back suplex. Lestat runs over toward a rising Bell and nails him in the side of the head with a knee. Bell falls across the middle rope, and Lestatt leans on him pressing Bell's neck into the ropes.))

Eddie: That's not the way to get a submission, that's the fast road to a disqualification.

Travis: That's why Lestat's an idiot and Bell is a genious!

Eddie: I thought you didn't care about this match.

Travis: You keep talking and keeping me awake.

((Bell is now back in the corner with Lestat pummeling him with lefts and rights. He then sends Bell across the ring and Bell comes staggering out of the corner and gets nailed with a spinning heel kick from Lestat. Lestat then puts the boots to Bell and then picks him back up and takes Bell back down with a brainbuster. Bell crumples into a heap, but Lestat is not done yet. He pulls a groggy Bell to his feet and lets loose with a vicious superkick.))

Travis: He almost kicked Bells smart head off! What a shot!

Eddie: Bell took that shot right on the chin! And now Lestat slaps on the STF!

((Lestat has the moved locked in and for a few minutes it looks like he might give up, but he manages to reach out and grab the ropes forcing Lestat to break the hold, Lestat moves in to grab Bell, but Bell grabs Lestats tights forcing Lestat to fall forward and crashing face first into the top turnbuckle.))

Travis: Now that was a smart move. That is why he is the Genius. This guy is starting to impress me.

((Bell is now up to his feet and turns Lestat around and start unlaoding with a series of chops elicitng a "WHOO!" from the crowd after each chop connects. Bell pulls Lestat out of the corner and whips him into a short arm clothesline. Lestat goes down and Bell steps on his neck releasing before the ref issues the five count. Bell then pulls Lestat back to his feet and nails a piledriver. He sends Lestat off the ropes and catches Lestat with a Death Valley Driver. He follows that up with a swinging neckbreaker.))

Travis: Well I must say this guy is showing exactly why he is a Genius.

Eddie: And there's a forearm to the back and he pulls Lestat's head back and drops him with a reverse DDT. He calls that the Invention!

((He then applies a dragon sleeper that he calls the Quandry. Lestat tries to struggle out the hold, but soon stops struggling. The referee checks his arm. It drops once, twice and three times. The ref calls for the bell.))

Fortello: Here is your winner, "The Genius" Wendell Grahm Bell!

Eddie: An impressive debut win for Bell as he defeats Lestat in a submission mach with that perfectly applied Dragon sleeper, and--what the hell?

((Harley slides into the ring out of nowhere nailing a recovering Lestat in the face with the world title belt, busting him open. The Enforcer and Draven come in also from the crowd followed by Martin and Scott. The Enforcer tosses Bell over the top rope out of the ring as Harley starts kicking the crap out of Lestat. She picks him up and nails him with Sweet Chin Music. Lestat stumbles backwards into the Enforcer who picks Lestat up and nails him with an inverted atomic drop. Lestat staggers around until Draven blasts him with a chair. Before Lestat can fall down the Enforcer grabs him and delivers a devestating chokeslam! Martin walks over to the prone form of Lestat.))

Martin: I guess this wasn't the best way to tell you, but YOU'RE FIRED!

((He backs away as Draven picks Lestat up and whips him off the ropes with the Enforcer's help the Black List executes a devestating 3D. Lestat's neck bends at an odd angle and he screams in pain as "Points of Authority" by Linkin Park kicks in and the Black List leaves the ring as medics come down to check on Lestat.))

Eddie: Again the attacks by the Black List take apart another HWC wrestler and I think they may have broken Lestat's neck with that modified 3D! We'll be right back.

((Camera cuts to a commercial for HWC HardWear. It shows Sickness member Amy Jensen modeling a blue and white football jersey. the numbers say 619 and on the back it says JENSEN on it. The front in green letters says SICKNESS above the letters. Amy makes a hand motion.) Announcer: be the first to have your Amy Jensen football jersey! Show you represent The Sickness out there on the football field! Only 39.95 S/H included. Call 1-800-HardWear today! ((Commercial Ends)) ((Camera opens up backstage, Kidd Rock turn the corner. He stops and greets all the new faces and other crew man working. He spirits are up after a full recovery. He runs into Draven and Enforcer beating up on a helpless Ace. Kidd runs up to help, he grabs Enforcer and pushes him away. Ace has no will of his own to stand as he is being held up by Draven, Ace's shades broken and handing off his face. His nose broken and bleeding down on his shirt. Draven looks up at Kidd and growls, he drops Ace turning to Kidd.))

Kidd: What did he ever do to you?!

Draven: Be there!

Kidd: Well congrats you apes have climbed up the food chain to be a bunch of bullies with no back bone!

Enforcer: Oooo big words from the hall of famer!

Kidd: There's a reason why I got there, one was taking out people like you!

((Enforcer bust out laughing at Kidd.))

Draven: Talk is over rated.

((Draven reaches out to grabs Kidd, but he gets the first hit in by kicking him in the gut. Before he knows it Enforcer grabs him in a half nalson. Draven gets back to his feet and starts taking swings into his mid section. Kidd manages to get another kick in, this time a low on to Draven. He winces and crumbles, Enforcer then lets go of Kidd. After taking a swing, Enforcer grabs Kidd throwing him over his shoulder. He doesn't bother to toy with him before throwing him from his shoulder to the wall head first. The camera fades out on the shot of Kidd crumbled to the floor by Enforcers hand.))

Standard Match
Spoon vs Bulldozer

Danniels: Holy crap folks. After seeing Kidd get decimated at the hands of the Black List, I have to wonder what the hell is going on!

Best: I don't really care, but not even Rock deserves that. That was pretty lame. But what I really wanna know, is what the hell is Lewis thinking?! Black is our best Commish we have! And for that matter..who's Black gonna waste?

Danniels: I don't know, but let's gett this next match underway!

(The arena goes black, with multicolored lights and lasers and such blinking and fluctuating along with the weird noise at the beginning, and then the arena erupts into a full rave atmosphere when the real beat hits. Spoon has glowsticks or something phosphorescent in his hands as he dances like a madman down to the ring, immersing himself in the oh- so-wonderful Trance music. Spoon climbs into the ring and finishes dancing, then stands there, waiting for Dozer.)

Jean Fortello: And weighing in at 345 pounds and standing 7 foot, he is a former HWC world champion, Bulldozer!

(Korn's "Here To Stay" begins to blast over the P.A. System while the lights dim. Red fire works begins to blast, and a red strobe light begins to flash at ligthing like speed. The Bulldozer walks from the back and begins to go down the ramp and walks through one huge fire work going off then he walks to the ring intimidatingly, glaring at Spoon the entire way. After Dozer steps through the ropes, the bell sounds and the match begins)

Danniels: Well Spoon's been all but silent this week. Not a word has come from him!

Best: He's probably been partying with some bitches, yo!

(Best starts to wave his hands around like a raver, and Danniels responds by smacking Best upside the head with his clipboard. Best flinches then scowls over at Danniels. Meanwhile, in the ring, Spoon and Dozer have locked up in a collar and elbow tie up. Dozer immediately shows his power and literally shoves Spoon across the ring. Spoon goes tumbling, clocking his head against the turnbuckle. Dozer roars at Spoon and advances. Dozer starts to stomp at Spoon in the corner, grabbing the ring ropes for leverage. Spoon cries out but can't do anything under the behemoth's power and is forced to take the beating. Dozer lays his boot across the chin/neck of Spoon, blatantly choking him! The ref starts to count...1.....2.....3..Dozer keeps his foot there.....4.....5....6...Dozer finally takes his foot off the ropes. Spoon starts to cough miserably. Dozer reaches down and grabs Spoon by his hair, picking him up. Dozer rests Spoon against the turnbuckle and unleashes a powerful slap to Spoon's chest!)

Danniels: OUCH!!!! Dozer is absolutely manhandling Spoon here tonight! It's like something rabid has gotten into Dozer and just pissed him off!

Best: Probably because Dozer wants those fine ass ho's Spoon's got.

(Dozer grabs Spoon's shirt and rips it clean off, then lifts Spoon into the air by his neck. Holding him there for a moment, Dozer then adds his second hand and brutally powerslams Spoon into the mat! Spoon's body bounces like a rag doll then just kinda lays there limp. Dozer snarls and picks Spoon up. He positions him, and lifts him by the neck, and roars at the crowd. With his free hand, Dozer points to the turnbuckle!)

Danniels: DOZER DON'T DO IT!! NO!

Best: FUCK HIS ASS UP!!!! DO IT!! DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Dozer storms over to the turnbuckle....CHOKESLAM ON THE TURNBUCKLE! Spoon's body damn near folds in half!! The crowd starts a chant of HOLY SHIT...HOLY SHIT....Dozer grabs Spoon and roars again. he positions him, still in the turnbuckle....DEMOLITION ON THE TURNBUCKLE! SPOON IS OUT COLD! Dozer grabs him and just tosses him like a rag doll to the center of the ring. Dozer casually walks over and lays a big boot onto Spoon's chest for the arrogant cover....1....2....3..Dozer wins!)

Danniels: Holy christ. After utterly dominating this matchup, Dozer chokeslams Spoon on the turnbuckle then delivers the Demolition on the same turnbuckle! Spoon didn't even get a hit in!

Best: It's mackin' time for Dozer! You know what they say..the bigger one gets the bitches...

Danniels: Wait..we're recieving something backstage...Johnny, cut to our garage cam, will you?

((Camera opens up in the parking garage, The Tiger dressed in a blue Slaughter shirt and black jeans pulls up on her Harley V-Rod and parks. After shutting off the engine she climbs off to head inside. On her way to the door she spots a white limo with plates that read SMALS1. Tiger stops and grins, setting down her duffle bag she opens it looking for something. She pulls out two spray cans, one blue and one green. Shaking them up Tiger starts to spray the paint all over the limo in no design. After going up and down the sides Tiger stops at the hood and writes "TIGER WAS HERE." She tosses the cans back to her bag and grabs a near by tire iron. With a roar of anger she swings the iron smashing the windows and denting the sides. After dragging it across the side and slaying a tire, Tiger grabs her bag and walks off still holding the tire iron. A crew man hears the banging and rushes out the back door to see whats going on. He sees Tiger push past him and the work she did on Martin's limo. Tiger stops briefly and calls back.))

The Tiger: Hey where's Smalls office!

Crew Man: Uh.... down the hall and t-to the left....

The Tiger: Thanks.

((Tiger walks off as the scene fades.))

((Cut to a commercial for TNN Networks. It shows the most amazing media man in the world and HWC Jobber, Jesse, sitting next to his boss Bob. After a bit of talk, Jesse does the greatest move in history: That hilarious fisting motion. It then cuts to a scene with the NEW TNN Logo.))

Table Match
Amy Jensen vs Lightning

Eddie: Well ladies and gentlemen up next is a match that was requested by Lightning, a newcomer to the HWC

Travis: And good lord, has she ever bitten off more than she can chew in picking a fight with our resident hell cat Amy Jensen

Eddie: That is quite possible indeed but Lightning weighs in at a buck seventy, while Amy doesn't even weigh in at a buck

Travis: I've seen Amy take down larger wrestlers than that before...

((The camera pans from Travis and Eddie up to the top of the ramp...Down Poison by 3 doors down blares over the pa. The crowd gets on their feet and starts to boo, Lightning walks out on the ramp. She walks halway down the ramp, pyros go off. Lightning hops on the apron, she enters through the 2nd rope,she enters the ring, walks around and waits. A moment later As 'Brackish' by Kittie kicks over the PA, Amy comes bursting through the curtain, headbanging in time to the beat. She walks towards the ring, singing along with the vocals to the song as she slaps hands with the fans. She then baseball slides into the ring and hops up onto the nearest turnbuckle. She then throws her arms wide as she sings along with the theme. She then hops off the turnbuckle and stands in the middle of the ring, glaring at Lightning. Suddenly, the power is cut off and the arena is plungeed into total darkness...Then " Down with the Sickness" kicks up over the PA system, as the HWC tron goes green a series of pyros go off. When the lights come back on Kimber and Rancid are standing at the top of the ramp, as they make their way down to ringside their eyes never leave the competitors in the ring. A worried look passes over Amy's eyes for a split second as she thinks that they might have come down to take her out...However the two of them pass right by the ring and stop in front of the announcer's table...After a very brief exchange of words Travis and Eddie scramble away from their seats and scuttle away up the ramp.))

Rancid: Awww this is much better dontcha think Kimber?

Kimber: Indeed it is...You people may be wondering where the referee is...well let me introduce him to you! JEFF WYLDE!

(("Reckoning Day" by Megadeth kicks up and Jeff appears at the top of the ramp clad in a referee t-shirt and black jeans, trotting down the ramp he stops at the bottom to look around at the crowd before doing a baseball slide into the ring. Amy blinks once, then twice and cannot believe her eyes....Lightning looks Jeff over and rolls her eyes, growing impatient for the match to start. A second later Jeff signals for the match to begin, Amy surprises Lightning with a spear that sends her near half way across the ring.))

Kimber: Ouch! She's gonna be feeling that one in the morning folks!

Rancid: And to think, the best part of the match hasn't even happened yet

Kimber: Care to enlighten as to what the best part is?

Rancid: The tables of course!

((Rancid chuckles as the crowd begins chanting "We want tables"...Amy pulls Lightning to her feet by her hair and then pushes her through the ropes onto the floor outside. Running across the ring she slides out and starts looking underneath the ring, pulling out a table she looks around at the crowd and grins wickedly. However she doesn't see that Lightning has gotten to her feet and as she does look up is met with a baseball slide to the chest. Staggering backwards against the announcer's table, Amy tries to shake the cobwebs out of her brain as Lighting grabs her by the arms and throws her back into the ring. Lightning grabs the table that Amy was going to and slides it into the ring, by this point Amy has rolled to her feet and is crouched waiting to attack. Once her eyes are set on Lightning she spears the woman yet again and begins to wail away on her with a series of fists.))

Jeff Wylde: one...two...three...break it up Amy!

((Muttering something under her breath Amy reluctantly breaks the hold and backs up a step or two allowing Lightning to get to her feet. Lightning shoots Amy a withering glare as she charges at her, Amy trips her and then twists Lightning's foot in an ankle lock. As Lightning screams and tries to get to the ropes Amy just holds on for all she's worth.))

Jeff Wylde: break it up Amy! This is a tables match remember...

((Amy lets go of Lightning and goes over setting up the table that her opponent had slid into the ring a few moments before. With a look to the crowd then over to her fellow stable mates Amy turns around and picks up Lightning dragging her over to the table and laying her out...Quickly scaling the ringpost, Amy sets up and does a swanton bomb sending the two of them right through the table.))

Kimber: Cover her AMY!

Amy grabs Lightning's legs and leans forward pinning her shoulders to the mat

Jeff Wylde: One...two....three!

Announcer: Here is your winner...AMY JENSEN!

Kimber: If you'll excuse me Rancid...

((Taking off her headphones Kimber slides into the ring and holds up Amy's hand. The two of them turn to the fallen Lightning and grin at each other, with a nod of their heads they turn on her and begin stomping...Suddenly the crowd begins to boo as Hans comes down to ringside, he stops at the bottom of the ramp and yells to Amy. Her head snaps up and she looks at him for a moment, he calls to her again and to the surprise of everyone there as well as Kimber, Amy gets out of the ring and leaves with Hans....))

Rancid: Well folks it looks like it's time for a commercial break....

(((Now out!...HWC Slaughter: The video Game, for X Box, PS2 and Nintendo Game Cube! prepare to get Slaughtered! Play as The Tiger, Anyone from the Sickness or Black List, or choose any of the roster and go through the highly developed Season Mode and gain gold!) (The scene cuts to a living room. It shows The Tiger and Obake playing the game. Obake is using Tiger, and Tiger is using Obake. Suddenly a wrestling match breaks out right there in the living room!) Announcer: So real you'll want to do it in real life! Only 49.95!)) ((Camera cuts to Autumn's office, she is sitting on the couch watching the show on a tv in the room. The door flies open and an enrage Martin Smalls storms into the room. Autumn only rolls her eyes as she turns her attention to him.))

Smalls: I HAVE HAD IT WITH HER!!!! Not only did she destroy one of my best clients, kidnap Klaus, and jump the world champ...... HAVE YOU SEEN MY OFFICE AND LIMO!!!

Autumn: I take it, this has to do with Tiger?

Smalls: OF COURSE THIS IS ABOUT TIGER!

Autumn: My hands are tied, but if you ask me. You had this coming.

((Autumn stands and snickers while Smalls grows more and more angery.))

Smalls: She's driving me crazy, it's impossible to control her!

Autumn: Well she's your problem now, you won her fair and square.

Smalls: She's too much of problem to deal with. I think I have gotten all from her I can. I think it's time to show Ms. Tiger who's the boss around here. And the best why to do it too, announce before the whole world that she will NEVER wrestle for the HWC again!

Autumn: Now hold it there, Smalls....... why do it that way when she can come back in and get the last shot. Make a match for End Game against Draven.

Smalls: I see where you are going with this, if Tiger loses she's gone from the fed. NO, better yet..... The Tiger gets sent back to the funny farm from where she came.

Autumn: Why not add something for if Tiger wins?

Smalls: I should of known you would be on her side! NO DEAL!

Autumn: What are you scared of Martin? Think Tiger will make a fool out of Draven like she did Payne?

Smalls: OF COURSE NOT!

Autumn: Then you won't be scared to add in if Tiger wins she becomes a Free Agent.

((Smalls pauses hiding all hints of worry, he stares down Autumn who is grinning at him.))

Autumn: What do you have to lose?

Smalls: Fine, come End Game...... there won't be much of a Tiger left to set free. I'm going to have Draven make a rug out of her.

((Smalls turns and storms off slamming the door behind him. Autumn sits back down on the couch and watches the tv.))

Buried Alive Match
Jericho Dylan vs Sephiroth Du Lac Eddie: This match gives me the creeps, Travis...

Travis: Now that you mention it, it doesn't seem normal.

Eddie: Add in Martin Smalls declaring that the earth around the grave will be on fire, and you have something guaranteed to spook even the most hardcore fans.

Travis: Now usually I applaud things Mr. Smalls does, but this time, I can't.

((Eddie and Travis look at each other, an "Oh, my God!" type of look. Then the camera switches to the front gates of an abandoned cemetery. Inside the cemetery are several referees. Outside the cemetery, near an open grave, stands the head referee of the HWC. Beside him is a can of gasoline and an acetylene torch. The fans can be heard murmuring in the background as someone brings out a bag of weaponry. From this bag comes a wide variety of things to do harm with. Steel chairs, kendo sticks, trash can lids, fire extinguishers... You name it, it's out there. There are even several baseball bats wrapped in barbed wire. Some of the referees inside the cemetery are muttering about something. They're all cut off by the arrival of the challenger, Sephiroth Du Lac.))

Eddie: He popped from a coffin and challenged Jericho for the belt... I don't know what Jericho's thinking.

Travis: I don't either. But something tells me the outcome won't be pretty...

((Further speculation is ended when Jericho enters the cemetery. He approaches Seph and they shake hands with amiable grins. Seph turns to sling his coat over a tombstone and gets a forearm to the back of his neck. He stumbles forward and inside the arena, a bell is heard as the Crypt Match is officially underway. The head referee has instructions to light the fire only when they get within 10 meters. The cemetery is a good 400 meters away from the grave, so it won't be any time soon. Seph turns and slams Jericho with a forearm of his own, sending the champ staggering backward. Jericho trips and falls backward, slamming his head on a grave marker on the way down. The crowd gasps as the champ lies there limp and motionless. Seph grabs him in a Fireman's Carry and starts moving to the open grave. But Jericho is heavier than he looks, and Seph soon has to set him down. He's looking for a way to get him into the open grave when he spies a wheelbarrow. His eyes light and he runs toward it. But by the time he gets back to where he'd left Jericho, there's nobody there! His eyes narrow, seeking Jericho's distinctive black and silver boots. He doesn't realize Jericho's behind him until a shovel clangs off the back of his head. He staggers forward, and the shovel clatters to the ground. It's like a ghost was holding it... For the first time since popping from that coffin, Sephiroth is afraid.))

Eddie: Looks like Sephiroth might be regretting this match...

Travis: You could be right.

((Meanwhile, back in the cemetery, the moonlight's captured a stealthily moving shadow as it heads for Seph's untended back... A steel chair lands firmly on his skin. Seph cries out in agony, then whirls around to see nobody there and the chair resting on the dirt! His eyes widen and he looks around frantically, searching for the cause of these mysterious attacks. If it were him doing the attacking, he wouldn't be so wary. His eyes narrow, then close fully as he tries to anticipate the shadow's next move. It comes in the form of a barbed-wire baseball bat to his right shoulder and he can't dodge it. Sephiroth is bleeding from the shoulder, furrows in his skin from the barbed wire. But he doesn't seem too concerned about it... His unconcern is warranted when the furrows close as though they never were. Meanwhile, the shadow is on the move again. Several large misshapen stones fly toward Sephiroth's head and bounce off with amazing accuracy. The fifth one makes him drop to one knee. The shadow moves in for the kill, holding a length of chain in its hands. The shadow moves into camera range and reveals itself as the one and only Jericho Dylan! He wraps the chain around his barely mobile opponent and starts toward the open grave. He gets about a hundred meters closer before Seph breaks the chain. They start brawling in the dirt, not even out of the cemetery yet. Seph gets to his feet first and sprints toward the open grave, hoping to lure Jericho out of the cemetery where he's most at home. Jericho follows, dropping the shortened lengths of chain along the way. The moonlight becomes fleeting here, giving glimpses of Jericho chasing Sephiroth down a dirt trail. At one point, Jericho runs full tilt into a mausoleum. He drops backward, stunned slightly. Seph takes full advantage, hauling him by the hair toward the grave. At the 100-meter marker, Jericho gets loose and backs toward the cemetery. Seph stays put, knowing exactly what Jericho is up to.))

Eddie: It looks like neither man wants to be buried alive in a fiery grave, Travis.

Travis: I don't blame them either. Martin Smalls is a very sick man.

Eddie: And you're just realizing this NOW?

Travis: Don't start.

((Back in the general vicinity of the open grave, Seph has managed to render the Champ's right arm immobile by slamming a brick into the joint. By the time he reaches the 50-meter marker with Jericho, the head ref's opened the can of gasoline. 40 meters and the gas is poured. 30 meters and he lights the acetylene torch. 20 meters and he kneels beside it to light it. He's wearing fire-proof clothes so he won't get hurt. 10 meters and he ignites the fire. It swings around the grave, encircling it in a dancing, swaying aura of death and pain.))

Eddie: Please, folks, don't try this at home. The people involved are trained professionals.

Travis: And kids, don't ever play with fire. It's too dangerous to be used as a toy.

((Seph drops Jericho into the open grave, which has a coffin in it. The lid of the coffin clangs shut, sealing the semi-comatose champion inside. Seph grabs the nearby shovel and starts layering dirt over the casket. Shovelful by shovelful, the casket gets buried. Pockets of fans in the arena are screaming in disbelief. They can't believe it... Seph smoothes the dirt over the now filled in grave and jams the shovel into it. The bell rings inside the arena and the head referee holds Seph's left arm above their heads.))

Jean Fortello: Ladies and gentlemen, your winner and NEW HWC Intercontinental Champion... SEPHIROTH DU LAC!

((Seph stares at the belt being laid across his arms in stunned disbelief. He'd been staring at the grave, waiting for Jericho to jump out. He looks at the referee, then the grave. The Light Heavyweight Title is now vacant, Sephiroth dropping that title when he won the match. He kneels at the grave and murmurs something, then stands with the belt held high above his head. The majority of the fans cheer, but some don't. They've been rendered speechless by what they just saw. Then something begins to happen on the HWCTron. Green and black lights flicker on and off, then a picture forms. It's the inside of the coffin!))

Jericho Dylan: Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown... Harley Quinn, I'm coming for you. And when I do, you'll wish you'd died for real! For I will return. But until then, the HWC will be plagued. Plagued by a Sickness for which there is no cure!

((With this enigmatic statement ringing in everyone's ears, the camera shuts off and the HWCTron goes out. The normal house lights come on, and the fans are murmuring amongst themselves. Eddie and Travis look at each other, then slowly turn back to their notes.))

Eddie: Well, ladies and gentlemen, this has been HWC Saturday Slaughter. Just a reminder that there will be no Slaughter next week. Instead, we'll be coming to you live from Toronto, Canada, where we're having the next PPV, End Game. Until then, for Travis Best, I'm Eddie Daniels. Goodnight, and God bless.

((The transmission dies and as the scene fades.Copyright 2002, Hardcore Wrestling Corp.))