Post by Dave Dangerously on Aug 6, 2006 23:25:02 GMT -6
2000: EWA.
The Hardcore Icon, Dave Dudley is walking down the corridor of the Spectrum, in Philadelphia.
Dave Dudley: Fucking politics...they don't even KNOW.
Dave Dudley places his new, shiny EWA World Championship over his shoulder...
Dave Dudley: They...don't...even...KNOW.
Dudley is stopped by Evolution.
Evolution: Mr. Dudley.
Dave Dudley: {grimacing} What the fuck do you want, you dirty canuck?
Evo: {leaning in} Listen here, you little fucker. You have no idea what this shit right here is aboot. You think you're some kind of hero? You think you're some kind of hot shit around here? Don't you realize what's going on here?
Dave Dudley: Yeah, I realize completely. It's some bullshit LWN rehash you've got here. The only problem, is that you made the mistake of actually letting me in. And now, I'm dominating this bitch. Just like I would have done in LWN.
Evo: I stand for more than LWN...
Dave Dudley: You? YOU? You don't stand for shit, you pathetic little shit.
You and I, we had a agreement, back in LWN. We entered on the SAME EXACT DAY. WE TRAINED TOGETHER.
Evolution hangs his head down...
Dave Dudley: And now, you're holier than thou? You're not SHIT. What have you done, besides open up this safehaven for the failed LWN? You always wanted to create an entity.
Evo: This is more than a home for LWNers...
Dave Dudley: YOU'RE ON J.J. MCDERRICK'S PAYROLL! Are you fucking KIDDING ME? So is Healius, so is Hoyakillah. You don't understand, I'm doing this freelance, through our agreement. I'm doing this for RESPECT.
Evo: People do respect you. It's just your attitude, Dave...
People in the locker room...you're...just too...
Dave Dudley: Honest? That was the one thing about LWN, Evo. No one couldn't take honesty.
Here's some honesty, for you. ICW, the company I just TOOK CONTROL OF? Is number 2 in the ratings. Hell, some weeks we take #1. Then, Massive Monday Night comes on the scene. WHO'S THE FIRST GUY ON THE SCENE? WHY, NONE OTHER THAN ICW STAR DAVE DUDLEY.
I MADE THIS SHOW. I MADE THE ICW SHOWS. It's a new wave, Evo. I'm the fucking breaking point. I'm the fucking MARK that has been made. It's not LWN anymore, man! You need to tell everyone, wrestling has changed. The POLITICS have changed.
The old guard is no more. It's time for the new breed! ICW! We're a family. EWA, this place is about proving myself. To satisfy my ego. I NEEDED THIS.
Evo: The powers that be want you out.
Dave Dudley: THE TWELVE??? THE TWELVE??? YOU'RE TAKING ORDERS FROM THEM NOW???
Evo: Look, I had to go to them to get funding and support to open up EWA...
Dave Dudley: You and I used to be friends. We used to be BROTHERS.
Evo: Look. It's just business...
Dave Dudley: You'll realize when this company is dead and gone. That friendship is better than business. And that Dave Dudley IS business. And without me, you'd have none.
Dudley walks off...
Evo: Dave! DAVE! LOOK, JUST TONE IT DOWN! YOU'RE THE CHAMP, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PROVE ANYTHING ANYMORE!!!
...you fool.
A figure approaches Evo, from off view.
Figure: How'd he take to it?
Evo: Just like you figured he would. He knows we're involved in this, just like in LWN.
Figure: Just like MWA. And HCW. And soon to be EFWO, and someday, ICW. We stretch on. We're maturity. We're a world order.
Evo: He doesn't know, though.
Figure: ?
Evo: That I'm one of the twelve...
2006. ICW:
ICW Corporate headquarters, New York City, New York.
Dave Dudley's office.
Dave Dudley: {on the phone} Yes, that sounds good. Tuesday for sparring with nwo-2k and Crowbar. Yeah, those two jobbers will be eating my shit. Oh, Yokozuna X is going to be there? Thank you, Lord!!
The Most Dangerous Man in Wrestling hangs up the phone, only to answer it right back up again
Dave Dudley: Yes! Copyright that name. Don't let anyone beat me to it. Yes! I WILL make time for Truth and Justice to see me in my office. I'm a busy man, take a number. Yes to STAR magazine, I WILL win the Insane Rumble. YES, we extended the offer for QPublic to enter the Rumble, and he hasnt called us back. And yes, I recieved the documents...
...they're laying out right here on the table.
I've not yet gone over them. I'll need time to debate.
A knock at the door
Dave Dudley: Yes, come in, damnit.
Mark McPhail: Dave!
Dave Dudley: I've got to go. {click} Marky Mark! Come on in.
Mark McPhail: I'm glad you called, Dave. Been a while!
Dave Dudley: Good to see you.
McPhail: Listen...I wanted to ask you. ICW's starting up. Any place for the ICW Executive Committee to return? And if so...
Dave Dudley: You want to be a part of it, right?
McPhail: Well, I DID used to be the head of the ICW Executive Committee...
Dave Dudley: To tell you the truth, I've actually got some documents right here...a third party has offered to take a little more control in ICW, creatively. Rather than just funding.
McPhail: Oh Dave...don't tell me.
Silence amongst us.
McPhail: The Twelve? Those scurvy shyster bastards? You're going to sell out to them?
Dave Dudley: Listen, they already own a good portion of ICW. Those mysterious bitches. They're asking for creative control. A portion of it. Enough to allow me to focus more on wrestling, which is what's not only good for the business, but for me, personally.
McPhail: I know you've wanted to get out of most of the business end of things...but...The Twelve? They go way back.
Dave Dudley: I know. And we don't know anything about who these funders are. They're a secret cabal of people in the business, who gathered together after LWN was taken down.
...by yours truely, of course!
McPhail: They've always been this mysterious illuminati. We've known they've been there...but.
Dave Dudley: The only man who knew anything about them was JPac. God rest his soul. And he took those secrets to the grave.
McPhail: You don't think...
Dave Dudley: I'm not saying they had a hand in his death, but you can never be sure these days. It's the 06's.
McPhail: Are you going to sign these documents?
Dave Dudley: That's what I'm debating. There might be another way. I've been trying to contact...
McPhail: Don't tell me you want ScottiePP7 brought back in.
Dave Dudley: Look, as much as I hate the guy, he's really good at the creative end of the business.
McPhail: But doesn't he just want to WRESTLE?
Dave Dudley: That remains to be seen.
McPhail: Geez, what does Lou think of all of this?
Dave Dudley: ....
McPhail: You're not talking to Lou?
Dave Dudley: We parted ways on uneasy terms.
McPhail: I'm sorry to hear that. Like I said, there's got to be another way...
Dave Dudley: I don't know, we'll wait and see. In the meantime, I've got more preparing to do. I'm at least seeing this damn Insane Rumble through.
McPhail: Well, I'm on board.
Dave Dudley: It's good to have you back. I can make up an office, for you.
McPhail: I'm always down. I'm your man.
Dave Dudley: All right, I'll be in touch. I've got a meeting with...shit. About half of the roster. These young bucks just can't WAIT to meet up with The Hardcore Icon.
McPhail: YOU DA MANG, BRUDDER!
Dave Dudley: Fuckin' right.
As McPhail leaves, the phone rings, Dave picks it up.
Dave Dudley: NO, WE WILL NOT COPYRIGHT THE NAME "DAVE PUDLEY"! WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN...
McPhail leaves the room...
As he walks down the hallway with a smile on his face, he's motioned to the side, by a shadowy figure...
McPhail: You? What do you want? You're not supposed to be here...YOU'RE NOT EVEN SUPPOSED TO BE ALIVE.
Figure: Things...always seem to have a way of...working themselves out.
McPhail: I guess so. What do you want, anyway? A job?
Figure: Far more than that...friend. I'm what you would call...retired....
McPhail: Well? We've already got an announce team set up.
Figure: You're misunderstanding my point. I want you to deliver...a message.
McPhail: To whom?
Figure: To our dear friend...Dave.
McPhail: And...what might this message be?
Figure: Tell him...that reopening ICW, without the proper backing? It will be....the 3RD...and FINAL...mistake.
McPhail: ...you've got it.
Figure: Fuck you very much. Oh and...have a nice day.
The figure laughs, maniacally, as he walks off. Only showing McPhail, with a puzzled look, as the camera fades...
...to black.
The Hardcore Icon, Dave Dudley is walking down the corridor of the Spectrum, in Philadelphia.
Dave Dudley: Fucking politics...they don't even KNOW.
Dave Dudley places his new, shiny EWA World Championship over his shoulder...
Dave Dudley: They...don't...even...KNOW.
Dudley is stopped by Evolution.
Evolution: Mr. Dudley.
Dave Dudley: {grimacing} What the fuck do you want, you dirty canuck?
Evo: {leaning in} Listen here, you little fucker. You have no idea what this shit right here is aboot. You think you're some kind of hero? You think you're some kind of hot shit around here? Don't you realize what's going on here?
Dave Dudley: Yeah, I realize completely. It's some bullshit LWN rehash you've got here. The only problem, is that you made the mistake of actually letting me in. And now, I'm dominating this bitch. Just like I would have done in LWN.
Evo: I stand for more than LWN...
Dave Dudley: You? YOU? You don't stand for shit, you pathetic little shit.
You and I, we had a agreement, back in LWN. We entered on the SAME EXACT DAY. WE TRAINED TOGETHER.
Evolution hangs his head down...
Dave Dudley: And now, you're holier than thou? You're not SHIT. What have you done, besides open up this safehaven for the failed LWN? You always wanted to create an entity.
Evo: This is more than a home for LWNers...
Dave Dudley: YOU'RE ON J.J. MCDERRICK'S PAYROLL! Are you fucking KIDDING ME? So is Healius, so is Hoyakillah. You don't understand, I'm doing this freelance, through our agreement. I'm doing this for RESPECT.
Evo: People do respect you. It's just your attitude, Dave...
People in the locker room...you're...just too...
Dave Dudley: Honest? That was the one thing about LWN, Evo. No one couldn't take honesty.
Here's some honesty, for you. ICW, the company I just TOOK CONTROL OF? Is number 2 in the ratings. Hell, some weeks we take #1. Then, Massive Monday Night comes on the scene. WHO'S THE FIRST GUY ON THE SCENE? WHY, NONE OTHER THAN ICW STAR DAVE DUDLEY.
I MADE THIS SHOW. I MADE THE ICW SHOWS. It's a new wave, Evo. I'm the fucking breaking point. I'm the fucking MARK that has been made. It's not LWN anymore, man! You need to tell everyone, wrestling has changed. The POLITICS have changed.
The old guard is no more. It's time for the new breed! ICW! We're a family. EWA, this place is about proving myself. To satisfy my ego. I NEEDED THIS.
Evo: The powers that be want you out.
Dave Dudley: THE TWELVE??? THE TWELVE??? YOU'RE TAKING ORDERS FROM THEM NOW???
Evo: Look, I had to go to them to get funding and support to open up EWA...
Dave Dudley: You and I used to be friends. We used to be BROTHERS.
Evo: Look. It's just business...
Dave Dudley: You'll realize when this company is dead and gone. That friendship is better than business. And that Dave Dudley IS business. And without me, you'd have none.
Dudley walks off...
Evo: Dave! DAVE! LOOK, JUST TONE IT DOWN! YOU'RE THE CHAMP, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PROVE ANYTHING ANYMORE!!!
...you fool.
A figure approaches Evo, from off view.
Figure: How'd he take to it?
Evo: Just like you figured he would. He knows we're involved in this, just like in LWN.
Figure: Just like MWA. And HCW. And soon to be EFWO, and someday, ICW. We stretch on. We're maturity. We're a world order.
Evo: He doesn't know, though.
Figure: ?
Evo: That I'm one of the twelve...
2006. ICW:
ICW Corporate headquarters, New York City, New York.
Dave Dudley's office.
Dave Dudley: {on the phone} Yes, that sounds good. Tuesday for sparring with nwo-2k and Crowbar. Yeah, those two jobbers will be eating my shit. Oh, Yokozuna X is going to be there? Thank you, Lord!!
The Most Dangerous Man in Wrestling hangs up the phone, only to answer it right back up again
Dave Dudley: Yes! Copyright that name. Don't let anyone beat me to it. Yes! I WILL make time for Truth and Justice to see me in my office. I'm a busy man, take a number. Yes to STAR magazine, I WILL win the Insane Rumble. YES, we extended the offer for QPublic to enter the Rumble, and he hasnt called us back. And yes, I recieved the documents...
...they're laying out right here on the table.
I've not yet gone over them. I'll need time to debate.
A knock at the door
Dave Dudley: Yes, come in, damnit.
Mark McPhail: Dave!
Dave Dudley: I've got to go. {click} Marky Mark! Come on in.
Mark McPhail: I'm glad you called, Dave. Been a while!
Dave Dudley: Good to see you.
McPhail: Listen...I wanted to ask you. ICW's starting up. Any place for the ICW Executive Committee to return? And if so...
Dave Dudley: You want to be a part of it, right?
McPhail: Well, I DID used to be the head of the ICW Executive Committee...
Dave Dudley: To tell you the truth, I've actually got some documents right here...a third party has offered to take a little more control in ICW, creatively. Rather than just funding.
McPhail: Oh Dave...don't tell me.
Silence amongst us.
McPhail: The Twelve? Those scurvy shyster bastards? You're going to sell out to them?
Dave Dudley: Listen, they already own a good portion of ICW. Those mysterious bitches. They're asking for creative control. A portion of it. Enough to allow me to focus more on wrestling, which is what's not only good for the business, but for me, personally.
McPhail: I know you've wanted to get out of most of the business end of things...but...The Twelve? They go way back.
Dave Dudley: I know. And we don't know anything about who these funders are. They're a secret cabal of people in the business, who gathered together after LWN was taken down.
...by yours truely, of course!
McPhail: They've always been this mysterious illuminati. We've known they've been there...but.
Dave Dudley: The only man who knew anything about them was JPac. God rest his soul. And he took those secrets to the grave.
McPhail: You don't think...
Dave Dudley: I'm not saying they had a hand in his death, but you can never be sure these days. It's the 06's.
McPhail: Are you going to sign these documents?
Dave Dudley: That's what I'm debating. There might be another way. I've been trying to contact...
McPhail: Don't tell me you want ScottiePP7 brought back in.
Dave Dudley: Look, as much as I hate the guy, he's really good at the creative end of the business.
McPhail: But doesn't he just want to WRESTLE?
Dave Dudley: That remains to be seen.
McPhail: Geez, what does Lou think of all of this?
Dave Dudley: ....
McPhail: You're not talking to Lou?
Dave Dudley: We parted ways on uneasy terms.
McPhail: I'm sorry to hear that. Like I said, there's got to be another way...
Dave Dudley: I don't know, we'll wait and see. In the meantime, I've got more preparing to do. I'm at least seeing this damn Insane Rumble through.
McPhail: Well, I'm on board.
Dave Dudley: It's good to have you back. I can make up an office, for you.
McPhail: I'm always down. I'm your man.
Dave Dudley: All right, I'll be in touch. I've got a meeting with...shit. About half of the roster. These young bucks just can't WAIT to meet up with The Hardcore Icon.
McPhail: YOU DA MANG, BRUDDER!
Dave Dudley: Fuckin' right.
As McPhail leaves, the phone rings, Dave picks it up.
Dave Dudley: NO, WE WILL NOT COPYRIGHT THE NAME "DAVE PUDLEY"! WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN...
McPhail leaves the room...
As he walks down the hallway with a smile on his face, he's motioned to the side, by a shadowy figure...
McPhail: You? What do you want? You're not supposed to be here...YOU'RE NOT EVEN SUPPOSED TO BE ALIVE.
Figure: Things...always seem to have a way of...working themselves out.
McPhail: I guess so. What do you want, anyway? A job?
Figure: Far more than that...friend. I'm what you would call...retired....
McPhail: Well? We've already got an announce team set up.
Figure: You're misunderstanding my point. I want you to deliver...a message.
McPhail: To whom?
Figure: To our dear friend...Dave.
McPhail: And...what might this message be?
Figure: Tell him...that reopening ICW, without the proper backing? It will be....the 3RD...and FINAL...mistake.
McPhail: ...you've got it.
Figure: Fuck you very much. Oh and...have a nice day.
The figure laughs, maniacally, as he walks off. Only showing McPhail, with a puzzled look, as the camera fades...
...to black.