[Next on HBO After Dark, Atlantic Coast Wrestling comes home to the network that let it go where no promotion had gone before, and reach heights previously unheard of in regional competition.]
[The screen is white, a slow fade brings up the red ACW logo surrounded in stars. Just below it are four words in red.]
[ANEURYSM GOES LIVE IN:]
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[The logo burns brighter.]
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[Now the logo fades into the jam-packed ACW arena, dubbed The Emergency Room by the diehard fans who’ve packed the 2000 seat arena to the rafters. The camera angle is erratic, swarming back and forth over fans who are out in droves and with their signs in full force.]
_I’M ADDICTED TO THC!_
_WHERE’S MIKE SLOAN?_
_I’M ONE OF THE MYSTERY MEN!_
_WHY, ERIC, WHY?_
_TEAM DANGER FOREVER!_
_FUCK THE WWA!_[Clips from the opening Press Conference are played and the focus switches ringside where Angus Skaaland and “Downtown” Darren Keebler are seated.]
DDK - WELCOME WRESTLING FANS!
Angus - And the rest of you assholes, too.
[Undaunted, Keebler goes on.]
DDK - After a near five year hiatus, Atlantic Coast Wrestling is coming to you LIVE from the sold out ACW Arena in Atlanta, Georgia! We’ve got four amazing matches lined up tonight, including the return of two former ACW stars who we’ve _still_ gotten no word on exactly who they are!
Angus - I bet it’s Jake Devins and Brittany Fox.
DDK [flat] - God I hope not.
Angus - Let’s just hope Juliya Cole is a better judge of talent than her old man was! I don’t think I could handle another dose of the Crash Test Dummies…
DDK - Let’s not forget opening the show we’ve got Midas taking on Captain Devin Eoin, two guys who’ve never worked in the ACW before but we’ve heard nothing but good things about!
Angus - Yeah, right.
DDK - And what’s going to happen tonight when former stable mates and friends Eric Dane and Tyrone Walker are forced to team up against a the more than capable team of Bones and Damien Desett, The Hellfire Club?
Angus - You know, it really pains me to even have to call that match. These guys were more than partners, more than friends, they along with Steve Greer were FAMILY! What happened at the Press Conference was just sickening, and if tonight goes anything like that I just might lose my lunch.
DDK - Well, it’s sure to make for entertaining television if nothing else.
Angus - *sigh*
DDK - And to top it all off, the Atlantic Coast Title is on the line tonight in a Four Way match featuring Joe “the Fixer,” Wally Renfield, Granite, and former Georgia State Champion Dan Easton!
Angus - Why did we decommission that belt again?
DDK - The Georgia State?
Angus - Yeah.
DDK - To promote more competition for the ACW Title, of course! And tonight we’re going to find out who wants it more in what’s sure to be a fast paced and grueling main event!
Angus - Well, push comes to shove HBO can always go to stock footage of Real Sex.
DDK - You’re incredible.
Angus - I try, I really do.
DDK - Well, before we head to the ring I’m getting word through my headset that The Hellfire Club are backstage and looking for Juliya Cole!
[Cut backstage.]
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THC segment.
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Captain over Midas
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Lycan segment
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Rayne draw Rowell
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THC over TD?
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Granite over Easton/Renny/Joe
First out to the ring was former Georgia State Champion Dan Easton. Easton got a mild recognition pop but nothing more as the crowd was a little bit exhausted from the last match. Next out was "Ruthless" Wally Renfield, the crowd knew who he was but could really care less. Out next was Joe "the Fixer" who got solid heel heat based solely on the fact that no one had any idea of who he was. Finally Granite made his way to the ring to something of a mixed reaction; most of the crowd booed, but he had something of a cheering section, mostly because he's the only one in this match that they really care about.
Once the bell rang things quicky got out of hand, Joe and Easton both charged at Granite but he ducked, spun and quickly double-clotheslined the two of them to the outside. He leaned over to talk a bit of trash before getting blindsided by Renfield.
On the outside Dan Easton and Joe "the Fixer" lose any semblance of teaming when Joe helps Easton up only to send him into the guardrail with an Irish Whip. He follows up with a running clothesline that sends both men over the guardrail and into the crowd.
Back inside the ring Granite has turned the tide on Renfield, leveling him with several stiff shots before planting him in the center of the ring with a stiff looking spinebuster. After a bit of celebration Granite made his way over to the turnbuckle and scaled the ropes. He looked at the fallen Renfield and then thought better of it, turning his attention outside to Easton and Joe who had been brawling across the front row of seats, scattering fans all over.
Granite took a leap of faith out over the guardrail and landed square on top of both grapplers, sending all three of them and a few chairs sprawling in every direction.
The crowd finally woke up and started the token "Holy Shit" chant as all three men struggled to get to their feet. Inside the ring Renfield finally made it to his feet and took a look at the situation. He made his way to the top rope just as Easton was getting to his feet and dove off...
...only to be caught by the powerhouse Easton, and violently dropped into a backbreaker.
Easton turned around directly into a violent chairshot from Granite who had gotten up, leaving the fallen Joe "the Fixer." Granite dropped the chair and pulled Renfield to his feet before shoving him over the guardrail and following him. He kicked Renfield a few times before picking him up and rolling him back into the ring and signaling to the crowd that Renfield was done.
Granite lifted him up like a press-slam and dropped him with a sitout piledriver, easily holding on for the three count and eliminating Wally Renfield from the match.
Back outside and Joe "the Fixer" was just getting up and pulling himself and Easton over the guardrail when Easton thumbed him in the eye and sent him headfirst into the ringpost before sliding into the ring and being met quickly by Granite who had been taking a quick breather.
Outside the ring Joe tried getting up and getting his bearings, his head was busted open from being driven face-first into the turnbuckle though. On the inside Granite and Easton were quickly getting into a rythm, wrestling and counter-wrestling, giving the fans something to get excited about.
Joe finally made it back into the ring and clipped Granite's legs out from under him. He got up to yell a few insults before he was locked quickly into Easton's Cobra Clutch that he calls the ECC. Within seconds Joe had enough and tapped out.
It was down to two left and Easton and Granite picked right back up, this time brawling around the ring for a minute. Easton had the upper hand and went to Press Slam Granite, but Granite slipped loose and rolled him up from behind.
Easton kicked out and two and a half, and Granite was right back on the attack. He sent Easton into the ropes and connected with what he calls the Best Dropkick Ever and followed it up with a series of kneedrops to the back of the head. Once he was sure Easton was down, Granite scaled the ropes once more, leaping off with his patented Climbing the Mountain splash.
He hooked the legs up tight and the referee counted to three.
DDK - IT'S OVER!
Angus - About damned time, too!
DDK - ACW has a NEW CHAMPION!
Angus - This Granite is okay, but these guys weren't much of a fight.
DDK - Well there was no Team Danger or Hellfire Club, and all of those men could be challenging-
[Keebler is cut off by the dropping of the house lights.]
Angus - Aw Christ... Didn't we get enough of this stuff five years ago?
[Seconds later they're back on. Granite has no idea what's going on but the crowd is going apeshit in the background.]
DDK - TURN AROUND!
Angus - WHAT THE HELL IS HE DOING OUT HERE AGAIN!
[Granite thinks the cheering is for him.]
DDK - THESE FANS ARE GOING ABSOLUTELY CRAZY!
[Granite turns around and is met by the cause of all of the noise.]
["The Blockbuster" CJ Rowell.]
Angus - Rowell's here to fight!
[Granite cockily raises the Atlantic Coast Title up for everyone to see and slowly walks over to Rowell who's demeanor hasn't changed one bit, and matter-of-factly he hasn't even blinked.]
DDK - Granite's getting in Rowell's face!
Angus - Bad idea.
[Granite makes to poke a finger in Rowell's face, but Rowell grabs his arm and sends him into the ropes...]
DDK - ROWELL MISSED WITH A LARIAT!
Angus - KICK TO THE GUT BY GRANITE!
[Granite synchs up for a suplex and lifts The Blockbuster, but Rowell manages to twist out of it and land right behind him.]
DDK - OH MY GOD!
[Rowell hooks Granite up in a half-nelson and lifts....]
Angus - TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGAAAAAAAAAAAAH SUUUUUUUUUUUPLEXAAAAAH!
DDK - Eighty-five, even.
[Rowell holds on with a bridge, the referee drops to the mat...]
ONE!!!
Angus - IS THIS FOR REAL?
TWO!!!
DDK - IT'S A SANCTIONED MATCH!
THREE!!!Angus - WOW!!! In the span of two minutes Granite has WON and LOST the ACW TITLE!
DDK - THE CROWD IS GOING ABSOLUTELY NUTS!
[Rowell picks up the ACW Title and the scene begins to fade out.]
Angus - WE'RE OUT OF TIME!
DDK - CJ ROWELL IS THE CHAMPION, AND WE'VE GOTTA GO!
[Roll Credits.]