EMPIRE BURNINGThis story chronicles the heinous attack of the Emperor by the fiendish heel Aaron Emery. Emery viciously attacks the Emperor using a fireball to the face, much to shock and dismay of everyone in attendance. Also, added is the immediate aftermatch of the attack with Emery showing no remorse for his despicable actions.
_____ (The camera cuts into Bob Kobble at the MRL Control Center.) Kobble: Mid Atlantic fans, as you may know there was an “incident” involving “The Emperor” Gary Lawler and “Arrogant” Aaron Emery on a recent TV Taping that we had. We here at Mid Atlantic Wrestling, have debated long and hard as to whether we should air this segment, or the match itself due to the heinous nature of what occurred between these two men. It was finally decided that, for the good of our fans, and to dispel any rumors, we decided to air the segment. We would like to warn you that what you are about to view is graphic in nature, and is not, in any way, condoned by anyone in the Mid Atlantic Wrestling. We ask you if you have young children to direct their eyes from the screen as what you’re about to see is certainly unsuitable to minors or those who are particularly sensitive to violence. With that, please roll the tape. (The show cuts to the end part of a match featuring Emery and Lawler with Tony Spicoli and Bob Kobble on commentary. Both men look exhausted, and Emery is bloodied from this brutal battle. The tape begins with Lawler whipping Emery into the ropes and putting his head down.) Spicoli: DDT BY EMERY! He just caught Lawler there, when Lawler made a rookie mistake! This could be it. He gets the covers, and the referee slides into position for the count…. 1.…. 2.…. Kobble: Lawler got the shoulder up, just in time! Spicoli: Emery is back to his feet, stumbling around. He looks angry with the referee! Emery: Count faster next time! Spicoli: The referee backs off, not wanting to anger Emery further. Emery turns around and goes to pick up Lawler, but Lawler breaks it! (Some cheers from the crowd can be heard. They aren’t loud, but they are noticeable.) Spicoli: Emery stumbles back and Lawler is punching and clawing his way back to his feet. Kobble: The crowd is certainly starting to get behind the Emperor here, an unusual sight outside of Memphis. Spicoli: Lawler is back to his feet and Emery is stumbling around, bleeding, hurt. This has been a war between these two and it seems we’re coming in for a finish. Lawler picks up Emery and a body slam! The thunderous impact as Embry’s body hits the mat can be heard throughout the arena. Kobble: Emery is in trouble, Tony. He needs to do something or this match is lost. Spicoli: Lawler looks around…..AND HE PULLS DOWN THE STRAP! I’ve seen enough Memphis wrestling to know that’s not a good thing for his opponent, and Emery knows this, too. He’s on his knees, begging! Lawler has a sadistic grin on his face, as he sees Emery shaking his head, worried, begging. He has brought of this side of Lawler and he’s about to face the consequences. Lawler grabs Emery…..and he punches him down! Emery gets back up, and Lawler punches him again! The crowd can’t help but get into this! Kobble: After the amount of words that Emery has spoken since his debut, the crowd is getting a bit sick of it. Spicoli: Lawler seems to be signaling for the piledriver! Kobble: It may not be TEXAS SIZED but it will surely give Emery one big headache when he wakes up from it. The crowd begins to boo. Spicoli: What is this? Kobble: It’s the Dominic Pierce coming down to get them some of Lawler. Spicoli: Lawler turns around and right into an attack by Dominic Pierce! These two men are going at it, brawling with one another. RING! RING! RING! Kobble: The referee is calling for the bell here and this match is being thrown out! Spicoli: Lawler is trying his best here to fend off a fresh Dominic Richard after a fierce, physical 20 minute match with Aaron Emery, but he can only do so much. Kobble: Wait a minute, Tony! One of Emery’s hangers on just handed him something. What are these Texans planning to do? Spicoli: Somebody get somebody out there! I don’t like this, Bob. Inside the ring, Lawler has gained the advantage over Richard. Richard is stumbling around from Lawler’s punches, and he sees Emery, and just bails to the outside. Lawler turns around…. Kobble: Oh my God… Spicoli: He just threw a fireball right into Gary Lawler’s face! (Inside the ring, Lawler is holding his eyes, screaming in pain, rolling around the ring, trying everything to stop the burning, while Emery just looks at Lawler, smirks, then spits on him.) Spicoli: Somebody get out here! Something! That smirking idiot and his gang of goons just blinded the Emperor! The crowd is silent. They’re in shock. Some fans have their mouths open, others are shielding their children’s eyes from this scene in the ring. Come on! Somebody do something out here! The Texans are looking to attack Lawler and hurt him some more! The poor man may have been permanently blinded, as he is still holding his eyes, screaming, begging for help out here. You can smell the burnt flesh on his face from here. He’s desperate! The crowd begins cheering. Spicoli: It’s Iron Mike Schultz and some other wrestlers who have rushed out to the ring to aid Lawler! I never thought I’d be happy to see Mike Schultz, but he’s out here, helping his friend, the Emperor from these goons, this pack of dogs! The Texans quickly run out of the ring, as Schultz has a towel, and is desperately trying to help his friend Lawler. He starts yelling to the back! Schultz: We need some help out here! This man is hurt! (Schultz continues yelling, directing anyone within an earshot to get some medical help out here. On the outside of the ring, one of the wrestlers who ran out with Schultz is collecting cups of ice from the fans in hopes of cooling down Lawler‘s burnt face, but it might be too late.) Spicoli: Schultz is distressed, as the rest of the wrestlers and officials gather around, trying anything to figure out what to do to help Gary. Fans, I just, I don’t know what to say, this is not what the Mid Atlantic is about. I don’t know how they do things down there in Texas, but if this is how things are handled down, then the Mid Atlantic should ban every last one of them! This is sickening, and I am appalled to have to see this in the Mid Atlantic ring. Please, Mr. Byrd, this is taking things too far! Kobble: It appears as if the EMT’s have finally arrived to help out Lawler. Lawler is still holding his eyes, screaming in pain. This….this is the kind of stuff that stick with you, as an announcer. The screams from Lawler as he tries to figure out what happened, what went wrong. I can only hope and pray that this man will be okay. Lawler has done some lowdown things in the MRL and he may not be the most popular guy around here, but nobody deserves this. Spicoli: Lawler is…stumbling around, trying to fight with whatever he has. He doesn’t even realize the Texans have dispersed. He is trying to get at whoever touches. Fans, I’m not sure if I can watch scene anymore. (The camera does a close up.) Schultz: Gary, it’s me, Mike. We’re getting some help out here for you. Lawler: (holding his face.) AHHH! (rubbing his eyes.) You get those <censored> Texans, Mike! AHH! (lays down, still obviously hurt.) Schultz: It’s okay, Gary. We’ll get em. The EMT’s begin treating Lawler as the camera pans around the crowd. The people are in shock. They aren’t sure to react. Some kids can be see crying, other fans are just shrugging, trying to process what just happened. Some young fan, who is wearing a Memphis Tigers t-shirt is being consoled by his father. The camera goes back to the ring, where Lawler is still in pain, being treated. The camera fades out.)(The scene cuts to the back where Bob Kobble is standing with “Arrogant” Aaron Emery.) Kobble: Hello fans! Today, I am here with one of most despicable. … Emery: (cutting him off.) Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Bob, let’s face reality, there ain’t nobody out there in TV Land who cares what you have to say. Kobble: I’m sorry, Mr. Emery, but, I think, like me, the fans find what you did to Gary Lawler to be absolute nadir of good taste. It was a cowardly, despicable act that has left fans appalled, and wanting James E. Byrd to do something about such a dastardly attack! Emery: Oh, is that right? Let me ask ya something, Kobble, since when did the fans care about Gary Lawler? Heck, I saw that cage match with Jake, and it seemed like the fans wanted desperately for smart ass Gary Lawler to get what was coming to him. Alas, old Calamity Jane couldn’t do it…..but I did! (flashes a devilish grin.) Kobble: Well, not like that, the fans wanted… Emery: Don’t give me that, Kobble. The fans wanted to see Gary Lawler’s face rammed repeatedly into the cage, preferably bloodying it. Somehow, that’s an honorable act, while what me and the Texas boys did was low down and underhanded. As far as we’re concerned, we just gave the fans what they wanted, what they were begging for! Do you think the fans care about Gary Lawler now that he’s in the hospital, blinded, injured? Heck, they are probably saying, “Good.” Heck knows, that’s how everyone in Texas feels. Kobble: That is despicable, Mr. Emery. The man’s career is in jeopardy, Emery! There’s a difference between beating a man in a wrestling match and trying to end his career in a vicious attack! Emery: You think I care about that, Bob? As far as I’m concerned, Lawler’s an egg sucking dog who deserved his have his career ended at my hands. The second I saw old Gary Lawler yucking it up over here, I knew where I had to be. Now, you see, Bob Kobble, Lawler’s a smart guy, but he never saw through my plan. You think I cared about the piledriver challenge? No. I used it because I knew it would be what would get me the fastest to Lawler. Sure, I had a little detour there with taking care of Sweetums, but I knew that if I beat Sweetums that Lawler could no longer ignore me. I knew his pride would cause him to want to fight me, and, like a fool, he fell right into my hands. You might say his pride blinded him! (laughs.) Kobble: I can’t believe it! I, for one, hope James Byrd’s gives you a long suspension for how you are. Emery: As far as I’m concerned, James E. Byrd needs to give me a raise. It’s no secret that the other territories are jealous of the Mid Atlantic, and that they are doing whatever they can to curtail the Mid Atlantic’s thunder. I read the papers, the magazines. I see the hand wringing going on in those. I saw the Pigelow incident. I saw the concern that some in management had about other leagues being a threat to the Mid Atlantic. Well, guess what? (Pulls out an issue of the Wrestling Informer.) Now, look at the cover, it’s of yours truly, tossing the fireball into Lawler’s face with a little headline asking if I crossed the line. And, for the record, of course I did, and I’ll gladly cross time and time against Gary The Emperor Lawler. But, anyway, it’s on the front page, and it’s all everyone’s talking about. They ain’t talking about them suits up in New York, or them boys over there out west, or even about Texas. No, front and center, “Arrogant” Aaron Emery and “The Emperor” Garry Lawler. People should be shaking my hand, thanking me, for adding buzz and ratings for this horse<censored> company. Kobble: I can’t believe you, Mr. Emery! This company gave you a chance…. Emery: (laughs.) Bob, frankly, I am in a polite mood today, so I won’t call you an idiot, but that’s what I’m thinking. Apparently, you haven’t seen my work down there in TEXAS. In case you didn’t know Bob Kobble, I’m something of a legend down there. I didn’t have to come down here to the Mid Atlantic, but those boys were just begging for a star of my caliber to come down here and rassle. Gave me a chance? Hardly. I gave them an answer, a simple answer. I’ll come to your league, but I want Lawler. And I sure as heck have him, if his blind ass can find his way to the arena, that is. Kobble: But why Lawler? Emery: Why not? Frankly, Kobble, I know you’re disgusted with me for what I did, but you sucked up your pride for this interview, hoping to get the scoop on why The Arrogant One decided he hated a man so much that he would go out there, and blind him with fire. And the Arrogant One has decided that he’s not going to give you the time of day. Yeah. There’s a lot of reasons why I dislike the Emperor of Memphis and even more why he hates the Arrogant One, but why I should tell you? Maybe you should ask him. Just go to the hospital and look for the guy with the sunglasses, white cane, and seeing eye dog. (laughs.) Now, Bob, if you’ll excuse me, it’s time for me and the boys to go party TEXAS STYLE! (He exits the interview area.) Kobble: Well, I am not sure what to say. I can’t believe the callous nature of Emery’s comments here tonight. If Byrd doesn’t do anything about this thug, Gary Lawler sure will! Tony, back to you! |