Post by The Ace on Apr 22, 2009 14:55:30 GMT -6
*The scene opens at a gathering crowd infront of a podium set up. Behind and above the podium, there is hung a banner with the following logo.
A smartly dressed Chad Lights takes his place behind the podium...*
Chad: Good evening ladies and gentleman. Welcome to the Press Conference for nCw's next Pay Per View, A Night To Remember, which comes to you live this Sunday, from the Quicken Loans Arena...right here in Cleveland, Ohio!
*There's a cheap pop from the home crowd, at the mention of this*
Chad: Let me be the first to say we're all so happy to be back here for this year's edition of one of New Championship Wrestling's staple Pay Per Views. Last year, in Oklahoma, history was made when defending nCw World Heavyweight Champion, the Icon, Lance Ryan...
*There's a huge chant start up at the mention of the Hall Of Famer, before some of the crowd start chanting 'One More Match!'*
Chad:...defeated nCw's Gladiator, Dave Holland...
*An equally defeaning chant of 'Holland' begins at the mention of his name*
Chad: And this year, promises to be even bigger, because not only do we have this year's Coliseum winner, and newest Gladiator, Adam Knite...
*The crowd boo the mention of Adam Knite and some of the crowd even start chanting 'Angel sold out'...*
Chad:...taking on the current reigning and defending nCw World Heavyweight Champion, The Ace...
*The crowd cheer and start a chant for the Resistance's fighting Champion*
Chad: Oh yeah, that match will be great, but arguably it threatens to be overshadowed by the four on four elimination tag team match for the fate of New Championship Wrestling...
*Half the crowd start chanting 'Revolution' and the other half start chanting 'Resistance'*
Chad:...where it will be the Resistance team of AJ Phoenix, JFK, MGK and the current nCw National Champion, Steve Awesome, taking on the Revolution team of the current nCw Tag Team Champions, Angel and Phillip Burns, together with Falcon and nCw's resident monster Homeless Harold...
*The crowd remain divided in their chanting*
Chad: But before we get to any of that, allow me to welcome at this time, the Owner of New Championship Wrestling...Mr Leonard Fox!
*Suddenly 'Snowblind' by Black Sabbath hits and out onto the stage area comes the Owner of New Championship Wrestling, Leonard Fox to chants of 'N-C-DUB!', 'N-C-DUB!', 'N-C-DUB!'. Leonard walks up to the podium waving at the crowd, before shaking hands with Chad and taking his place behind the podium, as Chad steps aside.*
Leonard: Thank you...thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for being here tonight, and I just want to start by saying to all of you folk, look around you. Look around you at all I have spent nearly two years recreating. Behold the glory of the banner I stand under tonight. Not the banner of a new Revolution, but the banner of New Championship Wrestling...
*The chants which first greeted Leonard start up again*
Leonard: Look around this great company, a company which was not only mine, but my gift to all of you people, the great nCw fans...
*Crowd pop*
Leonard:...it started life in August 2007, marred in controversy and scandal. On the heels of a legal issue with Davey Boone, I decided that a new start was needed for our company, ladies and gentlemen, and together we somehow triumphed against all the backstage politics that threatened to tear this company apart. And now, over 18 months later, we face another threat, a threat not only closer to home, but a threat closer to my heart. My daughter - Kelly...
*There are some boos and a few less than flattering chants of 'slut' but also a few wolf whistles at the mention of her name...*
Leonard: My daughter is not a slut ladies and gentlemen, the fact is, despite it all, I still love her. But she is misguided, she has been brainwashed by Adam Knite and his Revolution into thinking I am the bad guy in all of this. My daughter has forgotten her place in this company, but more than that she has forgotten that I am her father. And like any father, when a child gets out of hand, I will teach her the meaning of respect and discipline. But I cannot do it alone, that is why at A Night To Remember, I will have some help...and together, we will ensure that this Sunday will be A Night that my dear daughter Never Forgets...nCw will not die, nor will it any longer be overrun by tyranny and the misguided ideals of the Revolution. I guarantee it because not only will team nCw trump team Revolution this Sunday...but also this man, the current reigning and defending nCw World Heavyweight Champion, will trump the man who, if things were different, probably would be my son in law, Adam Knite. Ladies and gentlemen, you know him as the new face of nCw, but I know him simply as an ally - I give you the nCw World Heavyweight Champion - The Ace!
*Leonard starts clapping and gestures to the side as 'Animals' by Nickelback hits, and The Ace's titantron plays on a monitor on the side of the stage. The crowd start chanting, and wolf whistling as a sharply dressed Ace in a finely tailored Italian suit, and his wife in a red dress with a slit up one side, Kathleen Conway walk out onto the stage, hand in hand.
The Ace adjusts the nCw World Heavyweight Championship over his shoulder as he shakes hands with Leonard Fox. Leonard then steps aside and hands over the podium to the couple, who soak in the cheers and wolf whistles for a few minutes before The Ace speaks...*
NOW...THE ACE *Crowd join in* IS IN THE PLACE!
*The crowd are deafening in their cheers*
You remembered! I'm touched. Now the more astute amongst you here tonight will have realised that as I came out here to address all of you fine people that Kathy and I weren't introduced by Chris Cornell's 'You Know My Name' but rather our older theme of 'Animals' by Nickelback, and there's a very good reason for that. No, it isn't as many of you probably suspect, that my wife has been dropped on her head again...
*Kathy gives her husband a dirty look*
Oh, I'm in trouble now. You guys know what I'm talking about, some of you must be married right?
*The crowd cheer*
I'll take that as a yes, but I digress, the reason for the old theme is simple. Memories. I wanted you all to think back to what the first Revolution have done to me, and know that just because the faces behind it have changed, the motives of this second Revolution haven't. The Resistance team lead by my friend, Steve Awesome...
*Suddenly a 'Smoking Aces' chant erupts from the crowd*
All I can say to that is, never say never again. But as I was saying, my friend Steve will lead his team to victory and finally put the Revolution to rest, and then it will be left to me to cut the head off the Revolution as the body dies. Now, admittedly, it would be rather egotistical of me to proclaim that I can be as good as Lance Ryan and accomplish what he did last year when he shut down Dave Holland's dreams that were forged in that first Coliseum, and as a result Lance walked out of A Night To Remember still nCw World Heavyweight Champion. I am not Lance Ryan, I know this, I probably will never be the icon to this industry that he is. I am not looking to break his record with this belt, I am simply looking to take it one title defense at a time, I will face whoever they put infront of me for as long as I can. That is all. This time it just happens to be Adam Knite in my way.
*The crowd boo the mere mention of the 2009 Coliseum Winner and Number One Contender for The Ace's World Championship*
Don't boo him, there's no doubt that despite it all, he has earned the right to challenge me by becoming only the second man in nCw history to walk away as nCw's Gladiator of the Coliseum. I respect the accomplishment for what it is, even if it was achieved under less than stellar circumstances. The fact is Adam did the very thing I could not do the year before, does that mean he's better than me?
*Some in the crowd shout back 'NO!'*
I am sure Adam thinks that he is. I honestly couldn't tell you for certain one way or the other. I shall instead take you back to just over a year ago - April 13th, 2008 - the Collision I first met Adam in that ring...
*The Ace gestures to the monitor which plays footage from that Collision*
~Steve Awesome is trying to regain his vision, as Ortega falls to the ground...The Ace looks back into the ring, while standing over John Anthony....He then reaches down and lifts up the Apron to reveal his trusty sledgehammer...Knite and Helms are both waiting on him, as he charges into the ring, However Trent steps on the sledgehammer as Knite quickly kicks Ace stiffly in the head....Awesome grabs a bottle of water and begins to rinse out his eyes...As Knite lifts Ace up, as Trent grabs the Sledgehammer, as Knite holds Ace arms behind his back, Trent yells at Ace....I freakin trusted you...and this is how you repay me...taking my Tag Team Championship, before quickly driving The Ace in the face, with his own sledgehammer...Ortega has managed to make it back up to his feet as Awesome recovers....they both slide into the ring, but Trent and Knite depart, having proven there point...
Eric Hardy: It seems, there is something more to this then we know...
Kelly Fox: No, there isn't...Trent is just pissed because he earned a Tag Team Title Shot, and the Ace cashed in on it..~
*The camera focuses back on The Ace as the crowd are booing*
Davey Ortega's Empire won that six man tag match after Trent Helms got his team disqualified, all so Trent could make an example of me infront of his partner and friend, Adam Knite. I remember that night, I remember that kick. That night I knew it was far from over between Adam and I. He made the first move by kicking me in the head just so Trent could strike me in the face with my own sledgehammer. Ironically then, and perhaps poetically, this all began the week after A Night To Remember, and has been not only a month in the making, but over a year. The problems between Adam and I have been slow burning, simmering in the background for the better part of a year now. Sovereign last month, just accelerated destiny for the two of us. After that Collision, people were wondering when the next chapter between Knite and I would come. They didn't have to wait long, because just seven days later, this happened...
*The monitor shows some footage of the following Collision*
~Trent is beginning to completely lose it Adam and Ace continue to fight on the outside, As Adam tries to throw Ace into the steel ringpost, however Ace blocks it, and nails a series of chops on the outside, before trying to climb back into the ring…Trent sees this, springboards and hits a Springboard Missile Dropkick…However Steve moves up behind him with a Rolling Clutch Pin, pulling Trent over…Manville gets in position to count, which Steve seeing he won't have a vantage point of it…grabs Trent's neon colored tights…One…Two….Trent rolls thru the pin attempt and hooks Awesome tights this time around….One….Two….Three
Eric Hardy: Imagine that…Awesome cheats, and then gets out cheated to lose the Tag Belts
Steve Awesome can't believe it as "Perfect Insanity by Disturbed begins to play as Ace is wondering what the hell happened on the outside….As Bob Manville reaches for the nCw Tag Team Titles…
Amber Ashe…Your winners and new nCw Tag Team Champions….Trent Helms & Adam Knite!
Bob Manville hands the Tag Team Titles to Trent and Adam, as Awesome just shakes his head and rolls out of the ring…Adam runs outside, and stands on the announce table, taunting Kelly of his victory.
Eric Hardy: I bet you're regretting leaving him now, aren't you… ~*
The camera then focuses back on The Ace as the crowd are booing again*
I remember that night. The night Steve and I were cheated out of our nCw Tag Team Championships, but that night was more memorable for the reason that back then Adam did not rely on Kelly being able to pull some strings for him to get the job done, not like in that tainted Coliseum win where he had a friend admit defeat for him. I cannot be as self sacrificing as Angel was, and he might still believe that nCw is doomed, even if Resistance win, because he, like so many others in the back see me as some sort of transitional champion, that ultimately I am just keeping this belt warm for you...
*The camera focuses on the name-plate of The Ace's title which still reads 'Adam Knite'*
Maybe their doubts in me are justified because they look at this title on my shoulder and read the nameplate and see that things don't quite add up. That perhaps you, Adam Knite, should be Champion. Not The Ace. I kept your name on my title to remind me of the destiny that now awaits me, and on Sunday, this name will either fall or remain burnished within gold. Either possibility is ripe for fruition, it will happen just as surely as I will either stand tall for my Resistance brothers, or fall, crushed within the cogs of a new Revolution. My name will either be known, or forgotten. Forgotten, just like most have forgotten Adam that you were once the feared Raptor and not just known as the bitch in your relationship with Kelly Fox...
*The crowd 'OOOH' but some cheer as The Ace smirks*
I haven't forgotten who you once were Adam, just as surely as I haven't forgotten that a raptor is still a glorified turkey, but then even turkeys sometimes get lucky, don't they?
*The monitor then shows some footage of the Collision after Knitemare on Helms Street won the Tag Team Titles the week before...*
~{Reckless Jack covers and ref counts, 1….2…. but Ace at the last second is able to break it up. Ace gets up and waits for Jack, Jack gets to his feet and is turned around by Ace who looks to kick him in the stomach but Jack catches Ace's leg and hits a dragon screw leg whip, the sends Ace across the ring holding the same leg Adam was attacking earlier. Ace rolls out of the ring where Kat meets him to check on him. Reckless Jack gets back to his feet and approaches Knite who has gotten up, but as he does Knite quickly out of nowhere connects with the Perfect Dark! Knite covers RJ immediately afterwards 1….2…. but just then Kat pulls the referee out of the ring! The referee begins arguing with her, giving Ace the distraction to get into the ring with his Rake. Ace comes in the ring behind Adam as he gets to his feet, Adam turns and Ace takes a stap at him with the roulette rake but Adam quickly ducks under the attack. Ace turns around and Adam kicks Ace hard in the stomach and then by the head and runs and throws him over the top rope! Adam picks up the rake that Ace dropped and dives at Reckless jack who has just gotten up and clocks him with the rake, knocking him out cold. Kat checks on Ace as Adam throws the rake out of the ring. The referee slides back into the ring just in time to see Adam locking RJ into a Restless Knite half boston crab, the ref checks on Jack and sees him lifeless and calls for the bell, and your Winner Adam knite}
Eric Hardy: My gawd, Ace tried to steal this win with help from Kat, but Adam turned the tables and took advantage instead!
Kelly Fox: Just like Adam, he can't do anything by himself… lord!
Eric Hardy: You sound like you miss him Kelly.
Kelly Fox: Gawd, Hardy… shut up!~
*The camera then focuses once again on The Ace as again the people boo*
One week after Adam took my Tag Team Title, I saw the spirit of the Raptor for what it truly was. I remember that night when Adam picked up my weapon and took a page out of my book to beat Reckless Jack, or Brad Kane, whichever you prefer. Do I blame him for eliminating me from the triple threat equation to give himself the advantage, no. I'm not that hypocritical, I will simply acknowledge that he got lucky, and for a while that was my last dealing with the pre-Kelly Knite. I put that loss behind me knowing there would be another day to face the Knite. I refocused my energies elsewhere and soon became the nCw Xtreme Champion, proving that I was capable of being so much more on my own than just Steve Awesome's lackey, as was the common belief back then. Of course back then, Adam criticised me for having my own group of friends in The Empire, and now, well I hope the irony isn't lost on anyone that he's using that same route I did to get to the top, albeit with different friends. Should I call Knite a hypocrite? There would be no point, I think the Revolutionaries are well aware of their own hypocrisy, infact they're proud of it...
*The Ace sighs*
But you know who I feel sorry for? Harold, that poor big damn bastard is so delusional that he thinks the moment Adam becomes Champion, Adam will share his ride to the top with him. Not only that, but if you ask him, he'd probably be the first to tell any of you who will listen that he has softened me up for Adam at the Pay Per View this Sunday on account of our last two matches.
*The Ace shakes his head and grins*
Oh no Adam, it was never going to be that simple for you, and history has proven it to you already on more than one occassion. Let's fast forward to June of last year...
*The monitor then shows some footage of the June 29th, 2008 episode of Collision*
~Back in the ring, Knite staggers, wincing in pain. clutching the back of his head as The Ace slowly makes it back to his feet, trying to shake some feeling back into his leg he suddenly grabs Knite's head and nails a Reversal Of Fortune out of nowhere...he quickly follows up by hooking the leg...1...2...3!
Eric: Out of nowhere! The Ace has stolen it...
Carter: And just that quick, its over!
Amber Ashe: Here are your winners...MILO HOLLAND AND THE ACE!
'You Know My Name' hits as the crowd boo and The Ace walks over and drops off the edge of the ring apron and limps slowly over to his wife, who hands him his Xtreme Championship, as he realises he is at the foot of the standing over the body of a battered, broken and bleeding Dave Holland. He puts an arm around his wife's waist and raises the title high in the air in his right hand to overwhelming boos as Knite looks on, from the canvas seething.
Eric: Will this be the scene at Last Stand?
The Ace and Kathy kiss pasionately over the fallen body of Dave Holland, and in the warmth of her embrace, The Ace felt the spectre of Ruth and of failure to defeat Dave Holland leave his heart. He was finally complete and the journey to a victory that had eluded him for so many years was finally over. ~
*The crowd cheer this time as the camera focuses back on a smiling Ace*
That was a true reversal of fortune wasn't it, Adam? For the first time I managed to defeat you, but for me that match was less about beating Adam and more about conquering some personal demons with Dave Holland. I suppose its ironic that the only way I managed to beat Dave was with Milo at my side, but even so, destiny allowed me to settle the score. I remember that night, the night I knew we were still far from done. And I was right. We met yet again as part of the Corporate Empire against the team of Knite, Johnson and Anthony. We triumphed that night - I remember. But Knite and I still had one more match between us before Last Stand. Knitemare on Helms Street would meet one more time in a match that would ultimately solve nothing. That tag team match ended with a draw. I remember that night the thirty minute time limit expired...
*The crowd boo, obviously being reminded of that unpopular decision*
I know, I shared your sense of disappointment that night, but like it or not. things remained unsettled until Last Stand...
*The monitor then shows some footage from Last Stand 2008*
~{Kathy has the Xtreme title and looks to clock Knite in the back of the head but with eyes in the back of his head Adam turns around at the last second and catches her, Adam lifts and hits the Knites of the Round on Kathy Conway!!! The fans erupt in cheers but Ace is now back on his feet and comes up behind Adam.}
Eric Hardy: Adam caught Kathy, but it looks like the distraction might have paid off in the end.
Willy Carter: Wait... what is this!?
Eric Hardy: That's Kelly Fox!
{Kelly is indeed here and slides into the ring, Ace turns around and takes a kick in the jewels, Kelly takes his head and runs up the ladder flipping off hitting her ANY GIVEN MOMENT Asai DDT on the Ace. Adam turns around and smiles as the fans are going crazy, Adam takes Ace's leg and locks in the Restless Knite. Ace is screaming out in pain and trying to escape. He reaches for the ropes, but the ropes offer no relief. Ace tries to struggle out of the move but Knite screams for Ace to give up as he just tightens the hold even more... soon with nowhere to go Ace is forced to tap out as the bell rings and “Trade Yourself In” by Shinedown begins to play. Kelly hands Adam the title as he has his arm raised in victory! Adam holds the title high in the air and he and Kelly embrace in a hug.}
Eric Hardy: Knite has done it! Knite has done it! He beat the Ace!
Willly Carter: but can you believe the nCw CEO came out here to help somebody win a match, is that not tampering, should she not be held accountable for effecting the flow of a match!?
Eric Hardy: I don't know Willy, all I can see is Adam holding that title high in the air. ~
*The crowd are booing again not only because The Ace lost the Xtreme Championship that night, but also because Kathy Conway was attacked. The camera focuses on the now determined expression on The Ace's face as he resumes speaking...*
I remember that night. The night my hatred for you was truly conceived, not only because you took my title, but also because you attacked my wife. I'm not surprised that you stayed out of my way after that night, at least until Battle Grounds...
*The monitor shows some Battle Grounds footage*
~{Knite runs to the ring and shoves the steel chair into the stomach of Ace as he turns around on the outside. Knite slides in as Kaos has Trent Helms set up for the Kaos bomb, he goes to lift Helms but instead takes a steal chair to the head! Chaos holds his face as he falls down and rolls out of the ring under the bottom rope. Ace pulls Kaos up as the two look on at Adam Knite holding the chair in the air dearing them to get in the ring. Kaos and Ace begin to back off and Knite puts the chair down and helps Trent to his feet.}
Eric Hardy: Look at that sight... now that's friendship.
Willy Carter: Adam has just saved the World Title for Trent Helms..... once Trent pins Awesome that is.
{Adam and Helms embrace in the ring with a hug, Then Adam raises Trents arm high into the air in victory, but suddenly takes Trent's arm in both hands and gives Trent a single arm DDT onto the steel chair!!!} ~
*The crowd are booing but The Ace smirks*
I remember that night. The night that Adam became more and more like the one person he had always hated - me! Despite being on the wrong end of your attack that night, I was proud of you Adam for finally having the balls to do what was right, what you knew had to be done. What you know I would have done. The point was simple, I had lost to you the month before, but I could not be denied. What I couldn't do physically to you at Last Stand, I did morally at Battle Grounds. I beat you, and hence proved to the world that in the end, you were no better than the guy everybody hated - me! But now of course, it isn't about morality - it is about the nCw World Heavyweight Championship. It isn't about my corruption of your soul, but rather your attempted corruption of the soul of nCw. You are not me Adam. You are not the nCw World Heavyweight Champion, no matter how much you may want to be...
*The crowd cheer and start chanting for The Ace*
Now I'd be stupid if I ignored the parallels this one on one encounter has with our last one, some nine months ago. For the last nine months, I have been pregant...
*The crowd let out a collective 'WHAT?'*
I know, I know, I don't look it. Bio oil is a wonder for stretch marks you know...
*The crowd are howling with laughter at this point*
I have been pregnant with the hatred you conceived in me that night Adam, for the past nine months, I've been carrying this sense of unbirthed retribution for what happened at Last Stand. I suppose it's kind of poetic that A Night To Remember will be the night my revenge is finally delivered. I know Adam is probably feeling confident, because in our last encounter, in our last title match, he ended my reign. He beat me on the next PPV after I won the Xtreme Championship at Picture Perfect. He made sure my first defense was also my last - a mere thirty five days. Five weeks as a Champion is not something that I'm particularly proud of, and it is damn near laughable when you compare it to the strangleholds people like Bates and Jason had on that belt. It's not something I want to repeat with the most prestigious prize in the company. For me it'd be embarrassing quite frankly to end up like the transitional World Champions that Trent Helms and Xavier Williams were...
*There is a mixed reaction from the crowd at this statement*
I know, I know, those men would probably say that its not so important how long you hold the title just so long as you can say you've held it, and with that in mind, I already have one successful defense under my belt. Granted, Jason is nowhere near the threat to me that a man like Knite is, but hey a title defense is a title defense, right? I know Adam would love to end my reign as Champion once again, he'd like to do what Dave Holland couldn't do before him, and make the Coliseum victory actually mean something in real concrete terms. It's interesting when you consider that both Adam and Dave have been thorns in my side and both men have made me tap out inside an nCw ring before. Is that a sign of things to come? No, I don't believe so, because once again I'm just drawing parallels where perhaps there should be none...
*The Ace sighs again*
I have always maintained that to beat me, an opponent had to fall, had to become the villain you once all saw in me, and if you look back at the history between Adam and myself, you'll realise that there is some truth to that. I attacked my friend Davey. He attacked his friend Trent. My woman helps me get the victories some people feel that I don't deserve, and yet for Adam, the only way he ended my reign at Last Stand was with the help of his woman, Kelly Fox. Do I criticise him for it? No, that would be unfair of me, because I know that deep down Adam is just like me. He'll do whatever needs to be done, no matter the cost. Perhaps in a universe that made sense we should be friends, not enemies...
*The crowd boo mercilessly at even the suggestion of such a possibility*
But then I remember the things that he and Kelly have done to my wife and daughter in recent weeks, and the unborn retribution kicks inside me so hard that I feel it in my gut, and it reminds me the day for its deliverance is close at hand. Adam you have laid out my wife and a couple of weeks ago, you tried to convince me that my daughter was not breathing. You know what they say about things like that, don't you? What goes around...
*The crowd respond with 'Comes around' as The Ace leans forward, gripping the sides of the podium*
Exactly. Adam, we may not match up physically very well, you're taller and slightly heavier than I am, but in terms of actual accomplishments within nCw, I'd say we're pretty even. Former Tag Team and Xtreme Champs. The latter of which we have held for the exact same length of time, and even now, in this match the similarities continue. We've both been in and out of stables and now we both have valets in our respective corners. We could almost be twins in the way our careers have turned out, it would seem the old paradoxical cliche of the irresistible force and the immoveable object seems applicable to our situation. What will happen remains to be seen at A Night To Remember, the only thing I know for certain is that something has to give...
*The crowd cheer as 'You Know My Name' by Chris Cornell hits and The Ace and Kathy leave the podium, allowing the rest of the press conference to continue. The Ace and Kathy sit next to each other to one side of the podium and share a quick kiss as the scene fades to black...*
A smartly dressed Chad Lights takes his place behind the podium...*
Chad: Good evening ladies and gentleman. Welcome to the Press Conference for nCw's next Pay Per View, A Night To Remember, which comes to you live this Sunday, from the Quicken Loans Arena...right here in Cleveland, Ohio!
*There's a cheap pop from the home crowd, at the mention of this*
Chad: Let me be the first to say we're all so happy to be back here for this year's edition of one of New Championship Wrestling's staple Pay Per Views. Last year, in Oklahoma, history was made when defending nCw World Heavyweight Champion, the Icon, Lance Ryan...
*There's a huge chant start up at the mention of the Hall Of Famer, before some of the crowd start chanting 'One More Match!'*
Chad:...defeated nCw's Gladiator, Dave Holland...
*An equally defeaning chant of 'Holland' begins at the mention of his name*
Chad: And this year, promises to be even bigger, because not only do we have this year's Coliseum winner, and newest Gladiator, Adam Knite...
*The crowd boo the mention of Adam Knite and some of the crowd even start chanting 'Angel sold out'...*
Chad:...taking on the current reigning and defending nCw World Heavyweight Champion, The Ace...
*The crowd cheer and start a chant for the Resistance's fighting Champion*
Chad: Oh yeah, that match will be great, but arguably it threatens to be overshadowed by the four on four elimination tag team match for the fate of New Championship Wrestling...
*Half the crowd start chanting 'Revolution' and the other half start chanting 'Resistance'*
Chad:...where it will be the Resistance team of AJ Phoenix, JFK, MGK and the current nCw National Champion, Steve Awesome, taking on the Revolution team of the current nCw Tag Team Champions, Angel and Phillip Burns, together with Falcon and nCw's resident monster Homeless Harold...
*The crowd remain divided in their chanting*
Chad: But before we get to any of that, allow me to welcome at this time, the Owner of New Championship Wrestling...Mr Leonard Fox!
*Suddenly 'Snowblind' by Black Sabbath hits and out onto the stage area comes the Owner of New Championship Wrestling, Leonard Fox to chants of 'N-C-DUB!', 'N-C-DUB!', 'N-C-DUB!'. Leonard walks up to the podium waving at the crowd, before shaking hands with Chad and taking his place behind the podium, as Chad steps aside.*
Leonard: Thank you...thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for being here tonight, and I just want to start by saying to all of you folk, look around you. Look around you at all I have spent nearly two years recreating. Behold the glory of the banner I stand under tonight. Not the banner of a new Revolution, but the banner of New Championship Wrestling...
*The chants which first greeted Leonard start up again*
Leonard: Look around this great company, a company which was not only mine, but my gift to all of you people, the great nCw fans...
*Crowd pop*
Leonard:...it started life in August 2007, marred in controversy and scandal. On the heels of a legal issue with Davey Boone, I decided that a new start was needed for our company, ladies and gentlemen, and together we somehow triumphed against all the backstage politics that threatened to tear this company apart. And now, over 18 months later, we face another threat, a threat not only closer to home, but a threat closer to my heart. My daughter - Kelly...
*There are some boos and a few less than flattering chants of 'slut' but also a few wolf whistles at the mention of her name...*
Leonard: My daughter is not a slut ladies and gentlemen, the fact is, despite it all, I still love her. But she is misguided, she has been brainwashed by Adam Knite and his Revolution into thinking I am the bad guy in all of this. My daughter has forgotten her place in this company, but more than that she has forgotten that I am her father. And like any father, when a child gets out of hand, I will teach her the meaning of respect and discipline. But I cannot do it alone, that is why at A Night To Remember, I will have some help...and together, we will ensure that this Sunday will be A Night that my dear daughter Never Forgets...nCw will not die, nor will it any longer be overrun by tyranny and the misguided ideals of the Revolution. I guarantee it because not only will team nCw trump team Revolution this Sunday...but also this man, the current reigning and defending nCw World Heavyweight Champion, will trump the man who, if things were different, probably would be my son in law, Adam Knite. Ladies and gentlemen, you know him as the new face of nCw, but I know him simply as an ally - I give you the nCw World Heavyweight Champion - The Ace!
*Leonard starts clapping and gestures to the side as 'Animals' by Nickelback hits, and The Ace's titantron plays on a monitor on the side of the stage. The crowd start chanting, and wolf whistling as a sharply dressed Ace in a finely tailored Italian suit, and his wife in a red dress with a slit up one side, Kathleen Conway walk out onto the stage, hand in hand.
The Ace adjusts the nCw World Heavyweight Championship over his shoulder as he shakes hands with Leonard Fox. Leonard then steps aside and hands over the podium to the couple, who soak in the cheers and wolf whistles for a few minutes before The Ace speaks...*
NOW...THE ACE *Crowd join in* IS IN THE PLACE!
*The crowd are deafening in their cheers*
You remembered! I'm touched. Now the more astute amongst you here tonight will have realised that as I came out here to address all of you fine people that Kathy and I weren't introduced by Chris Cornell's 'You Know My Name' but rather our older theme of 'Animals' by Nickelback, and there's a very good reason for that. No, it isn't as many of you probably suspect, that my wife has been dropped on her head again...
*Kathy gives her husband a dirty look*
Oh, I'm in trouble now. You guys know what I'm talking about, some of you must be married right?
*The crowd cheer*
I'll take that as a yes, but I digress, the reason for the old theme is simple. Memories. I wanted you all to think back to what the first Revolution have done to me, and know that just because the faces behind it have changed, the motives of this second Revolution haven't. The Resistance team lead by my friend, Steve Awesome...
*Suddenly a 'Smoking Aces' chant erupts from the crowd*
All I can say to that is, never say never again. But as I was saying, my friend Steve will lead his team to victory and finally put the Revolution to rest, and then it will be left to me to cut the head off the Revolution as the body dies. Now, admittedly, it would be rather egotistical of me to proclaim that I can be as good as Lance Ryan and accomplish what he did last year when he shut down Dave Holland's dreams that were forged in that first Coliseum, and as a result Lance walked out of A Night To Remember still nCw World Heavyweight Champion. I am not Lance Ryan, I know this, I probably will never be the icon to this industry that he is. I am not looking to break his record with this belt, I am simply looking to take it one title defense at a time, I will face whoever they put infront of me for as long as I can. That is all. This time it just happens to be Adam Knite in my way.
*The crowd boo the mere mention of the 2009 Coliseum Winner and Number One Contender for The Ace's World Championship*
Don't boo him, there's no doubt that despite it all, he has earned the right to challenge me by becoming only the second man in nCw history to walk away as nCw's Gladiator of the Coliseum. I respect the accomplishment for what it is, even if it was achieved under less than stellar circumstances. The fact is Adam did the very thing I could not do the year before, does that mean he's better than me?
*Some in the crowd shout back 'NO!'*
I am sure Adam thinks that he is. I honestly couldn't tell you for certain one way or the other. I shall instead take you back to just over a year ago - April 13th, 2008 - the Collision I first met Adam in that ring...
*The Ace gestures to the monitor which plays footage from that Collision*
~Steve Awesome is trying to regain his vision, as Ortega falls to the ground...The Ace looks back into the ring, while standing over John Anthony....He then reaches down and lifts up the Apron to reveal his trusty sledgehammer...Knite and Helms are both waiting on him, as he charges into the ring, However Trent steps on the sledgehammer as Knite quickly kicks Ace stiffly in the head....Awesome grabs a bottle of water and begins to rinse out his eyes...As Knite lifts Ace up, as Trent grabs the Sledgehammer, as Knite holds Ace arms behind his back, Trent yells at Ace....I freakin trusted you...and this is how you repay me...taking my Tag Team Championship, before quickly driving The Ace in the face, with his own sledgehammer...Ortega has managed to make it back up to his feet as Awesome recovers....they both slide into the ring, but Trent and Knite depart, having proven there point...
Eric Hardy: It seems, there is something more to this then we know...
Kelly Fox: No, there isn't...Trent is just pissed because he earned a Tag Team Title Shot, and the Ace cashed in on it..~
*The camera focuses back on The Ace as the crowd are booing*
Davey Ortega's Empire won that six man tag match after Trent Helms got his team disqualified, all so Trent could make an example of me infront of his partner and friend, Adam Knite. I remember that night, I remember that kick. That night I knew it was far from over between Adam and I. He made the first move by kicking me in the head just so Trent could strike me in the face with my own sledgehammer. Ironically then, and perhaps poetically, this all began the week after A Night To Remember, and has been not only a month in the making, but over a year. The problems between Adam and I have been slow burning, simmering in the background for the better part of a year now. Sovereign last month, just accelerated destiny for the two of us. After that Collision, people were wondering when the next chapter between Knite and I would come. They didn't have to wait long, because just seven days later, this happened...
*The monitor shows some footage of the following Collision*
~Trent is beginning to completely lose it Adam and Ace continue to fight on the outside, As Adam tries to throw Ace into the steel ringpost, however Ace blocks it, and nails a series of chops on the outside, before trying to climb back into the ring…Trent sees this, springboards and hits a Springboard Missile Dropkick…However Steve moves up behind him with a Rolling Clutch Pin, pulling Trent over…Manville gets in position to count, which Steve seeing he won't have a vantage point of it…grabs Trent's neon colored tights…One…Two….Trent rolls thru the pin attempt and hooks Awesome tights this time around….One….Two….Three
Eric Hardy: Imagine that…Awesome cheats, and then gets out cheated to lose the Tag Belts
Steve Awesome can't believe it as "Perfect Insanity by Disturbed begins to play as Ace is wondering what the hell happened on the outside….As Bob Manville reaches for the nCw Tag Team Titles…
Amber Ashe…Your winners and new nCw Tag Team Champions….Trent Helms & Adam Knite!
Bob Manville hands the Tag Team Titles to Trent and Adam, as Awesome just shakes his head and rolls out of the ring…Adam runs outside, and stands on the announce table, taunting Kelly of his victory.
Eric Hardy: I bet you're regretting leaving him now, aren't you… ~*
The camera then focuses back on The Ace as the crowd are booing again*
I remember that night. The night Steve and I were cheated out of our nCw Tag Team Championships, but that night was more memorable for the reason that back then Adam did not rely on Kelly being able to pull some strings for him to get the job done, not like in that tainted Coliseum win where he had a friend admit defeat for him. I cannot be as self sacrificing as Angel was, and he might still believe that nCw is doomed, even if Resistance win, because he, like so many others in the back see me as some sort of transitional champion, that ultimately I am just keeping this belt warm for you...
*The camera focuses on the name-plate of The Ace's title which still reads 'Adam Knite'*
Maybe their doubts in me are justified because they look at this title on my shoulder and read the nameplate and see that things don't quite add up. That perhaps you, Adam Knite, should be Champion. Not The Ace. I kept your name on my title to remind me of the destiny that now awaits me, and on Sunday, this name will either fall or remain burnished within gold. Either possibility is ripe for fruition, it will happen just as surely as I will either stand tall for my Resistance brothers, or fall, crushed within the cogs of a new Revolution. My name will either be known, or forgotten. Forgotten, just like most have forgotten Adam that you were once the feared Raptor and not just known as the bitch in your relationship with Kelly Fox...
*The crowd 'OOOH' but some cheer as The Ace smirks*
I haven't forgotten who you once were Adam, just as surely as I haven't forgotten that a raptor is still a glorified turkey, but then even turkeys sometimes get lucky, don't they?
*The monitor then shows some footage of the Collision after Knitemare on Helms Street won the Tag Team Titles the week before...*
~{Reckless Jack covers and ref counts, 1….2…. but Ace at the last second is able to break it up. Ace gets up and waits for Jack, Jack gets to his feet and is turned around by Ace who looks to kick him in the stomach but Jack catches Ace's leg and hits a dragon screw leg whip, the sends Ace across the ring holding the same leg Adam was attacking earlier. Ace rolls out of the ring where Kat meets him to check on him. Reckless Jack gets back to his feet and approaches Knite who has gotten up, but as he does Knite quickly out of nowhere connects with the Perfect Dark! Knite covers RJ immediately afterwards 1….2…. but just then Kat pulls the referee out of the ring! The referee begins arguing with her, giving Ace the distraction to get into the ring with his Rake. Ace comes in the ring behind Adam as he gets to his feet, Adam turns and Ace takes a stap at him with the roulette rake but Adam quickly ducks under the attack. Ace turns around and Adam kicks Ace hard in the stomach and then by the head and runs and throws him over the top rope! Adam picks up the rake that Ace dropped and dives at Reckless jack who has just gotten up and clocks him with the rake, knocking him out cold. Kat checks on Ace as Adam throws the rake out of the ring. The referee slides back into the ring just in time to see Adam locking RJ into a Restless Knite half boston crab, the ref checks on Jack and sees him lifeless and calls for the bell, and your Winner Adam knite}
Eric Hardy: My gawd, Ace tried to steal this win with help from Kat, but Adam turned the tables and took advantage instead!
Kelly Fox: Just like Adam, he can't do anything by himself… lord!
Eric Hardy: You sound like you miss him Kelly.
Kelly Fox: Gawd, Hardy… shut up!~
*The camera then focuses once again on The Ace as again the people boo*
One week after Adam took my Tag Team Title, I saw the spirit of the Raptor for what it truly was. I remember that night when Adam picked up my weapon and took a page out of my book to beat Reckless Jack, or Brad Kane, whichever you prefer. Do I blame him for eliminating me from the triple threat equation to give himself the advantage, no. I'm not that hypocritical, I will simply acknowledge that he got lucky, and for a while that was my last dealing with the pre-Kelly Knite. I put that loss behind me knowing there would be another day to face the Knite. I refocused my energies elsewhere and soon became the nCw Xtreme Champion, proving that I was capable of being so much more on my own than just Steve Awesome's lackey, as was the common belief back then. Of course back then, Adam criticised me for having my own group of friends in The Empire, and now, well I hope the irony isn't lost on anyone that he's using that same route I did to get to the top, albeit with different friends. Should I call Knite a hypocrite? There would be no point, I think the Revolutionaries are well aware of their own hypocrisy, infact they're proud of it...
*The Ace sighs*
But you know who I feel sorry for? Harold, that poor big damn bastard is so delusional that he thinks the moment Adam becomes Champion, Adam will share his ride to the top with him. Not only that, but if you ask him, he'd probably be the first to tell any of you who will listen that he has softened me up for Adam at the Pay Per View this Sunday on account of our last two matches.
*The Ace shakes his head and grins*
Oh no Adam, it was never going to be that simple for you, and history has proven it to you already on more than one occassion. Let's fast forward to June of last year...
*The monitor then shows some footage of the June 29th, 2008 episode of Collision*
~Back in the ring, Knite staggers, wincing in pain. clutching the back of his head as The Ace slowly makes it back to his feet, trying to shake some feeling back into his leg he suddenly grabs Knite's head and nails a Reversal Of Fortune out of nowhere...he quickly follows up by hooking the leg...1...2...3!
Eric: Out of nowhere! The Ace has stolen it...
Carter: And just that quick, its over!
Amber Ashe: Here are your winners...MILO HOLLAND AND THE ACE!
'You Know My Name' hits as the crowd boo and The Ace walks over and drops off the edge of the ring apron and limps slowly over to his wife, who hands him his Xtreme Championship, as he realises he is at the foot of the standing over the body of a battered, broken and bleeding Dave Holland. He puts an arm around his wife's waist and raises the title high in the air in his right hand to overwhelming boos as Knite looks on, from the canvas seething.
Eric: Will this be the scene at Last Stand?
The Ace and Kathy kiss pasionately over the fallen body of Dave Holland, and in the warmth of her embrace, The Ace felt the spectre of Ruth and of failure to defeat Dave Holland leave his heart. He was finally complete and the journey to a victory that had eluded him for so many years was finally over. ~
*The crowd cheer this time as the camera focuses back on a smiling Ace*
That was a true reversal of fortune wasn't it, Adam? For the first time I managed to defeat you, but for me that match was less about beating Adam and more about conquering some personal demons with Dave Holland. I suppose its ironic that the only way I managed to beat Dave was with Milo at my side, but even so, destiny allowed me to settle the score. I remember that night, the night I knew we were still far from done. And I was right. We met yet again as part of the Corporate Empire against the team of Knite, Johnson and Anthony. We triumphed that night - I remember. But Knite and I still had one more match between us before Last Stand. Knitemare on Helms Street would meet one more time in a match that would ultimately solve nothing. That tag team match ended with a draw. I remember that night the thirty minute time limit expired...
*The crowd boo, obviously being reminded of that unpopular decision*
I know, I shared your sense of disappointment that night, but like it or not. things remained unsettled until Last Stand...
*The monitor then shows some footage from Last Stand 2008*
~{Kathy has the Xtreme title and looks to clock Knite in the back of the head but with eyes in the back of his head Adam turns around at the last second and catches her, Adam lifts and hits the Knites of the Round on Kathy Conway!!! The fans erupt in cheers but Ace is now back on his feet and comes up behind Adam.}
Eric Hardy: Adam caught Kathy, but it looks like the distraction might have paid off in the end.
Willy Carter: Wait... what is this!?
Eric Hardy: That's Kelly Fox!
{Kelly is indeed here and slides into the ring, Ace turns around and takes a kick in the jewels, Kelly takes his head and runs up the ladder flipping off hitting her ANY GIVEN MOMENT Asai DDT on the Ace. Adam turns around and smiles as the fans are going crazy, Adam takes Ace's leg and locks in the Restless Knite. Ace is screaming out in pain and trying to escape. He reaches for the ropes, but the ropes offer no relief. Ace tries to struggle out of the move but Knite screams for Ace to give up as he just tightens the hold even more... soon with nowhere to go Ace is forced to tap out as the bell rings and “Trade Yourself In” by Shinedown begins to play. Kelly hands Adam the title as he has his arm raised in victory! Adam holds the title high in the air and he and Kelly embrace in a hug.}
Eric Hardy: Knite has done it! Knite has done it! He beat the Ace!
Willly Carter: but can you believe the nCw CEO came out here to help somebody win a match, is that not tampering, should she not be held accountable for effecting the flow of a match!?
Eric Hardy: I don't know Willy, all I can see is Adam holding that title high in the air. ~
*The crowd are booing again not only because The Ace lost the Xtreme Championship that night, but also because Kathy Conway was attacked. The camera focuses on the now determined expression on The Ace's face as he resumes speaking...*
I remember that night. The night my hatred for you was truly conceived, not only because you took my title, but also because you attacked my wife. I'm not surprised that you stayed out of my way after that night, at least until Battle Grounds...
*The monitor shows some Battle Grounds footage*
~{Knite runs to the ring and shoves the steel chair into the stomach of Ace as he turns around on the outside. Knite slides in as Kaos has Trent Helms set up for the Kaos bomb, he goes to lift Helms but instead takes a steal chair to the head! Chaos holds his face as he falls down and rolls out of the ring under the bottom rope. Ace pulls Kaos up as the two look on at Adam Knite holding the chair in the air dearing them to get in the ring. Kaos and Ace begin to back off and Knite puts the chair down and helps Trent to his feet.}
Eric Hardy: Look at that sight... now that's friendship.
Willy Carter: Adam has just saved the World Title for Trent Helms..... once Trent pins Awesome that is.
{Adam and Helms embrace in the ring with a hug, Then Adam raises Trents arm high into the air in victory, but suddenly takes Trent's arm in both hands and gives Trent a single arm DDT onto the steel chair!!!} ~
*The crowd are booing but The Ace smirks*
I remember that night. The night that Adam became more and more like the one person he had always hated - me! Despite being on the wrong end of your attack that night, I was proud of you Adam for finally having the balls to do what was right, what you knew had to be done. What you know I would have done. The point was simple, I had lost to you the month before, but I could not be denied. What I couldn't do physically to you at Last Stand, I did morally at Battle Grounds. I beat you, and hence proved to the world that in the end, you were no better than the guy everybody hated - me! But now of course, it isn't about morality - it is about the nCw World Heavyweight Championship. It isn't about my corruption of your soul, but rather your attempted corruption of the soul of nCw. You are not me Adam. You are not the nCw World Heavyweight Champion, no matter how much you may want to be...
*The crowd cheer and start chanting for The Ace*
Now I'd be stupid if I ignored the parallels this one on one encounter has with our last one, some nine months ago. For the last nine months, I have been pregant...
*The crowd let out a collective 'WHAT?'*
I know, I know, I don't look it. Bio oil is a wonder for stretch marks you know...
*The crowd are howling with laughter at this point*
I have been pregnant with the hatred you conceived in me that night Adam, for the past nine months, I've been carrying this sense of unbirthed retribution for what happened at Last Stand. I suppose it's kind of poetic that A Night To Remember will be the night my revenge is finally delivered. I know Adam is probably feeling confident, because in our last encounter, in our last title match, he ended my reign. He beat me on the next PPV after I won the Xtreme Championship at Picture Perfect. He made sure my first defense was also my last - a mere thirty five days. Five weeks as a Champion is not something that I'm particularly proud of, and it is damn near laughable when you compare it to the strangleholds people like Bates and Jason had on that belt. It's not something I want to repeat with the most prestigious prize in the company. For me it'd be embarrassing quite frankly to end up like the transitional World Champions that Trent Helms and Xavier Williams were...
*There is a mixed reaction from the crowd at this statement*
I know, I know, those men would probably say that its not so important how long you hold the title just so long as you can say you've held it, and with that in mind, I already have one successful defense under my belt. Granted, Jason is nowhere near the threat to me that a man like Knite is, but hey a title defense is a title defense, right? I know Adam would love to end my reign as Champion once again, he'd like to do what Dave Holland couldn't do before him, and make the Coliseum victory actually mean something in real concrete terms. It's interesting when you consider that both Adam and Dave have been thorns in my side and both men have made me tap out inside an nCw ring before. Is that a sign of things to come? No, I don't believe so, because once again I'm just drawing parallels where perhaps there should be none...
*The Ace sighs again*
I have always maintained that to beat me, an opponent had to fall, had to become the villain you once all saw in me, and if you look back at the history between Adam and myself, you'll realise that there is some truth to that. I attacked my friend Davey. He attacked his friend Trent. My woman helps me get the victories some people feel that I don't deserve, and yet for Adam, the only way he ended my reign at Last Stand was with the help of his woman, Kelly Fox. Do I criticise him for it? No, that would be unfair of me, because I know that deep down Adam is just like me. He'll do whatever needs to be done, no matter the cost. Perhaps in a universe that made sense we should be friends, not enemies...
*The crowd boo mercilessly at even the suggestion of such a possibility*
But then I remember the things that he and Kelly have done to my wife and daughter in recent weeks, and the unborn retribution kicks inside me so hard that I feel it in my gut, and it reminds me the day for its deliverance is close at hand. Adam you have laid out my wife and a couple of weeks ago, you tried to convince me that my daughter was not breathing. You know what they say about things like that, don't you? What goes around...
*The crowd respond with 'Comes around' as The Ace leans forward, gripping the sides of the podium*
Exactly. Adam, we may not match up physically very well, you're taller and slightly heavier than I am, but in terms of actual accomplishments within nCw, I'd say we're pretty even. Former Tag Team and Xtreme Champs. The latter of which we have held for the exact same length of time, and even now, in this match the similarities continue. We've both been in and out of stables and now we both have valets in our respective corners. We could almost be twins in the way our careers have turned out, it would seem the old paradoxical cliche of the irresistible force and the immoveable object seems applicable to our situation. What will happen remains to be seen at A Night To Remember, the only thing I know for certain is that something has to give...
*The crowd cheer as 'You Know My Name' by Chris Cornell hits and The Ace and Kathy leave the podium, allowing the rest of the press conference to continue. The Ace and Kathy sit next to each other to one side of the podium and share a quick kiss as the scene fades to black...*