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Post by Laura Phoenix - HBIC on Apr 19, 2020 22:59:04 GMT -5
PWS: Apex Presents Tuesday Night Riot Live from Las Vegas, NV Tuesday, April 28th, 2020
Vin Halsted vs Miss Puppies
RP Deadline Sunday, April 26th, 2020 11:59pm Eastern
500 Minimum 5000 Maximum
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Post by icon722 on Apr 26, 2020 20:54:05 GMT -5
PWS: APEX – The Second Act (Part 1) – Vin Halsted
::Scene opens with a black background and the following diclaimer in bold white print: “This documentary was to chronicle Vin Halsted’s eventual retirement from wrestling and this camera crew allowed access to the backstage of each show that would lead up to this culminating event. It takes place between October 1, 2018, to March 1, 2019. Cameras have been linked to Mr. Vin Halsted’s extensive security system in order to allow all occupants some leeway to move around Halsted Manor without a camera crew following their every step. However, the crew will accompany Mr. Halsted if he decides to leave his home to go to important meetings, wrestling shows, etc.”::
::A Samsung S8 cellphone vibrates on a cherry wood lamp table next to a California king-sized bed in a dark bedroom of Halsted Manor in the early morning as the sun rises in Chicago. There’s some rustling heard as Vin Halsted turns over to answer the call. He picks it up and the light from the cellphone screen slightly illuminates the room. Halsted looks a bit miffed by the early call as he rubs his eyes from the strain of the bright screen of the cellphone.::
Halsted: Yeah… hello?
Enforcer: Hey, man… you up?
Halsted: Umm… ::sigh:: I am now.
Enforcer: Oh… sorry… Did I wake you?
Halsted: Yeah.
Enforcer: Oh… what time is it there?
::Halsted squints as he looks at his cellphone to read the time.::
Halsted: Five, fifty-six.
Enforcer: In the morning?
Halsted: Yeah.
Enforcer: Shouldn’t you be training at this time?
Halsted: Ha… training for what? I haven’t been active in any feds for at least a year, brother.
Enforcer: Yeah, but you still train, right?
Halsted: Well, yeah… but not it’s not as regimented as the schedule I’d normally have if I was working.
Enforcer: Alright, never mind that. You gotta get up and check your email.
Halsted: And, why is that?
Enforcer: Just do it!
::Halsted taps his Gmail app and opens his email account. He refreshes it to check for any new emails from the night before but nothing comes up.::
Halsted: I don’t see anything, man.
Enforcer: Check your “Spam” folder.
::Halsted sits up on the side of his California king-sized bed, then leans over to turn on the lamp on the cherry wood lamp table. He squints for a second in order to allow his eyes to adjust to the bright light. Then he looks at his phone more closely to find an email with the header “An Invitation to Join ECWF”. He shakes his head.::
Halsted: What the Hell is this?
Enforcer: Oh… you found it?
Halsted: Umm… I think so, but I thought you and Joey hated that fed.
Enforcer: Eh… I had an itch so I figured that I’d take a run at it, again. The fedhead seems to have lightened up and he asked me if I knew anyone who would want to join. He has a few talents who are causing him some issues and he needs some help with pushing them out. I brought your name up and he wants to talk to you.
Halsted: I don’t know. I just remember that you guys had a major issue and walked out last time with a bad taste in your mouths.
Enforcer: Well, just hear him out.
Halsted: I guess I can do that. I have been wanting to end my career for some time, now, but I have to do it on my terms.
Enforcer: Do you mean the “Gold Rush” angle?
Halsted: Yeah… That’s the only way I see myself coming back full time for the last time.
Enforcer: Honestly, man… I think it’s a great idea. Let me run it by him and see what he thinks.
Halsted: Alright, brother… I guess I should start my day.
Enforcer: Sounds good, brother… Just remember to respond to the email while I talk things over with him.
Halsted: Alright… Later, man!
Enforcer: Later!
::Halsted taps “End call” on the screen, then stands up and stretches. He walks around his bedframe with the phone still in his right hand and into the walk-in closet. He places the phone on a nearby shelf, as he changes out of his blue Ralph Lauren lounge pants and oversized “SECURITY” shirt from his bar bouncing days and into a pair of Nike gym shorts and his high school varsity football t-shirt. He grabs the phone from the shelf and drops it into his right front pocket. These are his chosen clothes to work out in. He walks down the massive hall that leads from his Master bedroom to the kitchen. On one side of the hall, there are paintings of moments from Halsted’s past victories and on the other is a panel of windows to allow the daylight illuminate the hallway. He slightly sneers as he resents that is awake at such an early part of the morning, but he averts his eyes away from the windows slightly as he makes his way to the colossal five star restaurant-style kitchen. He sits down on one of the barstool-style chairs in front of the kitchen island. He leans forward and put his elbows onto the Italian marble counter, folds his hands, and rests his face in his face for a brief moment. He hears footsteps behind him, sighs, and then looks up. He smirks to see his closest friend, Joey Cranston, enter the kitchen as he normally does at this early hour. Joey is the former owner of two great wrestling federations: SWA, Southern Wrestling Alliance, and HHW, Hardcore Hell Wrestling. He stands at six foot, three inches, and is a relatively muscular man with brown hair and wears black rimmed Armani glasses. He slaps Vin on his back and cracks a smile as he passes him on his way to the refrigerator. He takes out a gallon of skim milk and addresses his friend. Halsted shoots him a dirty look for the slap on his back and for the smirk on his friend’s face.::
Cranston: Hey, Vin… What are you doing up this early?
Halsted: Ugh… Enforcer called.
Cranston: Oh, did he, now?
Halsted: Yeah…
Cranston: And, what did he want?
Halsted: It seems that I’m being recruited by a fedhead to join ECWF.
Cranston: Wait… Is “Billy” still running that place?
Halsted: I dunno… I haven’t read the email yet.
Cranston: Let me see what he sent you.
Halsted: Ok.
::Halsted reaches into his front right pocket and pulls his phone out. He opens it and hands it to Joey. Joey taps open the email and reads it. He frowns when he reads the sender’s name.::
Cranston: Yep… that’s from Billy.
::Halsted groans. Just then, Caden walks in and sits down next to Vin. Caden is Joey’s adopted son who is nine years old. He loves to irritate Vin and call him “uncle”. He is dressed and ready for school but sits down for his breakfast before he leaves for the school day::
Caden: Good morning, Uncle Vin.
::Halsted nods at the boy and looks over at Joey.::
Halsted: So, what do you think, Joe?
Caden: Hey… Uncle Vin… I said, “Good morning.”
::Halsted looks at Caden with a tired, yet annoyed look.::
Halsted: Yeah…
::Cranston shoots a parental look of displeasure at Vin.::
Cranston: Be nice, boys.
::Halsted rolls his eyes and looks at Caden.::
Halsted: I’m sorry… Good morning, Caden. Now, do you mind if I continue speaking to your father?
::Caden shrugs.::
Caden: I guess so.
::Halsted rolls his eyes, again.::
Halsted: Thanks for your permission, kid.
::Caden smirks at Halsted.::
Caden: Any time, Uncle Vin!
::Halsted grunts and turns his attention back to Cranston, who is pouring Lucky Charms into a bowl for his son.::
Halsted: Anyway, what do you think, Joe?
::Cranston looks down, then grabs the carton of milk to pour over the cereal in Caden’s bowl. Turns and grabs a glass carafe filled with freshly squeezed orange juice. He grabs a glass from the cabinet adjacent from the refrigerator, places it in front of Caden and pours the juice for him.::
Cranston: Honestly, Vin… I don’t like that guy. He doesn’t play well with others.
Halsted: Yeah… I remember.
::A footnote appears below the screen that reads: Joe Cranston and The Enforcer worked for ECWF from approximately 2009 to 2010.::
Cranston: Well… Are you gonna try to do the “Gold Rush” there?
Halsted: I mentioned it.
Cranston: Hmm… I dunno about that.
Halsted: C’mon, you can be my “Paul Heyman”
::Cranston glares at Halsted in disgust.::
Cranston: How dare you?!?!
Caden: Oooo… Uncle Vin is in trouble!
::Halsted smirks and looks at Caden.::
Halsted: Don’t you have a bus to catch?
Cranston: Don’t you talk to my son like that!
::Halsted shrugs and smirks again. Caden shakes his pointer finger at him to shame him. Halsted grunts and rolls his eyes. Caden smiles widely like the Cheshire cat, finishes his cereal, drinks the milk, and then chugs the juice. He jumps down from his chair, grabs his bookbag and runs for his bus.::
Halsted: Some kid you have there.
::Cranston smiles proudly.::
Cranston: Yeah… he is a champion…
::Cranston pauses for a second as he watches his son board the schoolbus, then turns back to Halsted with a smirk.::
Cranston: Hey, Vin, remember that time he…
::Halsted abruptly changes the subject back to the issue at hand.::
Halsted: Nope… so, ECWF?
Cranston: Right… well, will Billy agree to run the Gold Rush angle?
Halsted: I’m waiting to hear back from Enforcer, but he mentioned that this guy is having some issues with his current top talent.
::Cranston shrugs.::
Cranston: Well, that could be promising.
Halsted: Agreed.
::Halsted looks at his email on his phone and replies with one word, “Maybe”, and send his response. Scene of the documentary fades to black before moving to the next scene but before that happens, the following disclaimer is placed for the audience to read and understand the “Gold Rush” angle: “The ‘Gold Rush’ angle is an angle that Mr. Vin Halsted has developed as his way to leave the world of professional wrestling on his terms. He has, often, thought about Terry Funk’s theory of retirement from the documentary movie, Beyond the Mat. Terry Funk explains that it has been a longstanding tradition in the wrestling business and wrestling history that when a revered wrestler decides that it’s time to retire that this wrestler “should go out on his back and put over the next big talent for the betterment of the business”. Halsted has never agreed with this theory and has admired the way that CM Punk left Ring of Honor before moving on to the WWE in the storyline called “The Summer of Punk” in 2005. As an added note, CM Punk ran this storyline again in WWE upon defeating John Cena at SummerSlam 2011. As the story goes, CM Punk is given an offer to join the WWE when he wins the ROH title from Austin Aries. He decides to sign the contract on the ROH turnbuckle after the match while holding the title. He proclaims that he is leaving the company with their belt. This is a huge threat to the company, as it is bad business to allow a champion to take a top title to the next company. (This is the case when Alundra Blayze, also known as Medusa, arrives on WCW Nitro with the WWF Women’s Title. She famously cuts a promo that blasts the WWF for not allowing their women’s division a chance to thrive and she subsequently throws the belt into a garbage bin. Circa 1995). Halsted has been a longstanding fan and historian of wrestling and took these storylines into account as he planned his retirement storyline. He decided that if and when the time comes for him to return to the ring that he would want to collect as many top singles’ and tag titles as he could from one or more federations and successfully defeat every challenger until there were no more challengers. He would, then, cut a promo in which he would walk out and leave all titles in the ring for the federations to move forward with new talent as their top performers and he can walk off into the sunset. In his mind, when he heard that ECWF was having issues with their current top talent, he felt that this was a way for him to help wipe the slate clean, carry the company, help elevate new talent to his level of ability and competition, then hand over the titles to the fedhead so that he could move on with a new group of young talent.”::
::One day passes and the Samsung 8S vibrates while propped on Halsted’s treadmill and it reads: “Enforcer” on the screen. Halsted taps the screen to answer the call while staying in stride.::
Halsted: Hey, brother, what’s the good word?
Enforcer: He likes it.
Halsted: Really… so, he’s cool with the Gold Rush and we’ll help him push the problematic crew out?
Enforcer: That’s what he said.
Halsted: Do you trust him?
Enforcer: I mean… I don’t see why not. I think this is your chance to go out on your own terms. I know how important that is to you, Vin.
Halsted: Alright… set up the meeting.
Enforcer: Will do, brother!
::The scene fades to black on an editing screen as the camera pans back to show Vin Halsted working with the editing crew for this documentary. He has a satisfied look on his face then he turns and shrugs. We are now in the present time and Vin Halsted has decided to return to the ring again for PWS: APEX.::
Halsted: Once again, The Enforcer has talked me into being an active wrestler. Honestly, I don’t know how he does it, but this time is just going to be fun. We aren’t going in with any agendas of championship reigns, taking control of companies, or looking to go out in grand style by retiring with as much gold as we can get our hands on. If anything like that happens, then that would be great but I’ve learned that I shouldn’t walk into a new federation with those high aspirations, any more. That being said, I do plan on having another run of success and adding more top titles to my Wall of Fame.
::Halsted smirks with confidence.::
Halsted: I’m not going to talk about having grit. I’m not going to comment about being a wrestler who returns at a later age by going part-time and taking someone’s “spot”, no I’m here to compete at the level that I was before my last run. I plan on showing the world why I left last year the previous two federations that recruited me and rectifying that decision by reaching new heights here in PWS: APEX. I plan on holding my cards to my chest because I definitely have a few tricks and surprises to share with the APEX audience, but all in due time. For now, I want to talk about Miss Puppies. I want to first commend her for having the moxy to wrestle with the boys. I understand that you have enjoyed quite a bit of success in doing so. I’m never one to question an opponents’ past or their name. I’m one to research and watch film on every opponent that I get to share the ring. She’s one tough lady and can definitely mix it up with anyone. However, I’m not sure why you’re beating guys down while they are in bathroom stalls or flirting with stage hands. I hope you know that you’re walking down the aisle to face a twenty-one time world heavyweight champion and a three-time hall of famer. I will not be taken down that easily and you won’t be calling me your “Little Dicky” so bring that fiery temper of yours and be ready for a war because it starts with you but it sure as Hell won’t end with you. I’m not looking to make an example of you to the rest of the APEX locker room, I’m planning on making a precedent with you. I’ve had five or more years of pent of rage that I have kept bottled away and you are the poor unfortunate soul who gets to experience it first. It’s nothing personal, Puppies, it’s just damn business and I’m going into business for myself. You won’t be able to put me up for your little powerbomb but you sure as Hell will be feeling a Halsted Hangover after the show and there’s no hair of the dog that can clear it up! See you at Riot, this Monday, and thanks for being my first here at APEX!!
::Fade to black… END SCENE::
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Post by Miss Puppies on Apr 26, 2020 22:56:53 GMT -5
scene opens up as we see Miss Puppies who is all smiles. Miss Puppies starts to talk.
Miss Puppies - ( It's so good to be back here in Las Vegas. ) Just then A man over heard Miss Puppies talking. Man talks.
Man -( I heard what you said. WHY?
Miss Puppies _ ( Because the last time it didn't go so well for me. )
Man - ( What happed last time. )
Miss Puppies - ( You name it I done it all years ago like bar fights stealing A cop car and DWI and that was in the morning.)
Man - ( WOW !)
Miss Puppies -( Your FUCKIN right. WOW !)
Man -( What happed during the rest of the day.)
Miss Puppies -( Well they found me playing poker and shooting craps .)
Man - ( I'm sorry to here that.)
Miss Puppies -( I'M SORRY THAT'S ALL YOU GOT TO SAY. THAT IS JUST ANOTHER DAY IN THE OFFICE FOR ME.)
Man -( Boy you know how to party.)
Miss Puppies -( That my friend was not even close to a party.)
Man -( What do you mean.)
Miss Puppies -( Just stick around with me because the party is just about to start.)
Man-( Will we get in trouble.)
Miss Puppies -( If you don't tell.)
Man-(OK i'm in.)
Miss Puppies -( OK first of all we need beer and plenty of beer.)
Man -( How much beer do you need.)
Miss Puppies-( I said lots of beer,)
Man -( Their is a beer truck around the corner.)
Miss Puppies -( Well lets go check it out.)
Scene 2
Miss Puppies is in jail
Miss Puppies -( SHIT who knew he was an under cover cop.)
Miss Puppies looks shocked.
Miss Puppies -( HELLO I LIKE TO MAKE MY ONE PHONE CALL. HELLO GUARD . ANYONE HELLO.)
Just then a guard shows up.
Guard -( So you want to make your one phone call and who is it going to be.)
So the guard let Miss Puppies make her one phone call.
Miss Puppies -( Hello Laura it's me Miss Puppies it looks like i can't make it for my match with VIN HALSTED tonight because i'm in jail and the bail is set for 100.000.)
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