Post by Hardcastle on Oct 9, 2005 16:08:20 GMT -5
Sunday October 2, 2005
Bell Time: 9pm EST
From The Broome County Arena in Binghamton, NY
<Highlights from Valor Before Glory are shown. Each clip showing who won which match is shown, concluding with the shocking turn of events concerning Immune and Zmaster.>
<The screen opens with the Valor logo.The screen switches to a voice that sounds very much like James Earl Jones and images from Valor begin to reel through.>
Voice: A new era is dawning in professional wrestling.
<An image of Shane Quickenbosh delivering a Tope Con Hilo to Will Dinero from Valor Before Glory is shown.>
Voice: There is a movement that joins young and old.
<An image of Eric Hardcastle, Brandon Bailey, ZMaster, The Creeper and Immune fades in and then out. An image of The Sin City Saint, Saku, Ron Tibbs, Shane Quickenbosh, Will Dinero and Chad Roberts fades in and out. >
Voice: Integrity And Valor Are Core Values.
<A panoramic view of Eric Hardcastle is shown from his back to the front.>
Voice: For some......it becomes an opportunity to show the entire world what they can do.
<An image of The Sin City Saint diving through the ropes onto Saku.>
Voice: For others.........it is an opportunity to reclaim greatness.
<An image of ZMaster sitting in the stands of an empty arena is shown.>
Voice: For tonight.....these men......these athletes.......these gladiators, begin their accent to the top. They begin their accent to greatness.
<A reel of images begin flashing on the screen. An image of Saku with his hand raised. An image of Will Dinero looking into the sky. An image of Juba attacking Immune. Finally and image of Immune holding the NA Title up in the air.>
Voice: They begin their accent to immortality.
<An image of Zmaster with his gloved hand reaching into towards the TV screen is shown.>
<R.I.P. Eric Hardcastle 11/78-10/05>
<The screen fades to black. Suddenly, pyros explode all over the stage, the Sunday Night Slam theme song plays "Paperthin Hymn" by Anberlin and the camera cuts to ringside, where Kevin Olberman and Mean Mike Patrick are seated.>
K: Good evening everyone. Kevin Olberman and Mean Mike Patrick here, on this very solemn, solemn night. Just a week a go, the Valor family lost a very important part of this company. Eric Hardcastle, at just 26 years of age, passed away as a result of an automobil..........
<Olberman begins to choke up.>
K: ....I'm sorry. We here at Valor are still shocked. Still trying to find a way to grieve.
M: I think President Lynch is ready.
K: As you can see, all the boys from the back, the road agents, writers, staff members, etc. are all gathered at ringside. President Lynch is in the middle of the ring.
<In the ring>
SL: Welcome everyone to a special edition of Sunday Night Slam. We here at Valor lost a very special part of this company last week. This week we intend to honor the memory this remarkable individual with a 10 bell salute. But first, I would like to share Eric's favorite excerpt from Paul Bowles' "The Sheltering Sky."
<Lynch pauses a moment to clear his throat.>
SL: "Because we do not know when we will die, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well, and yet everything happens only a certain number of times....How many more times will you remember a certain afternoon of your childhood..that is so deeply a part of your being,you can't even conceive of your life without it? Perhaps four or five times more? Perhaps not even that. How many more times will you watch the full moon rise? Perhaps twenty. And yet it all seems limitless".
<Lynch turns towards the Valor Tron, where the same image on Valor's website is show. The timekeeper begins to ring the bell.>
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SL: Before, I send it back to Kevin Olberman and Mean Mike Patrick. I would like to make an announcement concerning next week's Sunday Night Slam. Next week, right here at Sunday Night Slam....we will host a special Memorial Show for our fallen friend. There will be 3 Huge Matchups, in memory of Eric Hardcastle. The entire show will be dedicated in his memory and will become an annual tradition for Valor. The show will conclude with a special memorial service with our special guest, Brittney Bailey. It will not be a show to mourn his death.....but a show to remember his life. Thank you.
<The ring begins to part, as Steven Lynch exits. The camera pans back to Olberman and Patrick.>
K: Thats great. Hopefully, we can all find some closure next week.
M: Olberman, you know that I have never been an Eric Hardcastle fan. But I can honestly say that I respected that man. For what he had achieved and for his dedication to this sport. He is one of the most gifted athletes to ever grace the squared circle and even I, Mean Mike Patrick, will miss him.
K: Thank you, Mike. Very kind of you. We will try and get into better spirits tonight. Because we do have some fantastic action scheduled for this evening. Including a World Heavyweight Title defense.
M: "The Assassin" will put the gold on the line against, Shane Quickenbosh.
K: The newcomer to Valor is getting his first opportunity at gold, here tonight. God willing, we will have a new World Champion.
M: What do you mean, God willing?
K: I mean.......wait, you know what I mean. Quickenbosh has dedicated this match to Eric Hardcastle's memory. Don't you think if Quickenbosh can somehow pull off the impossible, it would help bring closure.
M: Hey, I'm all for closure, but not at the expense at the champ.
K: You are unbelivable.
M: Olberman, life goes on. My loyalties lie the same.
K: Whatever. Also on tap a big tag team match involving Immune and The Sin City Saint of the Impact Players taking on the team of Zmaster and The Creeper.
M: This one is in the bag for The Impact Players.
K: In the bag? How can anything be considered in the bag when Zmaster is involved?
M: Zmaster is so focused on Immune. He cant keep his focus on the match at hand. And The Creeper? The Creeper has been so distraught over the loss of the NA TItle....no one has seen or heard from him since.
K: Well, we know The Creeper is in the house tonight. We will have to see if Z and Creeper can get on the same page. We also have a big grudge match. After the incident last week, Saku demanded this match and now he has it. Saku and Ron Tibbs.
M: Saku has been a royal thorn in the ass of Brandon Bailey since day one. Bailey's insurance policy is going to get rid of this pesky pain in the......
K: We'll see.
M:....ass.
K: Ok, I am being told that Zmaster is backstage and he is on the hunt. Lets take a look.
<Backstage, Zmaster is stalking the hall. He is looking for the dressing room of Immune. He walks past the catering table and sees The World Heavyweight Champion. Bailey is standing there, wearing the World Title and munching on a chickenwing.>
BB: Mmmm.....I can see why Immune loves these little things.
<Zmaster stares at Bailey.>
BB: What the hell are you looking at?
<Zmaster continues to stare, as Bailey drops the chicken wing back into the bowel.>
ZM: A deadman.
<Brandon begins to laugh.>
BB: And exactly how do you figure that?
ZM: I know.
BB: You know? You know what?
ZM: I know you were behind the wheel of that cadillac last week.....your cadillac.
<Bailey shrugs at Zmaster.>
BB: You're dream'n. I was with The Impact Players, celebrating the big wins from last week. I had not.......
<Zmaster looks down at the World Title around Bailey's waist and the back into his eyes.>
ZM: What the police and Valor Officials didn't take notice of was the World Title. Because when I turned my back for a second....it was gone.
BB: You're crazy, you know that.
ZM: No. I know what you did. And I know what I have to do to seek retribution.
<Bailey gulps, as Zmaster slams his first right into the wall behind Brandon.>
ZM: Retribution.
<Bailey ducks under the arm of Zmaster and high tails it out of there. Screen fades back to ringside.>
K: Oh My God!
M: Zmaster has nothing. Nada. Zip. Zero. Zilch. Less than nothing.
K: If Zmaster is right......My God!!! Brandon Bailey killed Eri.....
M: Don't you say it!! Dont you dare!! No proof. Steve Bond......introduce the first match. Shut up Olberman!