Post by Travis on Jul 20, 2011 6:59:03 GMT -5
History/Upcoming Events
July 4th- Shane Douglas loses to Zack Ryder in a one on one match where the World and IC Champions clashes in a post WrestleMania fallout show.
July 18th- Unlikely partners in an unholy alliance became prevalent as Shane Douglas teamed with Zack Ryder per order of the Raw General Manager to face World Tag Team Champions, Nasty Boys in an all champions clash. The mystery threat has been formed. Someone from his past has risen up to be an unexpected challenge. Also CM Punk, R-Truth, and Zack Ryder are his opponents for SummerSlam in a Fatal 4 Way match.
August 1st- Shane Douglas will team with Zack Ryder once again to face the Nexus members David Otunga and Mason Ryan.
RolePlay
Now with a recovering victory under his belt, Shane Douglas feels as if he's back on track. Deep within his mind the ball is still rolling; the momentum hasn't stopped. He focused on the match at hand for once instead of sticking the knife in the back of a rival like he had done so many times before in the history of WWE Franchise and in the wrestling business. Our scene shows Shane sitting on an airplane with a built in screen sitting before him in the seat in front of him. He's wearing a blue dry fit collar shirt with two buttons leading up to the neck along with a pair of tan cargo shorts with a black dress belt. His dark sneakers and white ankle socks stick out like a sore thumb, but he doesn't care at this point. He just came off a huge night in Detroit. He's tired and wanting to touch down soon to get some much needed rest before doing the grind once again. He looks down at the velcro banded digital Timex Ironman watch. It's 6:30 AM, his eyes blood shot.. He readjust his black and red rubber bracelet he was given by the Doug FM radio crew.
Franchise: "d**n am I glad this week ended like it did.. A couple of days rest and refueling won't hurt me a bit.."
He leans back into his seat, readjusting his legs to a comfortable position and slightly slouched down into the seat to rest his back. Just then from his right pant pocket there's a ringing noise of a cell phone. He looks slightly annoyed as he digs into his pocket and whips out his cell phone. He grabs his LG Fantom touch screen phone and pushes the call button to accept the call.
Franchise: "Hello?"
Voice on the other end is Joey Styles from WWEF dot com. Joey sounds very excited and jovial for this early in the morning as he finally got a hold of Shane.
Joey Styles: "Franchise, Joey Styles.. Didin't catch you at a bad time did I?"
A little relief comes to Shane as he hears his old friend's voice over the line. Shane tries to sound between normal and surprised as he possibly can under the given circumstances.
Franchise: "Not at all Joey, what's going on?"
Joey Styles: "Just wanted to record part of this conversation for a phone interview bit for the website if that's alright?"
Franchise: "Considering I'm on a plane, there's no where to go.. Why not?"
Joey toggles around on his end to sync his phone to his computer so he can get the recording program running to tape the call for a future phone interview package for the web site. Styles briefly hits some bullet points with Shane before beginning the interview. Then Styles does the lead in.
Joey Styles: "Joey Styles here for WWE Franchise dot com, and I have a special web exclusive interview here with the WWE Franchise World Heavyweight Champion, "The Franchise" Shane Douglas via phone. Shane, how are you doing at the moment?"
Franchise: "Not so bad Styles, when you're The Franchise, and when you're the World Champion.. Everything is just rose buds, didn't you know that?"
Joey Styles: "Henceforth the sarcasm in your voice Mister Douglas, I can tell there's a lot on that mind of yours. Let's do a little recap of this week's Monday Night Raw shall we? You're placed in a match thanks to the Raw General Manager, which you didn't really ask for. You were placed in a tag team bout against The Nasty Boys and Zack Ryder was your partner. What was your initial impression going into that match?"
Franchise: "First off, I asked management to give me another shot at Zack Ryder in order to prove that I could destroy him. Yet whomever this bozo is that's parading around and hiding behind a keyboard calling themselves the Raw General Manager had to ignore my request. Some how, some way.. Somebody around here died and made this moron a booker! It's clear that I don't like Zack Ryder.. It's clear that I want to prove that I am in doubt better than Zack Ryder, after all I am the World Heavyweight Champion! But what does this person do besides running around in an office somewhere naked behind a keyboard placing together some of the most asinine matches ever? He puts me in a match up with Zack Ryder against the Nasty Boys?! Seriously?! You not only insult me by ignoring me; you drop my intelligence level about a hundred points by putting me in a match with two of the most grotesque men in wrestling today."
Joey Styles: "Clearly you're not happy."
Franchise: "You're d**n right I'm not happy about it. Do I have to tell you who I am? I am the WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION! Not some Johnny Come Lately who's been here only a few hours and begins telling creative what to do with them when they haven't done anything here yet! The reason why I became the World Champion was so that I could call my own shots; so I could have full control over what I do! Not to be dictated to by some corporate office ass kisser, who hides behind a laptop computer and runs the show without giving the boys a proper heads up. It's this same bullsh*t that costed TNA and WCW their spots in the wrestling community. However it was better than nothing."
Joey Styles: "Lets touch base here on another subject that's been running rampant as of late. The World Title picture is heating up as it seems. You've got not one but three people gunning for your championship all at the same time. There's CM Punk, Zack Ryder, and R-Truth all coming for the prize in which you dangle in front of them; your championship. Any comments on this?"
Franchise: "Oh I have some comments alright Joey Styles, I wouldn't be the man I am today if I didn't always have something to get off my chest.. And speaking of getting things off my chest lets talk a little bit about these three men. Now make sure you're getting all this on tape because I wouldn't dare want anyone in which I speak of feel like they've misconstrued anything I am about to say because as you know I have always told things just like they are!"
"Yes, I do dangle that ever so illusive carrot on the stick that leads the mule to work. See that carrot is my championship and the mules are the three men whom currently seek out a chance to be something I already am and that's the man. See you've got a man, speaking of the truth, R-Truth. Here's a guy who's followed me under various names in various places. He's got more identities than a Russian spy. K-Kwik, The Truth, Ron Killings, call yourself whatever you like! Fact of the matter is this, whenever it came down to a major World Title whether it was in XPW or TNA, you couldn't handle me then without help, and you d**n sure aren't going to change that now. Ron, all you've done is make me look as good or better than I was back then. You were nothing more than my little whipping boy when I needed to make a statement and I'm going to deja vu you all over again my friend. You're going to wish that you never signed up to face me in another championship bout after I'm done with you."
"Secondly you've got the hottest topic on the lips of the fan base right now, CM Punk is out there crying the Bret Hart blues because he's not getting his crack at the World Title. Well now he's got his chance. Punk, we've had to sit around and listen to you complain and throw a tantrum over not getting a title opportunity. All you had to do CM was suggest a number one contenders match to earn your right, but instead what did you do? You decide to threaten this company? You decide to walk out if you didn't get a shot? Now you might be wondering who am I to badger you about this because I did something similar.. No Punk, I didn't do something similar a few months ago. I had a legitimate claim! I told Vince McMahon to kiss my a** and where to stick his political garbage with his head pecker checker at the time, Edge! I was screwed out of my title opportunity and potential road to the championship. So sadly I drove McMahon into paranoia with a law suit to file my grievance over a reneging of a previous agreement. Needless to say I won.. But nonetheless Phil, you want to prove a point at my expense? Try it! I'm not hard to find!"
"As a matter of fact lets stroll down memory lane? Let me tell you people a little bit about CM Punk.. This whole charade of his has nothing to do with corporate, it's about me and him. I guarantee you that little prick won't admit to it but I know that's what it is! See when CM Punk broke into WWE Franchise he was apart of a clique with AJ Styles and Rey Mysterio and Evan Bourne.. See they set out to break the glass ceiling here and in some ways they did, and I even tried to throw these guys a bone to help them out because I've been there. See you and your boys never got past the mid level because you just didn't have it at the time to get to that point. You couldn't stand sitting on the sidelines while everyone else around you either held you down or got their turn in the rotation. So you bounced between Raw and SmackDown trying to find your nitche, and then I revived ECW.."
"I helped Paul Heyman get the best and most under utilized talents on the roster and we tried to make something of you guys. We gave you an outlet to thrive. After that only one of you succeeded and that was AJ Styles! What did you do Punk, you faded off into obscurity! Then lets fast forward to end of last year, we're set up to do this huge spot where we're supposed to have a little rivalry.. Guess who got cold feet? It wasn't me Punk.. Hahaha! You backed down like a small time Independent chicken sh*t! Now you want to be a real boy? Please.. Do us all a favor and jump from the nearest bridge why don't ya?"
"Lastly, there's Zack Ryder. Someone who's as much as I hate to say it, has stepped up to the plate. Ryder has a championship, a fluke victory, and then has to ride my coat tails to become famous around here. Sadly this Jersey Shore jackoff has more legitimacy than CM Punk and R-Truth combined in terms of rankings for my title. But Ryder, you're putting the cart before the horse here pal. Just because I'm using you to look good and raise my stock, don't you mistaken that for me liking you. Don't mistaken that for me not remembering you getting a cheap victory over me two weeks ago. Zack, I will find a way whether it's the upcoming four way or if I get you in that ring alone.. I will show you that you don't belong on my level! Don't mistaken a slight upswing in your career for a straight shot to greatness because a guy like me Ryder can take you down any time I want to."
Before Styles can ask about the Mystery video that appeared on Raw, Douglas is so enthralled with emotion and rage that he hung up his phone and shoved it violently back into his pocket. He tries to close his eyes after placing some head phones on to dim the noise on the plane as the scene comes to an end.
July 4th- Shane Douglas loses to Zack Ryder in a one on one match where the World and IC Champions clashes in a post WrestleMania fallout show.
July 18th- Unlikely partners in an unholy alliance became prevalent as Shane Douglas teamed with Zack Ryder per order of the Raw General Manager to face World Tag Team Champions, Nasty Boys in an all champions clash. The mystery threat has been formed. Someone from his past has risen up to be an unexpected challenge. Also CM Punk, R-Truth, and Zack Ryder are his opponents for SummerSlam in a Fatal 4 Way match.
August 1st- Shane Douglas will team with Zack Ryder once again to face the Nexus members David Otunga and Mason Ryan.
RolePlay
Now with a recovering victory under his belt, Shane Douglas feels as if he's back on track. Deep within his mind the ball is still rolling; the momentum hasn't stopped. He focused on the match at hand for once instead of sticking the knife in the back of a rival like he had done so many times before in the history of WWE Franchise and in the wrestling business. Our scene shows Shane sitting on an airplane with a built in screen sitting before him in the seat in front of him. He's wearing a blue dry fit collar shirt with two buttons leading up to the neck along with a pair of tan cargo shorts with a black dress belt. His dark sneakers and white ankle socks stick out like a sore thumb, but he doesn't care at this point. He just came off a huge night in Detroit. He's tired and wanting to touch down soon to get some much needed rest before doing the grind once again. He looks down at the velcro banded digital Timex Ironman watch. It's 6:30 AM, his eyes blood shot.. He readjust his black and red rubber bracelet he was given by the Doug FM radio crew.
Franchise: "d**n am I glad this week ended like it did.. A couple of days rest and refueling won't hurt me a bit.."
He leans back into his seat, readjusting his legs to a comfortable position and slightly slouched down into the seat to rest his back. Just then from his right pant pocket there's a ringing noise of a cell phone. He looks slightly annoyed as he digs into his pocket and whips out his cell phone. He grabs his LG Fantom touch screen phone and pushes the call button to accept the call.
Franchise: "Hello?"
Voice on the other end is Joey Styles from WWEF dot com. Joey sounds very excited and jovial for this early in the morning as he finally got a hold of Shane.
Joey Styles: "Franchise, Joey Styles.. Didin't catch you at a bad time did I?"
A little relief comes to Shane as he hears his old friend's voice over the line. Shane tries to sound between normal and surprised as he possibly can under the given circumstances.
Franchise: "Not at all Joey, what's going on?"
Joey Styles: "Just wanted to record part of this conversation for a phone interview bit for the website if that's alright?"
Franchise: "Considering I'm on a plane, there's no where to go.. Why not?"
Joey toggles around on his end to sync his phone to his computer so he can get the recording program running to tape the call for a future phone interview package for the web site. Styles briefly hits some bullet points with Shane before beginning the interview. Then Styles does the lead in.
Joey Styles: "Joey Styles here for WWE Franchise dot com, and I have a special web exclusive interview here with the WWE Franchise World Heavyweight Champion, "The Franchise" Shane Douglas via phone. Shane, how are you doing at the moment?"
Franchise: "Not so bad Styles, when you're The Franchise, and when you're the World Champion.. Everything is just rose buds, didn't you know that?"
Joey Styles: "Henceforth the sarcasm in your voice Mister Douglas, I can tell there's a lot on that mind of yours. Let's do a little recap of this week's Monday Night Raw shall we? You're placed in a match thanks to the Raw General Manager, which you didn't really ask for. You were placed in a tag team bout against The Nasty Boys and Zack Ryder was your partner. What was your initial impression going into that match?"
Franchise: "First off, I asked management to give me another shot at Zack Ryder in order to prove that I could destroy him. Yet whomever this bozo is that's parading around and hiding behind a keyboard calling themselves the Raw General Manager had to ignore my request. Some how, some way.. Somebody around here died and made this moron a booker! It's clear that I don't like Zack Ryder.. It's clear that I want to prove that I am in doubt better than Zack Ryder, after all I am the World Heavyweight Champion! But what does this person do besides running around in an office somewhere naked behind a keyboard placing together some of the most asinine matches ever? He puts me in a match up with Zack Ryder against the Nasty Boys?! Seriously?! You not only insult me by ignoring me; you drop my intelligence level about a hundred points by putting me in a match with two of the most grotesque men in wrestling today."
Joey Styles: "Clearly you're not happy."
Franchise: "You're d**n right I'm not happy about it. Do I have to tell you who I am? I am the WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION! Not some Johnny Come Lately who's been here only a few hours and begins telling creative what to do with them when they haven't done anything here yet! The reason why I became the World Champion was so that I could call my own shots; so I could have full control over what I do! Not to be dictated to by some corporate office ass kisser, who hides behind a laptop computer and runs the show without giving the boys a proper heads up. It's this same bullsh*t that costed TNA and WCW their spots in the wrestling community. However it was better than nothing."
Joey Styles: "Lets touch base here on another subject that's been running rampant as of late. The World Title picture is heating up as it seems. You've got not one but three people gunning for your championship all at the same time. There's CM Punk, Zack Ryder, and R-Truth all coming for the prize in which you dangle in front of them; your championship. Any comments on this?"
Franchise: "Oh I have some comments alright Joey Styles, I wouldn't be the man I am today if I didn't always have something to get off my chest.. And speaking of getting things off my chest lets talk a little bit about these three men. Now make sure you're getting all this on tape because I wouldn't dare want anyone in which I speak of feel like they've misconstrued anything I am about to say because as you know I have always told things just like they are!"
"Yes, I do dangle that ever so illusive carrot on the stick that leads the mule to work. See that carrot is my championship and the mules are the three men whom currently seek out a chance to be something I already am and that's the man. See you've got a man, speaking of the truth, R-Truth. Here's a guy who's followed me under various names in various places. He's got more identities than a Russian spy. K-Kwik, The Truth, Ron Killings, call yourself whatever you like! Fact of the matter is this, whenever it came down to a major World Title whether it was in XPW or TNA, you couldn't handle me then without help, and you d**n sure aren't going to change that now. Ron, all you've done is make me look as good or better than I was back then. You were nothing more than my little whipping boy when I needed to make a statement and I'm going to deja vu you all over again my friend. You're going to wish that you never signed up to face me in another championship bout after I'm done with you."
"Secondly you've got the hottest topic on the lips of the fan base right now, CM Punk is out there crying the Bret Hart blues because he's not getting his crack at the World Title. Well now he's got his chance. Punk, we've had to sit around and listen to you complain and throw a tantrum over not getting a title opportunity. All you had to do CM was suggest a number one contenders match to earn your right, but instead what did you do? You decide to threaten this company? You decide to walk out if you didn't get a shot? Now you might be wondering who am I to badger you about this because I did something similar.. No Punk, I didn't do something similar a few months ago. I had a legitimate claim! I told Vince McMahon to kiss my a** and where to stick his political garbage with his head pecker checker at the time, Edge! I was screwed out of my title opportunity and potential road to the championship. So sadly I drove McMahon into paranoia with a law suit to file my grievance over a reneging of a previous agreement. Needless to say I won.. But nonetheless Phil, you want to prove a point at my expense? Try it! I'm not hard to find!"
"As a matter of fact lets stroll down memory lane? Let me tell you people a little bit about CM Punk.. This whole charade of his has nothing to do with corporate, it's about me and him. I guarantee you that little prick won't admit to it but I know that's what it is! See when CM Punk broke into WWE Franchise he was apart of a clique with AJ Styles and Rey Mysterio and Evan Bourne.. See they set out to break the glass ceiling here and in some ways they did, and I even tried to throw these guys a bone to help them out because I've been there. See you and your boys never got past the mid level because you just didn't have it at the time to get to that point. You couldn't stand sitting on the sidelines while everyone else around you either held you down or got their turn in the rotation. So you bounced between Raw and SmackDown trying to find your nitche, and then I revived ECW.."
"I helped Paul Heyman get the best and most under utilized talents on the roster and we tried to make something of you guys. We gave you an outlet to thrive. After that only one of you succeeded and that was AJ Styles! What did you do Punk, you faded off into obscurity! Then lets fast forward to end of last year, we're set up to do this huge spot where we're supposed to have a little rivalry.. Guess who got cold feet? It wasn't me Punk.. Hahaha! You backed down like a small time Independent chicken sh*t! Now you want to be a real boy? Please.. Do us all a favor and jump from the nearest bridge why don't ya?"
"Lastly, there's Zack Ryder. Someone who's as much as I hate to say it, has stepped up to the plate. Ryder has a championship, a fluke victory, and then has to ride my coat tails to become famous around here. Sadly this Jersey Shore jackoff has more legitimacy than CM Punk and R-Truth combined in terms of rankings for my title. But Ryder, you're putting the cart before the horse here pal. Just because I'm using you to look good and raise my stock, don't you mistaken that for me liking you. Don't mistaken that for me not remembering you getting a cheap victory over me two weeks ago. Zack, I will find a way whether it's the upcoming four way or if I get you in that ring alone.. I will show you that you don't belong on my level! Don't mistaken a slight upswing in your career for a straight shot to greatness because a guy like me Ryder can take you down any time I want to."
Before Styles can ask about the Mystery video that appeared on Raw, Douglas is so enthralled with emotion and rage that he hung up his phone and shoved it violently back into his pocket. He tries to close his eyes after placing some head phones on to dim the noise on the plane as the scene comes to an end.