Post by Travis on Jul 7, 2011 17:05:23 GMT -5
~Last time we saw The Franchise Shane Douglas was at the Royal Rumble when he was eliminated prior to the end of the Rumble after a strong showing. What wasn't seen was the behind the sceens altercation between former WWE Franchise Owner and Founder Vince McMahon and Shane Douglas prior to the befriending of Edge when Douglas punked him out with a cup of coffee and a cheap shot. This unplanned attack was the reason behind Shane Douglas losing the number 30 spot in the Rumble which he rightfully earned the week prior in a four way match on Raw. Thus prompting Shane to drop a match the next week on Raw to Triple H in protest and then he left. Vanished into the background, went back home to Pittsburgh and dropped all contact with the company. Until now he hasn't been seen or heard from since.~
<Now from an undisclosed location, we see a busy subway tunnel. People coming to and from, trying to make their morning commute. Standing in the shaddows, wearing a red track oufit with longer hair and a scruffy beard we see a man who resembles Shane Douglas. Douglas’s blue eyes stand out as he peers across at the camera. He waves them over to come closer.>
"As I stand here alone in this lower Manhattan subway.. Several months ago, a douchbag by the name of Vincent Kennedy McMahon called me over the phone.”
<Shane proceeds to reenact the phone call with shock and surprise as the exaggerations in his motions portray it.>
“He said to me, Franchise I know we've had our differences but I need you to come back. I need you to leave the comfortness of retirement and help breathe life once again into WWE Franchise! It was right then and there that I knew Vince's golden boys whom he'd thrusted down our throats for oh so long had begun to lose steam.. Fans were deserting the product.. The panic button had been pushed. So what did I do? I came back and did just that.."
<The look on Shane's face is filled with anger. His fists ball up from the rage.>
"I come in, take over and make these guys actually have to work and re-invent themselves. I get on this tremendous roll... A hot streak that not too many people see... My road to WrestleMania, my road to the World Title was stripped away by the very same man who wanted me to tow the line!"
<Shane grabs the hair on his head with both hands and slowly pulls until his hands slip down back to his sides. Spit flies from his mouth from the heavy laboring. His face turned red with the rising of his blood pressure as the thoughts still linger in his mind.>
“So yes I left, I figured why should I reward the man who used me by sticking around?! Do I lay in the cesspool with the sharks or do I rise above? Be the better man and soar with the eagles by following my gut?! I sat back in joy and watched every last minute of this company crumble because of the poor lack of judgment that old man McMahon had portrayed..”
<Look of astonishment comes across his face as he grins while looking up off camera with his arms raised in the air.>
“Then as if God himself came down, then the writing on the wall came to fruition! Vince McMahon is gone, the company is under new ownership! Then came the press conference.. My time to strike back without restrictions.. Without a script or someone trying to tone me down! I’ve been with this company since WrestleMania One, and how many World Title Matches have I had? ONE! That was when Edge, myself, and Undertaker fought it out over the World Championship! Since then I was shoved aside.. Casted out to sea because Vince McMahon was too afraid to have me as the ball carrier.. He’s too afraid that I’d take things to the next level unlike anyone else he’s ever placed in the driver’s seat.”
<A smirk and a chuckle come from Shane as he looks into the camera. Shaking his head briefly from left to right.>
“So we’re having a WrestleMania World Title Tournament!? No one’s the champion! No advantages! The way it should be?! Right?! Since I’ve stirred the pot around here again people have been talking about this upcoming WrestleMaina event.. Everyone wants to know who the next World Champion is going to be.. I can’t answer that but I will tell you this. I won’t stop until I’m in that final match! I won’t stop until I’ve walked through each round of that tournament!”
<A small glimpse of empathy rolls out from Douglas as he continues on.>
“Sadly for one Brian Knobbs.. That means I get to begin with him! See Brian, while you and Jerry continue to wander in the abyss of former great tag teams.. I continue on in forging my own legacy! I continue in creating a legend that can’t be out matched no matter how hard some people around here might try.. But one thing I do know Knobbs, is that you aren’t a Franchise, Hahaha! You aren’t the man who’s been leading this company! You’re aren’t the man who sent people packing from here! You d**n sure aren’t the man who started more sh*t here than anyone else who’s ever been here current or otherwise!”
<Douglas folds his arms across his chest with a look of evil confidence on his face and in his eyes.>
“Rest asure, that before the night is through you will be saying ‘thank you’ to me.. See Brian, I have respect for you and Sags. I have respect for people from my home state because we’re as tough as they come. We talk the talk and walk the walk unlike some folks. Someone comes up to us and looks us the wrong way, we punch them in the mouth and make them regret it for all it’s worth! Come WrestleMania, if you can remove your mouth from Hulk Hogan’s (beep) sack long enough to have a match with me. I’ll show you why I am the Franchise of WWEF! I’ll show you why I should be the World Heavyweight Champion! And by the time it’s over, when you cross through that curtain to the back.. You’ll find Sags and you’ll tell him.. ‘I just got my a** Franchised!’ Hahahaha!”
<Camera fades away on Shane maniacal laugh.>
<Now from an undisclosed location, we see a busy subway tunnel. People coming to and from, trying to make their morning commute. Standing in the shaddows, wearing a red track oufit with longer hair and a scruffy beard we see a man who resembles Shane Douglas. Douglas’s blue eyes stand out as he peers across at the camera. He waves them over to come closer.>
"As I stand here alone in this lower Manhattan subway.. Several months ago, a douchbag by the name of Vincent Kennedy McMahon called me over the phone.”
<Shane proceeds to reenact the phone call with shock and surprise as the exaggerations in his motions portray it.>
“He said to me, Franchise I know we've had our differences but I need you to come back. I need you to leave the comfortness of retirement and help breathe life once again into WWE Franchise! It was right then and there that I knew Vince's golden boys whom he'd thrusted down our throats for oh so long had begun to lose steam.. Fans were deserting the product.. The panic button had been pushed. So what did I do? I came back and did just that.."
<The look on Shane's face is filled with anger. His fists ball up from the rage.>
"I come in, take over and make these guys actually have to work and re-invent themselves. I get on this tremendous roll... A hot streak that not too many people see... My road to WrestleMania, my road to the World Title was stripped away by the very same man who wanted me to tow the line!"
<Shane grabs the hair on his head with both hands and slowly pulls until his hands slip down back to his sides. Spit flies from his mouth from the heavy laboring. His face turned red with the rising of his blood pressure as the thoughts still linger in his mind.>
“So yes I left, I figured why should I reward the man who used me by sticking around?! Do I lay in the cesspool with the sharks or do I rise above? Be the better man and soar with the eagles by following my gut?! I sat back in joy and watched every last minute of this company crumble because of the poor lack of judgment that old man McMahon had portrayed..”
<Look of astonishment comes across his face as he grins while looking up off camera with his arms raised in the air.>
“Then as if God himself came down, then the writing on the wall came to fruition! Vince McMahon is gone, the company is under new ownership! Then came the press conference.. My time to strike back without restrictions.. Without a script or someone trying to tone me down! I’ve been with this company since WrestleMania One, and how many World Title Matches have I had? ONE! That was when Edge, myself, and Undertaker fought it out over the World Championship! Since then I was shoved aside.. Casted out to sea because Vince McMahon was too afraid to have me as the ball carrier.. He’s too afraid that I’d take things to the next level unlike anyone else he’s ever placed in the driver’s seat.”
<A smirk and a chuckle come from Shane as he looks into the camera. Shaking his head briefly from left to right.>
“So we’re having a WrestleMania World Title Tournament!? No one’s the champion! No advantages! The way it should be?! Right?! Since I’ve stirred the pot around here again people have been talking about this upcoming WrestleMaina event.. Everyone wants to know who the next World Champion is going to be.. I can’t answer that but I will tell you this. I won’t stop until I’m in that final match! I won’t stop until I’ve walked through each round of that tournament!”
<A small glimpse of empathy rolls out from Douglas as he continues on.>
“Sadly for one Brian Knobbs.. That means I get to begin with him! See Brian, while you and Jerry continue to wander in the abyss of former great tag teams.. I continue on in forging my own legacy! I continue in creating a legend that can’t be out matched no matter how hard some people around here might try.. But one thing I do know Knobbs, is that you aren’t a Franchise, Hahaha! You aren’t the man who’s been leading this company! You’re aren’t the man who sent people packing from here! You d**n sure aren’t the man who started more sh*t here than anyone else who’s ever been here current or otherwise!”
<Douglas folds his arms across his chest with a look of evil confidence on his face and in his eyes.>
“Rest asure, that before the night is through you will be saying ‘thank you’ to me.. See Brian, I have respect for you and Sags. I have respect for people from my home state because we’re as tough as they come. We talk the talk and walk the walk unlike some folks. Someone comes up to us and looks us the wrong way, we punch them in the mouth and make them regret it for all it’s worth! Come WrestleMania, if you can remove your mouth from Hulk Hogan’s (beep) sack long enough to have a match with me. I’ll show you why I am the Franchise of WWEF! I’ll show you why I should be the World Heavyweight Champion! And by the time it’s over, when you cross through that curtain to the back.. You’ll find Sags and you’ll tell him.. ‘I just got my a** Franchised!’ Hahahaha!”
<Camera fades away on Shane maniacal laugh.>