Post by TheSystem 1.5 on Dec 20, 2015 0:08:11 GMT -5
(Writers note: Again no proofreading just warts and all. But hey I bolded everything I need to this time. )
GSW Ep. 11
*The show opens with a highlighted version of Kurt Angles promo and face off with Vader, followed by Vader attacking Jack Palmer and Nick Crew. It cuts right to Kurt Angle in a dress shirt and slacks, sitting at the announce table next to Havoc, who's wearing a black t-shirt and purple leather pants. Angle begins to speak. *
Angle: Hello, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to GSW. I'm Kurt Angle filling in for Nick Crew, who is recovering at home. I felt it was the least I could do. Tonight, Jack Palmer will be having a temp filling in on the minute by minute operations of GSW. The members of The System have been meeting since last week to try and decide an appropriate response for what Vader did. As such, we only know one match on the card tonight.
Havoc: Well we had two, but due to contract issues Kevin Nash vs. Alpha will not be happening as planned.
*Kurt nods and continues.*
Angle: Tonight, Cesaro will be facing HHH. As far as I know the rest of the card has been decided. You and us will find it out together, let's go to Kaitlyn Canario and get on with the wrestling.
*The camera pans the small but hot crowd, as Rey Mysterios music hits to a big pop. *
Kaitlyn Canario: The following contest is scheduled for one fall. Introducing first, from San Diego, California weighing in at 175lbs, Rey Mysterio!
*Rey interacts with front row audience members before sliding into the ring. He climbs on if the turnbuckles and poses. The camera focuses on Mysterio, hopping off the turnbuckle as The Steiners music begins playing, Scott comes out alone. *
Canario: And his opponent, from Bay City, Michigan, woe ongoing in at 276lbs, Scott Steiner.
*The crowd cheer. He looks around, calmly walking to the ring and gets in. He raises his arms. The crowd cheering more. Steiner stretches in the corner, the camera changes focus to Rey strapping the chin strap of his mask. The camera goes wide and the bell rings. The two shake hands to a round of applause. They start circling each other. They lock up and Scott hits an Arm Drag, Rey slides half way across the ring, the crowd cheers. The camera focuses on Steiners face, he has a small smirk on it. The camera changes to Rey's face, he's smirking a little too. The camera goes wide again and Rey returns to his feet and locks up with Scott again. Steiner transitions this into a Hammerlock. *
Angle: The match starting slow here, Mysterio may have a bad strategy, trying to lock up with Scott Steiner.
Havoc: El tipo pequeño tiene que moverse y luchar rápidamente o Steiners va Suplex él de regreso a San Diego
Angle: Oh God.
*Rey transitions The Hammerlock into a Side Headlock position before pushing Steiner off the ropes and hits him with a Dropkick as Steiner comes back. The crowd cheer. Steiner puts his hand to his mouth and gets to one knee. He pulls his hand and smirks, looking over at a smirking Mysterio. Steiner stands and shakes his hand out. Him and Mysterio circle each other again. Rey quickly kicks the leg of Steiner and backs away. Steiner kicks his leg back and forth. Rey quickly moves in for another kick, and quickly backs up. Steienr no sells the second kick. When Rey moves in for a third kick, Scott locks his arms around Mysterios waist. Mysterio flails but gets tossed away with an Overhead Belly-to-Belly Suplex. Steiner poses to cheers. He grabs Rey by the mask and picks him up. He Irish Whips him. Mysterio ducks The Steinerline. Then, Scott without looking, hops over Mysterio as he bounces off the other ropes. Mysterio jumps into the top rope and takes down Scott it's a Corkscrew Standing Senton. He covers him but Scott pushes him off at two. Mysterio wastes no time getting back to his feet and getting on the apron. He poses and holds the top rope waiting for Scott to get up. *
*Scott doesn't take long to get up. Mysterio jumps onto the top rope. Scott runs torwards him. Mysterio jumps over Scott and rolls to his feet. He hits the ropes and runs right into a nasty looking Dropkick. The crowd oohs. Both are down, Mysterio is on his side, holding his mouth, Scott's on his stomach. The crowd cheering loud. Scotts on his feet first, Mysterio is on all fours crawling towards the ropes. Scott hangs back and let's him pull himself up. Mysterio gets his bearings, and Scott locks his arms around his waist. He German Suplexs Mysterio but he lands on his feet. Scott quickly gets up and faces Mysterio. Mysterio runs a little and Dropkicks Scott. Scott staggers and falls through the top and second rope. When Scott recovers and turns to face the ring Mysterio flys into frame taking Scott out wth a Tope Con Hilo to a big pop. *
Havoc: ¡Oh Dios mío!
Angle: He doesn't speak Spanish fans. He has a laptop with Google Translate open.
Havoc: ¡Bro kayfabe!
*The match moves back into the ring. Mysterio stays on the apron and when Scott stands he jumps for a Springboard Hurricanrana but Scott counters with a Powerbomb. He covers Mysterio for a close two count. *
Havoc: Steiner viene muy cerca de fijar el pequeño mexicano.
*Scott rolls him over and tries to lock in The Steiner Recliner but Mysterio crawls out between Scott's legs. He quickly gets to his feet and Dropkicks Scoot into postiion for The 619. Rey rolls his arms and points into the crowd before hitting the ropes. As he gets close, Scott springs up and around taking out Mysterio with a Steinerline to a big pop. *
Angle: Scott Steiner just lured Rey Mysterio into another nasty looking Steinerline.
*The crowd is hot as Mysteiro lays on his side. Scotts on his stomach for a few seconds before pushing himself onto all fours. He gets to his knees and signals for The Steiner Recliner. He grabs Mysterios arm and rolls him onto his stomach dragging him away from the ropes. He pulls Rey up again and once again Rey crawls through his legs. This time he puts his hands on Scott's shoulders and jumps putting his knees where his hands were. He rolls forward, rolling Scott into a Victory Roll pin for the three. The crowd cheer loud. Scott rolls onto his knees after the pin is broken. *
Canario: Here is your winner by pinfall, Rey Mysterio!
*The ref raises Mysterios hand. The camera pans out a little, Scot this applauding. He stands up and sticks his hand out. Mysterio wastes no time shaking it. The crowd cheering. The camera cuts to Jack Palmers office, Brian Kendrick is sitting in a chair watching the show. *
Angle: Kendrick awaiting Cesaros match with HHH, because after that is a meeting with, I guess, Jacks temp regarding The Number One Contender for Tazs International Title. We have to take a quick break stay tuned.
*It cuts to commercial. It comes back to a video said to be recorded in . The mystery man who attacked Alpha and Tommy Preston is sitting in form of an old, run building. He has a Scottish accent. *
: Hello, GSW fans. My name is Nigel Brooks. I'm a Scottish professional wrestle who has been wrestling in the British independent scene for a number of years. I'm sitting out front of my trainers, my fathers, gym.
*He looks up at the building before looking back at the camera and begins to speak again. *
Brooks: Alpha, Tommy, and most importantly The Duchess have been a thorn in my side for years. Let's start with Tommy. Thomas. A man who stole my chance at fame, my chance at success,...my fiancée. He stole my opportunity at Olympic gold by purposely, and I don't care what he says or what he claims, broke my leg in an exhibition match prior. Then he took it one step further...
*A door can be heard opening in the background. Nigel's sighs and take a deep breath. *
Brooks:... Next time.
*It fades to black and cuts back to the GSW building. Randy Orton is in the ring. His music stops and Davey Richards' music plays, the crowd pop. They cheer more when Davey walks out. *
Canario: And his opponent, from Othello, Washington, weighing in at 202lbs, Davey Richards.
*Orton starts stomping on Davey as soon as he starts to slide into the ring. He pulls him up by the hair and European Uppercuts him. Davey staggers into the corner. Orton kicks Davey in the gut a few times, and then Irish Whips him towards the parallel corner. Orton follows but Davey grabs the top rope and springs over Orton and locks his arms his waist and tries for a German Suplex, but Orton blocks and goes behind Davey. Davey goes behind Orton, and squats and trips Orton and tries for an Ankle Lock. The crowd cheer as Orton flails and crawls, getting a rope break before the hold is fully locked in. Orton crawls out of the ring. Orton gathers his bearings and when he turns to face the ring, he's taken out by a Suicide Dive from Richards. The crowd cheer, they get louder when Richards howls. He picks Orton up and rolls him into the ring and follows, covering Orton for a two count.*
*As Orton leans up, Richards pulls him up and tries for a basic Suplex. But Orton blocks it and punches Richards in the gut, before picking him up and dropping his feet against the top rope and hits a Suplex. He floats over into a cover for a two count. He pushes Richards' shoulder back against the mat and punches him a few times, before standing and stomping on various parts of Richards, but Richards grabs Ortons foot on one of the stomps. Richards stands, holding Ortons foot. Orton slaps Richards but it doesn't faze him. Richards smirks and throws Ortons foot down and chops him. It echoes throughout the building as the crowd oohs. Orton grabs his chest, grimacing. He walks, pained, over to the corner and duckes out between the top and middle rope. Richards doesn't approach Orton. *
Angle: I don't know how wise of a strategy this is. The sportsmanship is admired but he's giving Orton too much room to think and formulate a plan.
*Orton slowly comes back in. Him and Richards circle each other before locking up. Orton locks Richards in a Side Headlock. Orton cranks on it. Richards pushes Orton if of the ropes. As Orton bounces off the other ropes Richards lay downs, but instead of jumping over Richards, Orton stomps in the small of Richards back. *
*Richards puts his hand on his back and rolls over. Orton stomps multiple times on Richards stomach. Orton covers him for a one count. Orton shoves his shoulder back down and covers him again, only getting a one count again. Orton mounts Richards and starts punching him. The ref yells at him to get off him, Orton jumps up and grads the ref by the shirt and trash talks him, backing him in the corner. Orton slaps the ref, the crowd boo. Orton continues to trash talk the ref. Richards, back on his feet, German Suplexs Orton and bridges it for a close two count. Both are on their feet quickly. Richards and Orton trade chops in the middle of the ring. Orton gets the advantage when he kicks Richards in the gut. Orton grabs Richards by the hair and looks around smirking. He sets up his patented Modified Backbreaker but Richards squirms out and hits a Dragon Suplex, bridging it into a pin for another close two count. Orton rolls onto his knees and Richards kicks him hard across the back. Orton arches in pain before rolling across the ring and out to the floor. *
*When Orton stands, Richards tries for a Suicide Dive but Orton counters. Richards falls back into the ring. Orton takes a moment to catch his bearings before rushing into the ring. Richards is dazed and Orton Dropkicks him in between the shoulders and Richards stumbles out of the ring. The crowd boo as Orton poses. Orton smirks and slides out of the ring. He grabs Richards and European Uppercuts him. The crowd boo but Orton flips them off and that causes them to boo more. Richards takes the opportunity and Chops Orton. Orton retaliates with another Uppercut. Richards follows up with a Chop, then another, then another. He starts kicking Ortons chest when he has Orton against the apron. He hops onto the guardrail and howls, playing to the crowd, who cheer loud. Richards pauses taking the crowd in. Orton Dropkicks him in between the shoulders again, knocking him into the crowd. The crowd surprisingly pop. The refs count is up to six. Orton rolls in the ring. He parades around. The ref begins to count again. At the count of eight, Orton rolls out of the ring to a loud chorus of boos. Richards is staggering to his feet. Orton hops over the guardrail and grabs Richards by the hair. He pulls him into a section free of fans. He holds Richards up and jumps for The RKO. Richard blocks it by pushing Orton gut first into the guardrail. Orton falls onto his ass, holding his gut breathing heavy. Richards falls to one knee, gathering his bearings. The bell suddenly rings. *
Canario: The refs count has reached ten, therefore neither man wins.
*The crowd boos as the camera zooms in on Richards' face and he mouths . He stands up, running his hand through his hair, repeating his . He slaps fans hands as he heads towards a second entrance to the back. *
Angle: Davey Richards not happy at all with the result of his first match in GSW. But nonetheless, it was an impressive, well fought debut...
Havoc: And you're not going to say anything about Orton?
Angle: Well, if you hadn't interrupted m-
Havoc: Orton looked awesome out there. We haven't seen him since Anarchy and he hasn't lost a step. He's an easy pick for the next No. 1 Contender to your belt.
Angle: One impressive showing doesn't earn anybody that.
Havoc: It would if I had my way.
Angle: Well, thankfully you don't.
* It cuts to commercial. It comes back on the commentators table. Kurts headset is off and he's holding a mic standing up. *
Angle: During the break, I was called to the back to discuss something with Jacks lovely substitute, and she told me to announce to everyone, that next week I will be main eventing in a Non-title Match against... Stan "The Lariat" Hanson.
*The crowd cheer loud. Angle nods giving the mic to a staff member and sits down putting his headset back on. The camera pans the crowd as HHHs music hits to a loud pop. It cuts to the entrance way. *
Havoc: So I'll be doing commentary solo next week.
Angle: No, Miss Canario will be filing in for me.
Havoc: So you're saying they don't trust me to call a show by myself?
Angle: Absolutely.
*HHH makes his way out among smoke. *
Canario: The following is scheduled for one fall. Introducing first, from Greenwich, Connecticut. Weighing in at 255lbs, HHH!
*HHH briefly glares at Kaitlyn for not introducing him as "The Game". He walks around the ring and gets on the apron. He takes a drink of his water. As he bends down to finish his schtick, Cesaros music hits. HHH looks up, the camera zooms in on his face, his head turned towards the entrance way, he spits his water out. The camera cuts to Cesaro, walking out with a smug smirk on his face. *
Canario: His opponent, from Lucerne, Switzerland weighing in at 232lbs, "The Game" Antonio Cesaro.
*Cesaro poses on the apron, wiping his boots on the apron before entering the ring. HHH glares at Cesaro. The bell rings and the two lock up. HHH grabs Cesaros arm and twists it. Cesaro sells it a bit, before rolling forward and gets to his feet, face-to-face with HHH. He takes HHHs eyes to a chorus of boos. He grabs HHH by the hair and pulls him into a Side Headlock. He cranks on it, but HHH backs him into the ropes and pushes him off. As Cesaro comes back, HHH lays on his stomach, Cesaro hops over, hits the other ropes, and hooks his arms around the other ropes, stopping himself. Him and HHH stare down. Both men fake going for a move trying to fake out the other. The two return to their stare down. *
Angle: Neither man gaining an advantage quite yet. And I'd like to announce that this match will go commercial free. This rivalry dates back a few weeks when Cesaro defeated HHH rather easily. The two met in a rematch at Anarchy that went to a Double Count Out as the two brawled to the backstage area. HHH has since claim that neither time did Cesaro face HHH at a 100%, he didn't face "The Game". And now HHH is looking for not only a win over Cesaro but his first win here in GSW.
*The two men lock up and jockey for position. The two spill out through the top and middle rope. They break the hold. Cesaro falls onto his side, HHH takes advantage by starting to stomp at him. The crowd cheering. HHH pulls Cesar up and Irish Whips him towards the apron. Cesaro hops onto the very edge of the apron and jumps, spinning into an European Uppercut. The crowd can't help themselves and pop loud. Cesaro poses, most of the crowd boo again, some remain cheering. He picks up HHH and rolls him into the ring and covers him for barely a two count. HHH lays on his side. Cesaro grabs his hair and lays him on this stomach. He kneels and wraps his arms around HHHs waist. He tries to lift him for a Gutwrench Suplex but HHH grabs the ropes. Cesaro tries for a few more seconds belfry giving up. He stands with his hands on HHHs back and drives his knee into HHHs hip. HHH collapses and rolls under the bottom rope and to the floor. Cesaro poses in the ring to boos. HHH pulls himself using the apron and rolls back into the ring. He starts to pull himself to his feet suing the ropes. Cesaro grabs his hair and pulls him away from the ropes. He pushes him to his feet and European Uppercuts him. HHH staggers back, holding his jaw and grabs the top rope. *
Havoc: A familiar sight, Cesaro with the advantage over HHH.
*Angle sighs. Cesaro wraps his arms around HHHs gut and Gutwrench Suplexs him. Cesaro pulls him away from the ropes and covers him for a two and a half count. Cesaro goes to HHHs side. He poses and jumps but HHH rolls and Cesaro lands a Double Foot Stomp on the mat. Cesaro staggers a little and almost falls, but keeps his balance. Cesaro kicks his leg back and forth, the camera adjusts to get a good view of HHH Chop Blocking Cesaros leg. Cesaro goes right down and grabs his leg and rolls out of the ring. The crowd cheering as HHH catches his breath before posing. He leaves the ring, Cesaro pulling himself up using the table, HHH kicks Cesaros bad leg and Cesaro grabs his leg, and starts to walk away. HHH grabs his tights and pulls him back. He tries to lift him up for a Shin Breaker on the table. But Cesaro reaches over and grabs Kurt Angle but the collar of his shirt and holds onto him as HHH tries to lift him. The ref gets in the middle of it trying to pull Cesaro off of Angle. During this Cesaro, pushes Angle away and causes Angle to fall back pulling the he ref down with him. He takes a cheap punch at HHH and quickly grabs Havocs laptop and cracks HHH across the back with it. HHH falls to his knees and then to all fours. The crowd boo. Cesaro poses, the laptop broken in two on the floor. *
Havoc: Cesaro trying anything to regain control against HHH...I mean, I'm ok with that but now he owes me a new laptop.
*The ref and Angle start conversing with each other, making sure each is ok. During this, Cesaro tosses HHH into the ring. He pulls him into a Piledriver position, picks HHH up and hits The Neutralizer. He covers HHH. The crowd booing, some cheering surprisingly. The ref doesn't ton tide right away, but rushes into the ring when he does and starts counting. *
Ref/Crowd simultaneously: 1...2...
*With the refs hand just inches away from the mat, HHH gets his shoulder up. The crowd pop huge. Cesaro sits up in utter shock. He argues with the ref about the count. He stands up and pulls HHH up into a Piledriver position again. This time HHH reverses by Back Body Dropping Cesaro. The crowd cheer. HHH poses. He turns around, Cesaro is already on his feet and hits a European Uppercut. HHH grabs his jaw turning around, hunched over. Cesaro turns him and stands him up. HHH quickly punches Cesaro in the jaw. He quickly kicks him in the gut and tires for a Pedigree but Cesaro reverses it. Cesaro takes a moment to catch his breath but suddenly gets Schoolboy'd for a two count. Cesaro rolls to his feet and kicks HHH, standing up and hunched over, in the grunt. HHH falls to one knee. Cesaro wastes no time wrapping his arms around HHHs waist and pucks him up. He walks around a little before Gutwrench Suplexing HHH. Cesaro sits up and poses. He stands and climbs onto the second rope and sits down waiting. *
Angle: Cesaro biding his time, obviously with a plan in mind. But giving HHH too much time to recover and gather his thoughts can completely hangs the momentum in The Games favor.
Havoc: How does HHH having a counter favor Cesaro?
*HHH gets to his feet, groggy. He turns around and Cesaro comes off the top rope with a Spinning European Uppercut. He lays on the mat fro a bit before getting onto his knees and posing. He grabs HHH by the hair and puts him into a Piledriver position and poses. Once again HHH reverses to a good pop. He poses and turns around. Cesaro had landed on his feet and pushes HHH into the air and hits a Very European Uppercut and covers HHH for the three. The crowd boo but there are some cheers actually audible. *
Canario: Your winner by pinfall, Cesaro!
*He celebrates ignoring the boos. He leaves the ring and points out the cheering to a few front fans who are booing. Cesaro starts to the back and the camera cuts to HHH laying on the mat. The feed cuts to commercial. When it comes back Sabu is pacing around the ring, chair in hand. *
Angle: We got word from the back threat we have one last match tonight and it promises to be a hell of a brawl.
*The crowd pops loud when the sound of glass shattering plays over The P.A. System. "Stone Cold" Steve Austin comes walking out, looking form one side of the room to the other. When he's almost to the ring, Sabu comes into frame landing into of Austin. He rolls off of Austin and onto his knees. He points upwards and hops up. He starts stomping on Austin. He picks him up and throws him shoulder first into the guard, the crowd is hot. Sabu walks away, Austin falls to the floor holding his shoulder. The camera cuts to Sabu rolling into the ring and grabbing his chair. While he does this, the opening of the match replays from a different angle showing that Sabu jumped off of his chair. The replay fades away, Austin is on all fours and Sabu starts laying into his back with the chair over and over again. The ref tries ton intervene but Sabu scares him off with the chair. Sabu throws the chair down and goes to the ring and lifts the apron and looks underneath. *
Havoc: The hell is he looking for?
Angle: Guaranteed whatever it is, he can use it as a weapon.
*Sabu pulls out a table. The crowd cheers loud. Sabu drags the table to the one side of the ring and balances it on the park a don guardrail. He goes back over to Austin, whose starting to recover. Sabu gets close and gets punched in the jaw with a series of right hands. Austin grabs him by the hair and pants and throws him over the guardrail. He takes a brief moment to gather his bearings before climbing over the guardrail after Sabu. The cameraman follows. Austin and Sabu trade costs through the audience, the crowd moving to give them room to brawl and the camera to follow. Sabu gets the upper hand with a stiff Haymaker that staggers Austin. He pushes a fan out of his chair and folds it up and drives it into Austin's gut. Austin falls to one knee and Sabu throws the chair away and drags Austin back to the guardrail and throws him over. *
Havoc: The ref is doing a great job just standing in the ring. Really earning that paycheck.
*Sabu stands on the guardrail and walks off, turning enough to Leg Drop Austin. He stands and points upwards again. He picks Austin up and rolls him onto the table. He clubs his chest once. He climbs onto the apron and then to top rope. He steady stream himself before Moonsaulting off the top rope. Austin rolls off the table and Sabu goes through it. The crowd cheer loud. Austin is off camera, resting. After a few seconds Austin pulls Sabu up and rolls him into the ring. Austin rests on the apron. Sabu begins to crawl to the ropes, Austin gets in the ring. Sabu is starting to pull himself up. Austin walks up behind him, Sabu throws his elbow back, hitting Austin square in the nose. Austin staggers back, holding his nose. Sabu grabs Austin and hits a DDT. *
Angle: Holy crap, an actual wrestling move!
*Sabu rolls Austin over and covers him for a one and a half count. Sabu Chokes Austin with one hand until a four count. He hops up and goes after the ref, chasing him out f the ring. *
Havoc: The System sure hired some top notch refs.
*Sabu yells at the ref from inside the ring. The crowd is cheering loud and when Sabu turns around Austin kicks him in the gut and hits a Stone Cold Stunner to a loud pop. Almost on cue, when Austin hits the mat, the lights go out. A bell rings out of the P.A. and the crowd cheer loud as the lights take on a purple tint, Austin can be seen pacing in the ring, mouthing to himself. Another two bells ring out and Undertqkers music begins to play. The crowd is cheering loud as Taker slowly walks out a few seconds later, pausing at the top of the aisle. He and Austin stare down, Austin encouraging him to come to the ring. Taker starts to walk down the aisle, and takes off his hat and coat. He speeds up about halfway to meet Austin at the end of the aisle and the two start trading fists as the lights go back on, the crowd is hot. The tow continue to trade fists moving towards the ring. Security come out and get between the two to boos. Taker and Austin just shove them aside and Taker takes advantage. He grabs Austin by the throat. Austin flails as Taker puts his arm over his head. Austin reverses it by elbowing Taker in the jaw. Taker let's go and staggers sideways a little. Austin kicks him in the gut and goes for a Stone Cold a Stunner but Taker shoves him off into the security. Austin quickly turns around but Taker is gone. Austin looks around before putting his hands on his head and cursed out loud. The camera cuts to Jack Palmers office where Kendrick and Cesaro are standing up watching the show when the door opens and Jacks temp, Vanessa Jazz walks in. She's about 6 foot, wearing a causal dark blue dress. She's a brunette with some blue streaks. She sighs.*
Jazz: Well I'm sure Jacks blood pressure just went through the roof.
*Jazz waves it off and smiles. *
Jazz: Anyway back to business.
*She walks past Kendrick and Cesaro and sits on the edge of Jacks desk. Kendrick and Cesaro turn to face her. *
Jazz: Gentlemen, currently Taz has no Number One Contender. So Jack and The System have decided that since you are two of our wrestlers with a great track record in terms of wins, you well face off next week to decide The Number One Contender.
*Kendrick looks Cesaro, who smirks and looks down. *
Cesaro: What a great idea.
*Kendrick just nods. *
Jazz: Something wrong Brian?
Kendrick: Why the hell do I have to earn the spot?I've earned that spot already. I've beaten Mysterio, Sabu, I've even beat this jackass.
*He points to Cesaro. He turns to Cesaro. *
Kendrick: I've won against you once and now is have to do it again just to get into a spot I've already earned and I...
*Cesaro interrupts him by punching him and knocking him out the ground, Kendrick holds his jaw looking up, grimacing. Cesaro smirks and starts out of the room. He leaves and the camera cuts to Jazzs face, she's smiling and picks up her phone, dialing a number and the feed fades to black. *
GSW Ep. 11
*The show opens with a highlighted version of Kurt Angles promo and face off with Vader, followed by Vader attacking Jack Palmer and Nick Crew. It cuts right to Kurt Angle in a dress shirt and slacks, sitting at the announce table next to Havoc, who's wearing a black t-shirt and purple leather pants. Angle begins to speak. *
Angle: Hello, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to GSW. I'm Kurt Angle filling in for Nick Crew, who is recovering at home. I felt it was the least I could do. Tonight, Jack Palmer will be having a temp filling in on the minute by minute operations of GSW. The members of The System have been meeting since last week to try and decide an appropriate response for what Vader did. As such, we only know one match on the card tonight.
Havoc: Well we had two, but due to contract issues Kevin Nash vs. Alpha will not be happening as planned.
*Kurt nods and continues.*
Angle: Tonight, Cesaro will be facing HHH. As far as I know the rest of the card has been decided. You and us will find it out together, let's go to Kaitlyn Canario and get on with the wrestling.
*The camera pans the small but hot crowd, as Rey Mysterios music hits to a big pop. *
Kaitlyn Canario: The following contest is scheduled for one fall. Introducing first, from San Diego, California weighing in at 175lbs, Rey Mysterio!
*Rey interacts with front row audience members before sliding into the ring. He climbs on if the turnbuckles and poses. The camera focuses on Mysterio, hopping off the turnbuckle as The Steiners music begins playing, Scott comes out alone. *
Canario: And his opponent, from Bay City, Michigan, woe ongoing in at 276lbs, Scott Steiner.
*The crowd cheer. He looks around, calmly walking to the ring and gets in. He raises his arms. The crowd cheering more. Steiner stretches in the corner, the camera changes focus to Rey strapping the chin strap of his mask. The camera goes wide and the bell rings. The two shake hands to a round of applause. They start circling each other. They lock up and Scott hits an Arm Drag, Rey slides half way across the ring, the crowd cheers. The camera focuses on Steiners face, he has a small smirk on it. The camera changes to Rey's face, he's smirking a little too. The camera goes wide again and Rey returns to his feet and locks up with Scott again. Steiner transitions this into a Hammerlock. *
Angle: The match starting slow here, Mysterio may have a bad strategy, trying to lock up with Scott Steiner.
Havoc: El tipo pequeño tiene que moverse y luchar rápidamente o Steiners va Suplex él de regreso a San Diego
Angle: Oh God.
*Rey transitions The Hammerlock into a Side Headlock position before pushing Steiner off the ropes and hits him with a Dropkick as Steiner comes back. The crowd cheer. Steiner puts his hand to his mouth and gets to one knee. He pulls his hand and smirks, looking over at a smirking Mysterio. Steiner stands and shakes his hand out. Him and Mysterio circle each other again. Rey quickly kicks the leg of Steiner and backs away. Steiner kicks his leg back and forth. Rey quickly moves in for another kick, and quickly backs up. Steienr no sells the second kick. When Rey moves in for a third kick, Scott locks his arms around Mysterios waist. Mysterio flails but gets tossed away with an Overhead Belly-to-Belly Suplex. Steiner poses to cheers. He grabs Rey by the mask and picks him up. He Irish Whips him. Mysterio ducks The Steinerline. Then, Scott without looking, hops over Mysterio as he bounces off the other ropes. Mysterio jumps into the top rope and takes down Scott it's a Corkscrew Standing Senton. He covers him but Scott pushes him off at two. Mysterio wastes no time getting back to his feet and getting on the apron. He poses and holds the top rope waiting for Scott to get up. *
*Scott doesn't take long to get up. Mysterio jumps onto the top rope. Scott runs torwards him. Mysterio jumps over Scott and rolls to his feet. He hits the ropes and runs right into a nasty looking Dropkick. The crowd oohs. Both are down, Mysterio is on his side, holding his mouth, Scott's on his stomach. The crowd cheering loud. Scotts on his feet first, Mysterio is on all fours crawling towards the ropes. Scott hangs back and let's him pull himself up. Mysterio gets his bearings, and Scott locks his arms around his waist. He German Suplexs Mysterio but he lands on his feet. Scott quickly gets up and faces Mysterio. Mysterio runs a little and Dropkicks Scott. Scott staggers and falls through the top and second rope. When Scott recovers and turns to face the ring Mysterio flys into frame taking Scott out wth a Tope Con Hilo to a big pop. *
Havoc: ¡Oh Dios mío!
Angle: He doesn't speak Spanish fans. He has a laptop with Google Translate open.
Havoc: ¡Bro kayfabe!
*The match moves back into the ring. Mysterio stays on the apron and when Scott stands he jumps for a Springboard Hurricanrana but Scott counters with a Powerbomb. He covers Mysterio for a close two count. *
Havoc: Steiner viene muy cerca de fijar el pequeño mexicano.
*Scott rolls him over and tries to lock in The Steiner Recliner but Mysterio crawls out between Scott's legs. He quickly gets to his feet and Dropkicks Scoot into postiion for The 619. Rey rolls his arms and points into the crowd before hitting the ropes. As he gets close, Scott springs up and around taking out Mysterio with a Steinerline to a big pop. *
Angle: Scott Steiner just lured Rey Mysterio into another nasty looking Steinerline.
*The crowd is hot as Mysteiro lays on his side. Scotts on his stomach for a few seconds before pushing himself onto all fours. He gets to his knees and signals for The Steiner Recliner. He grabs Mysterios arm and rolls him onto his stomach dragging him away from the ropes. He pulls Rey up again and once again Rey crawls through his legs. This time he puts his hands on Scott's shoulders and jumps putting his knees where his hands were. He rolls forward, rolling Scott into a Victory Roll pin for the three. The crowd cheer loud. Scott rolls onto his knees after the pin is broken. *
Canario: Here is your winner by pinfall, Rey Mysterio!
*The ref raises Mysterios hand. The camera pans out a little, Scot this applauding. He stands up and sticks his hand out. Mysterio wastes no time shaking it. The crowd cheering. The camera cuts to Jack Palmers office, Brian Kendrick is sitting in a chair watching the show. *
Angle: Kendrick awaiting Cesaros match with HHH, because after that is a meeting with, I guess, Jacks temp regarding The Number One Contender for Tazs International Title. We have to take a quick break stay tuned.
*It cuts to commercial. It comes back to a video said to be recorded in . The mystery man who attacked Alpha and Tommy Preston is sitting in form of an old, run building. He has a Scottish accent. *
: Hello, GSW fans. My name is Nigel Brooks. I'm a Scottish professional wrestle who has been wrestling in the British independent scene for a number of years. I'm sitting out front of my trainers, my fathers, gym.
*He looks up at the building before looking back at the camera and begins to speak again. *
Brooks: Alpha, Tommy, and most importantly The Duchess have been a thorn in my side for years. Let's start with Tommy. Thomas. A man who stole my chance at fame, my chance at success,...my fiancée. He stole my opportunity at Olympic gold by purposely, and I don't care what he says or what he claims, broke my leg in an exhibition match prior. Then he took it one step further...
*A door can be heard opening in the background. Nigel's sighs and take a deep breath. *
Brooks:... Next time.
*It fades to black and cuts back to the GSW building. Randy Orton is in the ring. His music stops and Davey Richards' music plays, the crowd pop. They cheer more when Davey walks out. *
Canario: And his opponent, from Othello, Washington, weighing in at 202lbs, Davey Richards.
*Orton starts stomping on Davey as soon as he starts to slide into the ring. He pulls him up by the hair and European Uppercuts him. Davey staggers into the corner. Orton kicks Davey in the gut a few times, and then Irish Whips him towards the parallel corner. Orton follows but Davey grabs the top rope and springs over Orton and locks his arms his waist and tries for a German Suplex, but Orton blocks and goes behind Davey. Davey goes behind Orton, and squats and trips Orton and tries for an Ankle Lock. The crowd cheer as Orton flails and crawls, getting a rope break before the hold is fully locked in. Orton crawls out of the ring. Orton gathers his bearings and when he turns to face the ring, he's taken out by a Suicide Dive from Richards. The crowd cheer, they get louder when Richards howls. He picks Orton up and rolls him into the ring and follows, covering Orton for a two count.*
*As Orton leans up, Richards pulls him up and tries for a basic Suplex. But Orton blocks it and punches Richards in the gut, before picking him up and dropping his feet against the top rope and hits a Suplex. He floats over into a cover for a two count. He pushes Richards' shoulder back against the mat and punches him a few times, before standing and stomping on various parts of Richards, but Richards grabs Ortons foot on one of the stomps. Richards stands, holding Ortons foot. Orton slaps Richards but it doesn't faze him. Richards smirks and throws Ortons foot down and chops him. It echoes throughout the building as the crowd oohs. Orton grabs his chest, grimacing. He walks, pained, over to the corner and duckes out between the top and middle rope. Richards doesn't approach Orton. *
Angle: I don't know how wise of a strategy this is. The sportsmanship is admired but he's giving Orton too much room to think and formulate a plan.
*Orton slowly comes back in. Him and Richards circle each other before locking up. Orton locks Richards in a Side Headlock. Orton cranks on it. Richards pushes Orton if of the ropes. As Orton bounces off the other ropes Richards lay downs, but instead of jumping over Richards, Orton stomps in the small of Richards back. *
*Richards puts his hand on his back and rolls over. Orton stomps multiple times on Richards stomach. Orton covers him for a one count. Orton shoves his shoulder back down and covers him again, only getting a one count again. Orton mounts Richards and starts punching him. The ref yells at him to get off him, Orton jumps up and grads the ref by the shirt and trash talks him, backing him in the corner. Orton slaps the ref, the crowd boo. Orton continues to trash talk the ref. Richards, back on his feet, German Suplexs Orton and bridges it for a close two count. Both are on their feet quickly. Richards and Orton trade chops in the middle of the ring. Orton gets the advantage when he kicks Richards in the gut. Orton grabs Richards by the hair and looks around smirking. He sets up his patented Modified Backbreaker but Richards squirms out and hits a Dragon Suplex, bridging it into a pin for another close two count. Orton rolls onto his knees and Richards kicks him hard across the back. Orton arches in pain before rolling across the ring and out to the floor. *
*When Orton stands, Richards tries for a Suicide Dive but Orton counters. Richards falls back into the ring. Orton takes a moment to catch his bearings before rushing into the ring. Richards is dazed and Orton Dropkicks him in between the shoulders and Richards stumbles out of the ring. The crowd boo as Orton poses. Orton smirks and slides out of the ring. He grabs Richards and European Uppercuts him. The crowd boo but Orton flips them off and that causes them to boo more. Richards takes the opportunity and Chops Orton. Orton retaliates with another Uppercut. Richards follows up with a Chop, then another, then another. He starts kicking Ortons chest when he has Orton against the apron. He hops onto the guardrail and howls, playing to the crowd, who cheer loud. Richards pauses taking the crowd in. Orton Dropkicks him in between the shoulders again, knocking him into the crowd. The crowd surprisingly pop. The refs count is up to six. Orton rolls in the ring. He parades around. The ref begins to count again. At the count of eight, Orton rolls out of the ring to a loud chorus of boos. Richards is staggering to his feet. Orton hops over the guardrail and grabs Richards by the hair. He pulls him into a section free of fans. He holds Richards up and jumps for The RKO. Richard blocks it by pushing Orton gut first into the guardrail. Orton falls onto his ass, holding his gut breathing heavy. Richards falls to one knee, gathering his bearings. The bell suddenly rings. *
Canario: The refs count has reached ten, therefore neither man wins.
*The crowd boos as the camera zooms in on Richards' face and he mouths . He stands up, running his hand through his hair, repeating his . He slaps fans hands as he heads towards a second entrance to the back. *
Angle: Davey Richards not happy at all with the result of his first match in GSW. But nonetheless, it was an impressive, well fought debut...
Havoc: And you're not going to say anything about Orton?
Angle: Well, if you hadn't interrupted m-
Havoc: Orton looked awesome out there. We haven't seen him since Anarchy and he hasn't lost a step. He's an easy pick for the next No. 1 Contender to your belt.
Angle: One impressive showing doesn't earn anybody that.
Havoc: It would if I had my way.
Angle: Well, thankfully you don't.
* It cuts to commercial. It comes back on the commentators table. Kurts headset is off and he's holding a mic standing up. *
Angle: During the break, I was called to the back to discuss something with Jacks lovely substitute, and she told me to announce to everyone, that next week I will be main eventing in a Non-title Match against... Stan "The Lariat" Hanson.
*The crowd cheer loud. Angle nods giving the mic to a staff member and sits down putting his headset back on. The camera pans the crowd as HHHs music hits to a loud pop. It cuts to the entrance way. *
Havoc: So I'll be doing commentary solo next week.
Angle: No, Miss Canario will be filing in for me.
Havoc: So you're saying they don't trust me to call a show by myself?
Angle: Absolutely.
*HHH makes his way out among smoke. *
Canario: The following is scheduled for one fall. Introducing first, from Greenwich, Connecticut. Weighing in at 255lbs, HHH!
*HHH briefly glares at Kaitlyn for not introducing him as "The Game". He walks around the ring and gets on the apron. He takes a drink of his water. As he bends down to finish his schtick, Cesaros music hits. HHH looks up, the camera zooms in on his face, his head turned towards the entrance way, he spits his water out. The camera cuts to Cesaro, walking out with a smug smirk on his face. *
Canario: His opponent, from Lucerne, Switzerland weighing in at 232lbs, "The Game" Antonio Cesaro.
*Cesaro poses on the apron, wiping his boots on the apron before entering the ring. HHH glares at Cesaro. The bell rings and the two lock up. HHH grabs Cesaros arm and twists it. Cesaro sells it a bit, before rolling forward and gets to his feet, face-to-face with HHH. He takes HHHs eyes to a chorus of boos. He grabs HHH by the hair and pulls him into a Side Headlock. He cranks on it, but HHH backs him into the ropes and pushes him off. As Cesaro comes back, HHH lays on his stomach, Cesaro hops over, hits the other ropes, and hooks his arms around the other ropes, stopping himself. Him and HHH stare down. Both men fake going for a move trying to fake out the other. The two return to their stare down. *
Angle: Neither man gaining an advantage quite yet. And I'd like to announce that this match will go commercial free. This rivalry dates back a few weeks when Cesaro defeated HHH rather easily. The two met in a rematch at Anarchy that went to a Double Count Out as the two brawled to the backstage area. HHH has since claim that neither time did Cesaro face HHH at a 100%, he didn't face "The Game". And now HHH is looking for not only a win over Cesaro but his first win here in GSW.
*The two men lock up and jockey for position. The two spill out through the top and middle rope. They break the hold. Cesaro falls onto his side, HHH takes advantage by starting to stomp at him. The crowd cheering. HHH pulls Cesar up and Irish Whips him towards the apron. Cesaro hops onto the very edge of the apron and jumps, spinning into an European Uppercut. The crowd can't help themselves and pop loud. Cesaro poses, most of the crowd boo again, some remain cheering. He picks up HHH and rolls him into the ring and covers him for barely a two count. HHH lays on his side. Cesaro grabs his hair and lays him on this stomach. He kneels and wraps his arms around HHHs waist. He tries to lift him for a Gutwrench Suplex but HHH grabs the ropes. Cesaro tries for a few more seconds belfry giving up. He stands with his hands on HHHs back and drives his knee into HHHs hip. HHH collapses and rolls under the bottom rope and to the floor. Cesaro poses in the ring to boos. HHH pulls himself using the apron and rolls back into the ring. He starts to pull himself to his feet suing the ropes. Cesaro grabs his hair and pulls him away from the ropes. He pushes him to his feet and European Uppercuts him. HHH staggers back, holding his jaw and grabs the top rope. *
Havoc: A familiar sight, Cesaro with the advantage over HHH.
*Angle sighs. Cesaro wraps his arms around HHHs gut and Gutwrench Suplexs him. Cesaro pulls him away from the ropes and covers him for a two and a half count. Cesaro goes to HHHs side. He poses and jumps but HHH rolls and Cesaro lands a Double Foot Stomp on the mat. Cesaro staggers a little and almost falls, but keeps his balance. Cesaro kicks his leg back and forth, the camera adjusts to get a good view of HHH Chop Blocking Cesaros leg. Cesaro goes right down and grabs his leg and rolls out of the ring. The crowd cheering as HHH catches his breath before posing. He leaves the ring, Cesaro pulling himself up using the table, HHH kicks Cesaros bad leg and Cesaro grabs his leg, and starts to walk away. HHH grabs his tights and pulls him back. He tries to lift him up for a Shin Breaker on the table. But Cesaro reaches over and grabs Kurt Angle but the collar of his shirt and holds onto him as HHH tries to lift him. The ref gets in the middle of it trying to pull Cesaro off of Angle. During this Cesaro, pushes Angle away and causes Angle to fall back pulling the he ref down with him. He takes a cheap punch at HHH and quickly grabs Havocs laptop and cracks HHH across the back with it. HHH falls to his knees and then to all fours. The crowd boo. Cesaro poses, the laptop broken in two on the floor. *
Havoc: Cesaro trying anything to regain control against HHH...I mean, I'm ok with that but now he owes me a new laptop.
*The ref and Angle start conversing with each other, making sure each is ok. During this, Cesaro tosses HHH into the ring. He pulls him into a Piledriver position, picks HHH up and hits The Neutralizer. He covers HHH. The crowd booing, some cheering surprisingly. The ref doesn't ton tide right away, but rushes into the ring when he does and starts counting. *
Ref/Crowd simultaneously: 1...2...
*With the refs hand just inches away from the mat, HHH gets his shoulder up. The crowd pop huge. Cesaro sits up in utter shock. He argues with the ref about the count. He stands up and pulls HHH up into a Piledriver position again. This time HHH reverses by Back Body Dropping Cesaro. The crowd cheer. HHH poses. He turns around, Cesaro is already on his feet and hits a European Uppercut. HHH grabs his jaw turning around, hunched over. Cesaro turns him and stands him up. HHH quickly punches Cesaro in the jaw. He quickly kicks him in the gut and tires for a Pedigree but Cesaro reverses it. Cesaro takes a moment to catch his breath but suddenly gets Schoolboy'd for a two count. Cesaro rolls to his feet and kicks HHH, standing up and hunched over, in the grunt. HHH falls to one knee. Cesaro wastes no time wrapping his arms around HHHs waist and pucks him up. He walks around a little before Gutwrench Suplexing HHH. Cesaro sits up and poses. He stands and climbs onto the second rope and sits down waiting. *
Angle: Cesaro biding his time, obviously with a plan in mind. But giving HHH too much time to recover and gather his thoughts can completely hangs the momentum in The Games favor.
Havoc: How does HHH having a counter favor Cesaro?
*HHH gets to his feet, groggy. He turns around and Cesaro comes off the top rope with a Spinning European Uppercut. He lays on the mat fro a bit before getting onto his knees and posing. He grabs HHH by the hair and puts him into a Piledriver position and poses. Once again HHH reverses to a good pop. He poses and turns around. Cesaro had landed on his feet and pushes HHH into the air and hits a Very European Uppercut and covers HHH for the three. The crowd boo but there are some cheers actually audible. *
Canario: Your winner by pinfall, Cesaro!
*He celebrates ignoring the boos. He leaves the ring and points out the cheering to a few front fans who are booing. Cesaro starts to the back and the camera cuts to HHH laying on the mat. The feed cuts to commercial. When it comes back Sabu is pacing around the ring, chair in hand. *
Angle: We got word from the back threat we have one last match tonight and it promises to be a hell of a brawl.
*The crowd pops loud when the sound of glass shattering plays over The P.A. System. "Stone Cold" Steve Austin comes walking out, looking form one side of the room to the other. When he's almost to the ring, Sabu comes into frame landing into of Austin. He rolls off of Austin and onto his knees. He points upwards and hops up. He starts stomping on Austin. He picks him up and throws him shoulder first into the guard, the crowd is hot. Sabu walks away, Austin falls to the floor holding his shoulder. The camera cuts to Sabu rolling into the ring and grabbing his chair. While he does this, the opening of the match replays from a different angle showing that Sabu jumped off of his chair. The replay fades away, Austin is on all fours and Sabu starts laying into his back with the chair over and over again. The ref tries ton intervene but Sabu scares him off with the chair. Sabu throws the chair down and goes to the ring and lifts the apron and looks underneath. *
Havoc: The hell is he looking for?
Angle: Guaranteed whatever it is, he can use it as a weapon.
*Sabu pulls out a table. The crowd cheers loud. Sabu drags the table to the one side of the ring and balances it on the park a don guardrail. He goes back over to Austin, whose starting to recover. Sabu gets close and gets punched in the jaw with a series of right hands. Austin grabs him by the hair and pants and throws him over the guardrail. He takes a brief moment to gather his bearings before climbing over the guardrail after Sabu. The cameraman follows. Austin and Sabu trade costs through the audience, the crowd moving to give them room to brawl and the camera to follow. Sabu gets the upper hand with a stiff Haymaker that staggers Austin. He pushes a fan out of his chair and folds it up and drives it into Austin's gut. Austin falls to one knee and Sabu throws the chair away and drags Austin back to the guardrail and throws him over. *
Havoc: The ref is doing a great job just standing in the ring. Really earning that paycheck.
*Sabu stands on the guardrail and walks off, turning enough to Leg Drop Austin. He stands and points upwards again. He picks Austin up and rolls him onto the table. He clubs his chest once. He climbs onto the apron and then to top rope. He steady stream himself before Moonsaulting off the top rope. Austin rolls off the table and Sabu goes through it. The crowd cheer loud. Austin is off camera, resting. After a few seconds Austin pulls Sabu up and rolls him into the ring. Austin rests on the apron. Sabu begins to crawl to the ropes, Austin gets in the ring. Sabu is starting to pull himself up. Austin walks up behind him, Sabu throws his elbow back, hitting Austin square in the nose. Austin staggers back, holding his nose. Sabu grabs Austin and hits a DDT. *
Angle: Holy crap, an actual wrestling move!
*Sabu rolls Austin over and covers him for a one and a half count. Sabu Chokes Austin with one hand until a four count. He hops up and goes after the ref, chasing him out f the ring. *
Havoc: The System sure hired some top notch refs.
*Sabu yells at the ref from inside the ring. The crowd is cheering loud and when Sabu turns around Austin kicks him in the gut and hits a Stone Cold Stunner to a loud pop. Almost on cue, when Austin hits the mat, the lights go out. A bell rings out of the P.A. and the crowd cheer loud as the lights take on a purple tint, Austin can be seen pacing in the ring, mouthing to himself. Another two bells ring out and Undertqkers music begins to play. The crowd is cheering loud as Taker slowly walks out a few seconds later, pausing at the top of the aisle. He and Austin stare down, Austin encouraging him to come to the ring. Taker starts to walk down the aisle, and takes off his hat and coat. He speeds up about halfway to meet Austin at the end of the aisle and the two start trading fists as the lights go back on, the crowd is hot. The tow continue to trade fists moving towards the ring. Security come out and get between the two to boos. Taker and Austin just shove them aside and Taker takes advantage. He grabs Austin by the throat. Austin flails as Taker puts his arm over his head. Austin reverses it by elbowing Taker in the jaw. Taker let's go and staggers sideways a little. Austin kicks him in the gut and goes for a Stone Cold a Stunner but Taker shoves him off into the security. Austin quickly turns around but Taker is gone. Austin looks around before putting his hands on his head and cursed out loud. The camera cuts to Jack Palmers office where Kendrick and Cesaro are standing up watching the show when the door opens and Jacks temp, Vanessa Jazz walks in. She's about 6 foot, wearing a causal dark blue dress. She's a brunette with some blue streaks. She sighs.*
Jazz: Well I'm sure Jacks blood pressure just went through the roof.
*Jazz waves it off and smiles. *
Jazz: Anyway back to business.
*She walks past Kendrick and Cesaro and sits on the edge of Jacks desk. Kendrick and Cesaro turn to face her. *
Jazz: Gentlemen, currently Taz has no Number One Contender. So Jack and The System have decided that since you are two of our wrestlers with a great track record in terms of wins, you well face off next week to decide The Number One Contender.
*Kendrick looks Cesaro, who smirks and looks down. *
Cesaro: What a great idea.
*Kendrick just nods. *
Jazz: Something wrong Brian?
Kendrick: Why the hell do I have to earn the spot?I've earned that spot already. I've beaten Mysterio, Sabu, I've even beat this jackass.
*He points to Cesaro. He turns to Cesaro. *
Kendrick: I've won against you once and now is have to do it again just to get into a spot I've already earned and I...
*Cesaro interrupts him by punching him and knocking him out the ground, Kendrick holds his jaw looking up, grimacing. Cesaro smirks and starts out of the room. He leaves and the camera cuts to Jazzs face, she's smiling and picks up her phone, dialing a number and the feed fades to black. *