Haters Gonna Hate Results: December 5th

And we're back.


Matthew Werner: Welcome back. Now, here's that promo with ZMaster. It wasn't forgotten. Promise.


Stacy Grey: First off, welcome ZMaster. It's an honor to be interviewing you for the first time.


ZMaster: Thanks for having me. I suppose we should get down to business.


Stacy Grey: Yeah. Now...what about that business last week, with you attacking Shawn Malakai? Both he and Wayne McGurk were welcoming you into the ring with open arms and you attacked them, Malakai receiving the brunt of it. Why?


ZMaster: I never do anything without a reason. It is simply to make the impact that I have returned. Call it being at the wrong place at the wrong. I'm observing WFWF and I'm not liking what I see. Competition has become weak-minded with lack of incentive. Call it a shot in the arm or call me crazy. Malakai is the one I want because of the symbol of what WFWF is and where it might be going and it doesn't look pretty.


Stacy Grey: But Malakai's made it a point as of late to say he wants to change the WFWF for the better. To return it to its great days, he says. How is that a bad thing?


ZMaster: He isn't completely wrong but going about it in a different manner. Talking about change is one thing, doing it is another.


Stacy Grey: How do you plan on 'doing it?'


ZMaster: My actions will show what I have planned in due time. It will be about resetting the WFWF. This place needs to be reset before it gets to the point of no return. How you might ask? Just keep watching is all I can give.


Stacy Grey: And how does Vanessa McGurk play into all of this?


ZMaster: Someone who sees what I am doing and believes in the cause. Nothing more, nothing less.


Stacy Grey: And Wayne McGurk? Why target him along side Malakai? The two really have no major connection.


ZMaster: Casualties is all I can say. McGurk & Malakai were just at the wrong place at the wrong time. I'm sure Malakai will want to fight and he'll get it when the time comes.


Stacy Grey: I highly doubt that Wayne was just a casualty. He's the WFWF Champion. There had to be some kind of motive, right?


ZMaster: Now that you mention it, why isn't he carrying his belt and doing something about it? McGurk is supposed to be the face of the WFWF and hasn't been holding his championship now has he? I see it as a disgrace to not take back what was stolen. Had that been me, I would have done something about it like take it back with force. The one who tries to steal from me would be beaten. It never happened but still.


Stacy Grey: But there were...extenuating circumstances beyond Wayne's control though. Surely you understand that, right?


ZMaster: Perhaps but still it's all about principal. If he's going to be champion, he must obtain it right back. Nothing like this should ever happen.


Stacy Grey: Well do you see yourself stepping into that ring one more time?


ZMaster: It's bound to happen. No matter how many times I think I'm done, somehow, someway I'm back in a ring.


Stacy Grey: And what about that gold that Wayne has. Well...figuratively, anyways. Can you see yourself going to the top of the mountain one last time?


ZMaster: To become a two-time WFWF Champion would be something. It is a thought that had not crossed my mind. Never say never on that. I promise this, should I ever hold it one more time, you're going to know that I deserve it and will be competing and being involved showing others what they must do to reach that point.


Stacy Grey: Do you think you could do better than Wayne McGurk or Alex Sean as this companies biggest representative?


ZMaster: Could I do better? Yeah, I'll keep the belt and make others try to take it from me by actually beating me. It would show others how to be a World Champion and how only the elite can make it. Unlike Alex, I never sit around and do nothing. Unlike Wayne, I won't let anyone take it. The only way is to beat me and that's it.


Stacy Grey: You do know you'll face adversity, right? Alex and Wayne are just the beginning. There's Thunder, Braden Munroe and most interestingly to your case, Shawn Malakai who will surely stand in your way. Thoughts?


ZMaster: It's no different than what I've dealt with before except for the names.


Stacy Grey: If I didn't know any better, one could assume you were underestimating these men.


ZMaster: Not exactly. I know the challenge of each of them. All I'm saying is I've dealt with adversity and it will be no different. This isn't underestimating, it's knowing full well that it won't be easy.


Stacy Grey: In closing, what's the one thing you plan on accomplishing during your time here in the WFWF?


ZMaster: Just one thing? For one, showing I have something left despite being away. Another would be to return WFWF to where there is a motivation to be the best.


Stacy Grey: And of your impending conflict with Shawn Malakai?


ZMaster: To defeat him when it counts the most. I realize he will be wanting to fight me and he must know that I will accept his fight when the time comes.


Stacy Grey: This has been very informative. Thank you for your time, ZMaster. And welcome back.


ZMaster: No problem. Thanks for the welcome back.


We cut back to the commentators.


Matthew Werner:This next match is kind of important. The winning team will join Ace Bennett in next weeks number one contenders match for the WFWF National Championship.


Albright and Cage start out the match. Albright with the size advantage makes quick work of Cage, tossing him around like a rag doll. Albright tags in Lightning who works on Cage for a bit. Desperate after a series of hard kicks, Cage makes the tag to his partner Chris Jackal, who enters the ring and totally destroys Lightning, dropping him hard with a nasty shoulder shot right to his chest. Cage distracts Johnny Albright while Jackal proceeds to hit Lightning with the Shooting Star Press for the win.


Matthew Werner: Lawrence Cage and Chris Jackal advance to next weeks contenders match! Awesome! Johnny Albright didn't look happy though, being distracted like that, I'm not going to lie.


We cut to the backstage area where Stacy Grey is standing by with Gladiator.


Stacy Grey: Hey guys, it’s Stacy Grey here with Gladiator! Gladiator, welcome back to the WFWF. First off...


The whole shot cuts out, cutting to black and white static. The shot comes back, but it’s scrambled. A series of ones and zeroes fills the screen. The scene comes back, not on Stacy Grey, but a much darker scene, both figuratively and literally. From the once high definition cameras and bright lights of the high budget WFWF to an apparent handheld SVHS shaking in a dark night, the show has apparently been high jacked. The subject at hand, doubling as the camera man apparently, has a black hoody on, covering most of his aspect range which begs the question why he didn’t just hack the show with an audio tape.


??: Every good book has three parts. A beginning, a middle, and an end. Some of the greatest stories in the world took years to finish. Short bursts of creativity here and there allow for progress, but when road blocks approach, the greatest writers fumble and fade to obscurity. Thus the case with me. Faded and forgotten, with scars to match. Twisted and sick and bad for the business.. They said I was out to destroy the business. Why would I wanna destroy something that I helped build? That was never my intention, my intentions were good.. But while I sit at home, laid off, I realize this is what I know, this is what I do best. While I can do other things, this is my niche. This is where I belong. This is my home.


The subject whips back the hoody to reveal a familiar face, albeit older and with much more hair than previously recalled. And a beard. Everyone should have a beard when they return from exiles. It’s the newest induction into the WFWF Hall of Fame. No, not Tha CBT. He’s dead. May he rest in peace. Holding the handled camera is the one and only King of Gore, Your Heretic Hero, Phillip Schneider.


P/S: Consider this chapter two.


Matthew Werner: Holy sh*t.


The crowd has gone absolutely still, still staring at the titantron, which is now nothing but white noise as tech tries to regroup. We cut back to Werner and Steel, jaws wide open.


Matt Steel: Sh*t just got real, yo.


Matthew Werner: For real. I mean...it's been years since we've seen him. He's a former WFWF Champion...but it's been years...


Matt Steel: Phillip Schneider...Obo. Oh man...this is gonna be good.


Matthew Werner: That it will. And now, it's time for the Champions to be in action.


Despite an admirable effort, AJ King’s and Austin Anderson’s debuts were spoiled by the increasingly dominant team of DGX and EBR and their combination of experience and skill. While at one point it appeared that the two newcomers were on their way to building momentum after Austin Anderson connected with the Niagara Driver, their advantage was short lived after DGX cleaned Anderson out with the Breakdown and EBR was able to pin AJ King after the Folding Power-Bomb for the win. Throughout and especially after the match Matthew Werner and Matt Steel continued to question just who in the almost non-existent Tag Team division would be able to challenge EBR and DGX for their Tag Team titles, which continues to just be foreshadowing quite frankly.