Post by Valdora on Jun 20, 2010 21:09:00 GMT
WWF Retribution 2010 Build up
Deadly Alliance
-After the epic and eventful night that was the King of the Ring we open Raw to the roaring capacity crowd.
“Ladies and Gentleman” Gene Okerlund is in the centre of the ring “the 2010 WWF King of the Ring the Phenomenal AJ Styles!”
Styles music hits and he makes his way out to a loud roar of approval from the crowd.
Styles holds out his arms to the crowd, a smile on his face and rightfully so.
“AJ thanks for your time, indeed it is a proud moment for you as you worked harder than ever last night winning three hard fought matches to becoming King of the Ring and in doing so earned yourself a World Wrestling Federation Championship match in the main event of the second biggest night of the year: Summerslam!.”
Styles nods as the crowd cheer.
“Well in saying that what are your plans heading into undoubtedly the biggest night of your life?”
“Well obviously Gene I have a lot of training and preparation ahead of me. I want to be in the best shape of my life come Summerslam and I don’t just mean body wise, I want to be in the best ring shape of my life so I am as of right now offering and open challenge to anyone who wants to face me because I need the work out…”
AJ is cut off as Kurt Angle’s music hits. Kurt Angle and his new group that was formed the night before walk out. Hazard, Dynamite and the Steiner’s flanking the gold medalist.
“Sorry to interrupt AJ but I couldn’t help but here you talking about challenging people to get in the best wrestling shape of your life. Well Styles look at me I am in the best wrestling shape of my life and so are my new friends. You see with everyone getting into little protective groups due to paranoia lately I figured what the hell if those lose life’s can form an army I can certainly form a far better one. You see the men beside me all are great ground and pound wrestlers. Every one of them accomplished in both amateur and professional wrestling and everyone of the them at one time have been the exception that stands out from the crowd as just being a great wrestler. And that is what we are about. Wrestling, wrestling and more wrestling of its true! Because what you are looking at right now is the new and improved Team Angle! And we stand for the United States of America, Great Wrestling and teaching punks like you a lesson!” Angles smiles broadly.
Mixed reaction as AJ takes the mic from Gene and raises it to his mouth, Okerlund high tailing it.
“Yeah that’s great Kurt but what the hell has it got to do with me” AJ smirks and shrugs.
“Oh I’ll show you AJ I’ll show you right now” Kurt yells back “because if there is something every great wrestler knows is that they need to be paid well for their craft. Money walks AJ and as such allow us to introduce out new business arrangement, a merger if you will with another team you may know: The Company!”
“Oh god no! Please no!” JR shakes his head as the Companies music hits.
Sherri and Cornette lead their gold plated troupe out with titles and smug grins with them.
“Oh it’s true its dam true!” Angle rants and then hand the microphone to Cornette.
Before he can even speak his is reigned down upon with boos “If you will excuse these ignorant people AJ!” The boos get louder “you see last night it dawned upon me that we don’t have many members compared to some of these new factions forming, and that as the body with all the gold in out camp we knew we would be a target for hungry little bitches like you to try and get lucky and take what we got! It was then that I saw Kurt Angle form his wrestling group and it was then that is dawned upon me that Angle was a practical kinda guy” he now begins walking down the ramp, the massive merged army and Sherri following like a battalion “so we made a deal and now not only are we the most famous, most powerful and most elite of groups we are now the largest with enforcers left, right and centre. Among other things all it took is return was to promise we would help Kurt out with a few pests we also had on our hits list and after last night AJ your name joined that list. You see we can’t have people like you getting lucky for title matches against the greatest wrestler in the world for the WWF title so we decided to fix that problem!”
The entire merged group of Team Angle and the Company surround the ring. MVP, Miz and Danielson handing their belts to their managers as AJ looks around, his face turning white as he realizes what is happening.
“Boys!” Cornette finally yells.
With that all 9 wrestlers charge the ring, AJ goes to jump for Danielson but is quickly overwhelmed by the sheer mass of humanity as they jump him and begin hammering him into the ground with kicks and punches from all sides.
The crowd then suddenly come alive as Jushin Liger hits the ring but is quickly jumped and taken down as well by the half of the group, the boos and screams getting louder than ever now.
Suddenly hope returns again as the Canadian Clique’s male members run down with Trish in toe. But four are no match for one, Kurt Angle salivating as Edge, Christian and Jericho fight with all there might but finally succumb to their combined forces. Finally Hazard hits his sit down tombstone on Christian and rolls him out the ring, Scott Steiner hits the Frakensteiner followed by an Angle Slam from Angle and gets thrown out with him and then Jericho gets a diving head but, a backbreaker and then an Angle slam before being rolled out on top of them.
They then turn around to see Samoa Joe hitting the Muscle Buster on Jushin Liger followed by MVP running in with the IC title and smashing into the masked head of Liger, getting down in his face with it and screamed “you never gonna have this! Never!” then laying in boots and directing traffic to thrown him out of the ring.
Attention then returns to AJ and one by one every man takes turns. In the end AJ takes a finishers from almost the entire group before finally Danielson locks in Cattle Mutilation. Just like HBK AJ kicks and screams and tries to get out to start but then finally slims to the mat out cold. Trash is now being thrown into the ring, the boos deafening as Cornette hands Bryan his WWF belt and he taunts it at the lifeless body of AJ before placing it on his shoulder and leaving with a smile of his face. The others follow as they head up the ramp all they leave is their devastation in their wake. Edge, Christian, Jericho, Liger and AJ Styles all out cold as Trish can only scream out for help.
-The following week Jericho’s music hits and the Canadian Clique make their way into the ring bandaged and taped up from the previous week’s assault, holding themselves in pain as they step between the ropes, Trish helping them.
“Ok” Jericho has a microphone in hand “let’s cut to the chase. The Company has grown into an empire and the sheer fact that one of the figure heads has a personal grudge against us put a pretty big bull’s-eye on our backs. Last week along with AJ and Jushin we were made ‘examples of.’ Thing is boy you didn’t finish the job and you didn’t push hard enough. We are standing right here before you in defiance and mark uncle J’s words boys one day we will get you were we want you and take our revenge out of each of you piece by piece, and Kurt Angle I am personally gonna start with you!”
Jericho is then cut off Bret Hart’s music hits to a loud reaction. The Hart Foundation make their way out in formation and in style, heading and spreading out around the ring as Bret takes a mic from the timekeeper.
“Hey. I was in the back Jericho and I couldn’t help but here what you were saying and after what happened last week I want you to know if we had been there we would have kicked those bastards up side their head and locked them in sharpshooters” Bret gets cheers as he nods the crowd.
“What do you want Bret?” Edge demands.
“Well Edge, Jericho, Christian, Trish I will put it simply like this: Your group is called the Canadian clique and you are all pretty stand up guys, hell you all fantastic wrestlers. Well the Hart Foundation stands for Canada to, we are something of heroes up there. We saw what happened last week and you felt it and I think it obvious that now more than ever we need good men and women to stand up to those corrupt ego maniacs. We need a force large enough to meet them head on and protect ourselves and everyone else. So right now I am proposing an alliance of Canada to take out the Company and Team Angle what d’ya say?”
Jericho looks at the others a moment, each of them seeming to speak among themselves for a moment when Jericho is about to speak but Edge cuts him off stepping forward.
“On one condition, you give us something as…a show of good faith” Edge says.
“What?”
Edge looks at Christian and then points to the Hart Dynasty’s title belts “a tag team title shot!”
The crowd erupts at the idea and the possibility of Edge & Christian reuniting as a tag team one more time. Bret tilts his head seeming to think about it for a moment then turns and begins consulting with the others before speaking.
“You got it” the crowd roar and clap with approval at the idea.
After a moment Jericho then steps forward and offers Bret his hand which Bret takes and shakes, the deal sealed.
“Let us put you on notice Company, Angle we are coming for you!” Jericho yells to finish the segment.
As music plays the groups them merge, everyone exchanging handshakes. The two factions now one.
-First match announced: Edge & Christian VS the Hart Dynasty for the Tag Team Championship.
An introduction
-Over the several weeks leading into Retribution various vignettes begin to play showing a new character. Here is the first:
Sitting in a high back gold, red inline chair and a glass of cherry in hand, servants around him an athletic man with mid length curled blond hair, long pointed mustache and chin beard he speaks.
“Hello one and all my name is “Sir” Charles Ecktor and yes that is “Sir” as I am a certified lord and have been knighted by her majesty the Queen of England, oh yes. Now as to why I will soon be gracing your screens as a lowly professional wrestler. I know many of you wonder why a man of my stature would stoop so low well…” he stands and begins walking through his mansion, servants attending to him around him. Finally we enter a gym with him and see upper class people training behind him “you see dear fellows I have been trained in the art of classic boxing and indeed many years ago as a young lad grew up fighting for my life on the streets, until my daddy called me in anyway haha. But yes I am a trained bare fist fighter and lately have begun training on the art of pro wrestling. The reason is simply that my life is so boring and I want to gain glory for myself in this “wrasslin” business. I come to seek the American dream and I come to the America now to the World Wrestling Federation to dominate over the low lifes there and gain myself some glory. Good day” a hot maid ducks into view putting a pillow on his lap “well hello my dear, I will see you later. Oh yes what was a saying? Good day to you all” he raises his glass “I’m Charles Ecktor. I kick ass but I do so with class.”
X Division
-The week following the big beat down X Division Champion the Miz would make his way to the ring for an in ring interview with Gene Okerlund.
“Well Miz certainly we saw how your group The Company has expanded and how dangerous that is for everyone involved but The Canadian Clique has vowed to be here tonight…”
“Really Gene? What do you think I’m aboot a bunch of Canadian hacks, no! So let’s get onto the business at hand and that is the fact that last week on Raw I retained my title and stand here still as you X Division Champion!” He holds the belt up with his signature pose as the crowd boo.
“Well indeed and with King of the Ring behind us I have to ask if you intend on defending you championship come Retribution?”
“Well…”
Miz is cut off as familiar music hits, the music of WWE legend and NWA wrestler Ric Flair! The crowd react with shock but that soon turns to cheers and laughter as Jay Lethal emerges dressed in full Ric Flair attire, expensive robe and all.
“Wooo” Lethal starts “hey Miz! Hey big man! Maybe your challenge is standing right here! Maybe you challenge is the 16 time! 16 Time! World Champion! Wooooo the nature boy!”
Miz can on look on in confusion before finally able to speak “what…the…hell?”
“What you have never heard of the Jet Flying, Limousine riding, Wheeling Steeling son of gun!” Lethal yells with his dead on impression.
“Wow you really are a freak Lethal!” Miz mocks “is this all you can do? Impersonate better wrestlers?”
“I can beat your ass and take your title! Wooooooooo!”
“Really? Really? You know what? Fine! Lethal I will clear it with the officials and you got your title match cause right now I would like nothing more than to beat some sense into you!” Miz yells to a pop from the crowd.
-The second match announced is Miz VS Jay Lethal for the X Division Championship
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-We return to Raw later on the first week after King of the Ring as the company’s music hits.
The company come out on mass with their new merged partners in Team Angle. “Well they showed what they can do earlier tonight and it wasn’t a pretty sight” JR comments as Cornette has a microphone again.
“First of all allow me to speak to the men we dealt with from out hit list earlier tonight: I hope you can hear this and let it be a lesson to you. You don’t mess with the company and you down ever try and take what we own! Now…” the crowd is booing loudly “onto business. Last night was one a night of glory, true we lost Joe but he took that stupid steroid freak him! Get well soon Joe! But what truly matter is that beside me stands the greatest wrestler alive and oh I know you have heard me say that many times these past few months but now you all have proof. When it comes to the American Dragon Bryan Danielson and the glory of true wrestling he is bringing back to this Mickey Mouse Federation we say we are going to do something and then we do it! What other person can say they defeated the Undertaker and Shawn Michaels? What other man can say he did it at two PPV’s in a row! This man is a wrestling machine, this man is perfection and this man is a god!” Bryan stands, title around his waist and smiling smugly as Cornette speaks, the crowd jeering.
“Now about his next defense…”
Cornette is cut of are tires screech and Mankind makes his way out and into the ring to a warm loud reaction.
“Mick what the hell do you want?” Cornette frowns as Foley get a microphone.
The Company and Team Angle for their part stand ready to pounce.
“Whoah! Whoah hold on their boys!” Mankind stretches out his hands “I’m not here to fight and Mr. Cornette I am not here to ask for a title match.
“Then why the hell are you here retard?” Cornette yells.
“Because I saw what happened earlier on and I have heard the rumors on what kind of perks these guys get…”
“Oh they aren’t rumors” MVP buts in.
“Yeah well see…I like money, I like women and I like having friends to watch my back. I would be pretty cool and I see you guys are the hot ticket around here lately so…can I join the Company please Mrs. Sherri? Mr. Cornette?”
“Oh Mick…” Cornette smiles “no! Why the hell would we want a fat, bingo hall wrestling, hobo piece of trash like you?” The crowd boos heavily as Mankind looks really upset by the comments.
“But I…”
“Didn’t you hear him” Danielson has now taken the mic and stepped forward “he said no! Do you understand that retard? No! Why? Look around this ring, look at everyone in it. You see we dress in the best suits, we are good looking we don’t look like we were scraped of a sidewalk! And most of all and listen here Mick ‘because I want you to hear this one: We can wrestle!” The crowd reacts with ‘ohs!” at the comment “do you know what that is Mick? Wrestling? It doesn’t involve falling through a table or falling off a cage!”
Mankind looks like he is getting mad now.
“Bryan…”
“You still here?” Bryan cocks his nose at him “don’t you get it? Leave! No as a matter of fact stay for a moment and look at me: I am the greatest wrestler alive, I wrestle I don’t do you crap that ruined the sport! I am the WWF Champion and yeah I held it for more than a month which you have never done! And I beat Shawn Michaels and the Undertaker! You are just a fat piece of crap!”
Foley now reaches up and throws his mask to the mat, in a manic rage as he steps forward and brings the microphone up again.
“Danielson…I really was trying to ignore you but now you have gone too far! Listen to me! Listen to me you disrespectful little brat!” He gets in his face now “I was wrestling and putting my body on the line for this business why you were still sucking on your Mother’s breasts! I have seen how you have come forward with this little mod behind you and proceeded to disrespect every person whose blood, sweat and tears made this business and made the company that now pays you! You think just because you cheated yourself into having the WWF Championship you’re something! You are nothing little man and if it’s the last thing I do I am going to beat some respect out of you!”
With that Foley launches for him but the mob jump him beating him down from all sides into the ground. Finally Kurt Angle delivers an Angle slam and then with several others hold Mick up in front of Danielson, Cornette and Sherri. Danielson shouting “hold him!” as the bruised Foley tries to fight out of their grip. Danielson then runs forward and drives his knee into Mick’s face. He then turns him over grabbing his tie and turning it around to choke him with it. Foley reaches out with both hand, choking and crying out in almost squeals. Finally Danielson lets go and lets him fall to the mat.
That is then followed up with MVP handing him a chair which after telling them to hold Foley up again runs forward and cracks it over his head. He then lifts the chair and brings it down once, twice, three, four, five, six, seven times before throwing it away. Blood is now pouring down Foley’s face as Danielson hooks the arms and locks in Cattle Mutilation. He holds it for minuets until finally letting Mick fall to the mat, out cold just like Shawn the night before.
“My god Mick was just trying to join their group and they insulted him, insulted the business and then this! This people this Bryan Danielson sickens me!” JR spits out on commentary as they leave the ring, leaving Mick Foley laying.
-When we return from break Kendra and Daffney are in the ring for an in ring interview.
“Ladies thank you for joining me” Okerlund speaks “we have just learned on wwf.com that at Retribution Kendra will get her title match against Hamada one on one in what should be a tremendous rematch…”
Okerlund trails off as the lights cut out. When they come back up a women is walking down to the ring.
“JR that’s…that’s Ariel from the NWA!” King yells.
“I see that but what is she doing here?” JR replies.
Ariel enters the ring, fang and all, in her usual seductive style and walks up to Daffney, cupping her hands and whispering something into her ear. Daffney nods in understand and turns to Kendra saying “it’s time.” With that Kendra also nods and three women leave the ring, leaving the Okerlund looking on alone in confusion.
-Third match announced is Hamada VS Kendra for the Women’s Championship.
-The next week on Raw we cut backstage to see Ariel standing in front of a black curtain.
“You made it” she smiles “they will see you now.”
The crowd roars as Mick Foley steps into frame, his arm in a sling and his face heavily bruised.
“Thank you” he nods to her and walks through the curtain as Ariel grins towards the camera.
-That week on Smackdown in the middle of the show we are in the middle of a tremendous little match between Hayabusa and Paul London when the lights cut out again. This time they turn blue and music hits. The music is that of dark boiler room Mankind! Mankind stumbles out dressed in his old brown attire he hadn’t been seen in for months and walking and look deranged like the dark Mankind of last year. Mankind rolls into the ring and walks up to Hayabusa. The ref gets in Mankind’s face but he beats punches him out and yells at Lethal in derange style to leave. Lethal does so with haste. Mankind then turns back to Hayabusa and is whispering something in his ear. Hayabusa suddenly then begins to back off, shaking his head and saying “No!”
“He looks scared to death at whatever Mankind just said!” JR comments.
Mankind pleads with Hayabusa but Hayabusa continues to say no. Mankind then launches forward attacking him to a mixed and confused reaction from the crowd and then locking in the mandible claw. He holds it for a minute until finally releasing as he sees Hayabusa is out cold. He then begins signaling to the back and shouting “come on, now!”
The crowd then react with cheer but shock as Gabriel’s music hits. “King that’s Gabriel…what the hell is he doing here is he…” “He’s doing whatever Mankind says, he seems to be obeying Mankind’s every command!” King replies.
Indeed Gabriel seems to be, scooping the out cold Hayabusa over his shoulder and carrying him off as Mankind orders him to the back, leaving with them.
The Return
-We are back on Raw two weeks after the beat down and are told that even though he hasn’t fully recovered Jushin Liger will be here tonight. Liger makes his way out for his match to a loud crowd response, walking down the ramp and giving thumbs up to the crowd when…bam! From behind comes Tiger Mask with Mr. Fuji. Both men begin putting the boots into Liger, Fuji then bringing down his cane. Mask then picks up Liger and rams him headfirst into the stage and look on with satisfaction. “My God it’s Tiger Mask! He’s back and he’s out for revenge!” JR yells.
“Hey Liger! He’s back!” Fuji’s laughs in Jushin’s face “well done Liger you beat him badly at Wrestlemania but you did not beat him as you! You beat him because you go crazy! We say this to owner and owner agree, he feel as we feel that you need to prove you can beat Tiger Mask fair in a fair match with rules! So at Retribution show it will be Tiger Mask VS Jushin Liger one more time ha-ha and Liger Tiger Mask would like you to know that he will make you won’t make it to Summerslam for your title match! Ha-ha!” With that they lay in a few more boots and leave.
-The next match will be Jushin Liger VS Tiger Mask: to see if Liger can beat Tiger Mask one on one in a singles match!
IC Title
-We return to the third weeks Raw and the Company are once again in the ring.
“Now before I get on to the business at hand” Cornette speaks “let me first address Bret Hart and Jericho’s little group. You may have us equal in number but you don’t have us equal in talent so any time any place boys and girl!” The crowd cheers at the idea “now onto the important business and that is that…”
“Hey” Angle cuts him off, now having a microphone of his own “you said we would deal with the Canadian’s! That was part of our deal!”
“And we shall Kurt, anyway…”
“No! We are going to take them out now!”
“Who do you think you are talking to cue ball?” Danielson steps in between them and gets a “oh!” reaction as Angle lowers his head in shimmering rage.
“Out of my way Bryan or I will show you what tapping and snapping means!”
“Try it!” The two step up going to nose to the nose as the crowd buzz and stand in anticipation.
As they are trash talking, everyone around them trying to break them up AJ Style’s music hits to a loud pop.
“Hey! Instead of worrying about yourselves I suggest you worry about me!” The crowd roars “you see at Summerslam next month I have a WWF Title shot and whoever is the champion at that time will go down and I will become the next WWF Champion, it’s my dream and my time is now! But in the mean time I think I might go for a total domination, a white wash. And whether that means having two matches that night I really don’t care. MVP I am entitled to a IC title match and I want one at Retribution!”
“What?” MVP is going nuts in the ring “what the hell are you on? You want to beat me and then Danielson? You may as well try and bring back the Dinosaurs why you’re at it! And even if you get lucky like you have done before you really want two matches at Summerslam when you already are going to be taken to the limit by Danielson? You cash this match and I’ll make sure you don’t even make it there!”
“Well…if AJ doesn’t” Angle speaks up to everyone’s surprise “how about you give me a title shot. Hell a belts a belt and the IC title is pretty big nowadays.”
“Whoah! Kurt hold on…”
“Yes or no?” Kurt asks bluntly.
“Hey! No offence Angle but get lost! He needs to answer me first” AJ yells down the ramp.
At that moment they are cut off as through the crowd come the Canadian Clique and The Hart Foundation to thunderous cheering and jumping up and down from the crowd around them as they hop over the guard wall and go in to attack until…
Karl Dutton’s music hits and he walks onto the ramp.
“Ok that’s enough! I have had enough of this gang warfare you lot have all started up! I won’t let it destroy my company!” He yells “now I am going to make a match that will please and hopefully satisfy all parties. At Retribution it will be MVP defending the Intercontinental Championship against AJ Styles, Kurt Angle and hell to make thing blow off Chris Jericho! In a fatal four way match!” The crowd cheers loudly in response as each man reacts, MVP and Sherri livid.
“Now have a nice day…”
WWF Championship
-Karl turns to leave when he is interrupted by Ariel’s music. She has a microphone as she stands next to him, AJ Styles now halfway down the ramp.
“Did I hear someone say have a nice day? You see I think it’s time we showed you punks that your petty groups, your petty fragile alliances mean nothing! While you fight among yourselves an army of darkness is beginning to form! A force that from this day forth will be known at the Order of Darkness!” Everyone looks on in confusion “and it is my great pleasure to introduce you to the general of our order, the man who will lead us into battle. Back revealing in the darkness he once and does again cherish! Mankind!”
Mankind’s music hits and he stumbles out in his brown ragged attire. Ariel hands him the microphone.
“Thanks Ariel…hey Bryan! Remember me!”
Danielson swallows hard as he looks on.
“I’m the dark side of the man you humiliated, the dark soul of the being you attacked and the underbelly of the madness that has now once again overtaken my mind! I don’t know what I’m going to do but I know it’s going to be great! I’m going to rip apart anyway in my path! Eat them alive and do it in the name of my master! My master has given me the chance to forget the fat, bumbling fool I became and remember the dark creature of madness I once was! Under my masters guidance I will be more evil than ever and in his name he has chosen me to lead his army. First among them is a man you Samoa Joe know very well, the man who can literally turn over a car! Gabriel!”
Gabriel’s music hits and he stands next to Mankind, the lights now stay a deep dark blue over the stage and ring area, the rest of the building in darkness.
“And next in the line of dark souls chosen to serve the our lord and master: She has a women’s title match at Retribution but she is a whole lot of scary women! With her handler and also new member Daffney! Kendra!”
Kendra makes her way out with Daffney to her music and takes her place in line next to the others.
“And finally….and oh I like this one…my master likes this one. You see to us he represents what is to come! You see each of you have a dark part of your soul and each of you will be judged as whether your dark side if worthy of being brought out of you by him, made the dominant part of you. Well it did indeed for this man who kept a dark part of himself hidden away until needed for more extreme matches. This man is the Darkside of Hayabusa!”
A modified version of Hayabusa’s theme hits and the man makes his way out on a dark red and black attire, standing in line.
“We are the army of darkness! We are but the first class and all of you will join us or be destroyed before us! We are the Order of Darkness and Bryan my first mission is to destroy you and take revenge for what you did! Have a nice day!”
With that Foley begin marching down to the ring, the Order of Darkness all following. That sets everyone else off, the Canadian Alliance running into the ring and engaging most of the Company and team Angle, AJ hits the ring and begins fighting anyone before him. Finally after a few moments and the crowd are getting louder by the minuet the Order hit the ring and the male members along with Kendra begin tearing into them. Daffney and Ariel going around and jumping Trish and then Sherri, beating them down until Trish fights back and Sherri runs off. Dutton can only stand on the ramp with his hand on his head as he sees the ring and his company being torn apart by this gang war. Finally as people start falling, start spilling out of the ring the crowd part and smoke clears and Mankind is staring across the ring at Bryan Danielson who can barely move with fear as he realizes this. Mankind begins moving for him and he reacts, bringing the title belt up and swinging it for Foley’s head but Mankind ducks underneath that, Danielson turns and is locked in the Mandible claw. Mankind begins squealing and screeching as he locks in the hold.
“Stop it! Mick! Mankind stop it! Dutton yells on the microphone but Mankind keeps it locked it “you want to tear him apart? You want to take on Danielson well if you let go I will give you a title match at Retribution!”
Mankind frowns up at him and then finally let’s go, nodding and grabbing the WWF title, sitting in the corner with it and rocking back and forth cradling the gold as around him the carnage of the battle is evident.
-Its official at Retribution it will be the newly re-darkened Mankind against Bryan Danielson for the WWF Championship.
Deadly Alliance
-After the epic and eventful night that was the King of the Ring we open Raw to the roaring capacity crowd.
“Ladies and Gentleman” Gene Okerlund is in the centre of the ring “the 2010 WWF King of the Ring the Phenomenal AJ Styles!”
Styles music hits and he makes his way out to a loud roar of approval from the crowd.
Styles holds out his arms to the crowd, a smile on his face and rightfully so.
“AJ thanks for your time, indeed it is a proud moment for you as you worked harder than ever last night winning three hard fought matches to becoming King of the Ring and in doing so earned yourself a World Wrestling Federation Championship match in the main event of the second biggest night of the year: Summerslam!.”
Styles nods as the crowd cheer.
“Well in saying that what are your plans heading into undoubtedly the biggest night of your life?”
“Well obviously Gene I have a lot of training and preparation ahead of me. I want to be in the best shape of my life come Summerslam and I don’t just mean body wise, I want to be in the best ring shape of my life so I am as of right now offering and open challenge to anyone who wants to face me because I need the work out…”
AJ is cut off as Kurt Angle’s music hits. Kurt Angle and his new group that was formed the night before walk out. Hazard, Dynamite and the Steiner’s flanking the gold medalist.
“Sorry to interrupt AJ but I couldn’t help but here you talking about challenging people to get in the best wrestling shape of your life. Well Styles look at me I am in the best wrestling shape of my life and so are my new friends. You see with everyone getting into little protective groups due to paranoia lately I figured what the hell if those lose life’s can form an army I can certainly form a far better one. You see the men beside me all are great ground and pound wrestlers. Every one of them accomplished in both amateur and professional wrestling and everyone of the them at one time have been the exception that stands out from the crowd as just being a great wrestler. And that is what we are about. Wrestling, wrestling and more wrestling of its true! Because what you are looking at right now is the new and improved Team Angle! And we stand for the United States of America, Great Wrestling and teaching punks like you a lesson!” Angles smiles broadly.
Mixed reaction as AJ takes the mic from Gene and raises it to his mouth, Okerlund high tailing it.
“Yeah that’s great Kurt but what the hell has it got to do with me” AJ smirks and shrugs.
“Oh I’ll show you AJ I’ll show you right now” Kurt yells back “because if there is something every great wrestler knows is that they need to be paid well for their craft. Money walks AJ and as such allow us to introduce out new business arrangement, a merger if you will with another team you may know: The Company!”
“Oh god no! Please no!” JR shakes his head as the Companies music hits.
Sherri and Cornette lead their gold plated troupe out with titles and smug grins with them.
“Oh it’s true its dam true!” Angle rants and then hand the microphone to Cornette.
Before he can even speak his is reigned down upon with boos “If you will excuse these ignorant people AJ!” The boos get louder “you see last night it dawned upon me that we don’t have many members compared to some of these new factions forming, and that as the body with all the gold in out camp we knew we would be a target for hungry little bitches like you to try and get lucky and take what we got! It was then that I saw Kurt Angle form his wrestling group and it was then that is dawned upon me that Angle was a practical kinda guy” he now begins walking down the ramp, the massive merged army and Sherri following like a battalion “so we made a deal and now not only are we the most famous, most powerful and most elite of groups we are now the largest with enforcers left, right and centre. Among other things all it took is return was to promise we would help Kurt out with a few pests we also had on our hits list and after last night AJ your name joined that list. You see we can’t have people like you getting lucky for title matches against the greatest wrestler in the world for the WWF title so we decided to fix that problem!”
The entire merged group of Team Angle and the Company surround the ring. MVP, Miz and Danielson handing their belts to their managers as AJ looks around, his face turning white as he realizes what is happening.
“Boys!” Cornette finally yells.
With that all 9 wrestlers charge the ring, AJ goes to jump for Danielson but is quickly overwhelmed by the sheer mass of humanity as they jump him and begin hammering him into the ground with kicks and punches from all sides.
The crowd then suddenly come alive as Jushin Liger hits the ring but is quickly jumped and taken down as well by the half of the group, the boos and screams getting louder than ever now.
Suddenly hope returns again as the Canadian Clique’s male members run down with Trish in toe. But four are no match for one, Kurt Angle salivating as Edge, Christian and Jericho fight with all there might but finally succumb to their combined forces. Finally Hazard hits his sit down tombstone on Christian and rolls him out the ring, Scott Steiner hits the Frakensteiner followed by an Angle Slam from Angle and gets thrown out with him and then Jericho gets a diving head but, a backbreaker and then an Angle slam before being rolled out on top of them.
They then turn around to see Samoa Joe hitting the Muscle Buster on Jushin Liger followed by MVP running in with the IC title and smashing into the masked head of Liger, getting down in his face with it and screamed “you never gonna have this! Never!” then laying in boots and directing traffic to thrown him out of the ring.
Attention then returns to AJ and one by one every man takes turns. In the end AJ takes a finishers from almost the entire group before finally Danielson locks in Cattle Mutilation. Just like HBK AJ kicks and screams and tries to get out to start but then finally slims to the mat out cold. Trash is now being thrown into the ring, the boos deafening as Cornette hands Bryan his WWF belt and he taunts it at the lifeless body of AJ before placing it on his shoulder and leaving with a smile of his face. The others follow as they head up the ramp all they leave is their devastation in their wake. Edge, Christian, Jericho, Liger and AJ Styles all out cold as Trish can only scream out for help.
-The following week Jericho’s music hits and the Canadian Clique make their way into the ring bandaged and taped up from the previous week’s assault, holding themselves in pain as they step between the ropes, Trish helping them.
“Ok” Jericho has a microphone in hand “let’s cut to the chase. The Company has grown into an empire and the sheer fact that one of the figure heads has a personal grudge against us put a pretty big bull’s-eye on our backs. Last week along with AJ and Jushin we were made ‘examples of.’ Thing is boy you didn’t finish the job and you didn’t push hard enough. We are standing right here before you in defiance and mark uncle J’s words boys one day we will get you were we want you and take our revenge out of each of you piece by piece, and Kurt Angle I am personally gonna start with you!”
Jericho is then cut off Bret Hart’s music hits to a loud reaction. The Hart Foundation make their way out in formation and in style, heading and spreading out around the ring as Bret takes a mic from the timekeeper.
“Hey. I was in the back Jericho and I couldn’t help but here what you were saying and after what happened last week I want you to know if we had been there we would have kicked those bastards up side their head and locked them in sharpshooters” Bret gets cheers as he nods the crowd.
“What do you want Bret?” Edge demands.
“Well Edge, Jericho, Christian, Trish I will put it simply like this: Your group is called the Canadian clique and you are all pretty stand up guys, hell you all fantastic wrestlers. Well the Hart Foundation stands for Canada to, we are something of heroes up there. We saw what happened last week and you felt it and I think it obvious that now more than ever we need good men and women to stand up to those corrupt ego maniacs. We need a force large enough to meet them head on and protect ourselves and everyone else. So right now I am proposing an alliance of Canada to take out the Company and Team Angle what d’ya say?”
Jericho looks at the others a moment, each of them seeming to speak among themselves for a moment when Jericho is about to speak but Edge cuts him off stepping forward.
“On one condition, you give us something as…a show of good faith” Edge says.
“What?”
Edge looks at Christian and then points to the Hart Dynasty’s title belts “a tag team title shot!”
The crowd erupts at the idea and the possibility of Edge & Christian reuniting as a tag team one more time. Bret tilts his head seeming to think about it for a moment then turns and begins consulting with the others before speaking.
“You got it” the crowd roar and clap with approval at the idea.
After a moment Jericho then steps forward and offers Bret his hand which Bret takes and shakes, the deal sealed.
“Let us put you on notice Company, Angle we are coming for you!” Jericho yells to finish the segment.
As music plays the groups them merge, everyone exchanging handshakes. The two factions now one.
-First match announced: Edge & Christian VS the Hart Dynasty for the Tag Team Championship.
An introduction
-Over the several weeks leading into Retribution various vignettes begin to play showing a new character. Here is the first:
Sitting in a high back gold, red inline chair and a glass of cherry in hand, servants around him an athletic man with mid length curled blond hair, long pointed mustache and chin beard he speaks.
“Hello one and all my name is “Sir” Charles Ecktor and yes that is “Sir” as I am a certified lord and have been knighted by her majesty the Queen of England, oh yes. Now as to why I will soon be gracing your screens as a lowly professional wrestler. I know many of you wonder why a man of my stature would stoop so low well…” he stands and begins walking through his mansion, servants attending to him around him. Finally we enter a gym with him and see upper class people training behind him “you see dear fellows I have been trained in the art of classic boxing and indeed many years ago as a young lad grew up fighting for my life on the streets, until my daddy called me in anyway haha. But yes I am a trained bare fist fighter and lately have begun training on the art of pro wrestling. The reason is simply that my life is so boring and I want to gain glory for myself in this “wrasslin” business. I come to seek the American dream and I come to the America now to the World Wrestling Federation to dominate over the low lifes there and gain myself some glory. Good day” a hot maid ducks into view putting a pillow on his lap “well hello my dear, I will see you later. Oh yes what was a saying? Good day to you all” he raises his glass “I’m Charles Ecktor. I kick ass but I do so with class.”
X Division
-The week following the big beat down X Division Champion the Miz would make his way to the ring for an in ring interview with Gene Okerlund.
“Well Miz certainly we saw how your group The Company has expanded and how dangerous that is for everyone involved but The Canadian Clique has vowed to be here tonight…”
“Really Gene? What do you think I’m aboot a bunch of Canadian hacks, no! So let’s get onto the business at hand and that is the fact that last week on Raw I retained my title and stand here still as you X Division Champion!” He holds the belt up with his signature pose as the crowd boo.
“Well indeed and with King of the Ring behind us I have to ask if you intend on defending you championship come Retribution?”
“Well…”
Miz is cut off as familiar music hits, the music of WWE legend and NWA wrestler Ric Flair! The crowd react with shock but that soon turns to cheers and laughter as Jay Lethal emerges dressed in full Ric Flair attire, expensive robe and all.
“Wooo” Lethal starts “hey Miz! Hey big man! Maybe your challenge is standing right here! Maybe you challenge is the 16 time! 16 Time! World Champion! Wooooo the nature boy!”
Miz can on look on in confusion before finally able to speak “what…the…hell?”
“What you have never heard of the Jet Flying, Limousine riding, Wheeling Steeling son of gun!” Lethal yells with his dead on impression.
“Wow you really are a freak Lethal!” Miz mocks “is this all you can do? Impersonate better wrestlers?”
“I can beat your ass and take your title! Wooooooooo!”
“Really? Really? You know what? Fine! Lethal I will clear it with the officials and you got your title match cause right now I would like nothing more than to beat some sense into you!” Miz yells to a pop from the crowd.
-The second match announced is Miz VS Jay Lethal for the X Division Championship
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-We return to Raw later on the first week after King of the Ring as the company’s music hits.
The company come out on mass with their new merged partners in Team Angle. “Well they showed what they can do earlier tonight and it wasn’t a pretty sight” JR comments as Cornette has a microphone again.
“First of all allow me to speak to the men we dealt with from out hit list earlier tonight: I hope you can hear this and let it be a lesson to you. You don’t mess with the company and you down ever try and take what we own! Now…” the crowd is booing loudly “onto business. Last night was one a night of glory, true we lost Joe but he took that stupid steroid freak him! Get well soon Joe! But what truly matter is that beside me stands the greatest wrestler alive and oh I know you have heard me say that many times these past few months but now you all have proof. When it comes to the American Dragon Bryan Danielson and the glory of true wrestling he is bringing back to this Mickey Mouse Federation we say we are going to do something and then we do it! What other person can say they defeated the Undertaker and Shawn Michaels? What other man can say he did it at two PPV’s in a row! This man is a wrestling machine, this man is perfection and this man is a god!” Bryan stands, title around his waist and smiling smugly as Cornette speaks, the crowd jeering.
“Now about his next defense…”
Cornette is cut of are tires screech and Mankind makes his way out and into the ring to a warm loud reaction.
“Mick what the hell do you want?” Cornette frowns as Foley get a microphone.
The Company and Team Angle for their part stand ready to pounce.
“Whoah! Whoah hold on their boys!” Mankind stretches out his hands “I’m not here to fight and Mr. Cornette I am not here to ask for a title match.
“Then why the hell are you here retard?” Cornette yells.
“Because I saw what happened earlier on and I have heard the rumors on what kind of perks these guys get…”
“Oh they aren’t rumors” MVP buts in.
“Yeah well see…I like money, I like women and I like having friends to watch my back. I would be pretty cool and I see you guys are the hot ticket around here lately so…can I join the Company please Mrs. Sherri? Mr. Cornette?”
“Oh Mick…” Cornette smiles “no! Why the hell would we want a fat, bingo hall wrestling, hobo piece of trash like you?” The crowd boos heavily as Mankind looks really upset by the comments.
“But I…”
“Didn’t you hear him” Danielson has now taken the mic and stepped forward “he said no! Do you understand that retard? No! Why? Look around this ring, look at everyone in it. You see we dress in the best suits, we are good looking we don’t look like we were scraped of a sidewalk! And most of all and listen here Mick ‘because I want you to hear this one: We can wrestle!” The crowd reacts with ‘ohs!” at the comment “do you know what that is Mick? Wrestling? It doesn’t involve falling through a table or falling off a cage!”
Mankind looks like he is getting mad now.
“Bryan…”
“You still here?” Bryan cocks his nose at him “don’t you get it? Leave! No as a matter of fact stay for a moment and look at me: I am the greatest wrestler alive, I wrestle I don’t do you crap that ruined the sport! I am the WWF Champion and yeah I held it for more than a month which you have never done! And I beat Shawn Michaels and the Undertaker! You are just a fat piece of crap!”
Foley now reaches up and throws his mask to the mat, in a manic rage as he steps forward and brings the microphone up again.
“Danielson…I really was trying to ignore you but now you have gone too far! Listen to me! Listen to me you disrespectful little brat!” He gets in his face now “I was wrestling and putting my body on the line for this business why you were still sucking on your Mother’s breasts! I have seen how you have come forward with this little mod behind you and proceeded to disrespect every person whose blood, sweat and tears made this business and made the company that now pays you! You think just because you cheated yourself into having the WWF Championship you’re something! You are nothing little man and if it’s the last thing I do I am going to beat some respect out of you!”
With that Foley launches for him but the mob jump him beating him down from all sides into the ground. Finally Kurt Angle delivers an Angle slam and then with several others hold Mick up in front of Danielson, Cornette and Sherri. Danielson shouting “hold him!” as the bruised Foley tries to fight out of their grip. Danielson then runs forward and drives his knee into Mick’s face. He then turns him over grabbing his tie and turning it around to choke him with it. Foley reaches out with both hand, choking and crying out in almost squeals. Finally Danielson lets go and lets him fall to the mat.
That is then followed up with MVP handing him a chair which after telling them to hold Foley up again runs forward and cracks it over his head. He then lifts the chair and brings it down once, twice, three, four, five, six, seven times before throwing it away. Blood is now pouring down Foley’s face as Danielson hooks the arms and locks in Cattle Mutilation. He holds it for minuets until finally letting Mick fall to the mat, out cold just like Shawn the night before.
“My god Mick was just trying to join their group and they insulted him, insulted the business and then this! This people this Bryan Danielson sickens me!” JR spits out on commentary as they leave the ring, leaving Mick Foley laying.
-When we return from break Kendra and Daffney are in the ring for an in ring interview.
“Ladies thank you for joining me” Okerlund speaks “we have just learned on wwf.com that at Retribution Kendra will get her title match against Hamada one on one in what should be a tremendous rematch…”
Okerlund trails off as the lights cut out. When they come back up a women is walking down to the ring.
“JR that’s…that’s Ariel from the NWA!” King yells.
“I see that but what is she doing here?” JR replies.
Ariel enters the ring, fang and all, in her usual seductive style and walks up to Daffney, cupping her hands and whispering something into her ear. Daffney nods in understand and turns to Kendra saying “it’s time.” With that Kendra also nods and three women leave the ring, leaving the Okerlund looking on alone in confusion.
-Third match announced is Hamada VS Kendra for the Women’s Championship.
-The next week on Raw we cut backstage to see Ariel standing in front of a black curtain.
“You made it” she smiles “they will see you now.”
The crowd roars as Mick Foley steps into frame, his arm in a sling and his face heavily bruised.
“Thank you” he nods to her and walks through the curtain as Ariel grins towards the camera.
-That week on Smackdown in the middle of the show we are in the middle of a tremendous little match between Hayabusa and Paul London when the lights cut out again. This time they turn blue and music hits. The music is that of dark boiler room Mankind! Mankind stumbles out dressed in his old brown attire he hadn’t been seen in for months and walking and look deranged like the dark Mankind of last year. Mankind rolls into the ring and walks up to Hayabusa. The ref gets in Mankind’s face but he beats punches him out and yells at Lethal in derange style to leave. Lethal does so with haste. Mankind then turns back to Hayabusa and is whispering something in his ear. Hayabusa suddenly then begins to back off, shaking his head and saying “No!”
“He looks scared to death at whatever Mankind just said!” JR comments.
Mankind pleads with Hayabusa but Hayabusa continues to say no. Mankind then launches forward attacking him to a mixed and confused reaction from the crowd and then locking in the mandible claw. He holds it for a minute until finally releasing as he sees Hayabusa is out cold. He then begins signaling to the back and shouting “come on, now!”
The crowd then react with cheer but shock as Gabriel’s music hits. “King that’s Gabriel…what the hell is he doing here is he…” “He’s doing whatever Mankind says, he seems to be obeying Mankind’s every command!” King replies.
Indeed Gabriel seems to be, scooping the out cold Hayabusa over his shoulder and carrying him off as Mankind orders him to the back, leaving with them.
The Return
-We are back on Raw two weeks after the beat down and are told that even though he hasn’t fully recovered Jushin Liger will be here tonight. Liger makes his way out for his match to a loud crowd response, walking down the ramp and giving thumbs up to the crowd when…bam! From behind comes Tiger Mask with Mr. Fuji. Both men begin putting the boots into Liger, Fuji then bringing down his cane. Mask then picks up Liger and rams him headfirst into the stage and look on with satisfaction. “My God it’s Tiger Mask! He’s back and he’s out for revenge!” JR yells.
“Hey Liger! He’s back!” Fuji’s laughs in Jushin’s face “well done Liger you beat him badly at Wrestlemania but you did not beat him as you! You beat him because you go crazy! We say this to owner and owner agree, he feel as we feel that you need to prove you can beat Tiger Mask fair in a fair match with rules! So at Retribution show it will be Tiger Mask VS Jushin Liger one more time ha-ha and Liger Tiger Mask would like you to know that he will make you won’t make it to Summerslam for your title match! Ha-ha!” With that they lay in a few more boots and leave.
-The next match will be Jushin Liger VS Tiger Mask: to see if Liger can beat Tiger Mask one on one in a singles match!
IC Title
-We return to the third weeks Raw and the Company are once again in the ring.
“Now before I get on to the business at hand” Cornette speaks “let me first address Bret Hart and Jericho’s little group. You may have us equal in number but you don’t have us equal in talent so any time any place boys and girl!” The crowd cheers at the idea “now onto the important business and that is that…”
“Hey” Angle cuts him off, now having a microphone of his own “you said we would deal with the Canadian’s! That was part of our deal!”
“And we shall Kurt, anyway…”
“No! We are going to take them out now!”
“Who do you think you are talking to cue ball?” Danielson steps in between them and gets a “oh!” reaction as Angle lowers his head in shimmering rage.
“Out of my way Bryan or I will show you what tapping and snapping means!”
“Try it!” The two step up going to nose to the nose as the crowd buzz and stand in anticipation.
As they are trash talking, everyone around them trying to break them up AJ Style’s music hits to a loud pop.
“Hey! Instead of worrying about yourselves I suggest you worry about me!” The crowd roars “you see at Summerslam next month I have a WWF Title shot and whoever is the champion at that time will go down and I will become the next WWF Champion, it’s my dream and my time is now! But in the mean time I think I might go for a total domination, a white wash. And whether that means having two matches that night I really don’t care. MVP I am entitled to a IC title match and I want one at Retribution!”
“What?” MVP is going nuts in the ring “what the hell are you on? You want to beat me and then Danielson? You may as well try and bring back the Dinosaurs why you’re at it! And even if you get lucky like you have done before you really want two matches at Summerslam when you already are going to be taken to the limit by Danielson? You cash this match and I’ll make sure you don’t even make it there!”
“Well…if AJ doesn’t” Angle speaks up to everyone’s surprise “how about you give me a title shot. Hell a belts a belt and the IC title is pretty big nowadays.”
“Whoah! Kurt hold on…”
“Yes or no?” Kurt asks bluntly.
“Hey! No offence Angle but get lost! He needs to answer me first” AJ yells down the ramp.
At that moment they are cut off as through the crowd come the Canadian Clique and The Hart Foundation to thunderous cheering and jumping up and down from the crowd around them as they hop over the guard wall and go in to attack until…
Karl Dutton’s music hits and he walks onto the ramp.
“Ok that’s enough! I have had enough of this gang warfare you lot have all started up! I won’t let it destroy my company!” He yells “now I am going to make a match that will please and hopefully satisfy all parties. At Retribution it will be MVP defending the Intercontinental Championship against AJ Styles, Kurt Angle and hell to make thing blow off Chris Jericho! In a fatal four way match!” The crowd cheers loudly in response as each man reacts, MVP and Sherri livid.
“Now have a nice day…”
WWF Championship
-Karl turns to leave when he is interrupted by Ariel’s music. She has a microphone as she stands next to him, AJ Styles now halfway down the ramp.
“Did I hear someone say have a nice day? You see I think it’s time we showed you punks that your petty groups, your petty fragile alliances mean nothing! While you fight among yourselves an army of darkness is beginning to form! A force that from this day forth will be known at the Order of Darkness!” Everyone looks on in confusion “and it is my great pleasure to introduce you to the general of our order, the man who will lead us into battle. Back revealing in the darkness he once and does again cherish! Mankind!”
Mankind’s music hits and he stumbles out in his brown ragged attire. Ariel hands him the microphone.
“Thanks Ariel…hey Bryan! Remember me!”
Danielson swallows hard as he looks on.
“I’m the dark side of the man you humiliated, the dark soul of the being you attacked and the underbelly of the madness that has now once again overtaken my mind! I don’t know what I’m going to do but I know it’s going to be great! I’m going to rip apart anyway in my path! Eat them alive and do it in the name of my master! My master has given me the chance to forget the fat, bumbling fool I became and remember the dark creature of madness I once was! Under my masters guidance I will be more evil than ever and in his name he has chosen me to lead his army. First among them is a man you Samoa Joe know very well, the man who can literally turn over a car! Gabriel!”
Gabriel’s music hits and he stands next to Mankind, the lights now stay a deep dark blue over the stage and ring area, the rest of the building in darkness.
“And next in the line of dark souls chosen to serve the our lord and master: She has a women’s title match at Retribution but she is a whole lot of scary women! With her handler and also new member Daffney! Kendra!”
Kendra makes her way out with Daffney to her music and takes her place in line next to the others.
“And finally….and oh I like this one…my master likes this one. You see to us he represents what is to come! You see each of you have a dark part of your soul and each of you will be judged as whether your dark side if worthy of being brought out of you by him, made the dominant part of you. Well it did indeed for this man who kept a dark part of himself hidden away until needed for more extreme matches. This man is the Darkside of Hayabusa!”
A modified version of Hayabusa’s theme hits and the man makes his way out on a dark red and black attire, standing in line.
“We are the army of darkness! We are but the first class and all of you will join us or be destroyed before us! We are the Order of Darkness and Bryan my first mission is to destroy you and take revenge for what you did! Have a nice day!”
With that Foley begin marching down to the ring, the Order of Darkness all following. That sets everyone else off, the Canadian Alliance running into the ring and engaging most of the Company and team Angle, AJ hits the ring and begins fighting anyone before him. Finally after a few moments and the crowd are getting louder by the minuet the Order hit the ring and the male members along with Kendra begin tearing into them. Daffney and Ariel going around and jumping Trish and then Sherri, beating them down until Trish fights back and Sherri runs off. Dutton can only stand on the ramp with his hand on his head as he sees the ring and his company being torn apart by this gang war. Finally as people start falling, start spilling out of the ring the crowd part and smoke clears and Mankind is staring across the ring at Bryan Danielson who can barely move with fear as he realizes this. Mankind begins moving for him and he reacts, bringing the title belt up and swinging it for Foley’s head but Mankind ducks underneath that, Danielson turns and is locked in the Mandible claw. Mankind begins squealing and screeching as he locks in the hold.
“Stop it! Mick! Mankind stop it! Dutton yells on the microphone but Mankind keeps it locked it “you want to tear him apart? You want to take on Danielson well if you let go I will give you a title match at Retribution!”
Mankind frowns up at him and then finally let’s go, nodding and grabbing the WWF title, sitting in the corner with it and rocking back and forth cradling the gold as around him the carnage of the battle is evident.
-Its official at Retribution it will be the newly re-darkened Mankind against Bryan Danielson for the WWF Championship.