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Subject: Laurinaitis Picks His Team Fri Nov 15, 2013 2:22 pm
The crowd is going wild as John Laurinaitis steps out from behind the curtain, his signature smile on his face and his hands waving at the crowd. As he makes his way down the ramp, he high fives a few fans before reaching the bottom and then making way around the ring to the time keeper's area and grabbing a mic. He shakes hands with the announcers and then precedes over to the steel steps which he uses to make up way up to the apron and then into the ring. He goes to speak but waits for the crowd to settle down from their 'People Power' chants.
John Laurinaitis
Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to personally welcome you to another exciting episode of Thursday Night Smackdown with your's truly, Big Johnny. Now, I am here to not only address the rumors around Survivor Series, but to also talk about the rumors that involve what my current position in the company will be going forward into Wrestlemania Season.
The crowd is mostly quiet but a few boos and cheers can be heard, not sure of what could happen to Laurinaitis.
John Laurinaitis
Now, certain words have been flying around that People Power may be 'future endeavored' and there are many questions flying around as to why. Am I just not doing good at my job? Of course I am! I've brought in talent like Big E Langston, Kurt Angle, and our current Intercontinental Champion Johnny Curtis! And don't forget the returning Curt Hennig! So could it be that my Smackdown isn't just what it use to be? Considering Smackdown is at an all time high that it's never seen under the name of WWF or WWE, and the fact that people WANT to be here and you all WANT to tune in, I'd say not. So where does that leave me?
The crowd roars up a 'Steph McMahon' chant which brings a smile to Laurinaitis's face.
John Laurinaitis
Exactly! It all goes back to Stephanie McMahon who has taken over her dad's role of C.E.O. of WCF and kicked out Mr. Coachman so she could make herself the General Manager of Monday Night RAW so she could continue running Vince McMahon's empire like a power hungry empress, and that's where I stepped in. You see, earlier in the year when I was following under the orders of Vince McMahon, I was forced to allow him to walk all over me and these superstars so he could attempt to re-live an age old dream. But now that his daughter is here, and now that we are under the new banner of World Championship Federation, I refuse to allow Stephanie McMahon to simply bark her orders at the talent that will help this company prosper, and she knows that. That's why the last few months she has gather her own little posse of goons from Brock Lesnar to Cody Rhodes to Dolph Ziggler and has tried to force herself back to the top of the pole, but good ol' Big Johnny wouldn't let her. I grabbed myself a few guys from Stone Cold Steve Austin. . .
The crowd lets how a huge cheer.
John Laurinaitis
CM Punk . . .
The crowd continues cheering.
John Laurinaitis
and Drew McIntyre.
The crowd lets out a final big cheer.
John Laurinaitis
And I took my team and we began fighting back so we could lead this company into a revolution and Stephanie McMahon doesn't want that. Which brings us to Survivor Series. The rumors going around the internet at the moment is that it will be Team Corporation vs Team People Power for control of the company. I would like to reassure you all . . . that those rumors are true!
The crowd is split, not exactly sure how to feel about it in case Laurinaitis loses.
John Laurinaitis
Now, if you look at the current order of things we already have the Corporation vs People Power matches. Stone Cold Steve Austin vs Cody Rhodes and CM Punk vs Dolph Ziggler. But this is Survivor Series and we need a traditional Survivor Series match! But if you look at the men that both of us have behind us, we don't have enough and we certainly can't mess up a classic match. Now, I have arranged some deals by using my expertise of having a knack for finding talent and I have brought the best talent I could possibly get a hold of to Team People Power. Now, I already have one faithful member in Drew McIntyre, but he needs equally faithful and equally talented men to stand beside him. The second member on my team, is a returning superstar from WWF, he is the first Mr. Money in the Bank as well as a former tag team champion, ladies and genetlemen please rise for People Power's second member . . .
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MercilessEarth
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Subject: Re: Laurinaitis Picks His Team Fri Nov 15, 2013 5:31 pm
The camera pans around to some of the shocked expressions on the WCF fans' faces while Curt Hennig makes his way down the ramp, pausing to take in the reaction. Chewing his signature gum, he even stops to throw his white towel into the air behind him before catching it in his other hand
Striker: You've got to be kidding me... the progenitor of perfection, Curt Hennig... a part of people power? Make sense out of this for me, Michael!
Cole: I'm just as shocked as you are!
Hennig enters the ring and grabs a mic, while People Power chants rain in from the crowd
Hennig I know you've all been seeing a lot of me lately, but take a few moments to reflect on why I've come back with such fanfare. As Mr. Laurinitis already mentioned, I am the first, and as far as i'm concerned, currently unrecognized holder of the money in the bank briefcase, and also a former tag team champion along with that useless layabout Shawn Michaels.
The fans let out a chorus of boos
Hennig I've learned that i've got to choose my allies wisely, and my enemies even more wisely. I have no doubts about what i'll bring to the table at Survivor Series.
Striker: I'll be bringing Thanksgiving turkey to the table! Cole: What?
Hennig And let's look at the guys backing up the corporation... you've got Dolph Ziggler. I'm going to keep this short... Curt Hennig wannabe. You've got Brock Lesnar, a man that I helped train... and a man that never gave me due respect for that. He certainly isn't quite the perfect protege I'd hoped for. And of course, that slippery, mustached little kid with the US belt whose father I've beaten up more times than I can remember, Cody Rhodes.
Cole: Hennig certainly isn't pulling any punches tonight! I just hope he knows what he could be getting into here.
Hennig Now i'm sure all of you are wondering why I'm joining up with Mr. Laurinaitis in his battle against Stephanie McMahon and her lackies, so let me make this crystal clear. Even clear enough for you, Striker.
Striker: WHATS THIS GUYS PROBLEM WITH ME!?
Hennig I left the WCF back in May, not only feeling bored with my competition but also fed up with the backstage bullshit perpetrated by the McMahon family and their close allies.
Cole: Has he lost his mind?
Hennig I've seen too many talented men come and go through the ranks without getting their due, or even the slightest bit of gratitude for putting their bodies on the line each and every night for the McMahons, and for what? The glorification of their ego, and the fattening of their wallets. Now i'm not gonna stand here and say I really care what you people think of me at all, because I don't. I will say that I'm willing to do everything I can do to secure a greater future for this company and the right minded individuals within it. Because even though I don't think they'll ever be as good as me...
Some boos echo throughout the arena
Hennig I still think they deserve a leader that won't treat them like yesterdays garbage and leave them broken down on the side of the road somewhere after they've given everything they have to this industry.
Hennig pauses for a moment while the fans applaud and cheer that statement
Hennig So after having taken my ball and gone home for many months, I got a phonecall from Big Johnny, and he told me all about his vision for the WCF, and while I maintain that i'm better than all the rest here, i'd be remiss to sit on the sidelines while some illegitimate daughter and her band of cronies wreck up the place. So John, we can all rest assured that People Power has just been perfected.
Hennig drops his mic and stands over in one of the corners of the ring as the fans chant People Power
Striker: He's gonna live to regret some of his comments here tonight, Michael! Cole: I don't think theres any doubt about that, Matt.
(PROMO OPEN TO JOHN LAURINAITIS)
Twysted
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Subject: Re: Laurinaitis Picks His Team Mon Nov 18, 2013 7:08 am
Laurinaitis smiles as he nods at Perfect, the crowd not too sure what to think.
John Laurinaitis
As you can see, People Power is getting that much stronger day after day. To have a legend like Mr. Perfect standing by my side along with the futures of this company shows that we have no other intentions other than improving this business going forward to have a better future for not only the newest of superstars, but for you all as well!
The crowd cheers a bit.
John Laurinaitis
Now, that leaves my third member and looking at what we could be up against at Survivor Series, I noticed the name Brock Lesnar. Now, looking at that name and knowing that Mr. Lesnar is a former UFC Champion, a former WWE Champion, a former NFL player, and a former amateur wrestling champion, and he is a big and powerful man, I know that People Power will need absolutely the biggest and the best to be able to stand up to him. I browsed the local independent promotions, I checked out the Japan and Mexico promotions, and I even looked around some Canadian promotions but in the end it came up to me opening the WWF record books and having a very familiar name stand out. This is someone who is a former WWF Champion and a former World Tag Team Champion and he is absolutely the Best Big Man in This Business. Ladies and gentlemen, please give a warm welcome to the third member of People Power!
Big Johnny turns and points to the stage, sending the crowd into cheers for whatever reason.
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BestBigMan In TheBusiness
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Subject: Re: Laurinaitis Picks His Team Tue Nov 19, 2013 4:35 am
The crowd who have been standing on there feet for the Big Man's return. The Music hit's of Rikishi and the crowd erupts in applause as the Big man walks through the curtain to the stage to a HUGE ovation.
Cole: I can't believe this ... Rikishi has returned !!
Striker: King must be crying whereever he is right now because the Master of the Stinkface is back !!
Cole: That is right Striker, John picked a hell of a 3rd member to his team.
Rikishi has a smile his face as he slaps the fans hands near the steel steps before stepping into the Ring. He goes up slowly as the crowd is chanting RI-KI-SHI .... RI-KI-SHI. He gets in the ring and heads over to John Lauranitis who has a big smile on his face and Mr. Perfect who has a smirk Rikishi can't read. He shakes john's hand and takes the mic from him. He is about to talk but pauses for one more moment to take it all in before finally speaking.
Rikishi: Firstly John has promised you the Greatest Big Man in the Buisness here tonight and I promise you he has delivered. I have been on one hell of a roller coaster ride in the last year of my life. I was happily retired before one more match with the Rock set in motion the greatest run of my career.
The crowd cheers for this as they loved going on this ride with Rikishi as much as loved getting to take it.
Rikishi: It was an honor to come back and for 9 months give you all the thrill of a lifetime. I had all your support as I finally did Justice to my family heritage and became the WWF Champion along with The Rock & Yokozuna. I defeated the Undertaker where everyone else failed. I even had the biggest dance party ever after I finally won the WWF TIitle. Scotty 2 Hotty, Grand Master Sexay, My Sons the Usos, even Chris Jericho & Chyna got in on the party. Then things suddenly changed and I didn't plan on leaving, I didn't plan on letting Daniels keep his Undisputed Title ... and I didn't get injured. I vanished without a word for the last 4 months because of a rumor I heard. Something that to me was more important than the Undisputed Champinoship, more important than My Career.
The crowd sit on the edge of there seats waiting to hear what it was.
Rikishi: The most important thing to me has ALWAYS been my family, not just my wife and kids but the legacy and honor of the anoa'i family in this buisness. So when I was told .... when I was given information of something that could alter history for our family I knew I must find out it it was true. It took nearly 4 months but finally I found out the truth. Personally I am still in shock myself and I don't have all the answers I want but it is time that you all know it as well.
Rikishi takes a deep breath and looks out at the crowd he almost tears up a bit and finally begins to speak again.
Rikishi:I found the REAL Best Big Man in the Buisness .... I found ... I found .... Him.
Rikishi starts to break down in the ring as a few moments of silence are cut into by a tune not heard in years. A tune that couldn't be true. A tune only used by a DEAD man. The crowd look stunned as they can't believe it but ...
... Yokozuna walks out on to the stage and the crowd can't even muster a cheer as they are competely stunned. Yokozuna looks out at the people with sad eyes as he makes his way to the ring.
Cole: I .... Matt It's ....
Striker: Cole .... It's Yokozuna. For over a decade he has been dead.
Cole: Well Matt, dead men don't walk do they.
Striker: So explain this Cole.
Cole: ..... I can't.
Yokozuna steps through the ropes as a pin could be dropped in the building. People's jaws hanging all over the arena and the announcers now at a loss for words. Yokozuna walks over to Rikishi and gives him a small hug as he is given a mic by John Laurenitis. He looks out at the crowd and smiles for the first time as he looks to speak.
Yokozuna: Boo !!
Some people in the crowd actually jump but Yoko's brief smile dissipate and he begins to talk.
Yokozuna: You all look like you have seen a ghost. 4 months ago Rikishi heard a rumor that I was not dead. He heard that I was alive and well. Obviously ... that is true. My death reported 13 years ago was a lie. I am not proud of what I did ...but ... I faked my own death.
The crowd just gets more stunned to hear this.
Cole: OH MY GOD!!
Striker: WOW!!
Yokozuna: I owe my family and I owe all of you an answer as to why I did it ... and what i have been doing the last 13 years. So here goes ...
Yoko takes a deep breath as he gets ready to spill his story.
Every in the ring even Perfect & John seem a little shhocked. Rikishi has finally gotten himself under control and looks directly at Yoko as if he has not yet learned of it as well ... and isn't happy.
Yokozuna: You see in 1998 the WWF let me go. I had been on top of the world and felt invincible but wanted to be the BIGGEST wrestler to ever live and would not accept to bow to there demands to lose weight. I became obsessed with literally being the heaviest wrestler to ever wrestler .... I was just under 800 pounds when I came to grips with my problem. I had lost my Job, the best Job in the world and lost control of my life, my weight was one of the few things I could always control though. So I spent over a year trying to fix my mistakes. It was too late though, I had already done the damage to my name. I had already proved to everyone I didn't deserve another chance. I Let my family down. I felt that no matter what I could never fix it. I felt that EVERYONE would be better off without me ... but I didn't want to die. So I faked my own death and it worked. People forgot about all my faults. They only remembered the good about me. My name was saved and no one had to deal with my failures anymore.
This might be the longest complete stand still by a crowd in history as everyone is listening to him explain.
Yokozuna: My Wife, Kids ... they never knew. They like everyone else thought I was dead. I ended up moving to Japan, I had wrestled there many times early in my career and Tokyo was an easy city to get lost in. I thought I would live out the rest of my days there ... until a few days ago, when Rikishi found me.
Rikishi who's tears have mostly dried by now and anger has filled him lifts up his Mic and cuts off Yoko for the first time.
Rikishi: So you felt ashamed and you abandoned your family? Rodney ... I can't believe you did that to us. Our entire family grieved over you for years, one reason I worked so hard to Finally become the WWF Champion was to live up to the legacy you had set before me. You really think you can just apologize and it will all be ok?
Cole: I have never seen Rikishi this mad JR.
Striker: Wouldn't you be mad too?
Cole: Honestly I don't know what I would be feeling.
Yoko cuts back into Rikishi.
Yokozuna: NO .. I don't think I can Solofa. I don't think that anyone could forgive me for what I did. I don't think what I did was right either. I am ashamed of what I became and I am ashamed of how I rid myself of that pressure. No matter how far I got from my life .... it never left me. I always felt the guilt for leaving, for deceiving everyone. I would fool myself that I did the right thing ... but I KNEW I didn't. I was to much of a coward to come back though. I was to much of a coward to face all those people I hurt.
Yoko looking frustrated and Rikishi looking pissed stare at each other trying to feel the others pain.
Yokozuna: I might have been the BIGGEST wrestler to ever step foot in the ring, but the second I saw you standing at my door I felt like the smallest man who ever lived. My past had finally caught up to me and there was no more use in running. I wasn't going to be able to hide anymore. It was the most humiliating moment of my life .... and I thank you Rikishi. You forced me to face the demons that had haunted me for so long.
Riksihi not wanting to show any remorse for Yoko but seems to be cracking a little he can't but help but want to forgive his cousin.
Rikishi: So I brought your old life back to you, I dragged you all the way out here ... and NOW it is time for you to TRY and rectify your mistakes. You can't change what you did, you can't take back all the hurt you caused ... but you can try to heal the wounds. You can come back and prove your worth in this ring. You can walk back into this business like I did and show everyone who the BEST BIG MAN in the History of this Business really was. It sure as hell wasn't me. I had my great Run but it pales to your 280 day reign as WWF Champion or being the man to End Hulkamania here in the WWF and send Hogan packing to WCW.
Cole: Is he saying what I think he is saying?
Cole: He couldn't be saying that, but John did day he got the best ... and Rikishi is calling Yokozuna the best.
Yoko looks at Rikishi with a bit of confidence for the first time.
Rikishi: I can't speak for your wife or Kids, those will have to be done in person and I have no clue if you can ever make it up to them. The "Family" though you can at least try to add one last chapter to our legacy. Try to come back and be a man again .... something you have not been for 13 years.
Yoko looked like he was going to get angry ... but he knew Rikishi was right.
Rikishi: However, Rodney ... I am not going to be with you. This is something you are going to have to do on your own. If you don't ... if you try and walk away again I swear I will come back and kick your ass for all the pain you caused. I already got everything set up for you. I got you a contract , I got you this match at Survivor Series, ... I even got you a way to travel to all the shows. I made it real simple. All you have to do is prove your worth. Come back and show everyone that you are worthy of being forgiven. Kick everyone's ass.
Yoko was building up confidence as Rikishi spoke. He started to nod after each statement. He finally smiled again and lifted up his mic again.
Yokozuna: .... I will. I will do it for all the reasons you said Solofa. I will come back and wreck havoc on this place. I will take my anger at myself and focus it onto these men. I will take them apart one by one until I am the only one left standing. I will prove myself to you, my wife, my kids, our family. I will prove myself ... or I will die trying.
Yokozuna drops his mic and walks over to Rikishi and gives him a HUGE hug. Rikishi drops his mic as well. As the crowd cheers for the cousins reconciling and they give each other a big hug.
(Imagine Hogan is Rikishi ... ok, Yoko never hugs people )
Cole: In all my years I have NEVER seen a situation like this Striker.
Striker: We have not seen a Resurrection this shocking since Bucky Barnes.
Cole: No one gets your nerd references Matt ... but all I can say if Yokozuna really is bitter at himself for all these years of hiding and directs that at the WCF Roster .... god help them. John just might have pulled the BIGGEST trump card in history.
John gets the mic from Yoko & Smiles at the crowd who is cheering.
John: There you have it, my team is complete and no one could have seen this coming. Stephanie's team will be no match for People Power.
( END PROMO )
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Suntanners
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Subject: Re: Laurinaitis Picks His Team Tue Nov 19, 2013 5:47 am
*gives standing ovation*
iB u n k a
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Subject: Re: Laurinaitis Picks His Team Tue Nov 19, 2013 6:04 am
*wipes tear from eye*
NathanvII
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Subject: Re: Laurinaitis Picks His Team Tue Nov 19, 2013 6:15 am
Is this the best ever? Yes, it is.
Sigma Manatee
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Subject: Re: Laurinaitis Picks His Team Tue Nov 19, 2013 6:27 am
That.... was beautiful.
MercilessEarth
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Subject: Re: Laurinaitis Picks His Team Tue Nov 19, 2013 12:01 pm
Holy hell, way to raise the bar! I wish i'd thought of making a story explaining why Hennig is alive in the WCF Universe... well done, and so damn well written
BestBigMan In TheBusiness
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Subject: Re: Laurinaitis Picks His Team Tue Nov 19, 2013 12:17 pm
MercilessEarth wrote:
Holy hell, way to raise the bar! I wish i'd thought of making a story explaining why Hennig is alive in the WCF Universe... well done, and so damn well written
You did get to use a bit of Perfect's league history in this Fed so atleast you had a bit of backstory used. I commend you for sticking to League History. His death has never been talked about so you can still do a story for it if you want. A flashback to before Perfect signed with the league.
I was pumping these type of Promos out for 6 months as Rikishi, so I wanted to lay homage to him. Yoko was a BIG motivation for Rikishi in character so I thought it only fitting to build the story this way.
BTW Rikishi is actually a year older than Yoko (if he was really alive)
JOHNmicheals_CMpunk
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Subject: Re: Laurinaitis Picks His Team Tue Nov 19, 2013 12:44 pm
i think this gave me a religous experiance , dose that happen with somans or something
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