Episode 4 promo card

[Pizza Ant]

Card for episode 4
"Fade to Black"
October 1st, 2017
Chicago, IL
Odeum Expo Center

THE FOLLOWING IS A MESSAGE FROM JIM HOUSTON:

"I simply will not stand for not one, but two scheduled matches not happening last episode. It's unacceptable. So Erick Skaar will get his match with Justice Legal at Fade to Black. I also thought real hard on if I should have Adam Thompson vs Jeremiah Johnson.. but then I thought of something more interesting... a tag team match! Adam Thompson and Clutch McCloud vs Marcus Allen Jones and Jeremiah Johnson! Good luck boys!"

"Next, I'd like to address some more matches for our Enter Sandman PPV. We will be holding a tag team gauntlet match, featuring Anarchy, Sound & Fury, and The Sons of Cerberus. We will also feature a #1 contendership match for the FPW World Championship between Clutch McCloud and Jeremiah Johnson!"

CARD SUBJECT TO CHANGE:

Athena Dai vs Freja

Justice Legal vs Erick Skaar

Azrael vs Sabre

Azazel vs Zeke

Cannibal vs Kassius Boone vs Fury

Main Event: Adam Thompson & Clutch McCloud w/ Richard Crowley vs Marcus Allen Jones & Jeremiah Johnson w/ Nick Leeds

PLUS:

More matches for Enter Sandman confirmed!

Azazel reveals his PPV opponent!

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If you would like to write a match (it would be very helpful if you do want to), PLEASE tell me! Then I will assign you a match. 

[Deleted]

**The camera centers in on Zeke, he lets out a breath about to speak. He pauses and then says** "Azazle..." **Zeke walks off.**

[Deleted]

r/mma

MMA Superstar Jeremiah Johnson Steps into Wrestling Ring for the First Time

u/mmafan
Did anyone else see Johnson on FPW last night? What a time to be alive!

u/mmasnark
I'm never a fan of our guys goving over to the dark side; but I have to say that I'm really enjoying what's happeneing.

u/kickkickpunchpunch
As a fan of both MMA and professional wrestling I'd say that Johnson has bridged the gap between the two communities quite well.

u/thaoneguythatalways
I heard he's also pretty good at filling crevices.

u/mmalady
He can fill in my crevices anytime.

r/squaredcircle

Johnson's Debut Certainly Wasn't Spectacular

u/youngfanwwe123
They really built this guy up and then he doesn't do anything. Obviously creative has nothing for him.

u/smarkysmark
Obviously you're a dumbass who hasn't watched wrestling enough to know that they save the best wrestlers for a PPV debut. This was to give us a taste of what was to happen.

u/sitbackandenjoy
I like the FPW product and what they're doing. They put the faces on top and had a proper heel fleeing the scene scenario but still made both parties look strong.

u/mmaandwrestlingfan
Johnson is the first of his kind. He's not some roided out white boy like Lesnar. Hell he wasn't even given the title like Lesnar was. Johnson is a legit MMA bad ass. Once he gets his hands on Jones then it's all over.

u/icamefromrall
But can we talk about why MAJ would use Johnson in the first place? He hates him.

u/youngfanwwe123
The announcers said he doesn't hate him.

u/smarkysmark
That was an announcer telling a joke, you dumbas piece of shit. Go back to your breastmilk and comment when your balls have dropped.

u/undies_taker
It's true, Johnson and MAJ have hooked up backstage.

u/confusedguythatbelievesrumors
Like as friends?

u/thepunchline
with benefits

EDIT: Wow stranger, thanks for the gold.


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MMA Veteran Johnson Debuts on FPW


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Why Jeremiah Johnson in FPW is a GOOD THING.


-The camera pulls back from the computer screen. Jeremiah Johnson sits in the glow of the 60 inch monitor. He turns to face the camera.-

Johnson: The world has spoken. My fans love me. I loved being in that ring. Marcus, there's something that is getting to me. I just....I just don't see your name anywhere. Hm....

-A crooked closed mouth smile is given by the man who fought a bear and lived to tell the tale. Fade out.-

[Deleted]

We fade in on a mostly empty bar, with Kassius Boone sat on a stool, drinking beer and talking on his phone.



Kassius Boone: I knew I shouldn’t have trusted you, why did I think you’d care about ‘scout’s honour’ when they kicked you out after three months? Well, hopefully those sons of bitches didn’t cause too much damage. Call me when you’re out, and try not to attack a doctor with a scalpel out of habit or some shit. I know, you’ve always said: once a crazy deathmatch bastard always a crazy deathmatch bastard. Shine on you mad motherfucker, talk soon.



Kassius downs his drink and gets up, stopped just as he goes to leave by a man with a microphone.



Reporter: Kassius Boone, what do you have to say about your horrible and embarrassing loss against the Sons of Cerberus tonight?



Kassius puts his head in his hands, seemingly practicing his well-remembered anger management techniques before bringing his attention back to the reporter.



KB: What the hell kinda TMZ shit are you pulling here?



R: I think I hear someone dodging the question Mr. Boone?



Kassius grabs the reporters’ wrist with one hand and his microphone with the other, before crushing his wrist as hard as he can. The reporter quickly releases the microphone and Kassius pushes him onto a nearby stool.



KB: Look here you little rat-shit. I don’t know who you are, who you work for or why your father hates you, but I’ve been dealing with fuckers like you since the end of that match and I’m sick of it. Davis and I lost, sure, big deal. But you see, there’s a saying that came around in my neighbourhood as I grew up, something my brother’s and I took as our fucking motto.



Boone moves in uncomfortably close to the reporter, staring him dead in the eyes.



KB: Once stung, twice as deadly. And motherfucker, tonight I got stung hard. But you see, if you take a look at the card for the next show you might see something important. “Cannibal vs. Kassius Boone vs. Fury.” That’s right, I get to put down the good lucha thing AND knock out one of our thinly-disguised AoP rip-offs too.



KB: Now I know Fury is a skilled competitor, I shouldn’t underestimate him and all that respect crap but frankly he’s not the number one priority here. The number one priority is to clothesline Cannibal’s head off his fucking shoulders and put Anarchy back on the top of Freedom Pro Wrestling’s tag team division, where we so rightfully belong.



Kassius grabs the reporter by the tie and pulls him off the stool before putting his hand on the man’s shoulder in an obvious attempt at intimidation.



KB: And all its gonna take is one Thunder Fire Powerbomb. Care for a demonstration?



The look on the reporter’s face turns from a half hearted smile to a face of terror as Kassius acts on his threat, lifting the man up and dunking him hard on a bar stool, collapsing it under him! Then, Kassius simply steps over the man and goes to leave, shoving the cameraman out of the way as he does.



KB: Out of my fucking way mate.



The reporter stirs slightly, before talking in a pained voice.



R: Dear god tell me you got all that?

[veggieleezy]

*The camera comes up on the FPW parking lot where Jerry Bishop is parking up his motorscooter wearing a Superman-styled leather jacket. Despite not having traditional locks, Bishop manages to "chirp" the lock with his keys. Jerry smiles at his casual defiance of logic, picks up his bag, and turns towards the arena. Suddenly he stops in his tracks.*

JB: No... way...

*Jerry drops his bag, spilling pretzels and crumbs all over the ground. The camera pans over to show a van decorated with various rock legends' emblems and likenesses. The camera zooms in on the license plate, which reads "G33TG0D". Bishop runs to the door of the locker room, slamming into it, forgetting it's a pull door. Moments later, he runs back out with a broom and a dustpan, and sweeps up his mess.*

[Deleted]

We fade in to Adam Thompson’s living room. His TV can be heard behind the camera, and we see Adam himself lying on his couch out of his usual suit, nursing his injuries from brief two on one beat down he suffered at the hands of Marcus Allen Jones and Jeremiah Johnson. Adam pauses the TV and addresses the camera.


AT: Another week, another step closer to wearing the FPW Championship around my waist. But this week of course, was not exactly without complications…


Adam gestures to his wounds.


AT: Instead of the one on one fight I expected, I was ganged up on, Marcus Allen Jones and Jeremiah Johnson putting their differences aside to try and put me out of action, so Johnson could take my place fighting for the championship. Now as much as I love bringing people together, I can’t help but be a little bit really pissed off. If it weren’t for Clutch McCloud’s timely arrival, I’d probably be in the hospital instead of my living room.


AT: But if you two really thought beating me up would be enough to put me out of the running for MY title then you really haven’t learnt anything from watching me in action the past few weeks. You see, nothing short of a handgun and three bullets could ever be enough to keep me out of my match at Enter Sandman because when I set my eyes on something then I will fight and I will scratch and I will claw as much as I have to and take what is mine.

Adam struggles slightly to get up, groaning in pain as he does so. He takes a couple of painkillers and a glass of water off the table next to him, takes them and puts them back.


AT: Marcus Allen Jones. Mark. The Marksman. The Smartest Man in Pro Wrestling. When I got started in this business they told me two nicknames was excessive yet there you are with three. I’ve put up with people like you before, hell, I put up with one just last week, Sabre. People like you and him hide behind your tricks and your plots for one singular reason: You simply aren’t good enough to get by on the back of your skill alone. You’ve fought your way to Enter Sandman against me, but even now you can’t trust your skill alone, getting Johnson to help do the dirty work with you. But come the PPV you won’t have Johnson to help you. You’ll be all alone, The Pendragon vs. someone using CM Punk’s music, but with half the smarts and a quarter of the ability.


AT: But believe it or not Mark, you aren’t my priority, not this time around because the Thompson family has a very bad habit. The Thompson family holds grudges. And this Thompson has a brand fucking new grudge after the last show. Jeremiah Johnson, your actions in FPW so far have made me disrespect you, but your actions at the last show made all that disrespect personal. Attacking others and walking around backstage with all the undeserved arrogance in the world is something I can forgive, but trying to help injure me, I can’t.


AT: So on our next show, on the go home to Enter Sandman, The Pendragon has you in his fucking sights Johnson. Clutch and I are going to teach you just how fucking little your achievements in the octagon mean in the squared circle and if I get my way, I’m going to personally send you home with a broken arm and an early Retirement. Failing that, I can only hope that as much as I respect Clutch for his help, you beat him for number one contendership.


AT: That way I get to beat the shit out of you twice.

[Pizza Ant]

Here is the PPV card so far:

Main Event - 2 Out of 3 Falls Match for the FPW World Championship: Adam Thompson vs Marcus Allen Jones

Hardcore Championship Best of 5 Series #1 - No Holds Barred Match: Justice Legal vs Edward Dessius

#1 Contender Match for FPW World Championship: Clutch McCloud w/ Richard Crowley vs Jeremiah Johnson w/ Nick Leeds

Tag Team Gauntlet Match: Anarchy vs Sound & Fury vs The Sons of Cerberus w/ Lecter Manson vs TBD
    

[Jim Houston]

A table is shown in close-up with a number of flyers on it. As more and more land on the table, a Swiss-accented voice repeats the word no over and over.

TMS: Ah..... yes. This looks much more promising. Blazing a trail into a new wrestling promotion. A chance to begin something special as part of something new and growing. Very... symbolic. Freedom Pro Wrestling may be the perfect place for Trailblazer to begin, to show what he can do, to start a journey which will see the entire wrestling world turn upside down.

The camera pans away from the table, showing a ring set up behind The Mad Scientist with a table covered with a sheet, a shape beneath it. The Mad Scientist stands and moves towards the ring, revealing a set of cages along the wall.

TMS: Now let me see... yes, you'll do. You'll do nicely. He can take strikes, escape from submissions, deal with power, but he should be tested against speed. You will do perfectly for this test.

The Mad Scientist moves towards one of the cages, and low, short breaths can be heard from the darkness within.

TMS: Come. It is your time. You shall be the next to get a special preview of what will soon become the greatest creation in the history of mankind. I have not just created life, not just machine, but I have created the greatest wrestler the world could ever see. Now you get to be one of the few people to step into a ring with him before he is revealed to the world. What an honour, a pleasure. I wish I could be in your shoes but alas I do not have the skills required to test Trailblazer in the manner required. Now, you will step into the ring and give your best. You know the prize on offer if you are able to defeat my Trailblazer. The same as these other subjects. As you know, they are still here, thus they have failed. Perhaps you will be the one to succeed.

The Mad Scientist moves towards a switch and presses it, releasing the door to the cage. A slim but muscular man emerges, reluctantly stepping into the ring. The lights show him just as a shadow, as The Mad Scientist flicks another switch. Very quickly, the sheet falls from the table and a shape stands, moving towards the shadow in the ring. The camera pans across to the The Mad Scientist alone as he watches the events unfold. We hear cries of pain coming from the ring,

TMS: Yes... yes... As I thought. Not a true test. Another subject who fails to win their freedom. And another successful test for Trailblazer. It will not be long now before he is released for all the world to see, to revel in. Freedom Pro Wrestling... yes... a perfect introduction to the world he will soon conquer.

The Mad Scientist moves towards the camera, which turns off as he walks past, towards the ring.

[marileeg17]

Dasha Banks walks over to the locker room where Marcus is sitting cross-legged on the floor, a laptop on his lap and headphones in. Dasha walks over slowly and as she does, one of the floor boards creaks causing Marcus to look up. He smiles and takes out one, just one, of his ear buds.

MAJ: Come sit. I’m guessing you’re here to interview me about my big main event match against Adam Thompson at uh, what the hell is the PPV called again? I haven’t been paying much attention.

DB: It’s Enter Sandman.

MAJ: Oh for the love of… Houston really hired that old-timer? I mean as far as legends go, he is one, but geez, these days that Singapore cane is more like a walking cane am I right?

Dasha looks confused.

DB: No Marcus, that’s the name of the PPV. Enter Sandman. And before we get to that, I actually want to talk about what happened this week and how you and Jeremiah Jones will be teaming up against Adam Thompson and Clutch McCloud.

MAJ: First off, dumb name for a PPV. Second off, ask whatever you want.

Marcus turns his attention back to his computer which causes Dasha to frown.

DB: Did you want to uh, maybe take out your ear bud and turn the computer off for a minute?

MAJ: Uh, no Dasha Banks, which, real original by the way, I would not. You are just an employee here so don’t try to boss me around. Get it? See what I did there? I crack myself up, I really do.

DB (under her breath): Yeah, you’re the only one.

MAJ: I’m sorry?

DB: Nothing. I just said that Jim sent me in here to interview you but I’ve got a full schedule of other interviews throughout the day so we kind of have to do this now. What’s so important on your computer that you can’t go back to it in like 10 minutes tops?

MAJ sighs: Well Dasha, if you must know, I’m spamming Reddit.

DB: Spamming Reddit? What for?

MAJ (rolls his eyes): As it would turn out, people have been talking about Jeremiah and I’ve simply been setting the record straight.

Dasha looks over at the screen to see a message Marcus has typed up under the username, “smarkysmark.” She looks horrified.

DB: You, you, can’t send that. If Jim sees it…

MAJ: What’s he gonna do? Suspend me? Fire me even? See Dasha, I think you’re getting me confused with another Chicagoan who received his pink slip. Jim knows he can’t and won’t fire me.

Marcus presses send on the message and it appears on the screen:

u/icamefromrall

But can we talk about why MAJ would use Johnson in the first place? He hates him.

u/youngfanwwe123

The announcers said he doesn't hate him.

u/smarkysmark

That was an announcer telling a joke, you dumbass piece of shit. Go back to your breastmilk and comment when your balls have dropped.

Dasha just shakes her head as Marcus closes the computer.

MAJ: I’ve got my notifications set up on my phone if any of those losers have a comeback to that.

DB: But Marcus, one of them kind of has a point. What exactly was behind your choice of Jeremiah to be the one to face Adam last week?

MAJ: Well, it was simple really. In fact, it was win-win for me. Everybody’s been waiting for this guy’s first match and I was ready to give it to them. So the MMArks should be thanking me right now. If Jeremiah had turned out to be what he says he is, great, that meant I got a first look and it meant that he would have beat Thompson’s ass to soften him up for me. And if he wasn’t as good as he says he is, then I would have been able to give a big fat I told you so to all of these people who think he’s gonna be the next Brock Lesnar or some shit. See Dasha, that’s why they call me the smartest man in professional wrestling.

DB: Right… So, anyway, about your match this week. It’s clear there is no love lost between you and Jeremiah. How are you two going to co-exist at Fade to Black?

MAJ: Now see, that’s a signing I could get on board with. Because that’s one lethal finishing maneuver Tommy’s got there and I don’t often praise the moves of my competition.

DB: Uh no, once again, that’s just the name of the episode.

MAJ: And once again, dumb name… As for your question, Jeremiah and I don’t need to co-exist. He just needs to stay out of my way. I don’t particularly plan to do much in this match anyway since as I’m sure you saw, Adam’s got a big bone to pick with the teddy bear fighter, so it would be in my best interest to just sit back and enjoy the show.

DB: So you’re not going to—

Marcus puts his finger to Dasha’s lips as his phone buzzes. He opens Reddit and smirks.

MAJ: Oh, icamefromrall, you have no idea what you’ve just gotten yourself into.

He turns his full attention to his phone and a few seconds later looks back up at Dasha who is still standing there.

MAJ: Don’t you have a tight schedule to keep? Shoo. This interview is over.

Dasha looks offended but also glad at the same time as she grabs the cameraman’s arm and they leave Marcus alone in the locker room. He puts the second earbud back in and begins singing as he finishes typing his message: “Exit light. Enter night. Take my hand. We’re off to Never Never-land.”

[kingclutch]

Clutch and Crowley are in the locker room. Clutch is trying to get ready for the match, but Crowley looks a little upset. 

Clutch: Hey Rich, I know you're upset about what happened on Jester's Court....and I just want to say I'm sorry. The position I was in on there, I thought having a little bit of fun would lighten the mood, you know?

Crowley: Everything is okay Mr. McCloud; however, "having fun" is not a gateway to getting to the top of this business. You have so much potential. What you are, what you can...what you WILL be. Of course you will be the FPW Champion, but for now, let's take care of Mark and Jeremiah. Mr. Johnson will get exactly what is coming to him. 

Clutch and Crowley shake hands as the camera pans away. 

[Deleted]

Athena arrives at the venue, and quickly moves through the hallways, ignoring a few people who try to grab her attention. FPW's resident interviewer, Dasha, arrives at her side only a moment or two later.

"Athena, will you please stop ignoring me?" She asks, receiving no reply in any kind of form.

"Hm, that loser, again?" Athena mutters to herself, curiously.

"Athena, for god's sake, will you answer a few questions for us, please?"

"I was hoping for a rematch, but not with someone I already beat..."

"But, you can understand how Freja --"

"Oh, piss off already, won't you?"

"Excuse me! Do you know who I am?"

"Nope. Piss off."

Without another word between the two, Athena sighs to herself, and quickly strides away, pulling her luggage along behind her.