Unhappy Memories…

FLASHBACK BEGINS…

Sylvester the Cat, one of the premier superstars of the Xtreme League Wrestling promotion in 2003 and 2003 Wrestler of The Year, was set for his first crack at the XLW World Heavyweight championship belt against PM, one of the toughest S.O.Bs born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. PM had won the vacant title belt from Bikebraker Kevin Smith 2 months earlier in Kyoto, Japan at the XLW-UJPW Supershow. Sylvester had a hard battle ahead; he had turned away a threat to throw the match by a rich Mafia boss, who was betting all his money on PM, the undefeated sensation and biggest drawing card in XLW, and was suffering from a sprained wrist injury after PM drilled him with the Rolling Olympic Hell, in which PM tucked his head under Sylvester's nearest arm and PM reached around Sly's chest and neck with his other arm as in a triangle choke sleeper and 180-degree slammed him during a fight at the Peroxide TV taping prior to the PPV called Hardcore Hell 2003. The match was fought under submissions-count-anywhere rules, which Sylvester won by synching in the Death Brand STF. Sylvester also realised that he had cost some of the wrong people a lot of money… and more importantly, lifted the World title from PM. The once-undefeated PM was undefeated no more.

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A day later, Sylvester defended the World title for the first time against Bikebraker Rolf Oldham and won when he executed the Kryptonite Krunch for a three-count. PM challenged him for the title belt again, but this time inside the dreaded Thunder-Dome cage, set for Lock-Down Triple X 4 weeks away. Sylvester tried his best inside the massive cage and was ready to win when something went wrong. PM nailed his Nightshade finisher, and instead of landing on his back and keeping pressure down, Sylvester landed on his head... and something felt broken. Unable to move, PM easily pinned the champion for his title. The next stop was Pittsburgh Treatment Centre for neck surgery. Despite one doctor who was deliberately trying to kill Sylvester, the op was a success. Once Sylvester was cleared to compete from the neck surgery 4 months later, XLW management informed him that his contract had been traded over to the Hardcore Wrestling Federation. Sylvester thought that XLW was trying to focus on PM and make him their top performer. Sylvester, along with his partner Red Tiger, debuted a week later on HWF Extreme TV against The Bikebrakers and won. Even though his HWF career got off to a flying start, he still thought the way his XLW deal ended was a crying shame. Later that year, HWF announced to Sylvester that they had no desire to make Sylvester (Wrestling's biggest free agent) the HWF Unified World Heavyweight champion, even though they knew he would be selling Pay-Per-Views to millions of people worldwide as a known star. Sylvester refused to cry about it though.

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FLASHBACK ENDS…

Sylvester woke up to an empty apartment with nothing in it but a hungry Eddy Green looking for a Chunky Puffs breakfast. Then Sylvester's cell-phone rang. He clicked the talk button. Who was on the other end of the line was a panicking Knuckles.

'Sly! Get down to Ratner Street! Sierra--she's--she's—hurt! Get down here as fast as you can! She's got scalding scars on her--!' Knuckles freaked out.

'Calm down, B.A.! Eddy and me will get down there pronto!' Sly declared.

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