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SmackDown: 2/8/2001
SmackDown was live from the nation's capital - Washington, D.C.! The show opened with a video package showing the return of the Rock, trying to be persuaded to join either the WWF or the WCW/ECW Alliance, with him choosing to hit the Rock Bottom on Shane and Vince then declaring he was back to the WWF. The video package then showed the Rock surronded by the Alliance members before the lights went out.
When they came back on, it was Bladewolf in the ring with his baseball bat pointed at the Rock, seemingly choosing to join the Alliance when he pointed his bat at Shane and this led to the Rock and Bladewolf fighting off the Alliance and clearing the ring before Rock turned to stare down Bladewolf who had his bat pointed at him before Bladewolf lowered it, nodded and left the ring, his decision known now as he had joined the WWF in the war against the Alliance.
OOOOOOWHOOOOOO!
'Oh, ah, ah, ah, ah! Get up, come on get down with the sickness!'
Down with the Sickness plays to a huge pop from the crowd as the Bladewolf walks out in the same attire he wore on Monday Night RAW. He stood on the stage and looked around at the fans who were cheering quite loudly at seeing him again after two whole months of being gone after his arm was dislocated and nearly broken at the hands of Triple H and Stone Cold Steve Austin.
"Listen to this place!" Michael Cole said as Bladewolf begins walking down the ramp towards the ring. "The fans are sure excited to see the Bladewolf back on WWF TV after two months of no contact or anything."
"I'm upset. He should've joined the Alliance!" Tazz complained. "He had the chance to do great things, to put his grudge with Stone Cold aside because I bet that's the reason and condition he wanted once returning to the WWF."
"Well, we are going to here from him right now." Cole said as the Bladewolf gets into the ring and paces around, soaking in all the cheers. "Bladewolf taking it all in, happy to be back clearly."
Bladewolf's theme dies down and he grabs a microphone, stands in the middle of the ring and remains silent for a few seconds due to the crowd cheering and chating his name very loudly.
'BLADEWOLF! BLADEWOLF! BLADEWOLF!' They chanted, causing a smirk to appear on Bladewolf's face.
Finally, he began speaking. "Did you miss me?" the crowd popped in response, giving their answer. "I sure as hell missed being in the action as I watched RAW and SmackDown from home, healing my dislocated arm joint that Austin caused." the crowd booed at being reminded of what Austin did to Bladewolf and he nods. "You must be asking why I have chose the WWF over the Alliance, well it's rather simple really. I sure as hell didn't come back to the WWF for Vince. I don't owe Vince a damn thing, he didn't make me, I made myself who I am today. But not just me, it was you people who also made me, cause without you, I wouldn't even be in the wrestling business." The crowd cheered at this. "In the end, it's you people that ultimately decide if I make it or not. Now, I'll admit I came back for one thing and that is payback. Payback for Austin putting me out of action for 2 months and for being the biggest trailer park piece of s*** traitor in the WWF." The crowd cheers and laughs at Bladewolf's insult to Austin. "But it ain't just Austin who I'm after, it's also that tall baby faced child grabbing pervert known as Diamond Dallas Page." The crowd booed DDP's name. "These past couple weeks, I seen him stalk my sister in law, Sara, everywhere including where she lives, wanting to become famous, which Taker has gladly done in the worst ways possible. Now, he's made a shrine in her honour, wanting her for himself. How much more does he need to stoop so low just to be famous, he's already famous for one. He's famous for sucking ass in WCW. He sucked then and he sure as hell sucks now. Big brother, I know you made sure hurt Page as badly as humanly possible, but not to worry, I got something special in mind for his stupid ass. Now enough about the pervert, I wanna get back to Austin. Steve, I wanna make something clear with you. SummerSlam is 2 weeks away and you are the WWF Champion. I have waited 2 years for a shot at the WWF title and the last time we fought for the title, one on one at a PPV, was in 1998 at Unforgiven, this match is 3 years in the making and Austin, I ain't waiting any longer. I'm challenging you for the WWF Championship at SummerSlam!"
"The Bladewolf wants Austin at SummerSlam!" Cole exclaims over the cheers from the fans who want to see Bladewolf vs Austin at SummerSlam.
"Whether you accept my challenge or not is your choice, but the consequences for your selfish pride will be the severe ass beating that every single member of the Alliance will experience at my hands with my little friend here." he reaches into his long trench coat and pulls out the baseball bat from inside and rests it on his shoulder, the crowd still cheering. "My hunt of the Alliance has begun. Their careers are in your hands, Austin." He stares directly at the camera. "Don't keep me waiting."
He drops the microphone and his theme plays.
"The Bladewolf had made it quite clear whathe came back for, he wants a shot at Austin's WWF Championship at SummerSlam!" Cole said. "And Tazz, Bladewolf has not lost at SummerSlam. He's already 2-0 at SummerSlam and has not been the WWF Champion since 1999 where he defeated Stone Cold on an episode of RAW to win his second WWF Championship."
"Austin's got a lot on his plate." Tazz defends Austin. "He's got Kurt Angle to deal with, now he has Bladewolf wanting a shot at him?"
Stone Cold and Debra were walking backstage when they ran into Shawn Stasiak. Stasiak told Austin that Bladewolf had just challenged him to a WWF Title match at SummerSlam, and Steve thanked him for the news. Austin then told Stasiak that Stasiak had an impressive physique, and might want to think about getting into the wrestling business! Stasiak told Austin that he was in the Alliance, and Austin laughed it off as if he'd known all along, telling Stasiak that he was a huge fan! As Stasiak walked away, Steve asked Debra who the hell that was, and all Debra could say was, "He's in the Alliance!"
The first match on SmackDown pitted the high-flying Hardy Boyz - accompanied by Lita - against the WCW Tag Team Champions, Chuck Palumbo and Sean O'Haire, in a non-title bout.
Matt hit the Twist of Fate on O'Haire and Jeff nailed the Swanton, but with the referee distracted, Palumbo superkicked Jeff, allowing O'Haire to pin him for the win.
Chris Jericho was walking backstage when he ran into Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley. Y2J said that this is Washington, D.C., so where was her cigar? Jericho then started making fun of a pimple on Stephanie's chin as Edge & Christian approached. E&C called Stephanie dirty, disgusting and a trashbag, and Jericho added that she was a tramposauras rex! Stephanie said that the members of the Alliance would make Y2J and E&C pay, as she ran away crying!
Stacy Keibler went up to Stone Cold at the catering area with a tray of cookies, and offered him one. He enjoyed them so much that he took a few. Moments later, Debra caught her husband eating the cookies, and he tried to get out of it, telling her how good she looked!
Somewhere away from the arena, Diamond Dallas Page was shown in a shrine to the Undertaker's wife, Sara! Complete with candles and a wall full of pictures, DDP said that when he first started stalking her, it was all about getting to the Undertaker and becoming famous, but now he couldn't get her out of his head! He said that he and Sara were soulmates, and showed a wedding picture with his and Sara's head pasted onto the bride and groom! He asked Sara to help him, because he was sick in the head, and she was the cure!
Next up, Kane challenged Kanyon for the WCW United States Championship.
Prior to the bout, Kanyon said that of all the questions asked on Capitol Hill, one remains unanswered - "Who better than Kanyon?" He said the answer was "nobody!" Kane went up top and nailed Kanyon with a flying clothesline and then chokeslammed the U.S. Champ. As he chokeslammed Kanyon, Kanyon grabbed referee Nick Patrick, causing Kane to win the match by disqualification, but also saving the U.S. Title for Kanyon! After the bout, Kane got some payback by chokeslamming Nick Patrick!
In the Alliance's locker room, Stephanie recruited Rhyno and the Dudley Boyz to battle Chris Jericho, Edge & Christian on SmackDown. She told them to take out Y2J and E&C for good!
Have you ever seen 20,000 people stand up and cheer at the same time? That's exactly what happened as The Rock made his way to the ring on SmackDown! The "Rocky" chants were deafening as The Rock declared that finally he had come back to Washington D.C.! The People's Champion explained that he returned to the Federation not for Vince McMahon, but for the people!
The Rock said he was born in the World Wrestling Federation, would never leave the World Wrestling Federation, and would forever be the People's Champion!
He did admit that there was one more reason he came back to the Federation - to pay back Stone Cold Steve Austin. Rocky said he knew Bladewolf had challenged Austin for SummerSlam, but he wanted Stone Cold on SmackDown, so the Brahma Bull called him out!
Instead of Austin, however, out came WCW Champion Booker T! As the crowd chanted "You suck!" Booker said that Rock couldn't just waltz back in and challenge Austin. He said Rock wasn't in Austin's league or in his league. Rock simply held up his hand, and asked Booker, "Who in the blue hell are you?"
Booker said that he was the WCW Champion, sucka! Rock reiterated that Booker was the "WCW Champion Sucka," and then thought about that for a moment, and asked Booker what exactly it was that he sucked! Rock then asked Booker his name, and as Booker answered, Rock screamed that it doesn't matter what his name is!
Booker said that his name should matter, because he was out to challenge Rock to a match at SummerSlam. Rock was shocked to hear that Booker would be at SummerSlam, and asked if he would just be there in case someone needed their car parked! Rock said he didn't want to wait for SummerSlam - he wanted to whip Booker's ass in Washington, D.C.!
Instead of a Rock-Booker fight, however, Shane McMahon came out to the stage and asked Rock who the hell he thought he was. Shane said that Booker was the WCW Champion, and had twice the talent of The Rock, and unlike Rock, Booker had championship gold. Shane demanded that Rock respect Booker.
Shane said he didn't want Rock in the Alliance anymore, but he did want a piece of The Rock. The Boy Wonder said he wanted to go one-on-one with the Great One in a street fight this Monday on RAW!
Rock said that between Shane wanting a piece of The Rock's ass and Booker being a "Champion Sucka," he wanted to know just what kind of Alliance they were running! Rock accepted Shane's challenge for RAW - if ya smell what The Rock is cooking!
Stone Cold and Debra talked backstage, and Austin said he was being polite when he ate Stacy's cookies. Lance Storm then came into their locker room, and promised that there would be nothing left of Bladewolf for SummerSlam after he was done with him on SmackDown. Debra tried to interject herself, but Stone Cold told her to sit down and shut up! After Lance left, Austin told Debra never to embarrass him like that.
In six-man action, the Dudley Boyz and Rhyno took on Chris Jericho, Edge & Christian. An exciting match culminated when Y2J locked D-Von Dudley in the Walls of Jericho, only to have Rhyno hit him with the Gore, allowing D-Von to pin him for the win.
In Stone Cold's locker room, Debra asked him to eat one of her cookies, but Austin just threw it away and mocked his wife. He then told his wife to take her cookies and get out of there.
Moments later, Debra made her way to the ring, still carrying the plate of cookies! She said that certain people were making disparaging comments about her cookies, and she had made a special batch for the people of Washington, D.C. She then walked around ringside, allowing the fans to try her cookies.
She asked the fans how the cookies tasted, but before they could answer, out came Stone Cold Steve Austin.
Austin asked her what the hell she thought she was doing. He asked if she was Betty Crocker. He said this wasn't the Debra show, and he was the champ. As he spoke, Debra grabbed the microphone right out of his hand, and told her husband that the fans loved her cookies. But before she could finish, Austin grabbed the mic out of her hand.
Stone Cold started talking again, and again, Debra grabbed the mic out of his hand! She said she was tired of him disrespecting her, and of everything always being about him. She said he should be ashamed of how he treated her. But as she spoke, Austin calmly grabbed the mic out of her hand and started talking smack about Kurt Angle and The Rock.
Debra could take no more. She dumped the cookies off the tray and walloped her husband in the head with the cookie tray! As Austin watched on, Debra then walked away from her husband! Austin ate the cookies and told her how much he loved them, but she wouldn't come back!
An enraged Rattlesnake then accepted the Bladewolf's challenge for a World Wrestling Federation Championship match at SummerSlam, and he pledged to whip Bladewolf's ass!
Before he could leave, Kurt Angle came out and said he wanted a shot at Austin right now with the winner facing the Bladewolf at SummerSlam. Austin, still enraged at his wife, accepted the match and the two battled with Austin retaining after hitting two quick Stunners on Angle to score the pin and retain his WWF Championship. It was on! Austin vs the Bladewolf for the WWF Title at SummerSlam.
In the commissioner's office, William Regal told Tajiri that they needed to find the Undertaker, who hadn't been seen backstage since DDP's words earlier in the evening.
The next match coming up was Lance Storm against the Bladewolf.
In the arena, Lance Storm's theme hits and out he comes with the Canadian flag in hand, waving it around as the entire crowd booed Storm. Storm made his way to the ring and got in, putting the flag down.
OOOOOOWHOOOOOO!
'Oh, ah, ah, ah, ah! Get up, come on get down with the sickness!'
Down with the Sickness plays to a huge pop from the crowd as the Bladewolf walks out, heading straight towards the ring.
"Lance Storm will be the first on Bladewolf's list of men he is going to hurt to show what is in store for Austin at SummerSlam." Cole said.
"Lance Storm is a talented young man." Tazz defended Storm. "I am sure he will stop the Bladewolf tonight."
"Yeah, when Hell freezes over." Cole scoffs.
Bladewolf enters the ring and takes off his long coat and places it outside the ring before adjustsing his elbow pads as his theme dies down and the referee calls for the bell.
'Ding! Ding! Ding!'
Storm runs at Bladewolf and unloads with lefts and rights all over Bladewolf who just allowed it, looking amused as he backs up, Storm thinking he has the upperhand when Bladewolf suddenly pushes him away, rebounds off the ropes and floors Storm with a clothesline from hell for his troubles.
"What a clothesline!" Cole said. "That impact must've hurt Storm."
"Don't count him out just yet, Cole." Tazz told him.
"Against the Bladewolf? I am counting him out." Cole said firmly.
Bladewolf grabs Storm's legs and starts stomping away on them viciously and hard, causing Storm to yell in pain as Bladewolf continues to hurt him. Bladewolf gets onto his knees and drives his knee into Storm's ribs before he attacks the legs again, applyinga hold and twisting the ankle hard to make Storm scream in pain befor ehe stops and backs off.
"Good God, this man is evil! He's sadistic!" Tazz said, shocked at Bladewolf's cruel punishment on Storm.
"You haven't seen what he was like before from 1997 to 1999." Cole told him.
Bladewolf watches Storm wither around in pain before he stomps on the legs again and again then picks Storm up and hits a suplex. He grabs Storm from behind as he hits a German Suplex, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another.
"Oh my God! That's like... 36 German Suplexes in a row!" Tazz said.
Storm looked lifeless as he laid there limp, Bladewolf chuckling as he gets to his feet before he slides out the ring, grabs Storm's legs and pulls him right into the stee ring post and bashes his legs off it, causing Storm to yell in pain before Bladewolf applied a hold using the ring post to his advantage, causing Storm more pain in the legs before Bladewolf releases him.
Bladewolf rolls back into the ring and flips his hair back befor ehe grabs Storm by the legs and...LOCk IN THE SHARPSHOOTER!
"Sharpshooter! Bladewolf's got it locked in!" Cole exclaims.
"Don't tap Storm! Hold on, kid!" Tazz shouted.
Storm looked ready to tap out but Bladewolf released the hold before he could, picked him up and tossed him right outside the ring. Bladewolf follows and grabs Storm then throws him into the barricade hard.
"My God, Bladewolf's not showing any mercy like he said." Cole said.
Bladewolf picks Storm up and then tosses him into the steel steps, the force and power behind the throw causing the steps to fall onto it's side. Storm clutche shis shoulder in pain before he was picked up again and tossed back into the ring by the Bladewolf who rolls in afterwards, gets to his feet and raises his right hand to signal a Chokeslam is looming.
Storm gets to his feet and turns around...INTO A GOOZLE!
"Bladewolf's caught him!" Cole said.
Bladewolf lifts Storm up...AND PLANTS HIM WITH A CHOKESLAM!
"Chokeslam!" Cole exclaims.
"No!" Tazz shouts.
Bladewolf does the cutthroat taunt, scoops Storm onto his shoulders...THEN HITS THE WOLF'S HOWL! HE HOOKS THE LEGS! ONE! TWO! THREE! BLADEWOLF WINS THE MATCH!
'Ding! Ding! Ding!'
Down with the Sickness plays as Bladewolf gets to his feet and leaves the ring, pausing before he grabs his coat and pulls the bat from out of it, smirking as the crowd cheers.
"Oh no. i do not like that look on his face." Tazz said.
Bladewolf rolls into the ring and swings his bat around a few times...BEFORE HE STARTS HITTING STORK IN THE HEAD WITH IT!
"Oh my God!" Cole shouts.
Bladewolf keeps attacking the head with his bat...UNTIL STORM IS BUSTED WIDE OPEN! STORM IS BLEEDING! Bladewolf looks at the blood on his bat and nods in satisfaction, gets to a a knee to watch the blood flow down Storm's face before he grabs Storm and starts hammering away at the busted open cut, furthering making him bleed.
"Oh come on! Enough's enough!" Tazz shouts.
Bladewolf stomps and looks at the camera, gesturing to Storm. "This is what will happen at SummerSlam, Austin! This is just the beginning!"
Bladewolf picks up his bat and leaves the ring, grabbing his long coat along the way as Storm is left busted open and defeated in the middle of the ring.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter along with what Bladewolf did to Lance Storm in his match back. I wanted to show that he is still the demonic man that debuted and destroyed Tiger Ali Singh in the first story of this series. Bladewolf may not be wearing the mask anymore, but he still has that demonic dark side inside of him.
