And now here is the third story in the Bladewolf of Destruction series which will start at the 2001 Royal Rumble! Also I want to dedicate this chapter to the man himself, the Undertaker! 30 years in the business of domiance and destruction and now he has finally decided to hang up the boots, hopefully for good this time as we all thought he was retired after his loss at WrestleMania 33 only to come back a year later but that was only because Undertaker HATED how his match with Roman Reigns went, the botches messed it up for him, plus he said he should never have been in the ring that year due to his bad hip.
The only thing I wished to see was the Undertaker vs The Fiend but that can't happen even if Undertaker didn't retire. he's old and the Fiend is a aggressive monster. If it was Undertaker from 1999, he would've been able to hang in the ring with the Fiend sicne Bray Wyatt seems to be attacking his past rivals who have defeated him, like Randy Orton last night on RAW.
Now enough talking, let's get to the story shall we?
Disclaimer: I do not own WWE.
Royal Rumble: 21/1/2001
Match Card
1. Edge and Christian (c) vs The Dudley Boyz in a tag team match for the WWF World Tag Team Championship.
2. Chris Benoit (c) vs Chris Jericho in a Ladder match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship.
3. Ivory (c) vs Chyna in a singles match for the WWF Women's Championship.
4. Kurt Angle (c) w/Trish Stratus vs Triple H w/Stephanie McMahon in singles match for the WWF Championship.
5. 30-man Royal Rumble match.
WWF Royal Rumble was live at the New Orleans Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana. The pay-per-view event began with Edge and Christian defending their WWF World Tag Team Championship against The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley). Throughout the match, both teams performed many offensive maneuvers, though The Dudley Boyz were able to gain the upper hand. D-Von pinned Edge after a 3D, resulting in The Dudley Boyz winning the WWF World Tag Team Championship.
Next, Chris Benoit defended his Intercontinental Championship against Chris Jericho in a ladder match, which was to serve as the blowoff to their longstanding on-and-off rivalry. Both men performed a number of attacks and maneuvers on one another in an attempt to disable their opponent long enough to climb the ladder and retrieve the title belt suspended above the ring.
At one point in the match, Benoit dove through the ropes headfirst at Jericho, but Jericho struck him in the face with a steel chair. Jericho also applied the Walls of Jericho at the top of the ladder onto Benoit. The end of the match came when Jericho pushed over the ladder while Benoit was ascending it, causing Benoit to fall out to the outside of the ring. Jericho then climbed the ladder and retrieved the Intercontinental Championship belt.
In the third contest, Ivory defended the WWF Women's Championship against Chyna. Both women attempted to gain an advantage over the other, with Chyna controlling much of the match. The end of the match came when Chyna attempted a handspring back elbow on Ivory, who was in the corner of the ring. Chyna, however, fell to the canvas and (in storyline) injured her neck. Ivory then covered her for a successful pinfall, retaining her championship. Following this, commentator Jerry Lawler went into the ring to check on Chyna, and she was removed from the ringside area on a stretcher.
Next, WWF Champion Kurt Angle was challenged by Triple H, who had been named number-one contender by his (then storyline) father-in-law Vince McMahon. The match began as a mat based, hold for hold contest, but Trish Stratus then tried to interfere on Angle's behalf, only to then get into a catfight with Stephanie McMahon, who was in Triple H's corner. Stratus (Vince McMahon's storyline mistress) and Stephanie (McMahon's daughter and then storyline wife of Triple H) had been involved in their own feud due to vying for power as the WWF's "dominant female".
After the fracas involving the two ladies on the outside (which had to be broken up by Vince himself), both Triple H and Angle accidentally hit the referee Earl Hebner, causing him to roll out of the ring. Triple H grabbed the title belt and tried to hit Angle with it, only to receive a belly-to-belly suplex. Angle then tried to hit Triple H with the belt, but Triple H ducked and gave him a Pedigree.
As Triple H went outside to revive the referee, Stone Cold Steve Austin attacked Triple H and performed the Stone Cold Stunner on him as retaliation for Triple H costing Austin the title several weeks earlier on Raw Is War. As Austin left the arena, Angle crawled over on top of Triple H to cover him for the pin, while Hebner recovered and made the count. Angle won the match and retained the WWF Title, with a very angry Triple H vowing to get even with Austin for costing him the match.
The Royal Rumble match was underway. The first two entrants were Jeff Hardy and Bull Buchanan, a member of Right To Censor at the time. They were joined by Matt Hardy who entered at No. 3, both Hardys worked together in eliminating Buchanan as well as Faarooq who entered at No. 4. Jeff and Matt then battled each other, and it was during this time that Drew Carey arrived at No. 5, being the first celebrity entrant in Rumble history.
Earlier in the night, Carey was backstage looking to speak with Vince McMahon about how to put together a successful pay per view. After thinking Carey was trying to hit on his (storyline) mistress Trish Stratus, McMahon offered Carey a spot in the Rumble (in hopes of Carey getting pummeled) as a way to promote his upcoming Improv All-Stars pay per view. Once Carey entered the ring, he stood aside, and watched as the Hardys eliminated each other. Kane then entered at No. 6. Carey tried to shake his hand as well as bribe him with cash, but Kane grabbed Carey by the throat and was about to chokeslam him when Hardcore Champion Raven entered the ring at No. 7, and attacked Kane with a Singapore cane. This gave Carey the opportunity to eliminate himself safely by climbing over the top rope.
Kane would then dominate the match, eliminating all of the wrestlers who came between No. 7 to 11. The Honky Tonk Man (who had not appeared in the WWF since the 1998 Royal Rumble) came in at No. 12 and started singing his entrance theme "Cool, Cocky, Bad", only to be greeted by a guitar shot to the head by Kane and eliminated immediately after. The Rock entered at No. 13 and started brawling with Kane. The ring began to fill up in the next few minutes, and the tide turned when The Big Show made his return from months of inactivity, entering at No. 23. He eliminated Test and K-Kwik, then proceeded to chokeslam everyone else.
When he got to The Rock, Show received a low blow and was clotheslined over the top rope by The Rock. As Crash Holly made his way to the ring at No. 24, an irate Big Show dragged Rock under the bottom rope and chokeslammed him through the broadcast table. Just when the other wrestlers worked together in trying to eliminate Kane, The Undertaker made his arrival at No. 25 and saved Kane, and both of them eliminated everyone in the ring except The Rock (who was still unconscious due to Big Show's assault on him). Scotty 2 Hotty entered the ring at No. 26 and was quickly beaten up and eliminated by both Kane and Undertaker. Stone Cold Steve Austin entered at No. 27, but before he could enter the ring, he was assaulted and bloodied by Triple H who retaliated against Austin for costing him the match with Kurt Angle earlier. The Rock rolled back into the ring and battled with both The Undertaker and Kane.
Billy Gunn and Haku made their entrants at No. 28 and No. 29 respectively and now the countdown for number 30 began.
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BUZZ!
Rikishi's theme plays but after a few seconds he does not come out. The cameraman backstage shows someone dressed in black and wearing a biker helmet beating the holy hell out of a bloodied Rikishi with a black baseball bat. Eventually the person stops then whips his head to look at the cameraman and swings the bat at him, knocking him out and the camera gets a shot of the man's black boots before the helmet was dropped, revealing a familiar wolf skull on the side which made the fans cheer loudly in shock as the person walks away.
In the arena...
OOOOOOWHOOOOOO!
Disturbed's Down with the Sickness plays as the crowd pops loudly after the wolf howl and their cheers get louder when the stranger walks out...IT'S THE BLADEWOLF! THE BLADEWOLF WAS BACK!
"It's the Bladewolf! The Bladewolf is back!" JR exclaims loudly over the cheers.
"But..he looks different!" Jerry Lawler pointed out.
Indeed Bladewolf had changed. He no longer wore the demonic wolf mask, he had brown eyes, his hair had been cut short, with the sides of his head shaved, forming a mohawk out of the hair at the top of his head, tapering off into a point at the nape of his neck.
He wore a sleeveless top similar to what undertaker wore in 1999 during his Ministry of Darkness era, but Bladewolf's had a burning wolf skull in the middle, and had two Undertaker TX symbols on both sides of his black wrestling tights that were also similar to the tights Undertaker wore in 1999. He also wore a coat that stopped at the back of his knees, had a hood and the Undertaker symbol on the back of it.
Bladewolf took his coat off and tossed it aside before he storms towards the ring.
"And here he comes!" JR said. "We haven't seen Bladewolf since the 1999 SummerSlam where he was involved in a car accident that has sidelined him for over a year! it has been 17 long months of staying on the sidelines but now he is back!"
Bladewolf rolls into the ring and looks at the men in the ring which were Kane, the Undertaker, Haku, the Rock, Billy Gunn, and Stone Cold Steve Austin who had now entered the ring after being assaulted and busted open by Triple H.
Bladewolf ducks a right from Austin...AND HITS A SUPERKICK! Austin goes down, Bladewolf ducks a right from Haku and scoops him up onto his shoulders...AND HITS THE WOLF'S HOWL! Bladewolf gets to his feet and sees Billy Gunn coming at him and he scoops Gunn up...BEFORE HITTING THE WOLF'S HOWL ONCE MORE!
Bladewolf gets to his feet, nodding to himself as Kane and the Undertaker watch on and Bladewolf turns to look at them. the crowd cheered this on as the three brothers get in each others faces, the last time they were in the ring together at the same time was 17 months ago and Kane was fighting his two brothers.
Bladewolf turns around...AND SPEARS THE ROCK! Bladewolf hammers away on the Rock with hard lefts and rights before he gets to his feet and sees Haku leaning against the ropes. Badewolf and Austin nod at each other before running...AND DOUBLE CLOTHESLINE HAKU OVER THE TOP ROPE! HAKU IS ELIMINATED BY BLADEWOLF AND STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN!
Bladewolf sees Undertaker leaning against the ropes and runs...AND CLOTHESLINES UNDERTAKER OVER THE TOP ROPE! BLADEWOLF JUST ELIMINATED HIS BROTHER!
Undertaker gets to his feet and looks at his little brother with a head shake and slight smirk on his face, knowing he would have done the same and that it was every man for himself in this match.
Bladewolf turns around...INTO A CLOTHESLINE FROM KANE! BLADEWOLF GOES OVER THE TOP ROPE AND DOWN TO THE FLOOR! THE BLADEWOLF HAS BEEN ELIMINATED BY KANE!
Bladewolf gets to a knee and chuckles at the irony that just happened there. He gets to his feet and looks at his older brother who nods at him and they fist bump before walking away to head to the back as the match continues, with the winner being Stone Cold Steve Austin in the end...
And that's it for the 2001 Royal Rumble chapter. Bladewolf is back with a new look, no mask, and a baseball bat it seems. His jacket is a hooded version of the black leather coat Sting wore when he debuted at the 2014 Survivor Series because that jacket looked so cool on a guy like Sting.
Also his hair style is the same as Dante's hair from the 2013 DmC Devil may Cry game, I figured it would suit this new him to show he has changed. I mean undertaker made his hair short when he was Big Evil in 2002.
His attire is the same sleeveless top, tank top, whatever it was called, as the Undertaker's in 1999 but with a burning Wolf skull on the chest instead of the Undertaker symbol.
Bladewolf's superstar profile
Real Name: George Edwards
Ring Name: The Bladewolf (WWE 1997-Present day)
Wrestling Nicknames: The Demon Wolf
Height: 7'0
Weight: 299 lbs.
Body type: Similar to Kane's in 2001.
Facial hair: None
Hair colour: Black
Hair Length: Short, with the sides of his head shaved, forming a mohawk out of the hair at the top of his head, tapering off into a point at the nape of his neck.
Eye Colour: Brown. Demonic yellow (As Demon Bladewolf)
Born: November 5th 1976
Age: 24
Born: Brooklyn, New York.
Lives in: Brooklyn, New York.
Billed from: Death Valley. (WWE)
Companies: WWE (1997-present day)
Ring Attire: He wears a sleeveless top similar to what undertaker wore in 1999 during his Ministry of Darkness era, but Bladewolf's had a burning wolf skull in the middle, and had two Undertaker TX symbols on both sides of his black wrestling tights that were also similar to the tights Undertaker wore in 1999. He wore two black gloves with the same Wolf skull in the middle of them, black elbow pads, and black boots like Kane's.
Entrance attire: He wore a black coat that stopped at the back of his knees, had a hood and the Undertaker symbol on the back of it. The coat is the same as Sting's 2014 Survivor Series coat but with a hood and the Undertaker TC symbol on the back of it.
Entrance Theme: The Devil's Wolf (It's actually out of the fire by Type O Negative, a unused theme of Kane. Go on Youtube and type it in with Kane's 2006 entrance video, easy to spot] (1997-1998, 1999.)
Dark Side by Jim Johnston (1998-1999)
Down with the Sickness by Disturbed (2001-present)
Finishers: Tombstone Piledriver, Fireman's Carry Cutter (The Wolf's Howl), Chokeslam,
Signatures: Spear.
Bio: At a young age, George watched WWE and dreamed of being a WWE Superstar. When he was in his teens, he trained to be a wrestler, soon ending up with a gimmick, a name, and working at small wrestling shows under the name 'The Bladewolf'. In September 1997, he was approached by Jim Ross about a contract with the WWF and George accepted, having his tryout match at the WWF's UK One Night Only PPV where the Bladewolf made his debut and proceeded to destroy Tiger Ali Singh in dominating fashion as part of the character and win the match, starting the beginning of George's big time wrestling career.
Over the next few weeks, Bladewolf would face superstar after superstar and defeat them in quick, dominating fashion. He defeated Dude Love at Badd Blood: in Your House, Triple H at Survivor Series, Marc Mero at D-Generation X: in Your House, a feud that became real life issues due to George sleeping with Mero's real life wife, Sable, yet it was discovered Sable was being abused by Mero.
Back on screen, Bladewolf continued his path of destruction and after facing Kane and loosing his first match to Kane, Paul Bearer revealed that Bladewolf was in fact the lost, little brother of the Undertaker and Kane. Bladewolf would eventually come face to face with his brothers, stopping Kane from slapping Undertaker. As 1997 reached an end, Bladewolf showed a desire to be WWF Champion and on the final RAW of 1997 he faced Shawn Michaels for the title but won by DQ, but Michaels retaiend due to titles not changing hands by a DQ.
Bladewolf competed in the 1998 Royal Rumble, eliminating 8 superstars and came down to the final two with Stone Cold Steve Austin, but was eliminated. Despite this, Bladewolf still desired a shot at the WWF Championship and was given the chance to be added to the Main Event at WrestleMania 14 when Vince McMahon put him into a tag team match against Vader and Marc Mero with his brother Kane being his partner. For the first time, the two brothers teamed up and showed dominance throuout most of the match and won the match, giving Bladewolf his shot at the title.
At WrestleMania 14, Bladewolf defeated Shawn Michaels and Stone Cold to win his first WWF Championship and making history by becoming the youngest Champion ever at the age of 21. After this, Bladewolf went on to face Stone Cold Steve Austin at Unforgiven: in Your House for the WWF Championship but lost, ending his first reign at only 28 days.
Bladewolf was denied a rematch by Vince McMahon, which caused him to go on a rampage and destroy several superstars. Bladewolf was then given a shot at the WWF Intercontinental Championship at Over the Edge: In Your House, where he defeated the Rock to win the title for the first time and become the youngest at 21 years old.
Bladewolf then went on to become part of the 1998 King of the Ring tournament, which he won in the final at the King of the Ring PPV. After this, he feud with the Rock and Triple H, leading to a Triple Threat Ladder match for the Intercontinental Championship at SummerSlam where he retained the title. He lost the title to Triple H at Breakdown: in Your House, ending his first Intercontinental Championship reign at only 119 days. Bladewolf would then go on to win the title for the second time at Judgement Day: In Your House, defeating Ken Shamrock.
Bladewolf attacked the Undertaker the next night on RAW when the Undertaker revealed he set the fire that claimed the lives of Bladewolf's parents and scarred Kane's face. The following week he faced Stone Cold Steve Austin in a I Quit match, where the Undertaker interfered and brutally attacked Bladewolf, injuring his ankle and forcing Bladewolf to vacate his Intercontinental Championship, ending his second reign at only 8 days.
During George's time off, he and Sable broke up after she cheated on him.
Bladewolf returned to the WWF on the 25/1/1999 episode of RAW to defend Kane from Shane McMahon, reuniting the Brothers of Destruction. Kane and Bladewolf would go on to defeat Jeff Jarrett and Owen Hart for the World Tag Team Championships at St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House, giving Bladewolf his first tag team title reign. They faced Hart and Jarrett again at WrestleMania 15 where they retained the titles, giving Bladewolf his second victory at WrestleMania.
After WrestleMania, the two brothers continued defending their titles against anyone who challenegd them. On the RAW after Backlash, Bladewolf defeated Stone Cold Steve Austin for the WWF Championship, winning the title for the second time in his career. Bladewolf then entered a feud with the Undertaker which involved Bladewolf saving Stephanie McMahon the same night he won the WWF Championship. The brothers battled at No Mercy (UK) inside Hell in a Cell, which Bladewolf won in his first Hell in a Cell match, then they battled at Over the Edge with Shane McMahon as the Special Guest Referee where Bladewolf lost thanks to a quick fast count by Shane, ending Bladewolf's second WWF Championship reign at only 27 days.
After this, Bladewplf began a small rivalry with Shane McMahon after Shane cost Kane and Bladewolf their World Tag Team Titles, ending their reign at 106 days. Bladewolf defeated Shane McMahon in a Hell in a Cell match on the 14/6/1999 episode of RAW is WAR to win his first WWF European Championship.
After this, Bladewolf showed signs of a Heel turn after he hit a low blow on Big Show then was aided in attacking Big Show by Undertaker. At King of the Ring 1999, Bladewolf turned Heel for the first time in WWF when he helped Undertaker defeat the Rock to retain the WWF Championship. The two brothers reunited and Bladewolf took time off TV.
He returned on the 26/7/1999 episode of RAW is WAR to aid Undertaker in attacking Kane and Road Dogg, fully completing and cementing Bladewolf's Heel turn. At SummerSlam, Bladewolf and Undertaker defeated Kane and X-Pac to become the new WWF World Tag Team Champions.
After the show, George was in a car accident caused by a drunk driver, causing him to have a broken arm and a torn knee, lucky enough to not have been killed but was told he may be looking at the end of his career with this injury. This wore Bladewolf out of TV as he was told he may be out for maybe a year or more than a year.
After 17 months on the sidelines and keeping quiet on if he will return to WWF, Bladewolf returned at the 2001 Royal Rumble as the 30th entrant but was eliminated by Kane, he also turned Face at this event for the first time since 1999.
Accomplishments: WWE Championship (2x)
WWE Intercontinental Championship. (2x)
WWE World Tag Team Championship (2x)
WWF European Championship (1x)
1998 King of the Ring.
Other: Has the tattoo of the glaring wolf face over his entire back. He has the word 'Demon Wolf' tattooed across his neck, and has his entire right arm tattooed with a wolf on it, body and everything. On his left arm he has the image of Godzilla 2000 tattooed on him due to being a big fan of the Godzilla movies.