In what was referred to as the end of an era between The WWF champion, Stone Cold Steve Austin, going up against Mr.McMahon's chosen competitor, The Undertaker. The leader of the Ministry faction that was hell bent on making Austin draw first blood in a match where Steve Austin could, for the last time, compete for the richest prize in the WWF should he be the first to draw first blood and sadly for the Texas Rattlesnake, that day had come.
"You're gonna bleed, boy!" I took full advantage of the brief moment Austin was feeling dazed and in quick fashion, bashed his skull into the exposed ring post that resulted in Austin being busted open and blood flowing from his stitches.
"Ring the bell!" The referee had called for the bell the moment he saw Austin bleeding. Resulting in the end of Austin's final title reign, but taking away Austin's dream of competing for the title ever again wasn't enough to fill me and Paul Bearers thirst of revenge.
No, we both desired more. We wanted Austin to truly suffer for all he had done to the Ministry over the past year and tonight would be that night that Austin answers for his sins.
"Austin, you may think losing your precious WWF title was bad, but I assure you the worst is yet to come." I look down at Austin who sits underneath the ring post. His face was a crimson mess still as he tried catching his breath and possibly come to the realization of the consequences of losing this battle.
"Your downward spiral has only just begun, boy." I looked up at the ramp and saw members of my Ministry that were under my complete control make their way down to the ring.
"Take comfort, Austin, for you won't have to worry about lingering in misery of never being able to challenge for my WWF title after tonight." Austin, battered and bleeding from his crimson face, tries to muster enough strength to pull himself up against the ring post while I look on at him. Standing in the center of the ring while Paul held my title on the outside.
"The choice is yours, Austin. Come willingly and I promise to make your end painless. Refuse and you my boy will have condemned yourself to a most painful end." As expected, Austin simply flipped me off and attempted to strike as he cursed out my name, but the boy had already exhausted too much strength in our match. Which made it so much easier to evade his weak pathetic attack as I grabbed him by the throat with ease.
Hoisting the sweaty, crimson face Steve Austin up high and chokeslaming his beaten body brutally onto the hard mat as he groaned in agony.
"Well done, Undertaker. I knew, right from the start, I could count on you." Vince had stepped into the ring with that ridiculous grin on his face as he looked down at Austin groaning on the floor before us.
As we towered over Austin I would hand over my title to Vince for the WWF title wasn't what I was truly aiming for tonight. No, it was Austin whom I wanted while Vince simply wanted Austin to be out of the title hunt for good. Something that we both had achieved in tonight's first blood battle over the title.
"As promised, he's all yours, Undertaker." Vince would whisper to me as he made his way out of the ring with the title as I instructed Bradshaw, Farooq, Mideon, and Vicerca on the outside to come into this ring to dish out more pain to Austin before we take him away someplace a little more….private.
First thing I instructed was to have the Acolytes, Bradshaw and Farooq, lift Austin's broken body up high for a double powerbomb right in the center of the ring.
Next would be to have Viscera run the ropes and come crashing down hard onto Austin almost immediately after the Acolytes had powerbomb him.
"How's that feeling, Mr.Stone Cold Steve Austin? Laying there in your own bloody mess. Who the hell do you think you are? You thought you were such a tough guy, but now look at ya?!" Paul stood in the ring once the damage had been done to Austin. Looking down at him as Austin groaned in pain and anger.
"You're nothing but a loser who lost to my Undertaker! The one and only true WWF champion! A champion you can never challenge again because of your damn hot heated ego!" Mideon and Viscera held Austin up on his knees. Keeping a tight grip to his arms as Paul slapped Austin in the face.
"You're gonna suffer a lot tonight! Oh yes you will, you stupid rattlesnake, and it'll be glorious!" Austin, bloody face and all, glared at Paul and cursed.
"You stupid fat son of a-" Austin had attempted to free himself from Mideon and Vicerca's grip until I stopped him by kicking hard in the face before he could finish speaking.
"There will be no escaping your destiny this time around, Austin." For over a year Austin had escaped being sacrificed to my Ministry, but that all changes tonight.
"Take him backstage and hurl him into the hearse." I ordered my minions as they pulled Austin out of the ring and dragged him up the ramp.
"Tonight, Paul, will truly be the end of an Era." Paul nodded in agreement for he knew what I had planned for Austin.
"Oh yes, yes indeed! That so-called toughest SOB has no idea what we have in store for him." Paul was right. Austin right now may believe losing his title was bad, but what we had planned for him would be far much worse than he could ever imagine.
"Let's go, Paul, so we may have the boy undergo intense punishment for his actions towards the Ministry." We made our way backstage where my minions had brought Austin to my hearse, but just as they were about to toss him in the hearse, Austin had come to and attempted to fight back.
Unfortunately for Austin he was severely outnumbered with my Ministry minions holding Austin by his arms and legs while Paul prepped chloroform on a brown rag.
"Hold him! I'm gonna put him under!" Austin of course cursed out as he struggled, but it was all futile for it didn't take too long to render Austin unconscious.
"Good. Now get him loaded up." Paul would order the minions to put Austin's unconscious body into the hearse and lock it up as I looked on. Placing my hand onto the back of the hearse and spoke in hopes Austin could somehow hear me.
"Rest while you can, Austin. For the next time you awaken, you will be experiencing the worst kind of torment that you could ever endure." With that said me and Paul would drive off with Austin locked up and unconscious in the back of the hearse to someplace private where no one this time around would interrupt us like my brother had done last year when we tried to embalm Austin.
"Hehe, this has got to be the best idea you've ever come up with, Taker." Paul loathed Austin just as, if not, more than even me and who could blame him after what he and my brother did to him last year by tossing him down a sewer.
"By the time this night is done, Paul, Austin will have paid the ultimate price. I will claim his broken mind, his wretched body, and his broken soul, but before I do I will first make sure he undergoes unbelievable pain and agony." I closed my eyes and imagined the pain Austin will soon experience. How loudly he will cry out and curse when he understands what true pain and suffering is all about.
"Step on it, Paul! I can't wait any longer."