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"To every story, there is a beginning... to every love story, there is... an interesting beginning..."

IWA Feb PPV: Dead of Winter

Wilburman rolls to his feet, locking up with Empress; both looking for an advantage. Wilburman attempts a reverse chin lock, but Empress avoids it. Empress applies an arm wrench, followed by several face slaps. Wilburman staggers; Empress slaps his face again. Wilburman attempts to rush Empress, but she avoids it, turning around to shove Wilburman as he passes her, right through the ropes and out of the ring.

JulieAnn Roberts: "Ladies and gentlemen, your winner and NEW IWA Intercontinental Champion, Emerald Empress!"

"To every feud, just like every story, it has its own beginning, its origin..."

March 11, 2000: Wednesday Wipeout
Emerald Empress vs. Wilburman (Intercontinental Title Match)

*Wilburman stands up, hardly phased. He drags Empress up, kisses her, then DDT's her...and puts in the "Rings of Saturn"*

Prince: There it is...Justice!! We have a new...

*All the lights go out suddenly. The only thing heard is three muffled *POP's*. The lights come back on, and a gigantic man is standing in the middle of the ring. Empress, Wilburman, and the ref are all out.*

Prince: Look at the size of that man!! He must be over seven feet tall!!!
Ron: He could snap both of them like twigs....

*The ref, Empress, and Wilburman all begin to stir. The ref calls for a double DQ bell, and Empress keeps the belt. Both Wilburman and Empress get up, and stare the man in the eyes. Suddenly, Wilburman unleashes a massive DDT, and Empress climbs the ropes and delivers the Gemcutter*

Prince: Oh my!! I bet he regrets interfearing in that match.

*Empress and Wilburman walk out together*

"...but where, or maybe when, if ever, will it end?"

(Scene opens inside an empty arena, it's pitch black, we can't see anything except for the faint roof-light shining down into the ring and the front row. The faint natural light outlines the glare of a ladder in the centre of the ring. In the front row, we see the outlines of a man, well, not really, just the shininess of his bald head... of course, that head can only belong to one man...)

"How did it all begin?"

(As Wilburman says those words, the view flashes once more like it did earlier)

March 22nd 2000, Wednesday Wipeout
Mental vs. Wilburman (IWA Heavyweight Championship)

"You all ready???"

...crowd goes nuts as the intro of Blaze of Glory is played...

"I said...YOU ALL READY???"

...Something for the Pain hits to an even louder cheer...

JulieAnn: This match is for the IWA Heavyweight Title!!

Wilburman stomps the hell out of Mental, and climbs the ropes. Mental staggers to his feet, and Wilburman does a Diving Spear. Wilburman stands up, and call for Justice to be served...and it is. Within seconds, Mental taps out

April 19th 2000, Wednesday Wipeout
Chamber vs. Braun (IWA World Championship)

"Sway" hits to a chorus of boos.

Braun sweeps Chamber's legs and applies the Lionheart. Chamber hold on for an agonizing thirty seconds, then hooks his legs around Braun's head and pulls him down. He lifts him back up, underhooks both arms, and hits the Final Call, winning the World Title. Cobalt comes out, and the siblings celebrate.

"How... did it begin?... The greatest and longest feud of all time, just where... did it begin?"

IWA April PPV: Equinox Bash
Wilburman vs. Chamber (IWA Heavyweight Championship)

Wilburman some how makes it to his feet. he charges Chamber, Only to be stops by spinning heel kick. Chamber picks Wilburman up, and sends him into the ropes, Wilburman shoots off the ropes and catches Chamber with a flying fist. Chamber crashes to the mat. Wilburman sizes Chamber up for a leg drop. Wilburman sits on Chamber and delvers a series of lefts and rights. The ref tries to stop him, but no luck till Chamber pushes Wilburman off him. Chamber gets up to his knees, Wilburman, rushes back and bulldogs Chamber. Wilburman stomps on Chamber, but Chamber fights back. Chamber whips Wilburman into the ropes. Chamber nails Wilburman with a big boot. Chamber closes in. He picks up Wilburman Chamber body slams Wilburman, Wilburman screams in pain, holding his back. Chamber picks up Wilburman, and power bombs him!

Prince: "Wilburman is taking a beating right now!"
Ron: "Yup!"

Wilburman doesn't move has he lays on the mat. Chamber picks up the fallen Wilburman, Chamber picks Wilburman up in a gorilla press slam. The crowd boos, and Beer bottles actually start to bounce off the cell. Chamber walks around the ring, Holding Wilburman over his head. The rage in Chamber's eyes tells the story, as if the primal screams from Chamber didn't give you a clue. Chamber tosses Wilburman in the air a little, He waits and catches Wilburman on the way down, By snapping him on his shoulder, and power slamming Wilburman to the mat! Wilburman does not move in the center of the ring. Chamber drags him over towards the corner. Chamber moves over to the turn buckles. He hops up to the top ropes. Flash bulbs go off as Chamber stands on the top turnbuckle.

Prince "What could he be doing? Hasn't he hurt Wilburman enough?"

Chamber jumps, Hitting a senton bomb, or one that looks like one to Wilburman. Chamber forces pushes the air out of Wilburman lungs, He sits up, holding his chest. The crowd is really hating this. Chamber gets up, he grabs Wilburman by the hair and drags him to the center of the ring. Captain Howdy is jumping up and down on the outside of the ring. Chamber hooks Wilburman in the Final Call. The ref pleas with Chamber, But Chamber will have none of it. He jumps, Sending Wilburman face first to the mat, crushing his skull. (A Final Call is a pedigree if you didn't know) Chamber rolls Wilburman over, He places one hand on him, as the ref counts, 1...2...3!

(Silence... as Wilburman stands up, the arena lighting dimly and slowly lights up, but not to its full beam, just faintly lit. The very arena that Cyril had just departed from, the IWA arena. Leaping over the guardrail and resting his hand on the ring apron, he slowly takes each step towards the cold steel steps. Slowly rising to the apron, he casually steps through the middle ropes, he pauses and looks at the tall, almost daunting structure of the steel ladder. It looks sturdy, well, it needs to be, Chamber's arse is gonna be climbing it... Wilburman rests one hand on the step of the ladder before looking up at the top momentarily. After a brief look, he turns his head back in to view)

"It's been said that I was given the IWA World Heavyweight Championship belt, said by the likes of Cyril, said by the likes of Chamber... let me ask you something, just exactly what led to Soul Survivor taking place?"

(Expecting another flashback are we? Errrr --- wrong answer! Wilburman turns from our view and ascends the ladder by a step.)

"I'll remind you all how Soul Survivor came about, 3 weeks before the PPV, we had a match, the Mean and Mad Alliance, as it was, against Chamber and his brother-in-law Draven, in a match named by Cyril as 'Pinner vs. Winner', remember that one? If Chamber's team won, they get a shot at the Mean and Mad Alliance for the Tag belts, and if we won, which we did, the 'pinner' gets a shot at big man for his belt, ring a bell? Good, cause you'll all remember what happened then won't ya? Yup, the following week saw Hell in a Cell part 2, one which was billed as Wilburman vs. Chamber, now I ask you all, what happened in THAT match?"

(Nope - still no flashback, we've spent all the budget now on flashbacks, you're just gonna have to jog up your memory as we see Wilburman climb another step)

"In the match that the IWA had most anticipated in its history, Cyril wanted in on the big cake, he wanted a slice, a big slice so that he could finally get some attention from those Hollywood executives and put on some acting show, well, suffice to say, his plan worked... he went on to be his Megashoite, made his little claim to fame in a 15 min black and white spoof and smuggled into the Oscars, well done Cyril, well done... born was the Mean and Mad Masters, and gone was Chamber's reign as champ, gone was the dignity of wrestling, true wrestling, and gone was my chance to get the win I had sought after for so long in more than 5 months... but now..."

(Another step up the ladder)

"All that is going to change..."

(Gripping onto the step with one hand, Wilburman pulls himself up another step)

"Don't get me wrong, I ain't bitter at Cyril for his money making spin off idea of the Mean and Mad Masters, I said from day one that Cyril didn't screw me out the match, but then again, I don't need to kid people on any more... we're big enough and ugly enough to accept decisions we all made and agreed on, not just Cyril, not just me, not just Chamber, not just Amy, but all of us... it was something we all had to agree on, and being the damn nice guy that I was, I made the biggest mistake of my life, I said yes when I should have said no... but the damage has been done, we killed the fed's competition, inadvertently, we killed IWA, but hey, we're back on our feet, and all that's left now... is to prove a point... to prove to everyone that I can, and WILL beat Chamber..."

(Placing the left foot on the step, its echo can be faintly heard as the camera zooms out from the shoes and back to Wilburman's face)

"Last night, after defeating Billy, I was thinking to myself,

'Big retard should show up any time soon, it's PPV in a week's time, how can he not attack m---'

And then BAM! I was right, there you were Steve, Final Call and all, and you brought yourself this ladder, and dumped me on my head on this ladder..."

(Wilburman stops and points at a particular bit on the step)

"See this bit here? That gave me this cut right here..."

(Wilburman points to the bandage just below his eye on the cheek)

"All I remember was Tom screaming something like:

[girlish voice]'Chamber is sending a message to Wilburman!!'[/girlish voice]

Well big man, I got the message, and here's my reply to ya..."

(Wilburman sticks up the middle finger in our view, which has been fuzzled out by the Wilburmania Censoring Group)

"You can hit me with the Final Call on the ladder a hundred times and it'll still be of no use, and vice versa, I could clock your arse in the Justice a million times and dump your dead carcass to the sea and it'll still be of no use, cause you've laid down the challenge of this ladder match, and... I... ac... cept..."

(Climbs another few steps as the top of the ladder is within Wilburman's grasp)

"Now I was told by one pesky little sod named Tom Prince that you think you're my Kryptonite, well, that's great Chamber, thanks for the compliment, why, you're the greenest Kryptonite since Donny Cole, but I got news for ya, despite the unfounded strong rumours, I am not Superman... no, I am the guy you forgot to pull the plug on when you had the chance, and now, I am back to haunt ya... see, you can pin me, break me neck, put me back in a coma, but one thing is for sure, you can't get rid of me, you can make funeral arrangements and have my tombstone ready, but I don't plan on using it for another 72 years... I ain't going nowhere... nowhere but up, and this Sunday, I am going all the way..."

(Wilburman reaches the top, he leaps one leg over to the other side and sits himself on top of the ladder, we can also see now that the distinguished IWA World Heavyweight Championship belt hanging off a circle ring beside Wilburman. Wilburman looks at the belt before focusing back into our view)

"I remember Cyril asking whatever happened to that 'soft shite superhero', asking how I turned into a sweary bastard... heh, Cyril I think that you of all people should know that I am no saint, I am a nice guy, I am Romeo, and I can hit the six strings, but I am not Superman, and I am no saint... I can still do the old rookie Wilburman stunts, I can still leap from one building top to another, I can still slide down trap doors, I can still slide down hidden chutes at the side of buildings and pretended that I flew, and I sure as hell can descend from the rafters in under 5 seconds, I can still do all that and more, but Cyril, I don't need to any more, I've already captured the imaginations of the fans, it's time they get to know me, it's time they get to remember that Wilburman can defeat Chamber, it's time... it's show time..."

(Wilburman stands up on the ladder and unhooks the belt and places it on the shoulder)

"And when you see this Chamber, when you see the belt on top of my shoulder, in my hands, you'll know that Donny and his midgets failed to get the belt for ya, you'll know that you have failed to get the belt yourself, you'll know that we've broken a few ladders, and you will ABSOLUTELY!!!"

(As the words echo, one set of the spotlight flashes on lighting up half the arena behind Wilburman)

"POSITIVELY!!!"

(View cuts to the full view of the ring and the ladder and then--- Clack!! Or whatever dramatic sound that lightings make inside an empty arena when it just got switched on as all the arena lights come on)

"GOBSMACKINGLY!! KNOW!! THAT JUSTICE HAD JUST BEEN SERVED!!!"

(Wilburman tilts his head back a little and closes his eyes as the view slowly cuts from full view of ring to Wilburman's figure)

"And PayBack..."

(Cutting to Wilburman's face as he tilts his head forward and smiles to the camera)

"Will be mine..."

(Scene fades.)