I cant believe this, I never saw it coming. How could something like this even happen? It’s not right! It’s just not right I tell you. I just don’t know what to do. I don’t know how to act. My world it shut down, my dreams have collapsed. I don’t know exactly what to do now. Should I cry? Should I jump for joy? Should I run and hide or should I morn? Why did this have to happen? Why did it happen? All these questions, why is there no answers. But what I must do is show respect. I must give my final peace. I must let the world know….. What XCW meant to me……

~{Cameras open at the Stanley Funeral Home in Lawrence Kansas. The scene is set outside and the parking lot is full. A red Dodge Ram pickup truck comes pulling into the lot. It park’s near the front of the building and from the drives side door you see a man step out. He is in a pair of black dress shoes, a black Armani suit with a black silk tie. Chris Van X has on a pair of silver Oakley’s. Stands in the bright afternoon sunlight and look’s at the building for a moment.}~

CVX: Well I’ve come to pay my last respects.

~{Chris slams the door to his truck shut and he makes his way up the sidewalk to the front of the building. As he swings the front door open a man standing in a dark gray suit is in the middle of the doorway and look’s over at him.}~

Man: Chris, I’m so sorry to hear about your losses.

CVX: Um, ok.

Man: I’m Jack Baker the manager of Stanley Funeral Home and I will be assisting you with any need’s you may have during this tough time.

CVX: Well I think I will be ok.

Jack: Well I know you will but for the sake of the cameras and the sake of everyone else try to act a little upset.

CVX: What?

Jack: The cameras following you around are taping you. Try to act upset to add effect to the story some.

CVX: Sure no problem.

Jack: Now we took both Justin Denison for XCW and Smitty for Mania Sports and placed them in the same viewing area.

CVX: Why did you do that? I barely knew Smitty or Mania Sports and I really don’t care that it’s dead at all.

Jack: I know you don’t and honestly I feel the same way. In fact not a single soul gave a rats ass about it being dead that’s why we put them together. This way it look’s like someone cares when in fact…….No one does.

CVX: That makes a lot of sense.

Jack: Exactly, so what we will do now is we will go into the viewing area and let you go see both caskets. Then you will sit on the front bench and everyone will come by and give you a hug and their regrets and such.

CVX: Why am I the one doing all of this?

Jack: Well we all wanted someone like Clarkson or Cyrus to do it. Hell even Bonez would have been acceptable but they are all washed up losers and frankly you’re a better draw for ratings than they are.

CVX: Ratings?

Jack: Yes ratings, you need to focus Chris. The cameras are always on you.

CVX: Right…..

Jack: Here lets go in there and I’ll stand by your side and act like I’m helping you stand up and such.

~{Jack takes Chris by the arm and the two men begin to walk into the church style room where two caskets are sitting at the front. As Chris enters the room he glances from behind his sunglasses at the people who all cover there mouths and wipes their eyes as they see him. Chris slightly holds his head down as the two men approach the front. They are standing in front of one of the caskets and as the camera look’s inside a rather fake dummy version of Justin Denison is laying in it. Chris look’s at Jack who lets off a slight nod at him. Chris then bellows out loud.}~

CVX: OH LORD NOOOOOOOOO!!!!

~{Chris begins to make believe crying and whimpering. He almost drop’s to one knee during his fake crying routine. The people in the crowd can be heard crying again themselves. Jack starts to look around weirdly and stunned and leans down to Chris who is making very loud sobbing noises.}~

Jack: What are you doing?

~{Chris turns and look’s up at him with this huge crybaby style face and acts if he is really crying.}~

CVX: I….I….I……I’m t….t…..t…..try……..trying……..to…….I’m trying to w…..w…..w….

Jack: Just say it whitely in my ear normally, I can’t understand that.

CVX: I’m trying to win a oscar nomination for best actor.

Jack: Well it’s a bit to much, cut back a little.

CVX: Ok sorry,

~{Chris slowly manages to walk over to the next casket and look’s down and sees another dummy body. This time it’s a version of Smitty. Chris shakes his head and hold’s his forehead for a moment. Jack turns him around and the two men walk over and sit down on the front bench. Jack then stand’s up next to him as a older couple approaches Chris.}~

Jack: Make it short,

~{The elderly man reaches down and shakes hands with Chris who acts as if he is very upset. The lady then leans down and hugs his neck.}~

Lady: Now you call us if you need anything ok.

CVX: Ok,

~{The couple shake hand’s briefly with Jack. The couple turns and walks to the back again. Chris look’s up at Jack and motions for him to lean down. Jack leans over and Chris whispers into his ear.}~

CVX: Who are they?

Jack: Extras,

CVX: Extras?

Jack: Yea, just like in the movie’s . No real wrestlers cared anything about them dieing so we went out and hired some extras for the effect.

CVX: Smart move.

~{As Jack stands back up a young female comes up to Chris who is just sobbing. She leans over and hugs on him and he pears around his sunglasses to catch a glimpse of her backside. He look’s up at Jack and smiles who give a thumbs up sign. }~

Women: Oh Chris you poor baby, this must be so hard for you!

CVX: Yes it is,

~{The female leans over and whispers in the ear of Chris then turns and walks away. Chris sits there for a moment as a few others come up and shake his hand. Jack leans down and speaks to him.}~

Jack: I’ll go and get the minister. He wants to speak with you.

CVX: Ok,

~{Jack turns and begins to walk back down the main aisle. Chris look’s around for a moment then reaches into his pocket and pull’s out his cigarettes. He places one in his mouth then start’s to dig around for his lighter. He then turns to the guy behind him and ask him for one.}~

CVX: Hey man, you got a light?

Guy: I don’t think your suppose to smoke inside.

CVX: Oh shit, yea I forgot. Thanks a lot.

~{Chris turns back around and as he does a man in a gray suit approaches him. He is well cut and very well groomed. He has a bible in his hand and he sits down next to Chris.}~

Minister: Hi Chris. I’m Reverend Jimmy Dean.

CVX: Jimmy Dean? Like the sausage guy?

Rev. Jimmy: Exactly like him. I just wanted to see how you are doing and see if you needed any words of encouragement.

CVX: Not really, I’m doing just fine.

Rev. Jimmy: Wow that’s amazing, with all you have been through a normal man would just be torn to shreds.

CVX: Well you do know that Smitty and Justin Denison aren’t really dead don’t you?

Rev. Jimmy: I’m not allowed to go out of my script so if you could just stay on focus it would really help me out.

CVX: Ok, no problem I guess.

Rev. Jimmy: Now Chris the family’s have requested for me to handle all arrangements regarding the service. I’d like for you to get up and take maybe five minutes and say a few words.

CVX: What why me?

Rev. Jimmy: Well Chris quite frankly because you are so close to the dearly departed.

CVX: I barely knew either man and personally I’m glad Mania is dead.

Rev. Jimmy: As am I Chris, I hated that Mania Sports concept. Just propaganda if you ask me. But a proper funeral is needed and I’d really like it if you’d speak.

CVX: I guess so,

Rev. Jimmy: Great, Now I’m going to get out of here. There is dollar beer night at the Funky Uncle downtown and I’m going to get loaded.

~{Before Chris even has a slightest moment to reply Rev. Jimmy Dean gets up and walks away. Chris look’s at him dumb founded at the conversation he just had and shakes his head in disbelief. Chris look’s around and notices the crowd is slowly starting to clear out. He gets up himself and begins to make his way to the door. Before he exit’s the building Jack Baker stop’s him.}~

Jack: If you need anything at all Chris please don’t hesitate to call,

CVX: Uh,….Alright

Jack: Take care,

CVX: Will do, I’ll be here around eleven fifteen in the morning.

Jack: Well you do know the funeral start’s at ten thirty right?

CVX: Yea, I know.

~{Chris smirks slightly as he walk’s out of the funeral home. The sun has gone down almost completely and you only see a few rays peaking out in the far corner of the sky. Chris fold’s his glasses up and hangs them off his shirt. He digs back into his pocket and emerges with that cigarette that escaped him earlier. He fumbles around for a lighter for a moment but cant seem to find one.}~

CVX: Damn, where the hell is it?

~{Chris pull’s out the keys to his truck and uses his remote starter to start his truck. The engine roars up as he walks over to it. He climbs inside and pushes the lighter into it’s socket. He waits for a few seconds then it pop’s out. Chris takes it and presses it against the end of his Newport. He then inhales a long drag off of the smoke then exhales it out. Chris places his truck in reverse and back’s out of his spot. He places his truck in drive as the camera angle switches inside.}~

CVX: Everything I have ever did, every match I have ever won, every title I have held and every moment I have spent on top are all leading me into what many are calling the last great card. The last chance for many legends to shine, and the last chance for XCW to rise up. The card is packed from top to bottom with great matches, dream matches some would call it. This is the last hurrah for many…… At Life Support I not only have one match but I have two matches. Two very big matches which quite possibly solidify my name in the record book’s of not only XCW but of wrestling forever. In one match I have the chance and the opportunity to go out of the sport as the XCW Worlds Heavyweight Champion. To go out as the man on top. The man holding the gold. A chance to take the belt home, place it over the mantle on your fireplace and let it sit forever. Never again will it have to be defended, never again will it be something you have to prove you earned. The other match I am set to partake in is against none other that two of the biggest, baddest, toughest badasses walking the face we call earth today. “The Real Deal” Justin Denison one of the founders of XCW. Venom to many, friend and ally to few. A former UWWF champion who by every means necessary can do and will do whatever it takes to win…… A man looking for a bit of redemption for himself of what he has went through the last year or so……. The other man in this match is Smitty….. “The Experts Champion”, a man who stood head and shoulders above all others. The man who in his era was the measuring stick to which each and every man tried to become. Three ego’s in one ring….. Three warriors in the same circle….. Only one man walks out…… But which one?

CVX: Now I took the time to look over the list of participants in this causality cell match. A very impressive list at first glance. But if you dig a bit more into it and take the time to glance over the names a few more times you will see that the men who stand a chance are not as many as you think. Let’s dissect the names quickly…….Attica a former nobody who is currently still a nobody…. Reaper Damien Grim current Xtreme champion a good wrestler but lack’s the skill’s that kill’s…….Black Haze a man who thinks he is worth something to XCW. But in all honesty at any given point he could be taken out…..Then Drake Daniels he came in as a part of the sucky invasion, then ditched them and then…. He still sucked. Not much has changed for him since then…… Dante….. Another former invasion man who just never seemed to capture the heart of the crowd like he claimed he could……Still to this day I’m waiting to see what the hype is about. Then Smitty, a legend, hero, icon, jackass……you name it he is it. He made a impact in XCW like no other….. Well actually a lot of others made the same impact he did…….NONE!…..Then there is his buddy Titan, a former XCW champion himself thought he was king of the mountain….. That was until he realized the mountain he was on was just a hill in the back yard and then he tucked his tail and ran when the going got tough. …… Kaine Salvo,….. A man who swore up and down he could beat Chris Van X…….. he just like a long list of many others failed at that as well…… I guess being a failure is something he need’s to get use to. ………Kash, possibly the only member of the invasion who had any type of a real future,…..too bad he didn’t have a head on his shoulders to teach him how to use his skill’s….. Now he’s barely able to make it from day to day without stumbling into something……. Then we have good ole’ Nightmare. The man who claimed he was going to take over XCW….. The leader of that weak ass invasion and the man Jeremy Clarkson fired…… Let me ask you this Nightmare,….. If you couldn’t managed to take over a federation with nearly a dozen guys beside you…. What makes you think you can win this match standing alone?……Then there is Cyrus the man that carried XCW on his shoulders through the invasion…. As weak as it was it took a lot to stand strong didn’t it Cyrus….. Of course when the time came for you to come up big and keep the belt on the home team you dropped the ball. And ever since then it has been eating away at you. But Cyrus isn’t mentally ready for a fight like this…… Gnarly and Radical…… a joke of a tag team, two jokes of wrestlers. They pose less of a threat together as Attica does alone……. Boy’s your asses best need to stick to tag team wrestling….. It’s the only place you stand any chance whatsoever…….. The final man to come inside the cell is none other than the King of Hardcore himself Chris Van X! Now let’s be honest folk’s who really stands a chance?

CVX: Casualty Cell is one hell of a match, a lot of blood to be shed in it as well. A lot of dreams can be broken and a lot of hopes can be crushed. Dreams can be ruined and careers can be ended….. But any time you step into the ring with Chris Van X there is a possibility of that happening. This casualty cell will be no different. From Titan and Smitty to Attica and Nightmare, the list of men may be long but the list of a winner is short. As XCW roll’s over and dies the world will have one memory left and that is the memory of Chris Van X holding the title so precious to all in his hands. As I stand above the others with the belt. It doesn’t matter if I am the first one into the ring or if I am the last one into the cell. The fact of the matter is Chris Van X will be the last man standing at the end of the night. I will be the last man holding the gold, and I will be the one that lives on forever! Titan doesn’t stand a chance in the ring with me and he knows it. He may be over seven foot tall but I got a Singapore cane that will crack that giant ass bitch down to size. Smitty? Hell his ass may not even be able to make it to the ring after I dispose of him in the three way dance. Nightmare? That bastard couldn’t beat his own way out of a wet paper bag. Cyrus? As good as many think he is, he and I both know that when it comes up to it he just doesn’t measure up to the king……. Attica, Reaper, Haze, Daniels and the rest…… let’s be honest your just names on the list. No one expects you to win, and no one would care if your dropped dead right now. This match is about one man and one man only. It’s about the “King of Hardcore” It’s about the master of hard-GORE! It is all about Chris Van X! I will prevail, I will hold the gold above my head as the casket of XCW is lowered into the ground, and I will be there to kick a pile of dirt onto it. Boy’s don’t fret Chris Van X is going to be there to take the gold and end all the worries.

~{Chris is taking the last drag off his smoke and he exhales it through his nose. He crack’s his window slightly and tosses the butt out his window. Chris breathes deeply and as the camera moves closer the intensity in his voice can be heard.}~

CVX: Denison, Smitty….. As the clocks slowly ticks down the death of XCW and the belated death of Mania Sports become more and more a reality. Two huge company’s each of you men helped build are coming down. Two company’s that for over half a decade has dominated sports entertainment. Two legends in Smitty and Justin Denison, two men who have been on top of the world and two men who have been at the bottom of the barrel. Two men looking for one more last run, a chance to go out on top. A chance to have there name carved into the history book’s and live on forever…… But there is one small tiny problem in the way of your plan’s boys…. That problem is Chris Van X…. The “King of Hardcore”, the man who stood toe to toe with Jeremy Clarkson and ended his year long winning streak. The man who redefined hardcore wrestling, the man who is a tag team legend and the man that strikes more fear into the eyes and hearts of his opponents than any other. Justin, Smitty you guys are coming into a match like you have never entered before. You may have faced bigger, faster, stronger, smarter, and classier. But you have never faced anyone better and you will never again climb into the ring with someone as good. I am it boys and you better hope to god I show mercy.

CVX: Smitty back in your day’s you won a tournament for a namesake much like I did. You are known as the True Expert Champion. A name that you hold high and near to your heart. A name you by every right earned in your time……. But that was your time. That was the old day’s, that was a long time ago before cell phones and pagers, before I Pods, and PDA’s and before Chris Van X stood in your way…..See Smitty I too much like you won a tournament, for a name sake that I too hold near and dear to my heart. I too battled through many warriors to obtain that name, I battled through Jeremy Clarkson among others to earn the right to be called the “King of Hardcore”. Two major warriors in one ring…… Not to mention a warrior like Justin Denison in the mix….. The beast shall be unleashed in this match and hell wont rise up and be able to show a stronger force…….Smitty…..Denison this fight wont be for the weak at heart. It wont be the men who like to see a good old fashion technically sound match. It’s going to be a brawl, it’s going to have bloodshed and it’s going to be ugly. But the bottom line as the bell sounds at the end of the match one and only one man will be left standing. Just as XCW and Mania sports is set to be laid to rest so shall Smitty and Justin Denison, the Chris Van X era of excellence and perfection is rolling through like a steamroller. I will walk into Life Support ready to fight. I will walk away as the NEW and final XCW Worlds Heavyweight Champion, and as the man who laid XCW and Mania to rest. Denison, Smitty, Titan, Cyrus, Dante, Nightmare, Haze, Reaper, Attica and the rest of the fool’s climbing into the cell know one thing and that is Chris Van X will prevail, Chris Van X will come out on top. I will not be defeated and each and everyone of you will know what it’s like to be beaten by the “King of Hardcore” Chris Van X. Boy’s your final hours are upon you,…… what shall you do?

~{Chris has finally reached his hotel he is staying at. As he pull’s up to the curb he climbs out and tosses his keys to the valet driver. Chris walk’s through the revolving door’s as the camera fades to black.}~