Return to the Top [April 16, 2004]

[Dave D-Flipz]

*The lights go black and blue and red strobes circle the arena. The Xtremetron flashes Obey the Master of Puppets! ECF 4 Life! The speakers blast DT yelling, ECF . . . FOR LIFE! The opening guitar solo of "Wont Back Down" by Fuel blares through the speakers. The tron shows segments of DT hitting his various finishers on opponents. As the first verse starts, Death Trap steps out onto the ramp in his Death Trap Obey the Master of Puppets shirt and shades. He has on his favorite black hat and is carrying Homer, his lucky bat. He has on his blue and red striped leather pants. He has on black boots and grapple gloves. He gives the Final Judgment sign and triggers a huge pyrotechnic chain reaction as the chorus hits.

"I wont back down
I will not drown
And I cant forget things you did
I've come to bring you hell"

The tron shows in big bold green letters "Final Judgment will be passed!". The lights brighten. He walks to the ring and takes off the hat, shirt, and shades, and drops the bat. He steps to the center of the ring and his arms in a cross. He then gives the Final Judgment sign again and sets off one final pyrotechnic eruption.*

: Well I'm sure you all heard the news. That's right there will be no Ishnari versus Death Trap rematch for the United States Championship. Not at Gastro.

*boos*

: Wait wait! There's good news and better news. I just saved a bunch of money on car insurance by switching to Geico, now I know if my Corvette is damaged I'll be able to get something.

*laughs*

: Better news . . . you all get to see your one and only Master of Puppets lead his Trapheads into a match with the champion . . . Destruction! That's right, on Gastro you get to see The Master of Puppets, Death Trap, go one on one with the XHF Champion, the man that beat Reeshi, Destruction!

*cheers*

: It gets better, not only is this a Pay-Per-View quality match but it is also an XHF Championship Match! It has been so long but I FINALLY get my well earned and deserved rematch for the XHF Title, the title to own all titles. I'm sure you remember November 2003. Supremacy. Death Trap versus Reeshi. First the ref counts me out with a fast count. The match hadn't even been on that long, no finishers, no entertainment. Then the real pain came. We battled back and forth and when I was starting to take control . . . Rat Bastard interfered. Robbing me of my birthday present. My birthday was ruined.

*boos*

: Then at Triple X, XHF Xtreme X-mas, there was a huge Annihilation Complex match. Six men went into a huge steel dome. Gravedigger, Reeshi, Chris Sanders, Rat Bastard, Jeremy Lewis, and myself stepped into that Complex and fought through hell. And I am still mad that Reeshi, dead and broken, managed to get the pin. However I still was the only one who truly SURVIVED it. GD was out for two weeks as was Reeshi, Rat Bastard has never truly recovered from it. JL took a month to come back and two to be in shape again. Chris Sanders was forced from the company. He is gone. But I was back in 5 days. I was back. And why? Because I didn't take that much damage, I was awesome, one of my best ever matches. We all saw how I decimated Reeshi. I beat him up, busted him open, and laid him there to bleed on the tunnel after a hellacious move. But no, he had to be out of the ring. I had it won but couldn't! The title should have been mine. But he comes in and takes a cheap pin. But that was ok, but the fact that no one acknowledged it hurt me. They sent me back to face jobbers where I aggravated my injured ribs. On my return I got nothing but grief of not getting it done and losing to Magnus and Iceman. But I ASKED to face Reesh but he ran scared. Reeshi would NOT face me because he KNEW I would beat him.

*cheers*

: That is where Destruction comes in. You see I knew I would never get a shot until I proved myself again, and Reeshi lost the belt. Well both happened. I came into the rumble and lasted the second longest and had the most eliminations. I may not have won but for my first rumble, coming in so early on, and being in such good shape on my exit . . . it was a true fighter's performance. So I used that to springboard me into a title hunt and I got the invincible Ishnari. I did so well against him. He was tough and did beat me but I was the first person to TRULY push him to his limits and come so close to winning. Then part two . . . Destruction wins the rumble with an excellent performance and then beats Reeshi. He comes out here and just like me he beats Reeshi down, survives his moves but goes on to win. And now it comes down to Scorps seeing I have the potential and the talent and giving me this shot at Destruction. Which is the reason I am here. To bring up Destruction.

*cheers*

: Destruction, you truly impressed me. Since the rumble you have shown me that you ARE that good and that you are back to your prime. You did exactly what you said you would and won the rumble. You came out here and kicked ass to beat Reeshi. You took down Mr. X in your first defense. You have earned my respect which is not easy to do. Destruction you did what you had to do and came out on top. But my time is finally here. I FINALLY get the rematch for the title that was months in the making. I have earned the shot again and I plan to make the best of it. I may not beat you but I intend to make you work, to make you go beyond your limitations and pull another NOC type victory. I will push you farther than anyone else could. Because I am NOT Mr. X, some big brainless brute. I am NOT Reeshi, a sadistic, cowardly, overhyped punk. I am the Master of Puppets. I am a true fighter and a man truly worthy of being in that ring with you for that title. I will give you the credit you deserve here Des. You have what everyone wants and what I intend to take. You have the big prize. However I am a true contender. It's as you said, I am not just a brute. I can use pure power if needed, I can put you down with the aerial moves, I can defeat you with the speedy martial arts striking style. And they come in handy. But like I said, I am a mat wrestler, something you didn't mention. I make people tap. I break limbs. You are right in saying I have something everyone wants but few can get. And you may well be able to beat each of those things Des. But you forgot the key to my success which beats the self defense strategy. Destruction I am random, I mix my styles and moves, I am unpredictable. I may catch you with a hard dropkick, a rolling submission, or a set of martial arts kicks, or maybe I just put you down with a signature move. You never know. I am that damn good too.

*cheers*

: But wait, I'm not trying to be cocky. I'm trying to undermine your talents Destruction. You have done more than I could hope to have done here in XHF so far. You are one of few who CAN adjust and who can beat me in my prime. But that doesn't mean you will. I am destined to hold that belt, be it now or later. I will have it. And I will do all in my power to remove it from your waist. You are the champ, and you are a great fighter, and you will be one of the toughest I have ever fought. But I will put EVERYTHING into this match. I will do what it takes to win. I will show everyone why I am One of a Kind, why they call me the human Death Trap. You see, after the failure and the pain of being robbed of that title twice when both times it was in my fingertips is something I will not deal with again. It is something I refuse to have happen. I will come out on top if it takes all night, if it takes me until my body is broken up and I am half dead from loss of blood. I will keep fighting until I have you down for the 1, 2, 3. Or until I make you tap out to keep me from snapping your bones.

*cheers*

: I will assure you Destruction, I will defeat you, I will come out on top, I will be the Master of Puppets AND XHF Champion. I will walk out with that title. I have one big advantage. I have never fought you before. That makes my style that much harder to pinpoint. It is one thing to be GD and have fought me 5 times and figure me out. You are coming in blind to this. And you are making one fatal error. No it isn't the fact that you weren't here. No it isn't the fact that you are stuck fighting me in a return match. It is the fact that you look passed me like I am not even here, like I am dust in the wind, a blow away win for you. If you have that attitude going into it Wednesday I will beat you. You won't be ready and even you won't be able to take me down. You can't underestimate me and hope to survive. I am beyond that. You need to stop focusing on William Spencer at the PPV and worry about the here and now. You have to get through me to get to the PPV with that title. And that will not be a walk in the park. I will be the toughest SOB you have ever fought. I will give new meaning to the word challenge, to the word pain!

*cheers*

: Wednesday! You will know who I am. You will see what I can really do. Final Judgment will be passed. And you will know that you just met your doom in your own death trap. You need to be prepared and focus on Death Trap. Forget Spencer, forget everything, or else you will make it easy for me. I'd rather lose to you at your best than beat you while distracted.

*He stops*

: As for Spencer, you can take a number. You may end up facing me at the PPV. And Raven, you just came back and you hav eyet to show anything and you want a shot. I told you last year when you lost the Phoenix that you are not good enough. It's still true, so go play with people in your league. Destruction, be ready, the time for my ascension and rise to the top draws near. You will bow to the master. . . before I cut the strings!

*Death Trap grabs his stuff and dresses up again. He raises his arms in a cross as the chorus of Wont Back Down hits. The tron flashes clips of DT winning matches in all his feds and raising the title for each match high. Pyros go off. He walks to the crowd and high fives some fans. He gives the Final Judgment sign setting more pyros off. He leaps into the crowd. At the exit at the top row he raises his arms into a cross as he exits.*