falling_star Posted September 28, 2022 Author Share Posted September 28, 2022 (edited) PRESENTED IN AS COMPLETE A FORM AS POSSIBLE BY WRESTLEWORLD DANGER AND VIOLENCE EXTREME PRESENTS DANGER ZONE TV FROM THE DANGER ZONE IN PITTSBURGH! FRIDAY, JANUARY WEEK TWO, 1997 Nemesis and Phil Vibert of The Extreme Agency are out to open the first edition of Danger Zone TV, the crowd booing mercilessly while Mitch Naess welcomes us to The Danger Zone on commentary and runs down what happened at Back In Black-- not only did Nemesis make his hotly rumored DAVE debut, he swerved the audience, joined forces with the hated Phil Vibert & his Extreme Agency group, and picked up the DAVE Extreme title in the process. Vibert with the microphone first, running down the crowd and calling them all easily fooled marks; like moths to the flame, they all flocked to The Danger Zone with hopes that Nemesis would save them from the reign of The Extreme Agency... and, like the dumb marks they are, they were all played for fools by The Speaker of Truths. "Without further ado, The Extreme Agency proudly presents to you unworthy marks, The Speaker of Truths... the man who brings the violence to Danger And Violence Extreme... the reigning Danger And Violence Extreme Champion... the only 'supreme' moth******er in this business... Nemesis!"Vibert announces proudly, the heavily muscled champion stepping to the center of the ring, taking the microphone in hand, championship belt slung over his left shoulder. He lets the boos shower over him for a moment before speaking. "You wanna know the truth?" he begins, boos intensifying as he and Vibert smirk in the ring. "The truth is you all got what you deserved at Back In Black... and so did I. You all got to go home unhappy, and I finally got to go home with gold. This business has been put on notice," Nemesis says, adjusting the title on his shoulder. "I'm not here to be the people's champion, I'm not here to make friends... I'm here to be the champion... the guy... the man everyone in this business is talking about... and the truth is... I am! I am the man, and this proves it," he says, lifting the title up a bit to display it. "Richard Eisen, you--" the champion goes on an expletive-laden rant that the censors blank out in full. "Oh my!" Mitch Naess responds on commentary, the crowd begrudgingly popping for the heel champion as he badmouths their common enemy. Nemesis turns his attention to Johnny Martin, the former DAVE Extreme Champion, and dares him to come take the title back before telling him, "the truth is... you can't." "I AM NEMESIS! I AM THE TRUTH... AND I AM... THE MAN!" he shouts before dropping the mic, he and Vibert posturing in the ring for a moment before Naess sends the original episode to a commercial break. WrestleWorld uses the commercial breaks of the show to advertise their own upcoming events, PSW's upcoming show on the service chief among them. GENGHIS RAHN VS. JJ COLES Genghis Rahn is perhaps the most hated man in DAVE after his assault on Henry Lee at Back In Black left "The Icon of Insanity" potentially blind; Mitch Naess says no one has heard from Lee since he left the hospital the day following the show. Coles makes an entrance to the arena on his motorcycle, but Rahn brutalizes him with the kendo stick as soon as he parks it. What ensues is more of a beating than a match, Rahn kicks Coles' ass all over the ring before rolling him inside and ending it with a Rahn To The Hills. WINNER: GENGHIS RAHN Following the match, an unhinged Arizona Assassin gets on the microphone and tells The Danger Zone that "The King of the Deathmatch" has arrived and that Back In Black was just the beginning of his reign of terror. He says that DAVE's "icon" learned firsthand not to come at The King and is now lying, broken and blind, in the gutters of Pennsylvania where he belongs. The crowd screams their disapproval, the cameras catching an "ARIZONA AS****E" sign in the audience as everyone screams their disapproval at the cocky Rahn. "We'll be right back, and, hopefully, this guy will be gone," Naess pitches to another commercial, this time WrestleWorld advertising that they are the exclusive streaming home of Danger And Violence Extreme. FREDDIE DATSUN VS. VIN TANNER A match many expected to main event goes on the middle of the show, which would become something of a hallmark of Phil Vibert's booking during his time at the helm in DAVE. Tanner tries to stretch Datsun, but the young everyman has come a long way in his feud with The School of Tradition. The match is bisected by another commercial break, and the finish sees Datsun barely manage to roll out of Tanner's V For Victory and, after a short sequence, hit the Patriot Press to win the match. WINNER: FREDDIE DATSUN Eric Tyler hits the ring almost immediately, putting the boots to Datsun and helping Tanner recover; the pair go on the assault, but Miss Bliss enters the ring and hops on Tanner's back to try and even the odds. The crowd roars with approval as Bliss claws at Tanner, and Datsun reverses an Irish whip on Tyler. It looks, for a brief moment, like the babyfaces will prevail but Tanner eventually flips Bliss forward and off his back, slamming her to the mat as cheers turn to boos. Tyler gets the upperhand on Datsun as he tries to rush to save Miss Bliss, and The School of Tradition is left standing tall even after suffering a singles loss. After the match, we're taken to a dark area somewhere backstage, an unfamiliar figure standing in the darkness, arms crossed as he embraces himself. He cuts a meandering promo about violence and blood, talking about his physical and emotional scars... he mentions how he was "stationed at parish of violence," but has left the familiar for the unknown. "The train has left the station and is headed off the tracks... and I, Butcher, have arrived in Danger And Violence Extreme." DAVE TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH THE ANIMALZ (C) VS. BLACK MURDER This match is almost a carbon copy of their Back In Black encounter, Naess saying the former champions invoked their rematch clause before they even left The Danger Zone after dropping the titles. The finish once again sees Black take the pinfall for his team. WINNERS, AND STILL CHAMPIONS: THE ANIMALZ Following the match, Murderous Mikey circles his downed partner for a moment, berating him for losing the titles and the rematch. He helps Black up, and then launches into an attack that eventually sees him put his now-former partner through a table at ringside. Naess predicts the end of the team is just the beginning of the violence to be seen from these two. THE EXTREME AGENCY VS. JOHNNY MARTIN & MONTY WALKER The Extreme Agency's reign of terror continues its genesis here, Hardway and Future appearing to injure Monty Walker early on; "The Coolest Guy in the Room" is stretchered out of the match before strategically dismantling Johnny Martin on their way to victory. WINNERS: THE EXTREME AGENCY The pinfall doesn't appear to be the end of it, though, as soon enough Nemesis and Phil Vibert are back out, with Vibert directing traffic as his minions swarm Martin. The beating continues for a beat or two before the lights go out, and some familiar music begins to play... "VENGEANCE HAS ARRIVED!" Naess crows into his headset as DAVE's Avenging Angel charges the ring and makes quick work of clearing out The Extreme Agency. The heels powder out of the ring and gather on the outside, looking on in disbelief as the man they thought they had gotten rid of helps Johnny Martin up. Nemesis and Vengeance stare each other down to end the first episode of Danger Zone TV. RATING: 64 ATTENDANCE: 300 [SELLOUT] Edited October 14, 2022 by falling_star 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
619 Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Again, loving all the little immersive details: the crowd signs, the WrestleWorld adverts and offering a flavour of what’s to come with the reference to a booking pattern of main event matches mid-show. Strong TV debut. You struck a good balance between heavily highlighting the threat of the reinforced Extreme Agency but still sending the crowd home happy. And plenty crammed in between those segments with the tag split, the Butcher intro, Miss Bliss bumping and Genghis Rahn being despicable. Great stuff. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falling_star Posted September 29, 2022 Author Share Posted September 29, 2022 2 hours ago, 619 said: Again, loving all the little immersive details: the crowd signs, the WrestleWorld adverts and offering a flavour of what’s to come with the reference to a booking pattern of main event matches mid-show. Strong TV debut. You struck a good balance between heavily highlighting the threat of the reinforced Extreme Agency but still sending the crowd home happy. And plenty crammed in between those segments with the tag split, the Butcher intro, Miss Bliss bumping and Genghis Rahn being despicable. Great stuff. Really appreciate the comments and analysis, I thrive on that kind of stuff as a writer. Glad you're enjoying the ride, I'm doing my best to make as immersive an experience as possible while also having Vibert's Voice help drive the narrative. I wanted a little taste of everything that makes DAVE what it is present in the debut show, while also not going too over the top considering it's on free television. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 Loving the new format! Definitely more dark mode friendly. Curious how Vengeance will fit in DAVE as I always envision him in his E-V diary form and that character would feel VERY weird in an ECW-like environment if I were watching. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falling_star Posted September 29, 2022 Author Share Posted September 29, 2022 40 minutes ago, Dawn said: Loving the new format! Definitely more dark mode friendly. Curious how Vengeance will fit in DAVE as I always envision him in his E-V diary form and that character would feel VERY weird in an ECW-like environment if I were watching. Glad it's looking better on dark mode! I think the issue is that I was writing things in Google Docs and then copy/pasting, but it brought some unwanted HTML with it doing it that way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blonde Bomber Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 Very well booked show and presentation. The idea of this being the old school shows shown on wrestle world Is an innovative way to present this that’s really cool. I liked how you booked the show the leaf of Extreme Agency through from start to finish. Vengeance and Martin va Nemesis and Agency is a good way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falling_star Posted September 30, 2022 Author Share Posted September 30, 2022 VIBERT'S VOICE PODCAST "JANUARY 1997, PT. FIVE" I think it was pretty clear coming out of that first TV that we were aiming to put XFW out first-- I was accused of raiding their talent roster, which, I guess, wasn't far from the truth. Geneghis Rahn, Frankie Future, and now that Butcher kid with the unique promos. The fans wanted to call it the East Coast Wars, so, I was gonna give them a war. I knew I ran the risk of garnering a relationship just like Richard Eisen if I just raided every east coast territory, so I decided to paint myself as the antihero. I wasn't robbing other territories, I was gathering soldiers for the war on SWF, for the war on mediocrity in professional wrestling. I mean, not only that, but it drew us fans from those other shows into The Danger Zone to see what we were all about. Besides, Genghis fit DAVE like a glove; he relished being hated by the crowd and, man, he could deliver a good beating. Butcher was gonna get over on his promos, easy, and Frankie was doing just fine as The Extreme Agency's Insurance Policy-- I wasn't gonna let Vengeance touch him until they had a singles match. Nemesis and Vengeance, of course,, was the real money-- but Sean wasn't quite ready to commit in the same way that other guys did, so I couldn't trust him to be at the top of the card. Call me paranoid, but I needed loyalty in exchange for my booking trust... just the way it was at the time. I got a little bit of criticism for not having Nemesis wrestle on the first TV, but he opened up the show, which I thought was better. The live crowd ate up his promo-- it was shortened to about ten seconds of beeping censorship for broadcast, but he cut a real promo there live in The Danger Zone about being an animal out of his cage and how the SWF needed to die, along with Richard Eisen. The network said it was in poor taste, and they refused to air it so the censored bit was the best we could get away with on television. It got the point across, though. Buddy had this standing agreement with The Stomper not to step on his toes or take any business from New York City Wrestling... Stomper absolutely refused to be pulled into the wars. I couldn't have cared less his stance on things, but I knew I had to break Buddy's agreement with him because there was some talent from New York I definitely wanted, really needed, to utilize in my vision for the product. They had this guy that I knew could work a match with Michael Cook, really help the kid get over, and I wanted him on that basis alone. Not to mention, I had every intention of running shows in New York by the end of the year... so, that agreement had to go. I had to play nice with RPW for the time being... our network execs basically demanded it. "Don't wanna mess up the action block," I can still hear them saying. I couldn't wait for a larger deal... I didn't even so much want talent from Preston's outfit, I just hated being lumped in with them. Steve Flash, of course, was a great talent but he wasn't gonna step into The Danger Zone, he hated everything we stood for, so f*** him. Alex Braun, of course, would go on to be a regular down the line, but I'd be lying if I said he was on my radar at this point. Rapid Pro Wrestling was full of good wrestlers, sure, but I needed characters. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigelow Cartwheel Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 D.A.V.E. ! D.A.V.E. ! D.A.V.E. ! D.A.V.E. ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falling_star Posted September 30, 2022 Author Share Posted September 30, 2022 RESTORED COMMERCIAL FROM VHS COLLECTION OF PHIL VIBERT DANGER AND VIOLENCE EXTREME PRESENTS DANGER ZONE TV A TELEVISION TAPING AT THE DANGER ZONE THURSDAY, JANUARY WEEK THREE, 1997 FEATURING... FRANKIE FUTURE VS. FREDDIE DATSUN JD MORGAN VS. MICHAEL COOK THE DARKNESS WARRIORS' MASTER ARRIVES! NEMESIS ADDRESSES VENGEANCE! PREDICTION KEY FRANKIE FUTURE VS. FREDDIE DATSUN JD MORGAN VS. MICHAEL COOK WHO IS THE MASTER? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monrapi3 Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 FRANKIE FUTURE VS. FREDDIE DATSUN JD MORGAN VS. MICHAEL COOK WHO IS THE MASTER? (BLZ FUCKIN' BUBB) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigelow Cartwheel Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 FRANKIE FUTURE JD MORGAN BLZ BUBB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Freddie Datsun JD Morgan BLZ Bubb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smw88 Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 FRANKIE FUTURE VS. FREDDIE DATSUN JD MORGAN VS. MICHAEL COOK WHO IS THE MASTER? Blz bubb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falling_star Posted October 2, 2022 Author Share Posted October 2, 2022 (edited) PRESENTED IN AS COMPLETE A FORM AS POSSIBLE BY WRESTLEWORLD DANGER AND VIOLENCE EXTREME PRESENTS DANGER ZONE TV FROM THE DANGER ZONE IN PITTSBURGH! FRIDAY, JANUARY WEEK THREE, 1997 The Extreme Agency open the show for the second week in a row, Phil Vibert and Nemesis looking all business-- Vibert, in fact, looks down right pissed off, and he opens by stating as much. "I'm pissed off," he says as he paces around while Nemesis looks stoic with his DAVE Extreme title slung over his shoulder. "You know, when I I order something done, I expect it done... and I ordered that DAVE should be rid of Vengeance! And what happened?! There's a reason you don't see the whole Agency out here right now, and that's because I only surround myself with winners; people who get the job done, not half-assed. Future and Hardway are on notice: rid us of Vengeance, or I'll rid the agency of them! Now, without any further ado, The Extreme Agency proudly presents to you unworthy marks, The Speaker of Truths... the man who brings the violence to Danger And Violence Extreme... the reigning Danger And Violence Extreme Champion... the only 'supreme' moth******er in this business... Nemesis!" Nemesis smirks as the boos of the crowd rain down over him, and he adjusts his championship belt on his shoulder before he begins to speak. "You see, the truth is... if you want something done right, you gotta do it yourself. I can already see a clash between The Speaker of Truths and the Avenging Angel on the horizon... but, again, the truth is... I've never believed in destiny. Nothing is inevitable, and The Extreme Agency has an insurance policy that says Vengeance will never get to me." Nemesis addresses Johnny Martin, and last week's assault on Monty Walker that led to The Coolest Guy in the Room getting stretchered out of The Danger Zone. He points out that Walker wasn't on HGC TV this week, and says that, if the wrestling world is lucky, we'll never see Monty Walker again. The crowd doesn't care for that one bit, and they begin to throw some trash while booing-- Mitch Naess says on commentary that the crowd thought Nemesis would show up as their savior, but says he's nothing but a Judas. "So you can boo me, you can cheer for Vengeance every time he gets close, but it's never gonna happen... and that's the truth." WrestleWorld advertises the complete DAVE library available on their service before the show picks up again, this time with a face we've yet to see standing in the ring... A blonde man in a glamorous smoking jacket introduces himself as Enuit, and the crowd starts chanting "ES-KI-MO! ES-KI-MO!" at him, much to his annoyance; there's even a fan in the crowd with a sign that says something to the effect of "go back to your igloo." The pretentious artists rants and raves about the lack of respect he's been shown in DAVE, saying he hasn't even been booked since before Christmas. "But that all ends tonight... for I, Enuit, am issuing... an open challenge!" Before he can get another word out, the lights in the arena go out and the fans begin to stir-- some new music begins to play, a brash gangsta rap tune that is clearly edited into the audio over whatever unlicensed-for-streaming music Black really entered to, and the spotlight shines down on DAVE's famous chain link entrance. A familiar face emerges... Elijah Black enters The Danger Zone, shaking his head and pointing at the ring before getting a microphone. Black says that if anyone knows about lack of respect around here, it's him after the way he was treated last week. Respect is earned, not demanded, and that's lesson he's happy to teach tonight. ENUIT VS. ELIJAH BLACK "I'm damn near a legend in this business, and it's about time I get mine around here! Mikey, I hope you're paying attention!" he shouts, charging the ring and making short, brutal work of putting away Enuit in short, unscheduled open challenge match. Mitch Naess ponder on commentary if Murderous Mikey anticipated this version of Elijah Black when he ended their alliance last week. WINNER: ELIJAH BLACK Naess pitches to commercial, and we see a vintage advertisement for DAVE's February supercard, Counter Culture 1997. JD MORGAN VS. MICHAEL COOK Phil Vibert's trend of booking hot matches in the middle of the show continues here; despite the crowd being vocally against Morgan and starting off not that into Cook, the pair win them over with a hot wrestling affair. Cook's never say die attitude is starting to get him over with the crowd, but Morgan seems to be struggling to find his footing with Nemesis replacing him as the top heel in the company. This may be the place for him, though, as the pair have the match of the night, Morgan picking up a submission win with his Cross Atlantic Stretch. WINNER: JD MORGAN Following another commercial break advertising the DAVE library on WrestleWorld, The Darkness Warriors are out and Mitch Naess is talking about the reveal of their master. They come out in their robes but stop short of entering the ring, flanking either side of the entry way as some new music begins to play. A man in black with white preacher's collar enters The Danger Zone, a cross tattooed on his throat; Mitch Naess wonders if this the master the Warriors have been talking about for weeks. "My name, brothers and sisters, is Travis Century... and, oh, my brothers and sisters, do I come bearing news," the wild-eyed preacher begins. "The end is nigh... not the end of the world, not the coming of the Lord, but the end of the line for some of your most beloved here in The Danger Zone. You have been promised a master, my brothers and sisters, though I am but a prophet... a messenger for the true master, a task master for his acolytes," Century says as he looks down at The Darkness Warriors outside of the ring. He goes on to cut a rambling, sermon-like promo warning of a great evil descending upon DAVE, but where a preacher would usually call for those listening to repent, Century simply says, "evil will consume you all." He paces the ring for a moment, then stops and smiles, looking at The Darkness Warriors and telling them to take down their hoods. "The Master demands... a sacrifice," he says. "There are... pagans among you, send them out!" he calls. Mitch Naess wonders what Century is talking about, but, soon enough, he is dumbfounded as Philly Power Pro Wrestling's own Skinner Brothers are making their way out to the ring. "I don't know that I'd call them pagans, but... what are Philly Power's Skinner Brothers doing here in Danger And Violence Extreme?" Naess questions. Another Darkness Warriors "match" ensues, with the acolytes brawling with the Skinner Brothers while Travis Century continues delivering his "sermon" in the ring-- he mentions The Master frequently, and talks about the growing evil coming to DAVE. The finish doesn't come with a pinfall, but instead ends with The Skinner Brothers each being put through tables while Travis Century and The Darkness Warriors make their way out of The Danger Zone. Mitch Naess wonders who The Master is, and if we'll ever find out, or if this path of destruction will ever end as the camera pans the broken tables and battered bodies of Matt & Dukie Skinner. Rather than heading to commercial, we're taken to a dark area backstage where the mysterious man from last week sits reciting poetry from a book. He goes on about beauty and finding meaning in the world before closing the book. "... and, I, Butcher, find beauty in violence... I, Butcher find meaning in anger, and purpose in the suffering of others... and, believe me, the others of DAVE... will suffer." FRANKIE FUTURE VS. FREDDIE DATSUN The man event of the second edition of Danger Zone TV sees the "Insurance Policy" Frankie Future taking on the American Everyman himself, Freddie Datsun. Datsun shines in the beginning, while Future is there on his own but Phil Vibert emerges from the back to shout demanding encouragement at his insurance policy. Things stay on the up & up in the match, there's no real interference or distraction to speak of, but the mere presence of Vibert seems to make Future a different animal. He picks up the win, despite a valiant effort from Datsun. WINNER: FRANKIE FUTURE Future immediately puts the boots to Datsun after the match, Vibert yelling something about "killer instinct." Soon, Officer Hardway is involved in the beatdown as well, until, the inevitable... Vengeance arrives to clean house, saving Datsun from further injury. Nemesis emerges from the back and, for the second week in a row, the show ends with a staredown between the Speaker of Truths and the Avenging Angel. RATING: 54 ATTENDANCE: 300 [SELLOUT] Edited October 3, 2022 by falling_star 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falling_star Posted October 2, 2022 Author Share Posted October 2, 2022 I realize I threw everyone a bit of a booking curveball with the not-quite-reveal of "the master" on this episode, but it's gonna be a fun ride getting to the actual reveal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
619 Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Another great authentic touch with the generic gangsta rap replacing the unlicensed track. It was good to see Elijah Black get some shine after having to be the fall guy recently. It feels like there are lots of distinct characters already, even someone showing up just to take a beating like Enuit, which is great and fits the ECW-style aura. It was cool that you were able to progress the Master and Butcher stories without having to reveal too much, and interesting in the main event to see another Extreme Agency member claim a big win, to hint it won’t be one of those factions all about getting the top guy over and sacrificing the rest of the group for that goal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falling_star Posted October 5, 2022 Author Share Posted October 5, 2022 VIBERT'S VOICE PODCAST "JANUARY 1997, PT. SIX" Now that it happened twenty-five years ago, I can admit it-- I over-teased the reveal of "The Master." The Darkness Warriors had gone from serving BLZ Bubb, who was one of the hottest things about Stallings' HGC group, to being a little aimless aside from wanton destruction around The Danger Zone. The Extreme Agency was designed to be the hottest thing about DAVE from a storytelling perspective, but that didn't mean we had to be the only thing going on-- Hell, it would've been detrimental to our product to only be focusing on Nemesis. So, I created buzz with what I had, and I was good at it-- some of the internet audience actually believed that Bubb was coming back, and I leaned into that as heavily as I could in the teases. Of course, he wasn't going anywhere; Travis Century was a character I loved, and I thought he'd fit right in with our island of misfit toys theme acting as a mouthpiece for the Warriors and the Master. The crowd had quickly grown to hate Frankie Future-- he was an XFW guy at the start so that was easy heat, and he was aligned with me when he came in-- I'd almost venture to say he was more hated than John, because a portion of the audience loved Nemesis just for showing up in DAVE and speaking his truth; Nemesis was a cool heel, Frankie was that classic heel. There is always room for both, but you need classic heels and babyfaces to make wrestling work in America, no matter your product. If I can just talk a little aside, go on a tangent for a minute-- DAVE gets credit for being innovative at a time when things were stale, and I can toot my own horn and say we were, but it's not like I was reinventing the wheel. Nemesis' heel turn was a classic swerve, he was a heel the second he showed and the crowd was just too fixated on his mere presence to see it. Freddie Datsun and Miss Bliss? Classic wrestling everyman and his lady, it's just that Freddie could take those hardcore bumps and so could she. Even 411, for all his "I have all the info" gimmick, he was nothing but a classic bad ass babyface. So, I appreciate all the credit I'm given, and I humbly think I'm due a lot of it... but, again, I never reinvented the wheel in professional wrestling. Settling into television was a little challenging at first, trying to fit the whole DAVE experience into 60 minutes when we were used to running shows double or triple that time. But I think we did a good job of offering a little bit from the smorgasbord each time, to be that full brewery experience like I talked about earlier. People always ask me why I put strong matches in the middle of the card, and, again, it's just old school reasoning-- you give 'em something strong before intermission to make them come back for the second half. If you notice, all of the matches happening in the middle of the TV show were cut up by commercials at the half-hour; I didn't want anyone changing the channel to a new show coming on, I wanted them hooked, and it worked fairly well. The School of Tradition would work out well in that mid-show spot a lot of the time, but, man, Michael Cook... that kid could go, and I wanted him to get over with our audience but I had to find the right way to do it. Some guys got over because they could take a beating, others got over because they could dish one out, but some guys could just go, and that was Michael. Our crowd wanted blood, but they appreciated real wrestling at the same time, so that was his niche. Butcher, on the other hand... man, that kid could talk, and he was exactly what the audience wanted. With him, and Genghis Rahn, and Henry Lee, and some others on the horizon, the whole deathmatch aspect of wrestling was quietly coming together in DAVE, and it was about to get even bigger... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falling_star Posted October 9, 2022 Author Share Posted October 9, 2022 RESTORED COMMERCIAL FROM VHS COLLECTION OF PHIL VIBERT DANGER AND VIOLENCE EXTREME PRESENTS DANGER ZONE TV A TELEVISION TAPING AT THE DANGER ZONE THURSDAY, JANUARY WEEK FOUR, 1997 FEATURING... DAVE EXTREME TITLE MATCH NEMESIS (C) VS. JOHNNY MARTIN THE DEBUT OF CHRIS MORRISETTE FREDDIE DATSUN & ROY STEPHENS VS. THE HOTBODIES THE RETURN OF "THE ICON OF INSANITY" HENRY LEE PREDICTION KEY DAVE EXTREME TITLE MATCH: NEMESIS (C) VS. JOHNNY MARTIN FREDDIE DATSUN & ROY STEPHENS VS. THE HOTBODIES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blonde Bomber Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 DAVE EXTREME TITLE MATCH: NEMESIS (C) VS. JOHNNY MARTIN i am curious how will get out this one Mr. Vibert FREDDIE DATSUN & ROY STEPHENS VS. THE HOTBODIES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monrapi3 Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 DAVE EXTREME TITLE MATCH: NEMESIS (C) VS. JOHNNY MARTIN FREDDIE DATSUN & ROY STEPHENS VS. THE HOTBODIES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigelow Cartwheel Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Nemesis Datsun & Stephens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalton Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 PREDICTION KEY DAVE EXTREME TITLE MATCH: NEMESIS (C) VS. JOHNNY MARTIN FREDDIE DATSUN & ROY STEPHENS VS. THE HOTBODIES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smw88 Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 DAVE EXTREME TITLE MATCH: NEMESIS (C) VS. JOHNNY MARTIN FREDDIE DATSUN & ROY STEPHENS VS. THE HOTBODIES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falling_star Posted October 11, 2022 Author Share Posted October 11, 2022 PRESENTED IN AS COMPLETE A FORM AS POSSIBLE BY WRESTLEWORLD DANGER AND VIOLENCE EXTREME PRESENTS DANGER ZONE TV FROM THE DANGER ZONE IN PITTSBURGH! FRIDAY, JANUARY WEEK FOUR, 1997 As has become customary, The Extreme Agency open the show with Phil Vibert and Nemesis entering The Danger Zone to a chorus of boos. Mitch Naess welcomes us to Danger Zone TV, and mentions that Vibert and Nemesis are in foul moods tonight because they were informed before the show that Johnny Martin would be invoking his rematch clause for the DAVE Extreme Championship. "You know, even though I run the show around here, things keep happening without my say so, and I'm getting a little sick of it. All you marks thought that the three-way dance was Buddy Gaines' last stand, but it turns out his shoddy paperwork is what came back to haunt me. I mean, a rematch clause? No. This is DAVE, you always earn your way around here, you're not gifted anything by virtue of losing. Now, without any further ado, The Extreme Agency proudly presents to you unworthy marks, The Speaker of Truths... the man who brings the violence to Danger And Violence Extreme... the reigning Danger And Violence Extreme Champion... the only 'supreme' moth******er in this business... Nemesis!" The crowd roar their disapproval as Nemesis steps forward with a cocky smirk on his lips, title belt hefted over his shoulder. He holds out his hand for Vibert to give him the microphone, takes it, and tells everyone to shut up. "The truth is, you all cheer for Johnny Martin because he's a fool for you fans... you people cheer him because he foolishly puts his body on the line for your entertainment!" The champion rants for a moment before Johnny Martin's entrance music interrupts him-- Martin's music is actually professionally licensed, and adds a lot to his entrance even all these years later. The hero of DAVE makes his way to the ring with a microphone of his own and steps between the ropes before Vibert scrambles to try and warn him off. "You're out here alone, and I can have the rest of the Agency here in a snap," Vibert warns, snapping his fingers for emphasis. On cue, Officer Hardway and Frankie Future come out and flank DAVE's iconic chain link entryway, Nemesis cracking his neck confidently in the ring. "Some might say what I do is crazy... Hell, maybe I am crazy," Martin admits. "But I bleed for these people... I compete for these people... I show up for these people, and you? You and your Agency? You only serve yourselves. You line your billfolds as much as you can, and you still buy cheap suits." Mitch Naess pops on commentary, running down Vibert's lack of fashion sense as the crowd cheers on Martin. Nemesis, Vibert, and Martin go a few verbal rounds on the microphone before finally agreeing to settle things in the ring tonight, even though Vibert insists Martin doesn't deserve a rematch. The first segment ends with The Extreme Agency leaving The Danger Zone while Johnny Martin plays to the crowd from the ring, Naess pitching to a commercial break that is a vintage commercial for DAVE's February 1997 supercard, Counter Culture, with a new inlay that says the show is available now through WrestleWorld's DAVE library. THE GOOD OLE BOYS w/ MISS BLISS VS. THE HOTBODIES Mitch Naess says more than a couple of times that Freddie Datsun and Roy Stephens are, "just a couple of good ole boys," during the course of the match. The match itself is a bit of brawling mayhem that sees Roy Stephens pick up the win for his team. WINNERS: THE GOOD OLE BOYS Immediately following the match, The School of Tradition hits the ring. Eric Tyler and Vin Tanner blindside the victorious Datsun & Stephens, the despicable Tyler knocking Miss Bliss off the apron and through a table during the fracas. Soon enough, Datsun is dumped out of the ring alongside her, with Stephens isolated in the ring to take a new double team finisher that Naess calls Breaking Tradition. The School of Tradition stand tall in the ring amid the carnage, boos raining down on them while Naess sends it to commercial. A WrestleWorld ad airs, advertising the service and their low price point for a whole library of indie wrestling + access to premium live events. Travis Century is in the ring with The Darkness Warriors when we return, clever editing that doesn't disrupt the flow of the show while allowing them to leave out an unlicensed music track that served as this trio's entrance theme. Century says that the coming of The Master is close at hand, and says that The Master has demanded a tribute-- "Just like the coming of the baby Jesus, The Master demands a tribute of gold, and these, The Master's Darkness Warriors, will fetch him that tribute. Be warned, Animalz, for we fear not the beasts when we lie within The Master's great power." We're taken to Mitch Naess' announce position after that where, after a moment of showing his distaste for Travis Century and The Darkness Warriors, says that we have a debut this week. Some might know the man under different names, some might be familiar with him from other Tri-State promotions, but now he makes his home in DAVE, and that man is Chris Morrisette. CHRIS MORRISETTE VS. MICHAEL COOK This match was designed to steal the show and win the crowd over, and while the wrestling was quite good, the crowd isn't behind Michael Cook and doesn't really know Chris Morrisette yet. Still, Mitch Naess sells the match on commentary like it's the most exciting thing he's called in months-- he even says it might be the best match in the short history of Danger Zone TV. The match is bisected by a commercial break, another generic WrestleWorld ad for DAVE's library. When we return to the match, Cook has the upperhand. The crowd finally starts to be won over near the end, and the pair wrestle to a fifteen minute draw that has The Danger Zone on their feet by the finish that sees Cook outlast Morrisette's Storm Lock submission finisher for the time limit draw despite being in danger of submitting for the closing moments. The pair shake hands following the match, agreeing to run it back soon. TIME LIMIT DRAW Another mysterious promo from backstage, this time the live crowd can be heard faintly in the background as it becomes clear the strange figure is looming just behind the entrance curtain. He says that danger waits around every corner, some men are more dangerous than others, "and, I, Butcher, am more dangerous than most." He says that he will see us all soon... very soon. After another commercial break, this time an ad for PSW's upcoming show as a premium event on WrestleWorld, we come back to The Danger Zone just as "The Icon of Insanity" Henry Lee's music hits-- another professionally licensed track that really helps to capture the atmosphere of The Danger Zone. The crowd goes nuts for the first appearance of their Icon since Back In Black, but their cheers are soon cut short as Henry Lee limps out of the famous entryway with a female aide by his side-- he's wearing blackout sunglasses, and it looks like his eyes are bandaged beneath them. Mitch Naess reminds us on commentary that Genghis Rahn is responsible for this as Lee is helped into the ring and given a microphone. He draws out saying anything, looking choked up from just his body language, pulling the microphone up to his mouth several times to say something but stopping short. From out of frame, Genghis Rahn charges the ring with his kendo stick, whacking Henry Lee in the back of the head and taking him down. He poses on the middle rope for a moment with his kendo stick held high, Mitch Naess calling him every bad name the censors will let him get away with-- a fan actually tries to charge the ring and gets hit with Rahn's kendo stick for his troubles, escorted away by the familiar security guards in The Danger Zone. Rahn dismantles Lee with the kendo stick, hitting him all over as the blinded Icon of Insanity writhes on the mat. Rahn then unleashes a flurry of hits on Lee's forehead until the Icon is busted open, and Rahn smears the crimson fluid on his chest. "I will destroy all that you love... all in the name of blood!" Rahn raves to the crowd, licking some of Lee's blood off his hand. Mitch Naess calls him repugnant as the scene fades to commercial. This time WrestleWorld advertises their selection of shoot interviews, including one with The Icon of Insanity himself. DAVE EXTREME TITLE MATCH NEMESIS (C) VS. JOHNNY MARTIN This is Nemesis' first match on Danger Zone TV, and only his second match in the promotion. The two work a very smart, wild match that really gets the crowd going-- what's shown on TV is only about 2/3s of the match the live crowd in The Danger Zone got, but clever editing and well-placed commercial breaks help it keep a good pace for the viewers on WrestleWorld and on the original Central Perk TV broadcast. The finish is, predictably, a schmooze job that sees Frankie Future get involved after a ref bump and wallop Martin with his steel briefcase-- the crowd is pissed as a groggy ref counts a slow three count for Nemesis to retain. WINNER, AND STILL CHAMPION: NEMESIS Nemesis and Frankie Future begin to pick apart Johnny Martin like a pair of coyotes until the lights go out. "You know what that means!" Mitch Naess crows as, for the third week in a row, the show is closed out by the awesome entrance of Vengeance. The Avenging Angel of DAVE hits the ring and quickly clears house to save Johnny Martin from any further damage. Rather than a staredown with Nemesis, this week ends with Frankie Future failing to leave the ring with enough speed and getting snatched up by Vengeance. While Phil Vibert screams protest on the outside, Future is nailed with a Final Judgement to end the broadcast. SHOW RATING: 67 ATTENDANCE: 300 [SELLOUT] 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blonde Bomber Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 A great treat to end the day. You really capture the ECW feel with these shows. Curious to see where you go with Vengeance constantly outdoing The Agnecy. Eventually we gotta either get him in the ring or see the Agency get the better of him somehow. Johnny Martin was a struggle for me to book long term when I tried booking as DAVE. The I fight to be a role model for these people is a good path and I’ll be watching to see where he goes. The Miss Bliss table spot I don’t think was needed I think you could’ve got away with them just pushing her off the apron or something. The table spot could’ve been saved. Either way now Them Boys and Bliss gonna get revenge, could see this going to a tables match. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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