Solomon Crowe vs. AJ Styles
Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 12:31 pm
OOC: Apologies for my poor showing today, had some bad news in the family this week so I've not had much time to plan or write much. Good luck to Will and everyone else in your matches.
Monday April 27th 2015 – The Crowe’s Nest – Anonymous Location
It had been a quiet few weeks or so for Solomon Crowe, he competed in his first WrestleMania in the EBWF and defeated Chris Jericho to keep hold of his rematch for the World Championship, the title Dolph Ziggler captured by defeating AJ Styles. He then took to Monday Night Warfare in a Las Vegas Street Fight and defeated Edge in a vicious back and forth battle which entertained the fans, and with less than a week remaining until Aftermath, Crowe was getting ready for his next challenge where the winner would determine the number one contender for the World Championship title and standing in his way was AJ Styles in the main event of Aftermath.
The scene opened up in The Crowe’s Nest where the room was dark and Solomon Crowe could be seen leaning back on his chair with his legs up on the desk in front of him. He was humming to himself as we could hear the creaking of his chair as he coughed under his breath before stopping the humming and talking to the camera, with his face still not showing still hidden in the darkness of the room.
SOLOMON CROWE
WrestleMania…a historic night to say the least. Chris Jericho stepped up to the mark, he thought he had it inside of him to still hang with the new horror and just like many before him he failed. He had the audacity to try and take my championship rematch away from me, and for that he paid the price and now Chris Jericho is hanging on to every little thing he can get his claws into and that just happens to be the fool, Sami Zayn who is idiotic enough to let Chris Jericho in, but I overcame that obstacle, the stupid hurdle who just had to stick his nose in my business, first inside of the Elimination Chamber and then at WrestleMania. What does that mean? On paper, I was going in front of 80,000 people to keep hold of my rematch and if I lost, Chris Jericho would be the one to challenge the champion. But, I defeated Chris Jericho, I pinned his shoulders to the mat so it does not take a rocket scientist to realise that it means Solomon Crowe keeps hold of his rematch and must take on Dolph Ziggler, the World Champion…that part still makes me laugh.
Crowe laughed to himself when he called Dolph Ziggler the World Champion before shuffling in his seat again to turn back into his serious mode and continue where he left off.
SOLOMON CROWE
But no…instead the geniuses decided that it was not enough, instead they decide to keep you waiting, keep the fans waiting because they know Solomon Crowe is the true champion, so they have Solomon Crowe defend the right to fight for the title again but this time against AJ Styles. AJ Styles, the man the pinned my shoulders to the mat inside of the Elimination Chamber and acted as if he did it all on his own. At Fallout, AJ Styles was simply a very lucky man and we witnessed his luck run out at WrestleMania. As far as I can recall, our paths took very different turns at WrestleMania because whilst I was busy reaping the rewards for my masterclass performance against Chris Jericho which effectively made me the number one contender to the championship, you were busy being embarrassing yourself the championship when you handed that title to Dolph Ziggler and now all of us have to suffer and that all comes down to you and your incapability to hold on to that title, I am blaming you. It is not because Dolph Ziggler is a fearsome champion, does anybody really fear him in this business? No, it is because we have to sit back and watch somebody like him parade around as the number one star in the company and Solomon Crowe simply cannot allow that for too long. So this Sunday, I need to defeat you in the main event so I can right YOUR wrong and clean up after another one of your messes and bring that championship back home, exactly where it belongs. You might have bene here a lot longer than I have, you may have accomplished more than I have but I can guarantee you that one on one you will realise that you are out of your depth and this was something you should not have signed up for. This company, needs Solomon Crowe more than it understands. The company does not need a champion who simply possesses the looks but zero brain cells, the company does not need those small go-getters, the underdogs who make a mockery off of the championship, this company does not need a John Cena like I proved and this company does not need a champion parading a championship around strip clubs and casinos, somebody with a history of violence towards women, alcohol and drug abuse, you know where this is heading. You see…I am not like that. I am completely different. I have a target, a mission, and I go out there and do it and I do not settle for less. I know everything there is to know about AJ Styles, that is what puts me one step ahead of him, I know every movement, every manoeuvre he will try to pull out with inside of that ring, when he will try it, how he will try it, whatever he will say to the world to make them believe I am nothing in his eyes, it is all an act, something I will not be fooled by. I have been inside of the ring with more dangerous superstars and I have survived and I will do the same at Aftermath, he knows it, I know it. He can pull out any trick in the book, underhanded tactics, cheating…at the end of the night I am going to skin this big bad wolf alive, something that should have been done a very long time ago.
Crowe didn’t show his face throughout his segment, instead the screen faded to black and the first episode of The Crowe’s Nest was over and would go live as soon as Monday Night Warfare ended.
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Tuesday 28th April 2015 – The Cheetah Adult Entertainment Club – Atlanta; Georgia
Solomon Crowe travelled with some of the EBWF staff and production team to Atlanta to shoot a segment which would go on the EBWF website as soon as it was edited. They were hanging around outside of an adult entertainment club called The Cheetah, they weren’t planning on going inside, instead they had Crowe be escorted out of the building by a bouncer and once they all knew their lines and got into position, the cameras started rolling and moments later, we heard lots of shouting as the front door flew open and the bouncer threw Crowe out to the ground, he stood up still shouting and dusted himself off and picked up his tablet and made sure it wasn’t broken.
SOLOMON CROWE
Why are you throwing me out?! She said touch me and see what happens! So I did! The manager knows me here! I’m Dean Ambrose!
BOUNCER
Dean Ambrose? Inside you were screaming to put the dances on Allen Neal Jones’ tab?
SOLOMON CROWE
…Dean Ambrose is my stage name just like Ginger over there who decided to sock me on my nose isn’t really called Ginger!
BOUNCER
Sir….please leave, please leave the premises and take this camera crew with you.
Crowe signalled towards the camera to follow him as he tried to play it cool before he straightened his hair and they walked off down an alleyway.
SOLOMON CROWE
You’ll edit the start out, right?
EBWF CAMERAMAN
Of course.
SOLOMON CROWE
Okay, good. Well…as you can see we have just left The Cheetah Adult Entertainment Club where they were very hospitable, a 4.4 star review on Google proved to be quite helpful. Inside I realised that this is a hot spot for AJ Styles, he spends more time in here with the women than he does with his own family and that genuinely angered me a little but, it hurt me inside. That this man who wants to be champion is setting this kind of example. Inside of going inside and ‘making it rain on these hoes’ you should be saving your money, you will need as much of it as you can for when you fail, again. Instead of making these women degrade themselves why don’t you help them, educate them, make them respect themselves a little more. But what can we expect from a man with no respect nor class in AJ Styles? I anticipate that once the dust has settled, this place will be seeing a lot more of AJ Styles where he can eat bad food, drink himself into oblivion, sneak into the bathrooms and snort anything he wants up his nose and sleep with whichever woman he pleases, that is what his life is accustomed to, without that he is an empty man, he feels the comfort in his life when he wakes up next to a female who has thrown up over herself whilst winners like me feel comfort waking up knowing you are the champion, that is where we are different. I am higher, I go into every match wanting to dismantle my opponent, not simply pick up the win, I go out there to break them, to make sure they leave the ring unable to walk, needing help and questioning whether it was a good decision, a wise decision to even step inside of the ring with me, right now I advise AJ Styles to think the same but he is as stupid as they come.
They all continuing to walk along the streets, observing their surroundings before Crowe continued to walk alongside the camera crew.
SOLOMON CROWE
Well, we are not really here simply to check out one of the many clubs AJ pays a visit too, we have a show tomorrow so I thought I may as well arrive early and see what all of the fuss is about in this horrible city. I just cannot seem to get AJ Styles out of my head, in a good way, because I honestly think after John Cena, he is the next person who’s life I would just love to turn upside down, I get great satisfaction out of making my opponent’s lives a misery, but we all get our kicks in a different way, this just happens to be mine. Well, I am in his state now and tomorrow night when all of the fans are packed inside of the arena I am going to embarrass him in front of his own people, but most of the time he does not need my, or anyone else’s help for that. You know something, I was thinking last night and I realised that somehow Dolph Ziggler was correct, believe me I am as shocked as you are. He mentioned that AJ Styles was not a good champion, this is true. He was unable to hold on to the gold for longer than a month and still parades around as if he is still relevant, as if he still owns the place like he might have done before I arrived. That was your mistake AJ, you should have never left. If you stayed then maybe I would have taken you a little more seriously, I would not have thought you were a weasel of a man still using the name he once made for himself and using that as a platform to mix it in the ring with somebody like me. If you were still around then you could have stamped your authority right away and maybe, just maybe I would have backed down a little and thought of you as a threat, but instead you jumped ship. You took the easy way out, you did something you thought was good for your career when you went to Japan but instead it turned out far worse because you have come full circle and at Aftermath you will question yourself, is it worth staying here where King Solomon is reigning supreme and once he defeats Dolph Ziggler, he will not relinquish that throne, ever. This time there is no easy way out, the only way you can escape this hell on Sunday is when you lose and that bell rings, THAT is when your torture is over.
After talking into the camera for a while, he released his grip and walked off as the cameramen tried to keep up with him. Next for Crowe was the house show in Atlanta before travelling to Boston for all of the Aftermath build-up.
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Wednesday 29th April 2015 – EBWF House Show – Phillips Arena – Atlanta; Georgia
The EBWF was in Atlanta for a house show before moving on to Boston for the Aftermath pay-per-view. Solomon Crowe was advertised to take on an enhancement talent from the local area who was waiting inside of the ring and after a moment or two with plenty of booing, the arena inside turned dark and Space Dementia by Muse hit the PA system and Crowe was welcomed to the stage by massive boo’s. He appeared on stage and smiled with his arms spread out wide as he walked down into the ring. He approached the wrestler and slapped him and told him he’s going to finish him as he got back up to his knees. Crowe stood in the corner and waited for the bell and ran towards the enhancement superstar and hit a massive clothesline and started to laugh as the boo’s continued to spread throughout the arena. Crowe stood him up, and hit a Headlock Driver on him to finish it off, he got the two count and when the referee was going for the three, Crowe lifted him up and laughed, toying with him and kicking his head around for a joke as the referee pleaded with him to just go for the pin fall. Crowe pat the referee on his back and grabbed the wrestler’s leg and placed it over his head, locking in the vicious Stretch Muffler submission hold as he instantly submitted but Crowe didn’t let go. Eventually he did and he threw the referee out of the ring but didn’t let the enhancement talent leave the ring. Instead he went outside and grabbed a steel chair and smacked it over his head, before opening it and sitting on the chair and placed his foot on the wrestler’s head, catching a breather before lifting the microphone up as he continued to toy with him on the ground.
SOLOMON CROWE
Okay come on, get it out of your systems, I am not pleased to be here either but I understand your anger, I would be angry too if I had AJ Styles representing me. THIS, is an example, a spoiler for what will happen this Sunday. THIS is the difference between myself and AJ Styles. If this was AJ Styles inside of the ring then he would have pinned this poor soul in a matter of minutes, and he would have left the ring and walked up the ramp because his night is over. But not me, I stay here and I put them through a punishment because that is what we signed up for, to put our bodies on the line, so why don’t we do that? Why are you booing when you paid your hard earned money to come and watch some entertainment and all of you sick, twisted bastards should want me to rip this guy and AJ Styles to shreds! Whether you like it or not, that is what will be happening on Sunday, so you can boo, you can cheer, you can stick your middle fingers up to me, you can spit at me, do anything. It does not change a thing, AJ Styles simply cannot live inside of this ring with me, he cannot beat me. He will not beat me.
The enhancement wrestler tried to escape and crawl out but Crowe stomped on the back of his head and dropped him again, laughing as he did so.
SOLOMON CROWE
Get a good look, this is your AJ Styles on Sunday. Trying to escape form my claws and trying to leave but I will not let him. In fact you are all just as bad as him, because you support a quitter, an alcoholic, a drug abuser, you all sicken me, this whole state sickens me! If I wanted to, on Sunday I can finish the match in a matter of seconds, line up the entire front row with beautiful lady after beautiful lady and either AJ Styles will self-destruct and will be unable to contain himself and have more restraining orders slapped on him, or he will simply remain gobsmacked and stare at them, so I can simply roll him up and pick up the win, an easy win for Solomon Crowe. But you people know me, I am not the same as everyone else. And you will see that on Sunday. Dolph Ziggler said it right, when he said AJ Styles is nothing more than a transition champion, someone to hold the belt for a short while, just like this whole company is in transition, for years and years you have had to put up with people like AJ Styles running riot here, but now times are changing, the EBWF will be ruled by Solomon Crowe, and what I say goes. I will make this transition so easy for all of you.
Crowe stopped talking and looked around the arena, listening to the boos. He didn’t laugh this time, but he didn’t let them affect him either. Instead he continued to talk over them.
SOLOMON CROWE
You see AJ, this sound is something I am familiar with. I hear the boo’s in every arena I go, every city, I was just born this way, it is who I am meant to be, nobody can change me because I am born to be a cynic, I am meant to piss everyone off, you? You let the people and the hierarchy control you, but these people are not stupid. What, you thought you could swoop back in and play the good guy again? No, it does not work like that. You tried to play Mr. nice guy for a while but these boo’s finally got to you and you snapped and you turned into the same asshole you were when you left. In fact…if anything the people should be chanting Solomon Crowe and booing you, why? Because I am freeing them from another match between AJ Styles and Dolph Ziggler, because I feel that the title has been made inferior in your personal vendetta against Ziggler. The two of you do not care for that belt, your egos take over, women play the star prize but being a champion means nothing. To me, it means everything, it means I am better than everyone backstage and I am better than the two of you who could not even main event WrestleMania. You and Dolph can clash all you want, please, go ahead and kill each other for all I care, but it will only happen when I am champion, then the two of you can do whatever it is you want, you can be personal in your little rivalry but I am personal in every match, every feud, against everyone.
Crowe tried to speak over the immense level of boo’s but it did finally get to him and decided to leave, shaking his head.
SOLOMON CROWE
Keep booing all you want, AJ’s legacy ends on Sunday anyway.
Crowe stomped on the enhancement wrestler’s head once more and walked out of the ring in frustration, unable to continue talking about what he wanted to before scurrying up the ramp and disappearing through the curtains.
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Saturday May 2nd 2015 – The Crowe’s Nest – Anonymous Location
This was the final Crowe’s Nest segment before Aftermath the following night in Boston. The scene opened up inside of the Crowe’s Nest with Crowe walking back and forth with his hands behind his back, thinking of something. He eventually stepped into the lighter side of the room and continued to pace around and started to talk towards the camera.
SOLOMON CROWE
The big bad wolf…the big bad wolf is supposed to strike fear into his prey, why is that not the case now? Ever since I have arrived all I have heard AJ Styles say is I will meet the big bad wolf, but I did not see him at Fallout and I certainly did not see him at WrestleMania, the likelihood is I will not see him at Aftermath tomorrow night either. The only wolf you remind me of…is the ones we hear in nursery rhymes, the big bad wolf, pleading to the pigs to let him in but AJ, you can huff and you can puff but there is no way you will be blowing my house down. If I go down, I am taking you with me, and this time you go away for good.
Crowe walked towards his chair and slowly sat down, feeling relieved when he did so and then breathed heavily before continuing.
SOLOMON CROWE
I am not stupid though, I know there is a slight threat, a slight chance AJ Styles could somehow pull out with the victory…but it is not AJ Styles I am wary of. I can contain him just like I can contain everyone else in the locker room. I am wary of two superstars he has brought with him. Am I afraid of them? No. Am I aware of the threat they bring…yes. Are they an actual threat to me? No. Will I end their EBWF careers before they have even started if they decide to play a part in this match? Most definitely. You see…The Young Bucks are two wild, energetic characters who decide to Superkick the head’s off anyone they please, in fact I quite enjoyed it when they arrived, that made me laugh, but if they know what is best for them and AJ Styles has taught them well, they will stay well away from the ring, if not then the company cannot hold me responsible for my actions. Am I REALLY supposed to be frightened of them? Wearing the skulls and the body paint, I did not even know what a Young Buck was, all I found was that a young buck is a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity…ha…so if they want to take that risk and try to Superkick me, please come to the ring, be my guests and we will have a whole lot of fun so I can send you back to whichever swamp AJ Styles dragged you out from to help his sorry ass!
Crowe slammed his desk in anger before settling himself down again and readjusting himself and continuing.
SOLOMON CROWE
The only thing that this proves is that AJ Styles knows his time is coming to an end, either that or he knows he is unable to achieve anything on his own. I can remember before I arrived, a group people supposedly feared, the Trilogy, with AJ Styles as their undisputed leader and he achieved great things with them, and when they fizzled away into irrelevancy AJ Styles knew it was time to leave and so he did. Now he is back and facing me, he knows he needs to find someone to lead so they can help him get to the top, and when that plan fails he will throw them to the side too, AJ just cannot do it by himself and I know it kills him especially since at WrestleMania the only AJ that was being talked about was AJ Lee and tomorrow night when he loses to me one on one not even the Young Bucks can save him.
Crowe sat back and was adamant that there was no way AJ Styles would be trying to win the match on his own, he was wary of the threat on hand but was more than willing to enter a scrap if needed.
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Sunday April 2rd 2015 – Aftermath – TD Garden – Boston; Massachusetts
The night had arrived, the first pay-per-view since WrestleMania and a big night for Solomon Crowe as he could potentially be crowned the number one contender for the EBWF World Championship. The night was already underway and anticipation was building up towards the main event; the cameras were backstage in a dark corner as Solomon Crowe approached it and had some final few words for his opponent.
SOLOMON CROWE
AJ Styles…the night is here, finally I get you one on one inside of the ring where only one of us will leave on his own two feet and become the number one contender for the World Championship. All week, I have heard how AJ Styles has accomplished this, AJ Styles has accomplished that, AJ Styles has already defeated Solomon Crowe, AJ Styles has slept with this girl, that girl, this man, that man. But nobody decides to say how AJ Styles lost the title at WrestleMania, how he has failed more times than he has succeeded, how he has latched himself on to Solomon Crowe, using me, my name, to remain in the limelight and you have been riding that wave since Fallout but tonight you fall off of that wave and realise that you are not the force you still think you are, you can surround yourself with as many young bucks as you want if that is what you like, nobody can stop me from laying a beating of a lifetime on you. I want this more than you do, you know it and I know it. In just a matter of time I will show it when I snap you tiny little body in half you son of a bitch. It is game over for you, AJ.
Crowe sadistically smiled into the camera as it faded to black, signalling the end of the talking with only moments remaining until the main event match.
It had been a quiet few weeks or so for Solomon Crowe, he competed in his first WrestleMania in the EBWF and defeated Chris Jericho to keep hold of his rematch for the World Championship, the title Dolph Ziggler captured by defeating AJ Styles. He then took to Monday Night Warfare in a Las Vegas Street Fight and defeated Edge in a vicious back and forth battle which entertained the fans, and with less than a week remaining until Aftermath, Crowe was getting ready for his next challenge where the winner would determine the number one contender for the World Championship title and standing in his way was AJ Styles in the main event of Aftermath.
The scene opened up in The Crowe’s Nest where the room was dark and Solomon Crowe could be seen leaning back on his chair with his legs up on the desk in front of him. He was humming to himself as we could hear the creaking of his chair as he coughed under his breath before stopping the humming and talking to the camera, with his face still not showing still hidden in the darkness of the room.
SOLOMON CROWE
WrestleMania…a historic night to say the least. Chris Jericho stepped up to the mark, he thought he had it inside of him to still hang with the new horror and just like many before him he failed. He had the audacity to try and take my championship rematch away from me, and for that he paid the price and now Chris Jericho is hanging on to every little thing he can get his claws into and that just happens to be the fool, Sami Zayn who is idiotic enough to let Chris Jericho in, but I overcame that obstacle, the stupid hurdle who just had to stick his nose in my business, first inside of the Elimination Chamber and then at WrestleMania. What does that mean? On paper, I was going in front of 80,000 people to keep hold of my rematch and if I lost, Chris Jericho would be the one to challenge the champion. But, I defeated Chris Jericho, I pinned his shoulders to the mat so it does not take a rocket scientist to realise that it means Solomon Crowe keeps hold of his rematch and must take on Dolph Ziggler, the World Champion…that part still makes me laugh.
Crowe laughed to himself when he called Dolph Ziggler the World Champion before shuffling in his seat again to turn back into his serious mode and continue where he left off.
SOLOMON CROWE
But no…instead the geniuses decided that it was not enough, instead they decide to keep you waiting, keep the fans waiting because they know Solomon Crowe is the true champion, so they have Solomon Crowe defend the right to fight for the title again but this time against AJ Styles. AJ Styles, the man the pinned my shoulders to the mat inside of the Elimination Chamber and acted as if he did it all on his own. At Fallout, AJ Styles was simply a very lucky man and we witnessed his luck run out at WrestleMania. As far as I can recall, our paths took very different turns at WrestleMania because whilst I was busy reaping the rewards for my masterclass performance against Chris Jericho which effectively made me the number one contender to the championship, you were busy being embarrassing yourself the championship when you handed that title to Dolph Ziggler and now all of us have to suffer and that all comes down to you and your incapability to hold on to that title, I am blaming you. It is not because Dolph Ziggler is a fearsome champion, does anybody really fear him in this business? No, it is because we have to sit back and watch somebody like him parade around as the number one star in the company and Solomon Crowe simply cannot allow that for too long. So this Sunday, I need to defeat you in the main event so I can right YOUR wrong and clean up after another one of your messes and bring that championship back home, exactly where it belongs. You might have bene here a lot longer than I have, you may have accomplished more than I have but I can guarantee you that one on one you will realise that you are out of your depth and this was something you should not have signed up for. This company, needs Solomon Crowe more than it understands. The company does not need a champion who simply possesses the looks but zero brain cells, the company does not need those small go-getters, the underdogs who make a mockery off of the championship, this company does not need a John Cena like I proved and this company does not need a champion parading a championship around strip clubs and casinos, somebody with a history of violence towards women, alcohol and drug abuse, you know where this is heading. You see…I am not like that. I am completely different. I have a target, a mission, and I go out there and do it and I do not settle for less. I know everything there is to know about AJ Styles, that is what puts me one step ahead of him, I know every movement, every manoeuvre he will try to pull out with inside of that ring, when he will try it, how he will try it, whatever he will say to the world to make them believe I am nothing in his eyes, it is all an act, something I will not be fooled by. I have been inside of the ring with more dangerous superstars and I have survived and I will do the same at Aftermath, he knows it, I know it. He can pull out any trick in the book, underhanded tactics, cheating…at the end of the night I am going to skin this big bad wolf alive, something that should have been done a very long time ago.
Crowe didn’t show his face throughout his segment, instead the screen faded to black and the first episode of The Crowe’s Nest was over and would go live as soon as Monday Night Warfare ended.
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Tuesday 28th April 2015 – The Cheetah Adult Entertainment Club – Atlanta; Georgia
Solomon Crowe travelled with some of the EBWF staff and production team to Atlanta to shoot a segment which would go on the EBWF website as soon as it was edited. They were hanging around outside of an adult entertainment club called The Cheetah, they weren’t planning on going inside, instead they had Crowe be escorted out of the building by a bouncer and once they all knew their lines and got into position, the cameras started rolling and moments later, we heard lots of shouting as the front door flew open and the bouncer threw Crowe out to the ground, he stood up still shouting and dusted himself off and picked up his tablet and made sure it wasn’t broken.
SOLOMON CROWE
Why are you throwing me out?! She said touch me and see what happens! So I did! The manager knows me here! I’m Dean Ambrose!
BOUNCER
Dean Ambrose? Inside you were screaming to put the dances on Allen Neal Jones’ tab?
SOLOMON CROWE
…Dean Ambrose is my stage name just like Ginger over there who decided to sock me on my nose isn’t really called Ginger!
BOUNCER
Sir….please leave, please leave the premises and take this camera crew with you.
Crowe signalled towards the camera to follow him as he tried to play it cool before he straightened his hair and they walked off down an alleyway.
SOLOMON CROWE
You’ll edit the start out, right?
EBWF CAMERAMAN
Of course.
SOLOMON CROWE
Okay, good. Well…as you can see we have just left The Cheetah Adult Entertainment Club where they were very hospitable, a 4.4 star review on Google proved to be quite helpful. Inside I realised that this is a hot spot for AJ Styles, he spends more time in here with the women than he does with his own family and that genuinely angered me a little but, it hurt me inside. That this man who wants to be champion is setting this kind of example. Inside of going inside and ‘making it rain on these hoes’ you should be saving your money, you will need as much of it as you can for when you fail, again. Instead of making these women degrade themselves why don’t you help them, educate them, make them respect themselves a little more. But what can we expect from a man with no respect nor class in AJ Styles? I anticipate that once the dust has settled, this place will be seeing a lot more of AJ Styles where he can eat bad food, drink himself into oblivion, sneak into the bathrooms and snort anything he wants up his nose and sleep with whichever woman he pleases, that is what his life is accustomed to, without that he is an empty man, he feels the comfort in his life when he wakes up next to a female who has thrown up over herself whilst winners like me feel comfort waking up knowing you are the champion, that is where we are different. I am higher, I go into every match wanting to dismantle my opponent, not simply pick up the win, I go out there to break them, to make sure they leave the ring unable to walk, needing help and questioning whether it was a good decision, a wise decision to even step inside of the ring with me, right now I advise AJ Styles to think the same but he is as stupid as they come.
They all continuing to walk along the streets, observing their surroundings before Crowe continued to walk alongside the camera crew.
SOLOMON CROWE
Well, we are not really here simply to check out one of the many clubs AJ pays a visit too, we have a show tomorrow so I thought I may as well arrive early and see what all of the fuss is about in this horrible city. I just cannot seem to get AJ Styles out of my head, in a good way, because I honestly think after John Cena, he is the next person who’s life I would just love to turn upside down, I get great satisfaction out of making my opponent’s lives a misery, but we all get our kicks in a different way, this just happens to be mine. Well, I am in his state now and tomorrow night when all of the fans are packed inside of the arena I am going to embarrass him in front of his own people, but most of the time he does not need my, or anyone else’s help for that. You know something, I was thinking last night and I realised that somehow Dolph Ziggler was correct, believe me I am as shocked as you are. He mentioned that AJ Styles was not a good champion, this is true. He was unable to hold on to the gold for longer than a month and still parades around as if he is still relevant, as if he still owns the place like he might have done before I arrived. That was your mistake AJ, you should have never left. If you stayed then maybe I would have taken you a little more seriously, I would not have thought you were a weasel of a man still using the name he once made for himself and using that as a platform to mix it in the ring with somebody like me. If you were still around then you could have stamped your authority right away and maybe, just maybe I would have backed down a little and thought of you as a threat, but instead you jumped ship. You took the easy way out, you did something you thought was good for your career when you went to Japan but instead it turned out far worse because you have come full circle and at Aftermath you will question yourself, is it worth staying here where King Solomon is reigning supreme and once he defeats Dolph Ziggler, he will not relinquish that throne, ever. This time there is no easy way out, the only way you can escape this hell on Sunday is when you lose and that bell rings, THAT is when your torture is over.
After talking into the camera for a while, he released his grip and walked off as the cameramen tried to keep up with him. Next for Crowe was the house show in Atlanta before travelling to Boston for all of the Aftermath build-up.
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Wednesday 29th April 2015 – EBWF House Show – Phillips Arena – Atlanta; Georgia
The EBWF was in Atlanta for a house show before moving on to Boston for the Aftermath pay-per-view. Solomon Crowe was advertised to take on an enhancement talent from the local area who was waiting inside of the ring and after a moment or two with plenty of booing, the arena inside turned dark and Space Dementia by Muse hit the PA system and Crowe was welcomed to the stage by massive boo’s. He appeared on stage and smiled with his arms spread out wide as he walked down into the ring. He approached the wrestler and slapped him and told him he’s going to finish him as he got back up to his knees. Crowe stood in the corner and waited for the bell and ran towards the enhancement superstar and hit a massive clothesline and started to laugh as the boo’s continued to spread throughout the arena. Crowe stood him up, and hit a Headlock Driver on him to finish it off, he got the two count and when the referee was going for the three, Crowe lifted him up and laughed, toying with him and kicking his head around for a joke as the referee pleaded with him to just go for the pin fall. Crowe pat the referee on his back and grabbed the wrestler’s leg and placed it over his head, locking in the vicious Stretch Muffler submission hold as he instantly submitted but Crowe didn’t let go. Eventually he did and he threw the referee out of the ring but didn’t let the enhancement talent leave the ring. Instead he went outside and grabbed a steel chair and smacked it over his head, before opening it and sitting on the chair and placed his foot on the wrestler’s head, catching a breather before lifting the microphone up as he continued to toy with him on the ground.
SOLOMON CROWE
Okay come on, get it out of your systems, I am not pleased to be here either but I understand your anger, I would be angry too if I had AJ Styles representing me. THIS, is an example, a spoiler for what will happen this Sunday. THIS is the difference between myself and AJ Styles. If this was AJ Styles inside of the ring then he would have pinned this poor soul in a matter of minutes, and he would have left the ring and walked up the ramp because his night is over. But not me, I stay here and I put them through a punishment because that is what we signed up for, to put our bodies on the line, so why don’t we do that? Why are you booing when you paid your hard earned money to come and watch some entertainment and all of you sick, twisted bastards should want me to rip this guy and AJ Styles to shreds! Whether you like it or not, that is what will be happening on Sunday, so you can boo, you can cheer, you can stick your middle fingers up to me, you can spit at me, do anything. It does not change a thing, AJ Styles simply cannot live inside of this ring with me, he cannot beat me. He will not beat me.
The enhancement wrestler tried to escape and crawl out but Crowe stomped on the back of his head and dropped him again, laughing as he did so.
SOLOMON CROWE
Get a good look, this is your AJ Styles on Sunday. Trying to escape form my claws and trying to leave but I will not let him. In fact you are all just as bad as him, because you support a quitter, an alcoholic, a drug abuser, you all sicken me, this whole state sickens me! If I wanted to, on Sunday I can finish the match in a matter of seconds, line up the entire front row with beautiful lady after beautiful lady and either AJ Styles will self-destruct and will be unable to contain himself and have more restraining orders slapped on him, or he will simply remain gobsmacked and stare at them, so I can simply roll him up and pick up the win, an easy win for Solomon Crowe. But you people know me, I am not the same as everyone else. And you will see that on Sunday. Dolph Ziggler said it right, when he said AJ Styles is nothing more than a transition champion, someone to hold the belt for a short while, just like this whole company is in transition, for years and years you have had to put up with people like AJ Styles running riot here, but now times are changing, the EBWF will be ruled by Solomon Crowe, and what I say goes. I will make this transition so easy for all of you.
Crowe stopped talking and looked around the arena, listening to the boos. He didn’t laugh this time, but he didn’t let them affect him either. Instead he continued to talk over them.
SOLOMON CROWE
You see AJ, this sound is something I am familiar with. I hear the boo’s in every arena I go, every city, I was just born this way, it is who I am meant to be, nobody can change me because I am born to be a cynic, I am meant to piss everyone off, you? You let the people and the hierarchy control you, but these people are not stupid. What, you thought you could swoop back in and play the good guy again? No, it does not work like that. You tried to play Mr. nice guy for a while but these boo’s finally got to you and you snapped and you turned into the same asshole you were when you left. In fact…if anything the people should be chanting Solomon Crowe and booing you, why? Because I am freeing them from another match between AJ Styles and Dolph Ziggler, because I feel that the title has been made inferior in your personal vendetta against Ziggler. The two of you do not care for that belt, your egos take over, women play the star prize but being a champion means nothing. To me, it means everything, it means I am better than everyone backstage and I am better than the two of you who could not even main event WrestleMania. You and Dolph can clash all you want, please, go ahead and kill each other for all I care, but it will only happen when I am champion, then the two of you can do whatever it is you want, you can be personal in your little rivalry but I am personal in every match, every feud, against everyone.
Crowe tried to speak over the immense level of boo’s but it did finally get to him and decided to leave, shaking his head.
SOLOMON CROWE
Keep booing all you want, AJ’s legacy ends on Sunday anyway.
Crowe stomped on the enhancement wrestler’s head once more and walked out of the ring in frustration, unable to continue talking about what he wanted to before scurrying up the ramp and disappearing through the curtains.
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Saturday May 2nd 2015 – The Crowe’s Nest – Anonymous Location
This was the final Crowe’s Nest segment before Aftermath the following night in Boston. The scene opened up inside of the Crowe’s Nest with Crowe walking back and forth with his hands behind his back, thinking of something. He eventually stepped into the lighter side of the room and continued to pace around and started to talk towards the camera.
SOLOMON CROWE
The big bad wolf…the big bad wolf is supposed to strike fear into his prey, why is that not the case now? Ever since I have arrived all I have heard AJ Styles say is I will meet the big bad wolf, but I did not see him at Fallout and I certainly did not see him at WrestleMania, the likelihood is I will not see him at Aftermath tomorrow night either. The only wolf you remind me of…is the ones we hear in nursery rhymes, the big bad wolf, pleading to the pigs to let him in but AJ, you can huff and you can puff but there is no way you will be blowing my house down. If I go down, I am taking you with me, and this time you go away for good.
Crowe walked towards his chair and slowly sat down, feeling relieved when he did so and then breathed heavily before continuing.
SOLOMON CROWE
I am not stupid though, I know there is a slight threat, a slight chance AJ Styles could somehow pull out with the victory…but it is not AJ Styles I am wary of. I can contain him just like I can contain everyone else in the locker room. I am wary of two superstars he has brought with him. Am I afraid of them? No. Am I aware of the threat they bring…yes. Are they an actual threat to me? No. Will I end their EBWF careers before they have even started if they decide to play a part in this match? Most definitely. You see…The Young Bucks are two wild, energetic characters who decide to Superkick the head’s off anyone they please, in fact I quite enjoyed it when they arrived, that made me laugh, but if they know what is best for them and AJ Styles has taught them well, they will stay well away from the ring, if not then the company cannot hold me responsible for my actions. Am I REALLY supposed to be frightened of them? Wearing the skulls and the body paint, I did not even know what a Young Buck was, all I found was that a young buck is a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity…ha…so if they want to take that risk and try to Superkick me, please come to the ring, be my guests and we will have a whole lot of fun so I can send you back to whichever swamp AJ Styles dragged you out from to help his sorry ass!
Crowe slammed his desk in anger before settling himself down again and readjusting himself and continuing.
SOLOMON CROWE
The only thing that this proves is that AJ Styles knows his time is coming to an end, either that or he knows he is unable to achieve anything on his own. I can remember before I arrived, a group people supposedly feared, the Trilogy, with AJ Styles as their undisputed leader and he achieved great things with them, and when they fizzled away into irrelevancy AJ Styles knew it was time to leave and so he did. Now he is back and facing me, he knows he needs to find someone to lead so they can help him get to the top, and when that plan fails he will throw them to the side too, AJ just cannot do it by himself and I know it kills him especially since at WrestleMania the only AJ that was being talked about was AJ Lee and tomorrow night when he loses to me one on one not even the Young Bucks can save him.
Crowe sat back and was adamant that there was no way AJ Styles would be trying to win the match on his own, he was wary of the threat on hand but was more than willing to enter a scrap if needed.
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Sunday April 2rd 2015 – Aftermath – TD Garden – Boston; Massachusetts
The night had arrived, the first pay-per-view since WrestleMania and a big night for Solomon Crowe as he could potentially be crowned the number one contender for the EBWF World Championship. The night was already underway and anticipation was building up towards the main event; the cameras were backstage in a dark corner as Solomon Crowe approached it and had some final few words for his opponent.
SOLOMON CROWE
AJ Styles…the night is here, finally I get you one on one inside of the ring where only one of us will leave on his own two feet and become the number one contender for the World Championship. All week, I have heard how AJ Styles has accomplished this, AJ Styles has accomplished that, AJ Styles has already defeated Solomon Crowe, AJ Styles has slept with this girl, that girl, this man, that man. But nobody decides to say how AJ Styles lost the title at WrestleMania, how he has failed more times than he has succeeded, how he has latched himself on to Solomon Crowe, using me, my name, to remain in the limelight and you have been riding that wave since Fallout but tonight you fall off of that wave and realise that you are not the force you still think you are, you can surround yourself with as many young bucks as you want if that is what you like, nobody can stop me from laying a beating of a lifetime on you. I want this more than you do, you know it and I know it. In just a matter of time I will show it when I snap you tiny little body in half you son of a bitch. It is game over for you, AJ.
Crowe sadistically smiled into the camera as it faded to black, signalling the end of the talking with only moments remaining until the main event match.