The fans in the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania are sitting in their seats, eagerly awaiting the start of the show when the silence is broken by a loud sound that they all recognize..
Ain't no grave, can hold my, body down!
BONG!
The arena grows dark and the crowd begins to cheer as "Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down" by Johnny Cash begins to blare over the speakers, knowing the arrival of the Undertaker is growing closer.
BONG!
With that, the lights turn a eerie purple and the Undertaker appears on the stage. The camera zooms in as he slowly walks out into the fog and mist. He stands on the stage for a moment, staring down at his opponent in the ring before beginning to walk down the ramp. He takes his time, as is custom for the Demon of Death Valley. Eventually, the Deadman reaches the ring. He slowly turns and makes his way up the steel steps. As he reaches the top, he stares through the eerie darkness, and then thrusts his arms into the air. A loud bang is heard as a large lightning bolt nails the turnbuckle opposite him. Instead of the lights coming on, the eerie purple lighting stays. We see the ring fill with fog from the lightning strike. The Undertaker walks along the apron before climbing into the ring. He takes a microphone and walks to the center of the ring, raising it to his mouth. He clears his throat, looking around with a serious look on his face before beginning to speak in his usual gravelly voice.
R THE I UNDERTAKER P
EBWF. This is the place that my soul has found to call home. Here within these walls I have begun my work. I have started with Mankind, the loud mouth that doesn't know when to shut his mouth. But this week I will step into my yard for and it will not be against Mankind. Dolph Ziggler has not earned my respect nor a reprieve. Through out his time here in EBWF, he had tried and tried to become the top dog. He has tried to bend fate and win the biggest one of them all, and each time he had failed to make his mark until now. Each time before he won the big one not once had Dolph taken time to stop and learn from his mistakes. Instead, he stood tall and points fingers. He blamed his opponents, he blamed his team mates, he blamed the very company that allows him to make a living. He blamed all but himself because deep down inside that he truly knew he doesn't have what it takes to be the top dog. So instead, he tried desperately to shift his failures upon others. Now he's set his sights on me and to punish me for his inability to accept his own mistakes, Dolph must now step into my yard. Dolph must now try his luck against a true demon and unfortunately for him...this is no fairy tale. There's no happy ending or a knight shining armor, when he comes face to face with this demon? It's game over. He'll finally realize the things he should have known from the start. That in order to succeed in this business, you have to be able to stand up and take responsibility for your own actions. You have to come to terms with your failures and move on. If you don't, you'll be left in the past. Dwelling on every mistake, trying to find a scapegoat to point a finger at. But in reality, you're to blame Dolph. You are solely responsible for everything that has happened to you over your time here in EBWF and you need to learn that. Until you do, until you realize that, you will never escape your past. It will drag you down and drag you down until you are screaming for mercy. There's an old saying that goes if you don't learn from the past, you're doomed to repeat it.
The Undertaker stops speaking for a second, staring out at the crowd. Each person in the arena can feel the sheer intensity being displayed by the Undertaker as he paces around the ring. As he looks back up at the crowd, a scowl has grown on his face. He seems even more angry than before, and soon begins to speak once more.
R THE I UNDERTAKER P
But what's worse, Dolph, is that you actually think that you deserved all of those things you claim you've been screwed out of. You actually believe, that somehow deep inside your existence you mean more than just a stepping stone and to that I truly see why you are what you are today Dolph Ziggler I see that you have developed these fantasies deep inside your soul that leaves you hollow because you feel that everything in the world, it all belongs to Dolph. But in the end, you only succeed in making a pit. A pit of deception and greed. A pit that you so readily drag anyone and everyone into because you can't stand the fact that somebody is less miserable than you, but in this your soul has become blackened. You have become nothing but a heartless shell, trying desperately to find a meaning to your existence. But, in the end Dolph Ziggler there truly is no meaning. There is no purpose, no reason, no truth. You are a lie in every sense and the only truth to you Dolph Ziggler is the concept of a man so sold on himself that you can't see what lies right before your eyes. You've been given chance after chance. You've been made into a star on hope alone and you repay those that facilitated it with hate and accusations. So why Dolph why? Why should you continue to be backed and hyped when you're showing your true colors to be nothing but a snake? It's simple, you shouldn't. Instead, this week, you go one on one with me. This week, live on Warfare, you step into my yard and in my yard? We play by my rules. There will be no chance for you to run and hide behind your lies and excuses. It will be the final test for you Dolph Ziggler, and perhaps...your first foot in the grave.
As he finishes that sentence, the Undertaker stops once again. He takes a breath, again pacing around the ring as the crowd sits in fear. The darkness seems to deepen as time goes on, and the fans can only hope the Undertaker finishes soon so it will be over. He raises his mic up once again, speaking into it for perhaps the last time?
R THE I UNDERTAKER P
This week, Dolph Ziggler, you take your new place in this business. No longer will you be the main event, the fringe that borders that line between superstar and legend. No longer will you fight to keep the World Championship or even have a legitimate claim to as champion. From this point on Dolph. You will serve one purpose and one purpose only. You will serve as an example, a living example of what happens when you anger the Devil...you see Dolph, I don't allow people to walk over me. Dolph Ziggler, I will teach you a lesson. I will do what I do this week for my own reasons, and anything I desire. But let me warn you, this week will be no sunshine and daisies. When I step into that ring, I have one goal and that goal is to send a message. Send a message to Mankind, a message that says that the weeks of this cat and mouse game we've been playing are over. He will see, through the pain I inflict on you Dolph Ziggler, that I cannot be controlled and that I cannot be stopped. The urn he found to use on me was doomed to fail, just as he himself is in his quest to make me bow to him. What this means for you Dolph is that Warfare will become your last stand. To me you are nothing but another lost soul. Another ignorant fool who thinks that he can fight the world. When you step into my yard, it will be the end of your days. You will no longer see yourself as that brash young superstar with all the talent he could ever need, you will see what you truly are Dolph Ziggler...a worm beneath my boot. A stepping stone for me to get to my goal, and many would say that this week..you're facing the Devil. And no matter how hard you try Dolph Ziggler, you cannot...take down the Devil. But we all know you're going to try anyway, that's just how Dolph is, and that's just fine. Because when you finally realize there's no way to win? That's when you will finally..
REST...IN...PEACE.
As the Undertaker says those iconic few words, another lightning bolt strikes the turnbuckle, causing the lights to go out completely. When they come back on, the Undertaker has disappeared from the ring, leaving behind only the microphone he held in his hands.
OOC: I've been enjoying my time here I hope I've brought some credibility to playing taker. It's a honor to face Holly and good luck Holly may we tear the house down.
