Reign of Darkness
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2019 9:49 pm
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Static filled the screen momentarily before it faded away to backstage. A white cinder block brick wall was tinted yellow by a single incandescent light bulb. The yellow glow of the light flickered before a voice was heard, but no one could be seen. The distinct tone of the voice however, could only be one person.
Tommy End
”Everyone thought that Christmas Eve of Destruction would be the end..”
The camera spun around the room and revealed Tommy End, with the EBWF Tag-Team Championship hung loosely over his right shoulder. Behind him, his brother in arms, Michael Dante stood with his own championship draped over his shoulder. Next to them stood the new, longest reigning EBWF Women’s Champion, Zahra Schreiber. The three members of Legion stood one short, as Jimmy Havoc was absent. Tommy shook his head slowly before he continued.
Tommy End
”As you can see, we may be a man down. But..”
Tommy looked over his right shoulder back at Dante. He then turned his head and looked over his left shoulder at Zahra. He gave each of them a nod before he turned his head forward and continued.
Tommy End
”We are Legion.. And we’re standing right here. More dominant than ever before..
Miz, you might have gotten lucky at Christmas Eve of Destruction, but the time will come and that EBWF World Championship will be too much of a burden for you to hold on to. Eventually you will find yourself against us again. When you do.. You won’t like the outcome.”
Tommy took a moment in silence before he continued.
Tommy End
”However, Christmas Eve of Destruction wasn’t about the EBWF World Championship. No.. That was a small part of the entire picture. Before you stands the rest of that picture. Before you stands the real story of Christmas Eve of Destruction..
No one is talking about Hardcore Holly becoming the EBWF Breakout Champion. No one is talking about Aiden English successfully defending his Gateway Championship. And no one is talking about the one hundredth addition to the saga of Braun Strowman and Tommaso Ciampa.
Isteand, everyone is talking about about what we did.
They’re talking about Zahra Schreiber once again destroying her opponent and walking out still the EBWF Women’s Champion.. But not just that.. They’re talking about how Zahra’s win at Christmas Eve of Destruction solidified her place in the history books as she broke Trish Stratus’ record.”
Tommy turned to Zahra and he reached up and placed his hand on her cheek.
Tommy End
”Everyone is talking about you accomplishment like their surprised..”
He smiled at Zahra before he turned forward again.
Tommy End
”But you shouldn’t be surprised. Zahra is hands down the most dominant female in the industry today. Time and time again she has proven her ruthlessness. She has given everything, even her own body, for the greater good. Just like Dante and myself, Zahra knows what it takes to go beyond what is believed impossible.”
Zahra placed her hand on her championship proudly. Tommy smirked as he continued.
Tommy End
”But our night didn’t end there..”
Both Dante and Zahra now smiled along with Tommy. The two looked at each other behind Tommy’s back.
Tommy End
”The Miz may have won the EBWF World Championship at the end of the night, but that victory’s not what everyone is talking about when their asked about the main event. Instead, everyone is talking about what we did..
They’re talking about what we did to your very own “God” among mortals..
Wes Ikeda.
That’s right.. They’re not talking about The Miz becoming champion. They’re not talking about Jimmy Havoc losing. No.. They’re talking about Legion taking out the boss. But what we did to Wes at Christmas Eve of Destruction. That was nothing.. That was Legion sending Wes a message.
Look at everything that we’ve done. Look at everything that we did to Jimmy Havoc, and he was one of us. Believe me, if Legion wanted to sacrifice Wes Ikeda, we would have.
But this wasn’t about a sacrifice.. No.. As I said, this was a message Wes.”
He took another pause and looked at his stablemates once again.
Tommy End
”Wes, we wanted to show you that this make believe power you hold, it’s nothing but a false sense of importance. The belief that you’re in charge, is the only thing that keeps you going. It’s the only mystic that is left about you Wes.. But that mystic has been shattered.
You can threaten us with whatever you want. Strip us of our championship.. Force us into a match with your goon squad.. None of that matters.
None of that matters because at Christmas Eve of Destruction, we destroyed you Wes. We left you unable to breathe. I wouldn’t be surprised if we didn’t break a couple of your ribs. And you know that there is nothing you can do about it. You know you can’t strip of us of our championships.
Why?
Because you know Legion is all you have.. Without us, all of your division die. Without Legion, this entire company would crumble out from under your feet. We brought the fresh air that was need to bring this company off the life support that it’s been on.
Without us.. There would be no EBWF.”
The three members of Legion stood proudly of that fact.
Tommy End
”Now you may think that you’re throwing Dante and I to the wolves tonight. Thinking that you’re going to get some sort of retribution for what we did to you at Christmas Eve of Destruction. But if that is what you truly wanted, Wes.. Then why would feed us Rated RKO.
What do you think this team is going to do? Huh?
Do you think that Randy Orton and Edge still have what it takes to take on Dante and myself?”
Tommy motioned back to Dante and then to himself.
Tommy End
”They don’t call us a deathsquad for the fun of it.
The two of us, we shorten careers.
Together, Dante and I have dominated ever single tag-team that we’ve come up against. We’ve went through wars. Some of which, we probably shouldn’t have came back from, but we did.
Now we’re here in EBWF and instantly we went straight to the top of this tag-team division. And regardless of how lacking of talent the division is right now, Dante and I have proven ourselves to be just as dominate here as we have been all over the world.
Every team that we’ve face, we’ve taken and shipped them out of this company. And now you’re deciding to try to give us a challenge by pitting us again the one team who is considered to be the best tag-team in the history of EBWF, if not the entire wrestling world.
The team of Rated RKO think that they’ve seen it all and have done it all, but there’s only one thing wrong with that thought.. Rated RKO has never faced a team like the Sumerian Death Squad.
Just like EBWF has never seen anything like Legion.”
Tommy outstretched his left arm as he held onto his tag-team championship belt with his right hand.
Tommy End
”Wes, I know tonight you think that we’re going to get a lesson taught to us by Randy and Edge.. Everyone knows that when you need something done, you send those two in to clean up whatever mess you got yourself in..
Tonight you think that Rated RKO is going to get your revenge, and that’s sad.. It’s sad that you need to threaten Legion that you’re going to strip us of our championship. It’s sad that now you have to grab your brother-in-law and his best friend and send them into a war that you know they don’t belong in. A war that no one needs to fight against, but this is a war that EBWF will lose.
A war that EBWF has lost..
See Wes, while you thought you were in control around here for all these years, you need to wonder. Were you? Did you make all the choices? Was all this really built by you?
Take a look at the world around you Wes.. This isn’t the same place you once knew. This isn’t the same place that that you dreamt of. No..
This is the NEW EBWF, and it is glorious!!”
Tommy smiled as he paused for a moment.
Tommy End
”This is a new era in EBWF.. An era that isn’t lead by the has-beens of yesterday.. Instead it is an era of rebirth. An era in which the next general of EBWF will showcase the true potential of the wrestling world. No more watching the same old faces from the past..
Legion has changed the direction EBWF was heading. We took EBWF and put it on the right track. The track that leads it away from the Rate RKO’s and the Wes Ikeda’s. The track that leads it away from the Trish Stratus’ and Alexa Bliss’.
Legion has put EBWF on the track that leads it right in to the Reign of Darkness..
The Reign of Legion.”
Tommy let out another smirk of pride as he spoke about Legion.
Tommy End
”Randy.. Edge..
Tonight, the two of you get to experience everything that I just said. You get to experience what it’s like to compete in this new era of EBWF. You get to feel everything that Legion and myself made Wes Ikeda feel at Christmas Eve of Destruction.
Tonight, when Dante and I leave the two of you gasping for air in the middle of the ring, just like we left Wes Ikeda at ringside.. The two of you will be the first to realise that Jimmy Havoc losing the EBWF World Championship at Christmas Eve of Destruction wasn’t a set back for Legion. Losing Jimmy Havoc after Christmas Eve of Destruction, it wasn’t a set back.
The two of you will see tonight that Legion isn’t down. We’re not out. We’re not frightened by some idle threats.
Rated RKO..
When you step into that ring tonight, you will see that the tag-team division that the two of you sat atop for so long, it’s changed. You’re not at the top of it anymore. Legion is, and we’re going to stay at the top. There isn’t a team, past or present, that could stop Dante and I, and that includes Rated RKO.”
Tommy paused briefly.
Tommy End
”This isn’t just a new year for EBWF.
This is a dawning of a change that will take EBWF into the future, and beyond. A future that is not lead by Wes Ikeda..
A future that is..”
Tommy looked at his stablemates again before he finished.
Tommy End
”Ours.”
He slowly outstretched his left arm again. Dante and Zahra both took a step closer to Tommy. The three of them stood there for a moment before, in unison, all three spoke out.
Legion
”We..
Are..
LEGION.”
The static slowly took over the screen once again.