Dave Turner's Arrival (Sept. 5th)

(Promo open to Manic or Wall Street Warrior)

Fresh back from commercial break, Manic  is seen milling around backstage. He is sitting on a wooden crate eating out of an unlabeled can, grinning from ear to ear

Cole: Oh, great. Here we go again. Can't we just go one week without hearing from this weirdo?

Joey Styles timidly approaches Manic, and as he nears, Manic puts his arm around the startled interviewer

Manic: Joey! How's it going, mate?

Styles: Uhm, fine thanks... I'm just here to get your thoughts on -

Manic: You know, you remind me of an old friend of mine, Joey.

Styles: Uh, really? How -

Manic: Yeah, my old best mate Jack. Jack and I go way back... the thing about Jack is, he always caught me at the very worst of times. I always felt like he had the greatest intentions, but the poor guy just never knew the right time to shut his mouth. Always probing me for information, always concerned about how I was doing, always acting like he was around for my best interests... but you know what, Joey?

Styles looks terrified as he holds the mic in Manic's soulless face, his arm trembling

Manic: Jack eventually learned the error of his ways. Jack found out that the best times to talk to me were when I approached him, not the other way around.

Manic jumps down from the crate, looking extremely angry

Manic: HE LEARNED THAT I DON'T APPRECIATE PEOPLE TRYING TO GET INSIDE MY HEAD. Jack will never get that chance again. Choose your words carefully, Joey.

Styles hesitates for a moment, then, realizing Manic is giving him a chance to speak, brings the mic back to himself

Styles: So... I'm... I'm just here to get your reaction to Dave Turner being in the arena tonight. He says that your attack on him could have been perpetrated by anybody considering the circumstances, and he doesn't seem afraid of you or -

Manic laughs maniacally, interrupting Styles and grabbing the mic from his hands

Manic: Joey, my good old pal. For somebody that is positively bound by fear, you seem to have little understanding of the emotion... and you also seem to think you can get away with an awful lot. Dave Turner's words and presence tonight reveal more latent fear than he ever could have revealed by staying home and accepting his fate. By showing up tonight and claiming that he's not intimidated, Dave Turner has admitted his weakness to the world, and to myself. He wants so desperately to believe he hasn't been broken by the Wall Street Warrior and myself... and Dave knows that a lot of what you believe about yourself is formed by what others believe about you. He wants everybody to think he has courage, that he isn't doubting himself or his ability to defend himself. This is a vain attempt at changing his own mind about himself. The truth is, he's already lost faith in himself - and rightly so.

Manic releases the mic, and Styles gets ahold of it again

Styles: But the truth is, you attacked him from behind after he'd already faced Matt -

Manic: Who? Only the Wall Street Warrior remains, Joey. And the Wall Street Warrior made short work of that fool, Dave Turner on that night. The real truth is I would have had the last laugh either way - it was made an even greater night by the fact that the Warrior triumphed. Dave Turner's fate was already written, as was mine. And so it still is. Turner has expedited his permanent extraction from PWL by showing his face tonight. He's even still wounded, Joey. He limps around like an old dog that needs to be put down, howling as he goes. And both the Wall Street Warrior and I hold the lethal injection that will finish his suffering.

Manic begins laughing again, as Styles looks about ready to pee his pants

Styles: Uhh... I think i'm going to get going - thanks for your -



Manic grabs Joey by his neck, as he drops the mic and yells

Manic: (slightly incomprehensible due to the mic being on the floor) Your fate has been sealed as well, Joey.

Cole: Somebody stop him! This is despicable!

Manic throws Styles face first into the wall, knocking him out. Manic gets on his knees next to Joey, who is lying limp on the floor. Manic grabs the mic again

Manic: You, Jack and Dave are all alike, you know... you all have shared the same obvious fear, yet you have all tried to convince yourselves that you are something you aren't. You aren't courageous... you aren't a hero... you're nothing. You just haven't found it within yourself to accept it yet. You will meet a suitable end. The very same end that has been ordained for you since birth. I'll see you soon, Dave.

Taz: This is even too much for me, Cole...

Manic gets up and walks out of the shot, leaving the mic and Joey Styles in a heap

The feed takes the viewing audience to the parking lot.



A PWL cameraman is doing his best to follow a euphoric Wall Street Warrior as he dances between vehicles, keying doors and slashing tires. He's cackling all the while and as he arrives at the end of the row, he sets a metal gascan down beside the opening to the gas tank and retrieves a tube from inside his tattered suit-jacket.

WARRIOR
EEE HEE HEE HEE! Need some gas! Warrior needs some gasoline to do his feats that are quite mean. Ohhhh yesssssss... yes yes yes!

The Warrior cackles as he slides the tube into the gas tank. He is silent just long enough to suck on the end of the tube, drawing gasoline from the car's tank. He turns the end of the tube down into the gas can, where gasoline can be heard spilling into the can. Then he stands and looks directly into the camera's lens.

UNSEEN CAMERAMAN
Mr. Wall, Mr. Wall! I just wanted to ask you what you think about the return of Dave Turner here on Impact and the comments he made earlier this evening about yourself and Manic.

Warrior growls at the question.

WARRIOR
Matt Wall is DEAD! DO you HEAR me? (The Warrior grabs the camera and shakes it, and the cameraman can be heard cursing from the other side of the device. Before he can recover, Warrior pulls the lens in so closely that only his eyes appear in the frame.) As for Mr. Turner, hee hee hee... and friend Manic! Hee. Hee-hee, heeeeee!

The Warrior shakes his head and twitches slightly. Gasoline begins to run over in the can and spill down onto the pavement of the parking lot, but Warrior pays no notice.

WARRIOR
There once was a fellow called Turner;
Who was quite a terrible learner.
But trapped all alone,
Warrior broke all his bones
AND REPLACED THEM WITH SOMETHING MUCH STERNER.

His poem complete, Warrior turns his back on the cameraman, cackling as he recovers his gas can. He leaves the hose in the tank as he starts heading back toward the arena.

WARRIOR (singing off-tune)
Something much sterner! You hear me Turner? I'm comin' for yah. Hee hee hee! Comin' to BREAK you.

Once he notices the cameraman is still following him, Warrior rounds on him, roars into the lens, and swings the can. A horrible thud is heard as the can hits something -- presumably the cameraman -- and the camera jolts and drops to the pavement. The last thing heard before the feed cuts out is the Warrior's deranged cackle.

[OPEN TO TURNER/MANIC]

Turner:
My name is Dave Turner, and my original plan was to come out and inform everyone that I will be returning to action the first Impact following the next Pay-Per-View, King of the Ring!(The crowd erupts in cheers once again)But I made that announcement once I got to the stadium tonight, so I thought I'd spend my time here a bit differently. I thought I'd come out here and tell everyone a story! Have you all heard the one about the tortoise and the hare?(Turner points a few people out sitting close to the ring)You haven't?! Good! Cause I'm going to tell it now. You see, there was a big race going on between a Tortoise and a Hare. In fact, it was really a tortoise against TWO hares. Now the tortoise did everything right. He worked hard towards the race. Gave everything he had, trained night and day and strived to get a chance in the race. Despite the tortoise being slow, he knew he had the other traits it took to win. The hares, the hares didn't do that or have that. The hares spent all day screwing around, probably with each other, if you get what I'm saying. They never trained, but rather scuzzed around. They only thing they had going for them, was their speed. Well the big day finally came...The Tortoise against the Two Hares. The two Hares started of vicious, using all their speed at once. But the Tortoise kept the usual pace and didn't lose the Hares from his sight. But, once the hares realized that the tortoise had all the makings to win the race, they resorted to cheating. The tortoise kept his pace, and eventually won the race, despite the hares doing all that they could to stop him. (Turner pauses from the story and looks down the ramp to the stage.)What I'm getting at through this whole things, is despite Manic and Wall Street Warrior throwing what they could at me to try and win the race, they still failed. I will be back soooo soon and I WILL be winning that race.

Turner:
Manic, you preach week. after week. after week. after week about nonsense. You stay in the back and attempt to be cryptic, talking about how much you love destroying things and leaving YOUR impressions on the people you attack and everyone watching at the arenas and at home. You act as if you have different values from all of us here, and you are using secret motives that NO ONE understands but you. And it causes you to be "screwed up" and eat "alphagetti".......Now, I'm not question if you're screwed up or not...it's quite clear a screw is missing. But what's not missing is the hypocrisy you spew every day when you wake up. You claim it all doesn't matter, it's all a big game, just you wanting to hurt people......and yet I hear tonight that you enter into the King of the Ring Tournament?(Turner pauses and looks puzzled at what he just said.)The almighty MANIC with only the int..

(Promo open to Manic)

Manic makes his way through the curtain with a mic in his hand, pointing and laughing at Dave Turner as the fans boo

Cole: We knew this was coming sooner or later...

Manic raises the mic to his face and stops laughing, a grimace replacing his grin

Manic: You all just heard that, right? You all heard the same senseless babble as me. Am I right? Dave... I understand that you can't accept your reality - but please, for the good of yourself, spare me the nursery rhymes. It's very unbecoming of you. I do have to agree though, Dave... you do resemble a tortoise in a couple of key ways. You're slow, and you're a coward as well. And as much as you want the world to believe you can live outside your shell, there will always be a stronger, faster specimen just around the corner to scare you back into hiding. I am that specimen, Dave.

The fans start chanting "Shutup Jackass" at Manic, as he looks on, not phased by the taunting

Manic: I don't want to "enter" the King of the Ring tournament, Dave... I want to destroy it. I want to tear it down and make everybody see how wretched and misguided it is. Just like you, mate.

Manic drops the mic and rolls into the ring. He immediately makes a dash for Dave Turner's injured leg, but Turner moves out of the way, sending Manic crashing to the mat! Manic recovers and stands nose to nose with Turner in the ring for only a few seconds, but the iconic moment feels like it could last an eternity

Cole: What's going to happen next!?

(promo open to Dave Turner OR Wall Street Warrior)

Turner:
Manic....Matt Wall...You two week after week come out and attempt these little head games and intimidation. Your arrogance had you both blinded, and your fear of me returning healthy and pissed off made you quick to strike. I'm not sure if either of you two can hear me down there, but let me explain why you two just got the s*** beat out of you. When I was at the doctor last week, getting my knee checked, he didn't tell me it would be a few more weeks when I could compete. No, he actually told me "Dave, your knee has been healing incredibly fast, and I'm going to clear you for action as of right now"(The crowd erupts in cheers once again)So, what happened tonight, is you two clowns played into my hand just like I wanted. You came out for an easy prey, and got your ass whipped by someone that is flat out better than you. You two wanted a head games war......and you got it.

(Promo closed, please leave feedback since we worked real hard on this one. Dave Turner is set to be put on Impact cards again as of the next card)