Welcome to the BWA Raw pre-show!
Live from The Allstate arena, Chicago Illinois
All the lights in the arena are off as we go to air, making it all the more impressive when the pyros (not as much as usual, it's still the pre-show) hit. just then a large spotlight appears in the center of ring. A figure stands in it who slowly raises his head to a good pop from the crowd as they realize that it is none other than the BWA's own Bounty Hunter.
It's been 8 long years since I first stood before you as the then chairman of the BWA and introduced our first ever PPV which saw John Cena go up against Hulk Hogan in the main event. I knew it, you knew it, and everyone in the draft universe knew we had something special at that point, but we didn't rest on our laurels o no... We continued to bring in the biggest names the professional wrestling industry had every seen, from Bret Hart and HHH to Bruno Sanmartino and Stone Cold Steve Austin. We continued to push the envelope with risque storylines (Jeff Jarrett the massive racist, Bob Sapp the rapist!) and gave you the fans, exactly what you wanted to see, whether that was the Bryan Danielson/Dynamite Kid Iron man match or the Jenna Jameson PPV half time striptease, and yet every year we were overlooked when the top rated show in the game was decided....until last year and Wrestlepalooza V! (crowd cheer)
Finally last year we put the Monday night wars and those dastards over at MNG & WECWF firmly in our rear view mirror. We proved to the world what they should have already known, that the BWE is the place to be and the no.1 promotion in the entire world! and now as we enter a new draft year I have a promise for all of you at home and 6 simple words. We will not stand still, we will improve, Wrestlepaloza VI will be bigger and better than anything before it o and...
Welcome to BWA Monday Night Raw!
the lights return all around the arena as the crowd begin to chant *BWA**BWA**BWA**BWA*
Bounty Hunter looks to be leaving the ring but stops himself returning to the mic and saying "To prove those are not just words, I'd like to welcome you to the new BWA announcing team for 2016
Bobby "The Brain" Heenan & Gorlilla Monsoon!
The crowd go nuts!
Monsoon:
That right Bobby we are back! finally re-united and here in the BWA! listen to those fans
Heenan:
Those fans know that I am a legend in this sport and if you don't believe me, ask me.
Monsoon:
Will you stop!
Heenan:
I will not stop Monsoon cos tonight is a blockbuster show here in the BWA, not only are we here but there will be tag team title and world heavyweight title matches here tonight!
Monsoon:
That is huge but didn't you tell me you had a more personal announcement you wanted to make to get us started here tonight Brain
Heenan:
oh yes.
and with that Heenan leaves the announce table (swapping places with Bounty Hunter who takes his place alongside Monsoon) and heads into the ring, then with a Mic in hand addresses the audience.
Heenan: You really are a very lucky group of people here tonight (to the audience), not only are you going to get two title matches live here in Chicago but you have also already gotten to witness the BWA debut of me Bobby "The Brain" Heenan!
You are also going to get the chance to witness the BWA debut of another of the greatest entities in sports entertainment history on tonight's show. For those of you yet to hit puberty and don't know who that is let me elaborate. You see, after tonight the team who will be the BWA tag team champions and the most dominant team in the federations history will be The Brainbusters and they... they are my boys. But they are not alone, they are part of a group of wrestlers I have managed throughout the years, a group more formidable than any other in all of wrestling, and no we are not a stable, A stable is a place where you keep a bunch of fly-infested horses, we... we are a Family!
Now that Arn & Tully have their father figure back leading the way forward it's time we welcome their brother in arms back in to the fold. A man who has stood by our side in the past and with whom now we will together go from strength to strength once more. That man of course is....(gestures up the ramp to the tron by the entrance way)
Monsoon: Barry Horowitz! Really?
Bounty Hunter: I don't think that's who Bobby was expecting Monsoon, isn't Rick Rude supposed to be debuting here tonight?
Heenan asks Barry what in the blue hell he's doing coming out there and is seemingly even more surprised when he responds by suggesting that they had discussed it before hand and that The Brain had agreed to allow Horowitz to join The Heenan Family. Instead of snapping Heenan is able to calm himself down and very slowly explains to Horowitz what he actually said so that there is no further crossed wires. Apparently when he had approached Heenan looking for guidance in the hope that becoming a Heenan Family member could turn his career around and get him a big match at Wrestlepalooza Bobby had told him he would let him join his crew but only if he could prove he wasn't a jobber by picking up a win before the PPV itself.
Barry seems pleased with this and says he won't let Heenan down before heading to the back at which point Heenan returns to his promo bigging up Rude and promises that under his guidance the next BWA World champion will be a Heenan family member.
Unfortunately for Heenan though Bounty Hunter re-enters the ring and whispers something in his ear. "God-damn Barry" he is heard to exclaim, It would seem he has just been told that due to time constraints on the pre-show they would have to move things along but he plays it off as all his own idea and says that They (the fans) will have to wait till the Raw goes Live to see The Ravishing One.
Before leaving the ring Heenan introduces a recap video which highlights the past year in the BWA leading up to tonight's season premiere
Another dominant champion who has held his title for over a year now is
Gorgeous George who last year never got his comeuppance from the man who used to idolize him
Pat Patterson cheating to retain the IC title after (in the build up to their match) using vile hateful homophobic terms towards Patterson. To this day Patterson has yet to get a rematch against the still Intercontinental champion George. Patterson has actually been on hiatus from the company recently after receiving a suspension for attacking George backstage.
The tag team division also gets a good amount of time in this video and deservedly so as
Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard aka "The Brainbuster" have been unstoppable since they arrived in the company during the summer as surprise challengers in a match former champions Abdullah The Butcher & The Original Shiek had to win in order to keep their jobs. After banishing them from the federation Arn & Tully then set their sights on winning the tag titles and now reunited with Bobby Heenan it could be difficult for anyone to stop them. However champions Jack & Gerry,
The Brisco Brothers who themselves won the BWA tag team titles at last years Wrestlepalooza have don't seem to fear any team and thats why tonight they have agreed to face Heenans boys for the gold. Will we see new champions crowned tonight on the very first show of the new season?
The Video culminates in the recent weeks which built to tonight where the Road to Wrestlepalooza will begin again and points out how Bounty Hunter was sent on a mission to make trades in order to bring in even more top talent. It shows how Chris Benoit who had proven extremely unpopular on the house show circuit was traded for The Mexican Legend
El Santo]/b] & The Patriarch of Guerrero family Salvador "Gory" Guerrero plus The man who you already know will debut tonight, Rick Rude.
Unlike Benoit another new signing has proved a real fan favorite both at house shows and recent and some are even suggesting that should Daniel Bryan actually retire he might be primed to be his replacement on the card. The he I speak of is of course Sami Zayn but he isn't the only other fan favorite to have recently signed with the BWA and as the video emphasizes the trade of The Great Muta to the BWA has really made waves although he is not believed to be making his debut tonight.
We are also told that he won't be the last big name signee to debut in the federation this draft season but whom they will be is as of now still a mystery, perhaps we will get a few surprise entries in this years BWA Royal Rumble. One thing that has been reported though and which this video package leaves us on is that one of those signed is considered comparable to Hulk Hogan or Bret Hart in his home country of Japan.
When the video ends we are briefly shown a shot of the clock which is counting down till BWA Raw goes to air (20 mins remain) before we are brought backstage to where an interview is being conducted by Bounty Hunter with
Killer Kowalski
Bounty Hunter: So Killer, A new season is upon us and what can you tell us about the new batch of BWA trainees down in the development center?
Kowalski: they are developing.
Bounty Hunter: umm okay, So will we be seeing any Kowalski guys trying to make a name for themselves in the BWA over the coming weeks?
Kowalski: Yes you will.
Bounty Hunter: Is everything ok Killer? you seem a bit shorter with me than usual?
Kowalski: No everything is not ok
Bounty Hunter: I'm sure I speak for everyone here Mr Kowalski when I say that the BWA wants to keep you happy in your role as our head trainer?
Kowalski: Well...(stares daggers at Bounty Hunter) I'm not Happy and as of now I'm not going to train anyone else for your precious BWA! now get out of my dressing room!
We then get another brief shot of the countown to Raw clock (which is now at the 15m mark) before we cut away to a pre recorded interview, this time between BWA Intercontinental champion
Gorgeous George and Josh Matthews.
Josh asks him about his match tonight on Raw and if he is worried about facing an opponent he has never faced before in the form of Rick Rude but George just says that anyone who has seen how dominant his reign as IC champion has been would know that he fears no man and that it's Rude who should be worried about the embarrassment of debuting with a crushing loss. Josh wanted to question this suggestion but George interrupts his question telling him to make sure that nobody else (he suggests tabloids like TMZ are always after him) comes looking to interview him stating that he needed a full un-interrupted hour in his private floatation tank to help prepare himself to wrestle in the opening match of BWA Raw tonight.
We head back to ringside now and to a rather peeved looking Bobby Heenan
Heenan:
The cheek of that man, to suggest Rick Rude should fear facing him.
Monsoon:
Well he does have a pretty good track record in the BWA
Heenan:
really? your defending him?...who would you rather face between the two so?
Monsoon:
Hey I'm still in fighting shape if either of those guys stepped up to me I wouldn't back down!
This conversation is halted by The arrival of the BWA's newest recent acquisition...
Brock Lesnar
Heenan:
Go ahead then Mr Wouldn't back down to anyone, thats your cue, off you go and get in that mans business?
Monsoon gives Heenan a look as if to say "Will You Stop!" but Heenan is right, it's time for his sit down interview with The Beast.
Monsoon: So Mr Lesnar, What is it that has lead to you being the newest Superstar on the BWA roster?
Brock: I'm not a superstar. I'm an ass kicker. I am Brock Lesnar. What brings me here is the same thing that makes me happy... Beating people up, the BWA just has a better standard of people to beat up (big smirk).
Monsoon: So you believe the wrestlers here in the BWA will be a good challenge for you?
Brock: There isn't anybody in the BWA, past or present, that has the accolades that I've got. Nobody can challenge me. I don't feel pain, I inflict it!
Monsoon: and what of your long time Advocate Paul Heyman will he be joining you in the BWA?[/COLOR]
Brock: Why? Am I not speaking well enough for you old man, did I not negotiate myself a good enough deal to come here. I am getting a title shot tonight on my first night in the company am I not?
Monsoon (who now looks a little uncomfortable): Umm thats not what I meant but that's huge news Brock Lesnar 1on1 with CM Punk in the first BWA main event of the new season! Can you tell us what you expect from that match?
Brock (rolls his eyes) : Maybe I do need a new mouthpiece so I don't have deal with nonsense like this... out of my way I have to prepare to take someone to suplex city.
Brock then pushes Monsoon out of the way and gets out of the ring and heads to the back, Monsoon is obviously annoyed but doesn't do anything even though he knows Heenan is bound to rib him about this later.
BWA Roster 2016
Brock Lesnar
Daniel Bryan
Rick Rude
The Great Muta
Sami Zayn
Takeshi Morishima
Pat Patterson
Gorgeous George
Killer Kowalski
Barry Horowitz
Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta
El Santo & Gory Guerrero
Bobby Heenan & Gorilla Monsoon
Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard
Jason Jordan & Chad Gable
Jack Brisco & Gerry Brisco
Fritz Von Erich & Waldo Von Erich
Nikki Bella & Brie Bella
Awesome Kong & Aja Kong
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