WWF 2001: The War to End it All

[ClassicsFan1970]

World Wrestling Federation 2001: The War to End It All

Wrestling fans couldn't believe it when they heard the news. WCW was up for sale. The company that kept fans riveted to their collective seats for over thirty years was now suddenly up for auction to the highest bidder!

Flashbulbs popped throughout the room as Vince McMahon stepped up to the podium. “Ladies and Gentlemen,” he stated with all the inner bravado he could muster, “I am here today to formally announce to the world that I have succeeded in securing a monopoly of the wrestling world. World Championship Wrestling is dead and buried. I, Vincent Kennedy McMahon, have purchased the company, lock, stock, and barrel”.

“No one ever thought that I, Vincent Kennedy McMahon, would ever succeed in destroying my enemy, and yet here I stand, having done just that! I have crushed my woeful competitor into the proverbial dust! World Championship Wrestling tried, unsuccessfully, I might add, to bring me to my knees. Yet, here I am, a living testament to the fact that what doesn’t kill you, most definitely makes you stronger!”

“All of the merchandising rights, all of World Championship Wrestling’s assets are mine, and I defy anyone to say otherwise!” Vince finished with a flourish. Suddenly, McMahon’s phone beeped, interrupting his diatribe to the media. Vince looked at his phone, saw the text message, and clicked on it. It said only two words, but they were enough to cause him to stomp away from the microphones and storm out of the room in anger.

What were those two little words? What had riled up the chairman so much? Simply put, they said more than anyone could imagine. They simply said "not yet.."

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WWF Roster:

Faces:
The Rock
The Undertaker
Kane
Eddie Guerrero
D-Lo Brown
Chris Jericho
Chris Benoit
K-Kwik
Rikishi
Mike Awesome
Raven
"Stone Cold” Steve Austin
Rob Van Dam
Tommy Dreamer
Billy Kidman

Heels:
Triple H
Kurt Angle
Ric Flair
Tiger Ali Singh
Steve Blackman
X-Pac
Steven Richards
Booker T
Diamond Dallas Page
Chris Kanyon
William Regal
Lance Storm
Rhyno
Tazz
Mark Jindrak

Tag Teams:
The Hardy Boyz
The APA
Edge & Christian
Too Cool
T&A
The OutKasts (Lynn & Snow)
Kronik (Clarke & Adams)
The Dudley Boyz
Holly Cousins
C2 (Jericho/Benoit) (part-time)
Bros. of Destruction
Kings of Wrestling (DDP/Kanyon)
X-Factor (Credible/X-Pac)


Stables:
The Radicals
Kaientai
Right to Censor
Natural Born Thrillers (Palumbo, O'Haire & Jindrak)


Divas:
Ivory
Trish Stratus
Lita
Stacy Keibler*
Torrie Wilson*
Jacqueline
Debra Williams*
Lillian Garcia*

(*non wrestling diva)


Other:
Vince McMahon
Stephanie McMahon
Shane McMahon
Linda McMahon
Mick Foley
Paul Heyman
Arn Anderson
Jim Ross
Scott Hudson
Michael Cole
Mike Tenay
Bobby Heenan

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WWF Champions:


WWF Champion: The Rock


WWF Intercontinental Champion: Chris Jericho


WWF Undisputed Tag Team Champions: Dudley Boyz


WWF Light Heavyweight Champion: Crash Holly


WWF King of the Ring Champion: Vacant


WWF Women's Champion: Ivory

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WCW Champions:


WCW World's Champion: Booker T


WCW United States Champion: Vacant


WCW Television Champion: Vacant


WCW World Tag Team Champions: Natural Born Thrillers (Palumbo & O'Haire)


WCW Cruiserweight Champion: Gregory Helms


WCW Women's Champion: Mona

Television Shows & PPVS:

Raw
Smackdown
(tentative) Nitro

Wrestlemania
Backlash
King of the Ring
Summerslam
Survivor Series
Royal Rumble

*future ppvs will be added and/or subtracted as time goes on...

new names added as they appear on television and/or ppv...

[RasslingFanatic]

This should be interesting...

[ClassicsFan1970]

WWF News and Notes:

--WWF has come to terms with the following individuals (i.e. terminated their contracts), and wishes them the best in their "future endeavors":

Spike Dudley
Chaz
Haku
Hugh Morrus

--WWF has entered into re-negotiations with Mona, aka Molly Holly, in a bid to have her remain with the company. Thus far, all contact by the WWF head offices has been met with silence...

--A mysterious player behind the scenes (who also promises to appear on Raw, and throw Vince's plans for WCW into utter turmoil) has stepped forward (so to speak), and offered to unilaterally settle any and all contract disputes that are currently ongoing between WCW superstars and Time Warner Inc. As a result, any former WCW star may well be cleared to appear on Raw, or within the WWF at any given time...

--A commentary change has been made, albeit a somewhat slight one. For Raw, it will remain Ross & King. For Smackdown, however, the WWF has decided to go with the newly acquired talents of Mike Tenay & Bobby "The Brain" Heenan...

--The WWF has decided to discontinue the usage of the Hardcore title as a championship, and introduce a new championship in its place. The new title will be called the "King of the Ring" championship, and the winner of the belt will be able to use that belt as "collateral" of sorts, and challenge for any title they so choose within one year of winning the title. The first ever champion will be crowned at this year's KOTR PPV in May...

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Raw Preview:

Main Event:

WWF Championship Match: The Rock (champion) vs The Big Show


Intercontinental Championship Match: Y2J vs Raven


WWF Undisputed Tag Team Championship Match: Dudley Boyz vs Hardy Boyz


Triple Threat Match for the #1 Contendership for the WWF Women's Championship (If Ivory wins, she picks her challenger)


King of the Ring Qualifying Match: D-Lo Brown vs X-Pac

also scheduled, a sixth mystery match which will be revealed on Monday Night Raw!

[DramaShark]

Wow this looks awesome, and you have captured my favorite era in wrestling perfectly. Pretty excited about this one.

[ClassicsFan1970]

Monday Night Raw,
Gund Arena, Cleveland Ohio,
Attendance: 15, 556
Commentators: Jim Ross & Jerry "The King" Lawler

The pyrotechnical display signals the beginning of another Monday Night Raw broadcast. The camera quickly pans throughout the arena, displaying the excited fans, waiting with bated breath to see the night's action...



The camera settles on the commentators as they also get ready for the night's action....

Jim Ross: Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to a monumental Monday Night Raw! Jim Ross alongside Jerry "The King" Lawler! King, what will McMahon say about WCW? What's gonna happen with our three Title Matches here tonight? What a historic night this is gonna be, King!

King: Historical? You mean hysterical, if Vince doesn't find out who ruined his press conference! If there's one absolute in the WWF, it's that you "don't cross the boss!"

Jim Ross: I'm sure you're right about that, King! At any rate, someone seems determined to throw the proverbial monkey wrench into Vince's grandiose plans! Wait a minute! Here comes the CEO of the WWF right now!

indeed, the chairman of the board, namely Vincent Kennedy McMahon, comes storming down to the ring, his face contorted into a sinister frown. Vince stomps up the steps, enters the ring, grabs a microphone, and then waits for the booing crowd to quiet down before he speaks....

Vince McMahon: Ladies and Gentlemen...

The crowd is incensed just by McMahon's voice, and they quickly drown him with boos. Vince drops his hands to his sides, and utters an unintelligible, unflattering word that is otherwise rather obvious to those watching. Soon, they do quiet down, and Vince continues his speech....

Vince McMahon: Before I was so rudely interrupted, I had planned to come out here to this ring, and celebrate the fact that yours truly is the new owner of WCW! I've crushed the competition, not that there was much of one, you understand!

The crowd boos loudly again, even breaking into an "A**hole" chant, yet Vince just stands there grinning like the cat who ate the canary. After the chants die down, Vince speaks a third time....

Vince McMahon: You know, I'd hoped that you people would be civilized about this, but I can see that's not going to happen. Nevertheless, history has been made, and I, Vincent Kennedy McMahon, have crushed my enemies yet again!

The crowd boos loudly a third time, but Vince ignores them, and attempts to speak a final time, but is cut off by very mysterious music....



Jim Ross: OH MY GOD! IT'S ERIC BISCHOFF! What the hell is he doing on Monday Night Raw? Hell, what's he doing in the WWF?!

King: I knew it, JR! I had a feeling something like this was gonna happen! Bischoff has no business being out here! Oh No! The World's Crappiest Wrestlers just won't die!

The crowd roars in approval at seeing Eric Bischoff step out onto the stage. One man who is not pleased, however, is Vince McMahon himself. In the ring, Vince is seething with anger, as Eric smirks at him with amusement. Eric then speaks....



Eric Bischoff: Hey Vince! Good to see you, buddy! Unfortunately, I wouldn't want to be you at this particular moment, because everything is about to change! I know, you're wondering what in the world is Eric Bischoff doing in the WWF? Well, let me tell you exactly why I'm here...

As Eric pauses to choose his words very carefully, the crowd breaks out into an "Eric" chant. This causes Eric to grin even more broadly than before. Moments later, Bischoff continues...

Eric Bischoff: Allow me to enlighten you just a little bit, Vince. You see, you don't own WCW, I own WCW!

The crowd explodes with cheers and applause, while the look on Vince's face says it all: utter disgust...



Despite Vince's demeanor, Eric pushes on undaunted...

Eric Bischoff: Now, I know what you're thinking, Vince. "How in the world could Eric own WCW? I signed the contracts; I made the deal." The thing of it is, Vince, you didn't. You hemmed and hawed about this stipulation, and that concession. The WCW board of directors couldn't take it anymore, so when you told them you'd actually sign the papers at Wrestlemania, I knew that was my cue to act!

I contacted some colleagues of mine at Fusient Media. Now, they were hesitant to fund me the first time I approached them with the idea of saving WCW. This time, however, I went to them with a foolproof plan. I laid it all out for them, and guess what? they went for it. I got my money, I went to the board of directors in the eleventh hour, and I now own WCW!

Vince is now fully enraged, stomping around the ring, swearing up a storm (away from any audible microphone, of course), when Eric interrupts his tantrum....

Eric Bischoff: Oh, just a few more things, Vince. As a concession for my owning WCW, I was able to acquire two things in writing. One, I am allotted a match on Raw, and a match on Smackdown to showcase the very best of WCW! Two, I am allowed three slots on the Wrestlemania card to further demonstrate the greatness of World Championship Wrestling!

Third, and finally, I am here to formally challenge you to a match at Wrestlemania, Vince! If you win, I will sign over all of WCW to you for free! If, excuse me, when I win at Wrestlemania, I will then take full control of Monday Night Raw, and re-christen it Monday Nitro!

Vince, still livid over the earlier interruption and bombshell, is now losing it. Suddenly, he does an about-face. His expression immediately changes. Vince now sports an evil, sinister grimace on his face. It's enough to make the fans in attendance wonder what's going on in his mind. Vince quickly puts the mic to his lips, and speaks venomously at Eric....

Vince McMahon: Bischoff, you bastard! You think you can just waltz out here and demand a thing from me? I ought to throw you out on your ass, you son of a bitch! I am not going to do that, however. I am going to accept your match at Wrestlemania, but under one condition: It must be a street fight. I want to personally beat the living hell out of you. I want to see the blood pour down your face with my own two eyes. Most of all, I want to personally, with my own two hands, put the nail in the coffin of WCW myself! Now, get the hell out of this arena, and get the hell off of Raw!...

As Vince's music blares over the loudspeakers, Eric Bischoff simply smirks at Vince, nods his head in agreement, and then slowly walks away backstage. Moments later, the show heads to its first commercial break....

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Match #1: King of the Ring Qualifying Match
D-Lo Brown vs X-Pac

As Raw returns from its commercial break, the first scheduled match gets underway...

D-Lo Brown and X-Pac start off the match sizing each other up. They tentatively lock up; each man jockeying for position. D-Lo strikes first with a beautiful arm drag. X-Pac complains about a hair pull, but the ref doesn't buy it. X-Pac charges at D-Lo, but D-Lo ducks, and then retaliates with a solid clothesline. X-Pac quickly gets to his feet, only to run into a second clothesline. X-Pac rolls out of the ring, hoping to escape from D-Lo's onslaught. D-Lo doesn't let up, however, and catches X-Pac with a third clothesline from the apron.

D-Lo grabs X-Pac, and throws him back into the ring. Just as X_Pac makes it back to his feet, D-Lo catches him with a stunning drop kick. As X-Pac tries to sit up, D-Lo connects with Shining Impact! D-Lo covers X-Pac, but only gets a two count. As D-Lo grabs X-Pac, X-Pac rakes him in the eyes. D-Lo staggers away, but then turns right into a spinning heel kick. X-Pac gestures to the crowd, and then executes a flawless high speed leg drop. X-Pac covers, and this time it is D-Lo who kicks out at two. D-Lo blocks an attempted right hand from X-Pac with a right to the midsection, but X-Pac counters with a knee to the head of his own.

D-Lo staggers to his feet, is grabbed by X-Pac, and whipped into the turnbuckle. Moments later, X-Pac scores with a bronco buster. As the two superstars continue to battle it out in the middle of the ring, the fans watching quickly become aware of something happening outside of the ring. A lone figure comes walking down the aisle, and then stops at ringside. Fans immediately recognize the individual who has shown up, and it is none other than Jeff Jarrett. Jarrett simply continues walking around the ring, as if to size up (or study) the men in the ring.

Jarrett's arrival soon has its (supposed) desired effect: neither man can concentrate on the match at hand. Both X-Pac and D-Lo yell at Jarrett to get lost, but he ignores them, and simply points in the ring (as if to say "don't worry about me and wrestle"), but both men find it difficult at best to do so. D-Lo tries to score a savate kick on X-Pac, only to have it blocked, and then countered into a russian leg sweep. X-Pac tries for an off-the-ropes moonsault, but D-Lo deftly rolls out of the way of that maneuver.

D-Lo scoops up X-Pac, and executes a bone-crushing running sitout powerbomb. The ref counts to two and a half, and X-Pac manages to somehow kick out. D-Lo grabs X-Pac, who blindly drills D-Lo with a right hand to the midsection. This does little to stop D-Lo, however, who attempts a second running sitout powerbomb. X-Pac somehow manages to reverse the move into the X-Factor! Before the ref can count to three (after X-Pac covers D-Lo), D-Lo manages to drape his foot on the bottom rope. D-Lo staggers to his knees as X-Pac argues with the referee. As D-Lo stumbles over to where X-Pac is standing (presumably to grab him), X-Pac spins around and fires a roundhouse at D-Lo.

D-Lo staggers backwards at the shot to his head, and in doing so, inadvertently elbows Jarrett (who had climbed onto the apron) right in the side of the head. The impact sends Jarrett flying off the apron, as he crashes into the barricade at ringside. As he slowly makes his way to his feet, it is easy to see that Jarrett is ticked. Jarrett climbs onto the apron for a second time, and this time it is X-Pac who accidentally clips him with an elbow to the head (after D-Lo ducks a clothesline attempt from X-Pac, and retaliates with a headbutt). Jarrett is now beyond ticked, he is absolutely pissed off.

D-lo, meanwhile, seizes the opportunity, grabs a stunned (and distracted X-Pac), plants him with Sky High, and then finishes him off with the Lo Down! 1...2...3! D-Lo celebrates his hard-earned victory...

As soon as the match concludes, Jarrett storms the ring. Brandishing his trademarked guitar, he smashes both D-Lo and X-Pac over the head. The fans rain boos down on Jarrett as he grabs a microphone, and attempts to speak over a vocally dissenting crowd...



Jeff Jarrett: Listen up! These two slapnuts just learned a very painful lesson! You don't ever want to piss me off! That's only one reason why they're both face down on the canvas right now! The other is because I've decided that I'm not gonna wait for my moment; I'm gonna make my own moment!

The fans boo even louder than before, but Jarrett continues as if his dissenters weren't even there...

Jeff Jarrett: Go ahead and boo me! That's not gonna change anything! I am here on behalf of WCW to declare war on anyone who is affiliated with the WWF, and to prove that I am, without a doubt, the greatest wrestler, entertainer, and all-around athlete in the world today! Vince, you screwed up when you threw me out of the WWF the first time, and I'll be damned if you're gonna do it again! I will destroy every one of your "superstars" until you have no choice but to stand back, look at me, and tell the world just how great I am!

As the fans boos reach a deafening pitch, Jarrett drops the mic, raises his hands in a mock victory salute, and then exits the ring, heading backstage.

(it's now 4pm in the evening/afternoon, and I am taking a short break, but will return to wrap it up within an hour or two...)

[JJ Smooth]

Damn...I really liked reading this..hope you pick it back up after the holidays

[DramaShark]

This was a damn good read. I especially liked Jarrett coming in and declaring war on behalf of WCW. Very glad you are operating WCW and WWF as separate entities.

[CradleXShock]

wow. that was really good so far. the promos are spot on and the match was pretty good too, cant wait to see the second part to this keep it up!

[DramaShark]

^ Agreed. This was top notch. Please keep these coming.