Post by Commissioner Michaels on Oct 15, 2012 11:50:56 GMT -5
On SOOL's 3 Year Anniversary
October 15th, 2012
In9Minds Inducted by NJ
[Bryan Danielson | NJ:]
Hello ladies and gentlemen, my name is Bryan Danielson, The American Dragon. Tonight, I'm here to induct a legend in SOOL, the one and only Animal of SOOL, Batista, as played by in9minds. in9minds first came to SOOL in February of 2010, signing up as (of course) Batista. Batista quickly made a major impact in SOOL history, as one month into his career he captured SOOL's Intercontinental Championship from Hernandez. However, four months after he signed up came what was one of the biggest highlights of his career, as he won the inaugural King of the Ring tournament to win the World Heavyweight Championship that was previously vacated by RedDevil9937 (Kurt Angle at the time) due to the infamous "Arrogant Bastards" incident that resulted in many SOOL superstars (including myself for about 3 hours) leaving the league.
[Bryan Danielson | NJ:]
However, this speech isn't about the Arrogant Bastards, it's about Batista. Batista defeated the then undefeated Bill Goldberg (now known today as Murphy) to win the title, only to have his title ripped away by now fellow Hall of Famer Matt Hardy, who cashed in his Money In The Bank briefcase and defeating The Animal to win the championship.
[Bryan Danielson | NJ:]
The quick loss of the World Heavyweight title would not cause Batista's success to grind to a halt. He would form an alliance with Matt Morgan (Damon Duncan), Randy Orton (barkaboi) and Wade Barrett (his brother, in5minds) that would come to be known as "Ground 'n' Pound". Morgan and Batista had the most success of the fearsome foursome, as they would win the Tag Team Championships together at The Great American Bash in 2010 before losing them to Age of the Fall at Summerslam of that year.
[Bryan Danielson | NJ:]
After losing the tag championships and the sudden departure of Matt Morgan, and the disappearance of Orton and Barrett, Batista would also soon leave the league, causing the ultimate demise of Ground 'n' Pound. However, in August of this year, the legendary Animal returned with a vengeance, and plans to regain his World Heavyweight Championship. So without further adieu, please welcome your newest SOOL Hall of Famer, The Animal, BATISTA!
*Following NJ's induction speech, the SOOL Hall of Fame Ceremony continues as Batista's music plays.*
*However as moments pass and NJ stands there confused as Batista has yet to join him. Then the music stops and Mr. McMahon approaches the podium and he quickly begins to speak.*
Mr. McMahon: Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to welcome you to the prestigious, 2012 SOOL Hall of Fame induction Ceremony. Now first things first, I want to thank NJ for making a great speech and honoring Batista as he did. Now further more, I have to make an unfortunate announcement, as it has been discovered tonight, that Batista/In9Minds will not be joining us tonight. I'll be accepting this honor on his behalf and hopefully we will hear from him in his own words some time in the near future. Yes this is the second year in a row so hey now I got two Hall of Fame rings, suck on that Mark! LOL... Well Wait make that three, and you do know that! Anyhow, With that said, I think it's time to get things started so let's induct our first member to the SOOL Hall of Fame. One of SOOL's most earliest stand outs, so will you all please join me in turning our attention to the screen.
*Mr. McMahon turns to the screen as the first video package begins to play.*
EZT Mark Inducted by Jiggas5585[/size][/i]
[Jiggas5585/Davey Richards][/color]
Hey everyone. Damn this past year has gone so quick, I mean it doesn't feel that long ago that I was standing backstage waiting to come out here and accept my induction into the SOOL Hall of Fame. It was such an honor for me to be inducted last year and it came as a shock also because there are so many people in SOOL who had made a name for themselves probably more so than me but its ok because this year we get to put more in the hall of fame. There are a few names that were thrown around on the rumor mill of who would be inducted this year and some were right and some were way off. But anyway I am starting to go off track, so lets go to the point, I had the honor of being inducted last year and now I am honored to inducted a good friend of mine in SOOL and tonight I am repaying him from last year. That man is none other than Mr. McMahon also known as EZT Mark.
Mr. McMahon joined SOOL about a month or so before I did and when I first joined SOOL he was helpful to me as he was one of the first people who spoke to me along with some others. When I first was running around as R-Truth, we always seemed to get booked against one another, I mean we had a lot of matches, which mostly he won as I just sucked to be honest. But every time I thought "hey this ain't working for me" he was always just stick at it and you will start to enjoy it so I stuck it out started enjoying it and then I became the first ever TV champion which didn't last long because in my first title defense, Mr. McMahon was the one who took it off me but that okay because we always ended 1UP-ing a lot more since then. Even when I decided to change to The Pope, Mr. McMahon was around winning his matches and beating me even more as the Pope but its was okay because he had some of the best and funnest matches I have had in SOOL. Then we come to when I decided to pick Davey, me and Mr. McMahon kept our friendship and had some even better matches, I mean that best of 5 series we did was great even if the end was him beating me but once again there were times I got my way too. The we had a heated feud which I would say the SOOL fans and even the SOOL superstars enjoyed watching great matches with extra heat behind them.
Mr. McMahon has been one of those guys who has been active around SOOL for a long time, he may have not made it to the top on many occasions, I mean that SOOL Championship win that last well not that long was still a great accomplishment but he hasn't had to be a multi-time champion to be one of the best in SOOL he just had to enter some of the top matches and have great matches be it with me or be it with anyone else here in SOOL, I doubt there is many here in SOOL that would disagree with me and when I saw that match against Anderson and I saw him lose I was shocked and I couldn't believe that Mr. McMahon's career in SOOL was over, but what I do believe is that one day Mr. McMahon will be back and he will still have great matches and then maybe he will claim that top championship and when you do Mr. McMahon don't worry I will be there right behind you because friend or foe you know the hunt is always on my friend. So with out further ado, I will shut my mouth and introduce to you my good friend, Captain Charisma...........................................
Mr. McMahon!!!!!!![/font]
Thanks Davey for that great speech. First of all, wow, that’s all I have to say about the reaction. It’s so overwhelming to be here today. My journey and career has finally come to the greatest point of all. The SOOL Hall of Fame Class of 2012.
It’s such an honour to be standing here in front of all of you present today; it wouldn’t have been possible for me to be here without any of you in attendance tonight. So for that, I cannot thank you all enough.
So, during my time in SOOL I’ve had good times and I’ve had the bad, but even the bad I wouldn’t change for the world.
In January 2010, coming up for three years now, I made my first appearance here in SOOL at the first Royal Rumble event in a match against an opponent called Suicide. It wasn’t successful and I was quickly defeated, but if you know me, I don’t give up and I stuck around. In an attempt to pick up my first win, I decided to start training, firstly with players such as Adam and Alan, hoping to get better. My next match was against another SOOL alumnus, Matt Hardy, which was again a losing battle.
Then, Jiggas came along. He arrived around a month after me. Like myself, he wasn’t the best player in the world, so I think we had something in common and it was the start of a friendship. He began playing as R-Truth and often we were booked together. This was one of my first true feuds in this company. Several matches later, I came out of it with the SOOL Television Champion. My first ever championship. Jiggas eventually changed wrestlers to ‘The Pope’ and our feud continued through the characters with Jiggas picking up the title off me once more.
My career took a different turn and the younger talent on the roster increased as the league became of a better standard with players like In5minds, WWEWarrior619, Pero and Chris Seal joining the ranks. One of the pinnacles of my SOOL career was in a match against Ric Flair. At this time, he was Hardcore Television Champion and- a newly introduced- ‘X-Divison’ Champion and on a hot streak with his deadly ‘Figure four leglock’. However I was to ruin that in a ladder match, taking both titles off of him in the same match.
My reign wasn’t to last long though, quickly losing both titles on the same night in two separate matches.
My career died down a little bit and I sort of went into purgatory for a while. A few wins here and there and of course a few losing too.
However, soon after I probably had the best match of my career, against fellow ‘Hall of Famer’ Shawn Michaels. It was the King of the Ring Semi-Finals. My opponent, HBK a great competitor in his own right, prime of his career, looking to reach the finals. Me, a chance to prove myself and step up to the big leagues. I lost an amazing match but after the match, when I walked through the back, several of the guys told me, I’d earned their respect, even HBK told me that, and that meant a lot.
As Jiggas said, our best of 5 series was a brilliant set of matches and I am so proud that was able to be a part of it.
It really helped me step up my game and this year, I was able to capture the short-lived SOOL championship in a fatal four way steel cage match after climbing over the top rope. This was definitely the greatest accomplishment of my career on paper. But in my heart I know it wasn’t. The best part of my career was making all these friends and now have and meeting so many new people.
But you know, I wouldn’t mind one more match Davey, old friend. What about next year sometime, let’s say Wrestlemania perhaps? You never know what could happen here in SOOL, the greatest online league. Thanks for having me and what a pleasure and privilege it has been to be here and to be inducted into the Class of 2012 Hall of Fame.
Thank you!
ThatStrange1 Inducted by Red Skull Demon[/size][/i]
*The 2012 SOOL Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony continues and without much delay the next Hall of Fame inductor’s theme music hits.*[/i]
*The members of the CeNation in the audience can’t help but cheer for their favorite superstar as he walks out from the back.*[/i]
*John Cena approaches the podium and has a slight smile on his face. He then pauses and soaks in the moment as the crowd continues to roar.*[/i]
*A Cena chant begins to emerge from the audience as Cena’s theme begins to finally die down a bit.*[/i]
*Cena motions for the crowd to quiet down as he is prepared to finally speak.*[/i]
John Cena || 2011 SOOL Hall of Famer
Tonight we are all here to show respect and honor for the SOOL superstars who have truly left their mark in this industry. The men who have paved the way for superstars of today and for the future to be successful in this great sport called wrestling. The men who not only made history, but also captivated every audience each and every single night that they came out to perform throughout their entire career. I’ll never forget this day last year when I was the one sitting in the back feeling nervous and yet more proud than I’ve ever been in my entire life. It felt like only yesterday when I was the one standing here on this stage being inducted into the Hall of Fame.
*Cena pauses for a second to reminisce that night one year ago.*[/i]
John Cena || 2x World HeavyWeight Champion
I remember just before I came out, Mr. McMahon came to me to present me with this Hall of Fame ring. He said, “Ya know something Cena, you’ve truly earned this. There’s never been anyone like you in SOOL before and there may never be another like you. Hell there will never be another John Cena in SOOL. You are one of the hardest working guys in SOOL and if anyone deserves to be called a Hall of Famer, it’s you.”
*Cena pauses again as the crowd interrupts him with cheers and applause in response to what Cena just said.*[/i]
John Cena || 3x United States Champion
To hear that coming from him, I just didn’t know what to say. I was overwhelmed with pride and a feeling of being humbled. Me, a Hall of Famer? Hell, I said it last year and I’ll say it again tonight. Back when I first started, if you would have told me that I’d be in SOOL for over a year as John Cena and would be recognized as a Hall of Famer, I would have laughed out loud and simply thought you were a dumb-dumb.
*The crowd laughs and applauds as the camera zooms in on Pats clapping as well.*[/i]
John Cena || 1x Hardcore Champion
I for one know exactly how important this evening is to everyone here tonight. Especially to the guys in the back waiting for their moment to finally come. A moment in time that we have worked our entire life for. The day where you separate yourself from the guy who simply signed up to be a part of SOOL but never competed inside the ring. It separates you from the guys who compete in every match and have never let their voices be heard despite how much they win.
John Cena || 1x Divas Champion (Michelle McCool)
Now tonight, I’ve been bestowed the honor of personally inducting someone who I know quite very well. It’s quite the story to be honest. We both started in SOOL at about the same time, and within a few short months we both jumped on the path to competing for a chance to challenge for the World Heavyweight Championship. SOOL was a different place then as it was now, because plenty of people had jumped ship to form another wrestling promotion and left SOOL for dead. Then SOOL executives made a gutsy call and turned the spotlight on up and coming guys like me, Pero, Batista, HellsOnlyChild, Mr. Anderson and none other than the man of the hour, ThatStrange1.
*The crowd applauds the list of guys that were mentioned, as the camera zooms in on Pero,who is slightly marking out simply because Cena name dropped him.*[/i]
John Cena || 2x Tag Team Champion (Dolph Ziggler [Awesome Perfection] & Kevin Nash [The Wolfpac])
Calm down there, Pero, you’ll have your moment up on this stage one of these days, you can count on that. Now as I mention ThatStrange1, or better known as, Christopher Daniels, he has had one Hell of a SOOL career and there is no doubt that he deserves this honor here tonight. However, the funny thing is, there is two things that pretty much sum up his entire career better than anything else. The first being that he became the longest reigning World Heavyweight Champion in SOOL history at 126 days, which was a record that lasted for exactly 400 days before it was topped by his fellow Hall of Famer here tonight, Mr. Anderson. So with that in mind, there is one other thing that is synonymous with Daniels’ career and that is … SummerSlam 2010.
*The crowd reacts with “oohs and ahhs” at the mention of the infamous event. Cena then continues.*[/i]
John Cena || #SummerSlamIncident
Oh yeah, that’s right. You all knew it would come up sooner or later. It’s the very reason why I was chosen to induct him tonight. I figured I might as well hit the nail on the head and get it all out in the open while I can. For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about, please allow me to explain.
John Cena || #LongAssSpeech
At LockDown 2010, I defeated The Rated R SuperPERO, Edge to become the #1 contender and Christopher Daniels defeated the self proclaimed, Damon Duncan’s DNA of SOOL, Matt Morgan to become the World Heavyweight Champion, and so the stage was set for us to collide at SummerSlam. Now coincidentally, just before we went out there and won our respective matches, Daniels and I spoke about the scenario, that if we were to face off at SummerSlam, that we would agree to put on the best wrestling match this company had ever seen. Now call it what you will, but I felt I was destined to win the World title that night (it was my birthday and all [8/22/10]). We had put on a long grueling match and in the end, I had hit Daniels with an FU and had won the World Heavyweight Championship for the 1st time. However, for anyone keeping score, that’s not how it shows up in the record books.
John Cena || What Happened?
What happened was that after I hit the FU and pinned him, I got the 1 … 2… and then BAM! ThatStrange1 left the match and then the referee counted the three. Mark (HBK) and Matt (HellsOnlyChild) were both there, it was recorded. There was a lot of confusion as both Matt and Mark thought that Daniels had raged quit and had assumed I was going to be the new champ. Daniels then went on to explain that the match was pretty bad, and all be it, I’ll admit that it wasn’t the best performance we had put on but I personally thought, if he had a problem with it, that he should of spoken up about it rather than just quit in the closing moments. Anyhow, we talked it out and agreed to redo the match to put on a better championship bout, as we sure as Hell did, and in the end he retained the title.
*The crowd applauds and begins to chant, “Rematch!”.*[/i]
John Cena || #1MoreMatch!
I personally would love to step into the ring with him again. And well, I’d hate to go Justin Beiber on ya’ll but, Never Say Never. I’ve never been a fan of begging the question, “What if…” but I’m always down to jump in the situation and say, How about now? Despite all of that, we did put on a great match, and even in defeat, I was satisfied with my performance. Daniels and I had a great exchange after that match and we both left that night to begin the journey that will lead us both to the Hall of Fame.
*The crowd applauds once more as a sign of respect for both Ed & Julio.*[/i]
John Cena || I’m Almost Done I swear.
One day I do hope to see him become a full time active member of SOOL again, whether it be as Christopher Daniels or not, he is one of the best to ever be in SOOL and it’d be great to have him around again. Without a doubt he has left an everlasting impression on us all, including the newer guys around here. No one can deny how nice it was to see his return at SummerSlam just two months ago, so you know what he is capable of. You are more than welcomed here and personally I’d love to step into the ring with you again, and quite frankly I’d like to see how you’d fair against guys like Lamont, Jimi, Sleepy, Taker, Big Show, Davey, Toneh, Dante, and to Hell with it, even Pats while I’m at it… Anyhow, that’s the future, so please I hope you all will join me as we take a look back at SOOL’s Fallen Angel at his best.
*The camera cuts away from the live feed to begin to show a video tribute of Christopher Daniels.*[/i]
*Following the video the crowd applauds as the camera cuts back to Cena.*[/i]
John Cena || You Can’t See ME!
Ladies and gentlemen, without any further ado, please allow me to introduce to you the newest member of the SOOL Hall of Fame Class of 2012, That Strange 1, Christopher Daniels!
Daniels steps through the curtain with a smile on his face and a pep in his step. He waved cheerfully as the crowd applauded for their old friend, the fallen angel. Before walking up to the podium on stage, he rests his hands on his waist and looks out to the crowd before him. Most members of them staring at the ex-world champ with respect and love. Daniels comes back to reality shortly and continues to walk over to the podium where he meets once rival, John Cena. They stop for a moment and stare. Daniels clearly not forgetting the history between the two. That same story told by Cena just moments ago. For a while, the tensions seems to build as they lock glares at each other. No one moving a muscle. Just as quickly as it started, the tension dies as they both break a smile and shake hands. It seems everything is just water under the bridge for now as the two cheerfully embrace quickly and Cena walks away to give Daniels his moment of fame. [/div]
[Christopher Daniels]
Hahaha...wow. Well give a hand to Cena for that amazing introduction. I don't think there could have been a better man to do that....Anyway....whew. Man. I knew that my nerves would probably get the best of me tonight, so I had a speech prepared just in case, heh. I've always been known, at least I like to think for being prepared, so I want to make sure I was more than just "ready" for this very prestigious event tonight. Anyway, here I go..."I entered SOOL in April of 2010 after being called up by Vince himself. I knew immediately that......I"...."That........I"..........I just can't do this.I was told I have a free range to speak on , , and the only goal was to be a real as possible. Of course, I'm not gonna come here up and start talking a bunch of garbage, but I won't disappoint either. Let me...try again. When I first joined in April of 2010, I was just getting back into professional wrestling as a fan. Much like Jiggas, whom of which was inducted very rightfully so last year, also of which I'm proud to say, I knew him back when he use to come into the site chat drunk. No clue if that's still a lovely trait of his, haha. Anyway, I had interacted with the site's community about 2 weeks before actually joining the league. People would end up actually liking me, surprisingly, enough, and that would go on me having a "kinda/sorta/not really" debut against another RVD player, who was as well debuting. It was a pretty good match, we both kind of agreed the ending was gipped by lag, even though I won, I still wouldn't want my "career", so to speak, to start that way but what can ya do? Hahaha. Interesting thing, I debuted as well the same night CM Punk (Dustin) made his grand return. Completely overshadowed by my fellow man, but for good reason, and I do believe he's being inducted the same night as me too, and considering we both equally made an impact in this league, I couldn't possibly be jealous of a better man. I do want to just stop and say I'm glad I'm sharing this night with some of the best who have played the game and signed up for SOOL. Dustin definitely included. Anyway after I would sign up and win my debut match, I would get to know most of the guys around here in SOOL, at least, at the time. People like HBK (Mark), Dustin, Pero, Red, Alan, Adam, Jiggas, NJ and many more. I especially got to know Mark and Dustin very well, two men whom I believe I can call my friends, heh. We've been through a stupid amount of drama us three, mostly me being a moody teenager going through rough family issues, but they dealt with it and helped me get better at the game, which ultimately was a great way of getting my mind off everything around me that bugged me. They "trained me" at the games, I suppose one can say, and that helped me get better at the league too. One thing I would find out oddly though...is that later, I would find myself actually being called "One of the best promo guys in SOOL". People really liked my stuff, though some felt it was too long, they were impressed by my style and whenever I did a promo, people agreed it was usually some of the best those nights. Even my write-up for matches were going well. Heck, very quickly, I was becoming a top guy in SOOL when SOOL desperately needed a new one. Not to act like I was the only one however, because there was indeed several other stars on the rise, most of whom I would end up facing against for my belt, I was just for some reason, getting there before them. I ended up participating in the King of The Ring tournament and getting pretty far in but sadly losing the whole deal. I would soon recover however and become number one contender again for the world title at Lockdown.....where...well I won...in a rather lackluster match on the day before my birthday too, but quite honestly, it was pretty meh. HOWEVER, I won the title in the end of the day which I suppose is all that matters. On the bright side, I ended up having some of my favorite matches ever in SOOL defending that darn thing. They were classic bouts with people such as Pero and Cena (Ed). My promos suffered a bit in my opinion, I wasn't a huge fan, but I still cracked one out every now and then and showed why I was champion. It wasn't easy juggling being champion of SOOL and high school at the same time but I managed it somewhat. Speaking of title defenses, I should talk about what is easily my favorite match here in SOOL. Now I've had matches with Mark and Dustin, all excellent matches but my match with Ed is what I feel really set the bar for me. It was a great match with a lot of back and forth action that honestly, probably should have seen Ed as the winner. You see in the match between me and him, we had to restart, because quite honestly I was really a sore loser back then, but what bugged me the most about the match was how poorly we both were doing. He ran around a lot and went outside a whole bunch, but I was no better, if not worse. I kept spamming diving moves and the whole thing was a disaster. Now I was no stranger to losing, I had lost quite a bit of matches, but that one was just awful and I couldn't deal with losing my title in that way...so I just quit the match. I won't defend what I did, it was stupid and Ed is right. I should have just talked it out with him, but I didn't. I hope that's just water under the bridge now though. On the bright side, we got a chance to re-do it and it was MUCH better from top to bottom and it could have gone either way. Me and him put on a clinic (with I believe Mark and Dustin watching) and they both agreed it was fantastic. It was a shame the match didn't, again, main event the PPV, because we got overshadowed by HBK's feud with Punk, but it was the right thing I suppose..... Yup, my time as champion wasn't the only great thing about being part of this league. It was also the people I met. The drama that unfolded between NJ and Mark was some of the damn funniest stuff I'd ever seen in my life, mostly because it never ended and quite honestly, it was hard to take serious. Talking to Dustin in an Xbox Live party was another classic, the guy is a riot to talk to, even if he's a bit brash at times. Mark was a really good friend as well. And even though I'm not entirely sure I should mention it, E/T, or David, was someone else I met because of SOOL technically. The guy was a really good friend of mines, and I would never have met him if not for SOOL.Sadly all good things come to an end, I ended up losing my title at Survivor Series in a somewhat good match in the Elimination Chamber. I guess you can say I'm bitter, since I actually got eliminated FIRST funny enough, haha. I don't really blame anyone IN that match, rather the match itself. The chamber isn't exactly the funnest match type in my opinion. Still, that's where I lost the title and right there is where I decided "y'know what?...it's time for a long deserved break". So Daniels got injured and I took my vacation. Unfortunately things would continue to go downhill. There was constant drama everywhere with everyone, not to mention the lack of reliability for the show. I constantly got into dumb arguments with a power abusive Dustin (who has mellowed honestly since then) and Mark was constantly absent for the whole thing. I one day got real mad, decided to stand on some proverbial soapbox in the middle of the chat and left a huge (not really) rant about how things were being handled and just left SOOL for good. ..... I know.Time would go on and I would be an another league that, though great in of itself, just didn't need me and I didn't really want to be in it. The dramatic exit of SOOL I had and my overall distaste for how everything ended would kill my love for being in a league dead. Much to the credit of the other league, the owners tried their best to accommodate for my whininess and make my eventually debut as good as they could, or at least, they without a doubt always met me halfway. I just had to do my part and though I didn't do a bad job, I never felt I did a GREAT one...so eventually, I just quit leagues for good. About two years later, here I am, being inducted to the "Hall of Fame" for the a league that quite honestly, has no reason to even want me back. Mark has been so awesome to me lately and it's been great fun catching up with old friends and meeting some of you new guys here. I'm not sure I deserve this at all with the some of my actions I took here, but Mark seems sure that I do and well, it's his league in the end of the day. I shouldn't fight it. It is an honor to accept this, even if I'll be overshadowed again by Dustin and most of you guys don't know me, hahaha. Well, I hope through this quick history lesson, you've grown to like me just a bit and who knows...maybe one day, I'll be back. Maybe it'll be toe to toe with Ed, like he mentioned...maybe I'll get Dustin back for always stealing my limelight..Who knows. Only time will tell. Life is weird like that.~[/size][/i][/size][/i]Well, I've been away but now I'm back...I must admit that as I stand before you all, I have a lot on my mind, some of which I will share with you tonight. The rest will be reserved for another time and place. It was on this date, one year ago to be exact, in one defining moment, that everything came to a head. I realized in that one moment, all that for which I worked for, returned what I consider the biggest accomplishment of my career and that's being inducted into the SOOL Hall of Fame. It was truly an awe inspiring moment for me to accomplish something as great and as honorable as to be recognized amongst the greatest in history. Now we fast forward to this very moment. The SOOL Hall of Fame Class of 2012. Truthfully, a legendary group of individuals in their own right who achieved different levels of success, who in my opinion, are all more than worthy enough of their place here tonight. With that being said, I am here on this evening, to do but one thing and that's induct an individual who I have a world of respect for. He goes by the name of Zandigg, otherwise known as CM Punk. 3 Years...It's hard to imagine how long ago it's been since we met for the first time. Over the course of those 3 years, we've been on a hell of a ride together. We've been through it all, both the good times and the bad. And if there is one thing I know for sure, it's that no one knows the meaning of the word controversy more than this man. He didn't set the standard...he is the standard. Whether you want to take that as a compliment or not, is entirely up to you. You know, I could stand here and share countless stories and talk about what this man has done, but I feel as though on a night such as this one, it would be more appropriate if I talked about the man he is. Throughout your long and illustrious tenure here in SOOL, you've had your fair share of friends, as well as haters. You built a reputation as being a controversial, brash, loud mouthed, arrogant bastard who was not afraid to speak his mind on anything and everything he saw fit. And it was these traits which led you to being judged by many. Many people only got to know this one side of you. They knew Zandigg. Who did I know? I knew a better man. That man's name was Dustin.Dustin was a very cool, down to earth kind of guy who you could chat with for hours on end. His presence, recognizable by his words, has always brought life to online parties. He had a great sense of humor and the ability to listen to whatever it was you had to say, whether or not it interested him. Conversations of a mixed variety, back and forth debates and just flat out ridiculousness from time to time, it's truthfully what made me and Dustin the friends were are today. If it wasn't for Dustin, I would not be talking to anyone on the headset I use today. The act of friendship he showed me back in early 2010 is the reason I keep going. He was the first person I ever spoke to on Xbox Live and even from day one... he treated me as though I was one of his close friends, so for that....I can't thank you enough. It would also be befitting at this time, that I also thank you for all of your contributions you have given to SOOL over the years. I can't extend more of a sincere sign of appreciation other than to say that I truthfully respect you for all that you've done. And while some people will go as far to say that none of us will ever truly amount to any measure of the word success being in an online league, I think you all have the wrong idea. And that's because it's not about that, it's about having fun and maintaining that undying passion to enjoy life and do the things we want to do. Dustin, you a rare commodity and you should be proud of everything you've accomplished. Before I wrap this up, I want the record to show that my year long feud with CM Punk is the greatest work I have ever done in my career and that's all in thanks in part to you. So without any further adieu, I present to you...he is Mr. Controversial, 1 time World Heavyweight Champion, 2 time Intercontinental Champion and 33 time Hardcore Champion. He has done it all and he's my best friend. The man, the myth & now the legend that is...CM Punk! Well it's about time, don't you think, Mark? I know you just wanted the spotlight all to yourself last year. Haha, I kid of course, you know I love you. I'd just like to start off by saying that being inducted into the SOOL Hall of Fame is an honor and it's also been an honor to be a part of this company for almost 4 years now. I've been here since the pretty much the very beginning, me and that man standing right over there, Mark Bushey. He and I have been a part of SOOL longer than anyone else; we've been here through the many ups and the many downs along the way. Hell, there was a time when just you and I ran this company, which may even be my favorite era in SOOL History. Ever since I signed up for SOOL back in October 2009, I've let my mouth run my career. When you play a character as loud mouthed and as dynamic as C.M Punk you pretty much can do and say whatever you want. Well, maybe you aren't supposed to, or you shouldn't but I did it anyway. I've built my entire career in SOOL on pissing people off and doing whatever the hell I feel necessary. I strive to be the man everyone loves to hate or just downright hate, it makes no difference to me. I've broken all the rules and I've said things that have severed relationships forever. I'll even proudly take credit for single handily running off about 12 members in one day, and for those who don't know, those members decided to create their own league and I'll take credit for that league burning to the ground and all those members crawling back to SOOL, and then running them off again a few months later. Do I have any regrets for these types of actions? Absolutely not, pissing people off has made me famous; it also doesn't hurt that I can back up all my words up in the ring when it's actually time to have a match. From my countless battles with Mark when we were feuding back in 2010, to leaving with the Intercontinental Championship, to losing the World Title at Wrestlemania, all the way to my most recent match at Summerslam where C.M Punk was absolutely dominated, I've put everything I have into every one of my matches. I've beaten the best, and I've been beaten by the best, and it's never stopped me. I'd like to take just a little more of your time to mention some people and moments throughout my career that mean something to me, the first person of course being one of my very best friends, Mark Bushey. In 2010 he and I put on one of the greatest feuds in SOOL history, as we matched up C.M Punk vs. Shawn Michaels, to top that we aligned ourselves and formed The Second City Saints, the only undefeated tag team in SOOL History. The SCS came to an end at Wrestlemania 2 when it was put on the line in a match that featured Shawn Michaels vs. Mr. McMahon. That PPV will forever be one the saddest days of my career because of that match. Outside of SOOL, Mark and I have always been close; I may have even tainted him a bit with my loud mouth and controversial style. We have had our share of differences and sometimes even down right yelling matching but through it all, we've always remained the best of friends, he is one if not the only reason I still remain close to SOOL. Mark, I'd just like to thank you, for everything and I just want you to know, C.M Punk and Shawn Michaels have not seen the last of each other.Now, these next few people, some of you may know, some of you may not know, but they all meant something to me. I'll start with Kornage, my first partner in crime and my tag team partner in my first PPV match at Survivor Series for the Tag Team Championships. If it wasn't for him I don't think I would have ever been as involved in SOOL as I was. Right after meeting each other he and I started causing controversy. We lost our tag title match but quickly secured a rematch on the next show, which we lost as well but oh well. We also had some nasty, albeit hilarious words for a one, PaulInnerDublin. Those words got us forcibly removed from a World Title match at the first Starrcade PPV, again I say oh well. Kornage's time in SOOL was cut short and who knows where he is now but I'd just like to thank him too for all the memories.I'll make the rest of these quick as I don't want to take up anymore of your time, a thanks to Mr. McMahon/Moe Gonzalez for basically keeping this whole SOOL pirate ship afloat, and a thank you to Kurt Angle/Anthony Caraman for always being one of the most down to earth dudes I've ever encountered; I plan to square up with you in SOOL very soon. A thank you for SleepYa/Raeshawn Spencer for crushing my dreams of successfully defending my World Championship at Wrestlemania and ending my 2011/2012 Championship Runs, a thank you for Mark Henry/Lamont for adding insult to injury and putting me on the break from SOOL I needed. A thank you to the aforementioned PaulInnerDublin for being a big prick, if it wasn't for you I may have never started the feud with Shawn Michaels at the original Starrcade. Huge thanks to ThatStrange1/Julio Diaz for putting the nail in the NLW coffin with that Special Referee stunt that Mark and I thought up and of course for always being a very genuine person, those are very hard to find these days. Thanks and a shout out to former SOOL members Pero and Chris Seal, they like Mark have become good friends that have transcended SOOL. Another thanks for Rawad Merhi and his mother for always lagging his matches with her Lebanon stream, I'm convinced that is how he was so successful. A big thank you to Davey Richards/Jiggas for a great and I believe incredibly underrated Wrestlemania feud. Another huge thank you to Mr. Anderson/Jamie Kinnes for some of the best matches of my career and for knowing and sharing with me the magic of marijuana. A few more shout outs here, Jimi Van Paige, Larry Scott, Cygon72, EZT Mark, iTonehh, TakerBLD, and TheKillerOreo you are all good people. I wasn't going to do this, but I've decided that since I never got a proper shoot interview I'll throw a few Fuck You's into this speech, if you're offended you clearly don't know whose getting inducted here. Here we go, a fuck you to NJ for being a weird little liar, a fuck you to PMoney for obvious reasons, a fuck you to Red for being a prude, a fuck you to Allen and Vice for always being little weasels and to anyone that doesn't like me, fuck you too.One final thank you I forgot, a thank you to SOOL itself, as a whole. Leagues like this just don't exist anywhere else, or nearly this long and every member counts, whether I like you personally or not thank you all for making SOOL bigger and better week after week after week.I'm incredibly grateful for my career here in SOOL, when it comes to online leagues you can't ask for much better, but as we slowly approach WWE 13' I feel like my time in SOOL is not yet up. I know have one final run left in me so on October 30th, I will return full time to SOOL to write the final chapter of my career and finally close the book on my SOOL career. Thank you all for listening to me ramble on up here, I'm much better at shit talking then all this sentimental stuff.It's a gift to be inducted here in the SOOL Hall of Fame tonight, my name forever laid next to the greatest in SOOL History. It's also a gift to be a part of this machine known as SOOL, thank you to everyone who's been a part of it, whether your memories of me are good or bad; [/i]: Ladies and gentlemen, please give one more round of applause for the SOOL Hall of Fame Class of 2012. Thanks for joining us tonight. And good night. [/div] Daniels clears his throat.
[Christopher Daniels]
Daniels laughs and tosses aside the piece of paper that he just pulled out to read from.
[Christopher Daniels]
whatever I wanthowever I want
Once again, he clears his throat.
[Christopher Daniels/ThatStrange1]
(I still have trouble sleeping at night)
Immature
Well thanks again guys for your time, I really hope you've all enjoyed this speech and I hope you also enjoy the rest of the show! See y'all later!
BitsfromtheHong Inducted by HououinKyouma17
*Mr Anderson makes his way to the stage*
Mr Anderson: Well I see some familiar faces here today. Some welcome....
*looks at several superstars in the audience*
Mr Anderson: ...some NOT so welcome.
*looks at Heather Sunderland*
Mr Anderson: Wow nearly 3 years down the line and I've been at both ends of the spectrum, from winning world heavyweight championships, intercontinental championships, Money in the bank, and surviving not one but two consecutive elimination chambers... to wrestling on Superstars and Sunday night heat against people you haven't even heard of yet. But I'm not here to say that i've accomplished everything and I'm not here to announce my retirement... However I am here to ask the SOOL Universe whether you wanna see me beating random jobbers every week... or if you want, like I want - another crack at the World Title some day. Who knows, Survivor Series is just around the corner which means that I could hopefully throw my hat in the Elimination chamber and win an unprecedented THREE Elimination Chamber matches in a row. Who wants to see that???
*The crowd is completely silent*
Mr Anderson: Hmm... well, fuck ye. Oh and in case you didnt know... I HAIL FROM.... GREEEEEEEEEEEN...........BAYYYYYYY.............WISCON-
*Mr. McMahon interrupts and whispers in Anderson's ear*
Mr Anderson: Kayfabe? What the fuck are you talking about?
*Mr. McMahon whispers again*
Mr Anderson: Character? There are no characters in SOOL, just alot of escaped mental patients. And I never claimed to be anything other than MMMMIIIIIIIISSSSSTTTTTEEEERRRRRRRRR........ AAAAAAAAANDERSONNNNNNNNNNNNN!
*Crowd joins in*
Crowd: AAAAAANDERSONNNNN!
Mr Anderson: What the hell do you think you're doing? First you think you can disrespect me by not answering a question when it was asked, then you think you can steal my lines from me??
Crowd: Boooooooooooooo!
Mr Anderson: Alright I'm gonna make this short and sweet... I receive a phone call from Vince McMahon telling me I've been inducted into the Hall of Fame. To which I said: 'As far as I can see, the SOOL Hall of Fame is a bullshit tradition'. And then I hung up on him. Even now that I think about it, half the people on this list haven't even done anything yet... and this ceremony is only for the benefit of you fans in the audience tonight, and obviously for those of you watching from all over the world on your clapped out, piece of shit TVs. And I'm not about to let myself be part of something which is going to benefit you pieces of crap out here and to hell with this company's shitty traditions. That is why I am REFUSING to be inducted into the hall of fame, and I'm CERTAINLY refusing to be inducted by that washed up junkie, Jeff Hardy. Dude we all know marijuana is a gateway drug but it takes an idiot to get into some of the fucked up shit you did.
*Crowd starts chanting for Hardy*
Mr Anderson: Its amazing you still have a job here with the amount of class A drugs you ingest. But I also notice you never got a $25,000 fine like i did - there for I have deduced that…. SPOILER ALERT!!! Jeff Hardy is fucking Heather Sunderland! Awww whoops did I say that out loud? Sorry Nero. In closing... fuck the Hall of Fame, fuck the wellness policy, fuck the SOOL universe, fuck you and fuck your mother! I'm going on a week's vacation and I'll be bringing an old friend back with me!
*Mr Anderson does a crotch chop towards the crowd before leaving the building*
Zandigg Inducted by HBK
Shawn Michaels walks out onto the stage to a massive crowd reaction. This is the first time in months he has appeared on television since the events of Victory Road and the delivery of Sweet Chin Music to Mr. McMahon unfolded back in June of this year. He takes the podium as he begins to speak.
| "Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels | TheShining1980
*The lights go dark and a custom C.M Punk titantron begins to play with new music. The crowd cheers as the images of C.M Punk play on the screen.*
*A spotlight hits the curtain and out walks C.M Punk, tears already swelling in his eyes as the crowd erupt even louder at the sight of him. He takes the mic from Mark and rubs the tears from his eyes before he begins his speech.*
"We all form one dark flame.
Incinerate."
*As CM Punk steps away from the podium he receives a standing ovation as he is embraced by Shawn Michaels. Shawn Michaels allows Punk to have his moment as he is greeted by all of the other Inductees. As the Hall of Fame music begins to play, Mr. McMahon steps back up to the podium as he speaks once more.*
Mr. McMahon
**We close this year's SOOL Hall of Fame as confetti rains down from the ceiling. The Class of 2012 stand together as they all receive a standing ovation from superstars and fans alike as the cameras fade to black.**