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Welcome back to the bi-monthly edition of Coldfront. After last week, I'll be taking extra measures to ensure my safety after last week's encounter with HaZe. It should be noted that if another AWA Superstar attacks me from this moment on, he'll be facing prison time as I will press charges to the fullest extent. Okay, now that we've gotten that out of the way, we've got a fully loaded Coldfront coming at you today. All of the articles are here, along with a brand-spankin' new Spotlight, featuring a very...interesting individual, to say the least. Ladies and gents, prepare yourself for the thoughts and opinions from the mind of the AWA, Daniel Brooks, as I present...Coldfront! |
| Angles, Feuds, and Whatnot |
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The AWA is really turning up the volume as the third SuperCard, Dead & Bloated, gets closer. Heavyweight Champion HaZe and Atlantic Champion Mandrake had, in my opinion, the best match the AWA has ever seen a few weeks ago. The match could have gone either way, but when the dust cleared, HaZe had his hand raised in the air. There has been tension between the Kill Devil Hills Daredevil and the Enlightened One since the opening of the AWA, but now that tension is at an all time high. These two talented rivals have proven themselves the best of the best in the AWA, and sources claim that their paths might cross again as early as Dead & Bloated. While we're on the subject of Mandrake, and Cormier's "chosen champion" HaZe, this brings up another point of interest. The Bastardos had mentioned in the past a possible alliance or friendship between Mandrake and Richard Cormier, but judging from the events that have taken place over the past two weeks, these claims may not be that far fetched. Cormier has been seen entering Mandrake's dressing room with bags of money, and interfering in his matches for him. This leaves one question: Where does HaZe fit into all of this. If there indeed is a showdown between these two at Dead & Bloated, and Mandrake is in fact in cohoots with Cormier, how will the owner of the AWA effect the outcome of this match? As far as feuds go, Kris Kartier and Richard Cormier have held a grudge against one another since Nyghtmare set foot in the AWA. After nearly three months of culmination, fans are looking to Dead & Bloated as the place where these two will settle their differences once and for all. Nyghtmare has been a thorn in Cormier's side for quite some time now, and vice versa. Many people, including myself, are wondering what it will take to put an end to this feud for good. James Nightbane, the maniacal one, is still being plagued by the giant German, Machine. These two had a devastating Hardcore match at Outshined to settle the score, but the exact opposite happened. Things escalated. Many believe that these two men cannot co-exist. Since this is the case, I believe they'll face off in some sort of extreme gimmick match at Dead & Bloated to settle things once and for all. Last Riptide saw the New Breed, P.O.D. and Pyro-Maniac, reunite. Despite a bitter, brutal rivalry between the two, they've seemingly patched things up and are ready to make a giant dent in the tag team ranks. They begin their reign of terror next Thursday, when they face the likes of Steve Zapf and Joe LaBracio in a tag team match. People can't stop talking about the phenomenon that is an Army of Two, or more importantly, Jerry Verboncour. It's no secret that Billy Suggs and the Pissed-Off Texan have been having their fair share of problems as of late, but these problems were catapulted into the spotlight last week when Jerry Verboncour shocked the world and became the AWA Heavyweight Champion on Riptide. He would later lose the title back to HaZe that very same night, but his parter, Billy Suggs, played an important role in the match. Jerry was not in the best of moods after Riptide went off the air, and it's rumored that he wouldn't even speak with his partner. Next week, an Army of Two has another shot at capturing tag team gold. I'm anxious to see how well they can work as a team. Now, I'll speak about a Damn Fine Man. Here, we have a talented, cocky, foul mouthed killing machine. People are already beginning to jump on this man's band wagon as he's simply been tearing through the competition as of late. Sure, he may look good right now, but I wanna see how well he fairs when he has to step into the ring with somebody like HaZe, Mandrake, or Nyghtmare. Once he can claim a victory over a wrestler of their caliber, I'll start to give him some credit. |
| Brooks' Rankings |
 1) HaZe (1) 2) Mandrake (3) 3) James Nightbane (5) 4) Corleone (4) 5) Nyghtmare (2)  1) Mandrake (1) 2) Corleone (3) 3) Jerry Verboncour (5) 4) Machine (4) 5) A Damn Fine Man (-)  1) Super Bastardo Bros. (1) 2) Army of Two (2) 3) The Folk (4) 4) The Masters (-) 5) The New Breed (-) |
| Predictions: Riptide (3-7-02) |
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Mandrake vs. William Ian Dillinger You know, this match is gonna be hard to call. My first instinct would tell me to go with Mandrake, because he's a legend in his own time, but I know absolutely nothing about this Dillinger character. Nobody has seen or heard from him since his contract signing with the AWA, but word on the street is that this guy is a weirdo. Still, I'm gonna have to put my dough on the Kill Devil Hills Daredevil by default, even if he is a bit banged up. A Damn Fine Man vs. Gutter Okay, let's take a look at the kind of competition Josh McCool has faced since his arrival in the AWA. It's an unimpressive list of untalented wrestlers which looks good on paper. A Damn Fine Man has already beaten Gutter, but for some reason, he's been booked against him again. My initial reaction would be to go with ADFM, but seeing as how this is a Hardcore match, and James Nightbane isn't overly happy with Son of a Bitch right at the moment, that puts a whole new twist on things. I say that Gutter scores the upset here, handing McCool his first loss. Tag Team Match: The New Breed vs. The Masters This match will decide who goes on to Dead & Bloated to take on the Tag Team Champions. This is a very important match, and I'm expecting both teams to come with everything they've got. This is a hard match for me to call. Pyro-Maniac and P.O.D. haven't exactly been impressive on their singles tenures, but then again, neither has Steve Zapf. Last week, the Masters worked very well as a team, even though they didn't pick up the win. I want to see how the Demonic Brothers, P.O.D. and Pyro-Maniac work together. Right now, though, I'm gonna have to go with the Masters coming out on top. James Nightbane vs. Machine vs. Nyghtmare Without a doubt, this will be my favorite match of the night. These men hate each others' guts with a passion, and it'll be fun to seem them absolutely destroy one another. While the odds on favorite to win this match is Machine, I'm gonna have to disagree. Nyghtmare's gameplan can be summed up in one word: VIOLENCE! Violence, and lots of it. Machine will use his size and strength to his advantage, but I think Nightbane will come out of this match with the victory. He's crafty, he's intelligent, and he knows what he has to do to get the win. He's stated that he doesn't care if he wins the match, as long as he gets a piece of Machine. I believe that to be all a part of the psychology that will help Nightbane pull the wool over his opponents' eyes and get the win. Tag Team Match: Super Bastardo Bros. vs. Army of Two These two teams know eachother VERY well. They're the two top teams in the AWA right now. They both hold a victory over one another. This match right here will be for all the marbles, the Tag Team Championships. The Bastardos have been simply dominating in recent weeks, and I don't look for that to stop any time soon. Throw in the fact that Suggs and Verboncour are having some problems, and that only intensifies the situation. I'd bet my left testicle that the Bastardos will come out of this battle with their belts still intact. Standard Match: HaZe vs. Corleone Damn, it seems like title defenses are becoming a nightly occurance in the AWA. Matches that were once saved for SuperCards are being thrown around on a weekly basis. Once again, two-time Heavyweight Champion, HaZe, will be defending his precious belt against a man he knows all too well, Corleone. Corleone has been unsuccessful in his attempts to wrestle the belt away from HaZe in the past, and I don't believe this attempt will be any different. Right now, HaZe is at the top of his game, and with the exception of maybe Mandrake, I don't see anybody that can get his title away from him and keep it away from him. I say HaZe takes this match by a landslide, that is if the presumably dead Corleone even shows up. |
| The Grapevine |
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Over the past two weeks, I've picked up some very interesting or noteworthy tidbits that I'd like to share with you. Some of these rumors are coming directly from me, while others have come from some very reliable sources. ABN Deal Nears Completion: Seeing as how Richard Cormier's AWA won't be able to sign with any major television networks after what occured nearly two months ago, Cormier has come up with a solution. He's financing his own television network, the Atlantic Broadcasting Network, which will cover most regions in the Eastern portion of the United States. Cormier will air Riptide and the monthly SuperCards live on ABN, as well as air several replays throughout the week, along with many other public access shows that he intends to pick up to fill the empty time slots. Cormier has actually been working on his ABN project for quite some time, and the network will be up and running just in time for Dead & Bloated! Television Championship: Details on the new championship belt were released earlier today by the AWA Committee. The AWA has created the Television Championship to coincide with Cormier's creation of his own television network. The belt will be defended on every Riptide, but SuperCard's are optional. Each match will carry a fifteen minute time limit. The belt will make it's debut at Dead & Bloated, where to lucky combatants will battle it out for the title. Qualifying matches will be held on the March 14th edition of Riptide. Status of the Sadistic One: It seems that Billy Sadistic WILL NOT be signing with the AWA. Apparantly, he and AWA owner Richard Cormier could not reach an agreement, which later turned into an argument, resulting in Sadistic furiously exiting his office. Both parties are refusing to speak with eachother, and chances of Billy Sadistic making it into the AWA are looking very slim at the moment. Pest/Chameleon: As many of you may have noticed, Pest and Chameleon haven't been around much lately. Both wrestlers are currently on a tour in Mexico, and have been there for the past week and a half. Details of when they'll return are sketchy at the moment, but fear not, for they shall return soon. Upperdeck: Two days after Outshined, construction crews invaded the Atlantic Arena to begin work. As of right now, the construction is nearly 70% complete, and if all goes well, there will be a new upperdeck added to the Atlantic Arena by the time Dead & Bloated rolls around. More seats are being added than originally thought. Upon completion, there will be approximately 7,600 more seats available for fans to plant their behinds in. Mandrake + Cormier=Unholy Alliance?: The biggest story in the AWA right now is the supposed friendship of Mandrake and Richard Cormier. This has not been proven, and Mandrake has been denying all claims, but video footage tells a different story. Could the Kill Devil Hills Daredevil, who has been dubbed "The Marketable One" by the Bastardo Brothers, really have sold out to Richard Cormier as the Tag Team Champions claim? Mandrake is the only one that knows for sure, and time will tell the tale, eventually... |
| Spotlight: Jerry Verboncour |
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[The camera pans around a small room where Daniel Brooks is seen kicking back in a red leather chair, a plain expression on his face. Sitting across him is the Pissed-Off Texan, former AWA Heavyweight Champion, Jerry Verboncour. Jerry has a smug look on his face as he leans back in his chair and stares at the editor of the AWA.] Daniel Brooks:: Hello, all, and welcome to another edition of AWA Spotlight. This week, we feature former Heavyweight Champion, and half of the acclaimed tag team, and Army of Two, Jerry Verboncour. [The camera rotates around to get a shot of this weeks interviewee. Jerry pays the camera no attention and continues to relax as Brooks pulls out a piece of scratch paper covered in notes and places it in front of him.] Daniel Brooks:: Well, let's begin, shall we? My first question is this: Jerry, it seems the fans have started to take a liking to you. Care to comment on that? Jerry Verboncour:: Jerry loves the fans. The fans keep Jerry cool in the summer when he is working up a good sweat in the gym. The fans are there to cool him down. Back in 'nam we didn't have fans, which was a fu*cking bummer. Daniel Brooks:: Riiiiiiiight. Um, Jerry, I wasn't talk about those kin... [Jerry shoots Brooks an evil glare, stopping him in mid-sentence. Brooks looks down at the paper on the table in front of him to get his next question.] Daniel Brooks:: You've mentioned on a few occassions a story about your ex-wife. Would you like to fill us in a little bit? Jerry Verboncour:: You know, you're lucky Jerry's in such a good mood. Normally, if you'd asked Jerry a question like that, he'd reach across the table, rip your face off, and wipe his own ass with it... [Daniel looks at the Pissed-Off Texan with a hint of fear in his eyes, then looks around the room at the four large security personnel standing gaurd.] Jerry Verboncour:: But not today. Okay, let's see here, Jerry's ex-wife...I think you are referring to Kitrina. (Under his breath he mumbles some words.) That bitch was good for nothing, she didn't know how to even make a peanut butter sandwich. She was one of those mail order brides. If Jerry remembers right, she was from Peru...damn mail order whores. They come here and expect you to treat them good and pay for their dinners. Well Jerry says "f*ck that"! I am a man, not someone's bitch. So one day I was f*cking a girl that had come to the door with some cookies...I think they were peanut butter...anyways, we were rocking the old boat and Kitrina walked in. She started screaming in Peru language. (Jerry thinks hard, but can't remember that it was Spanish) So Jerry demanded a divorce, Jerry doesnt want a screaming bitch. [Daniel looks at Jerry for a moment, almost in disbelief, then continues.] Daniel Brooks:: Hmm, okay. Well, we've all heard the crazy stories about your Vietnam exploits. What was the most interesting thing that happened to you and your platoon while in the jungles of 'nam? [Jerry Verboncour thinks long and hard, then comes back with his reply.] Jerry Verboncour:: Well probly the most interesting thing that happened to Jerry in 'nam was when he got shot in the ballsack. That's right, I only have one good weapon left. The other one was left hanging by itself, becoming lonely. This happened when Jerry was taking a whole division of Cong on at once. There must have been a thousand of those bastards. One of them somehow, Jerry still can't figure it out, shot an AK47 and one of those rounds connected. It pissed Jerry off and he went ballistic, killing and/or hurting millions...I mean thousands...of men. Daniel Brooks:: You mean to tell me you have only one... [Again, Jerry shoots him a glare, causing him to look down at his paper.] Daniel Brooks:: Well then, it seems that as of late, you and your partner, Billy Suggs, haven't really been on the same page. He's laid you out multiple times, and last week, he played a crucial part in you losing the Heavyweight Championship back to HaZe. Is there any tension between the two of you right now? Jerry Verboncour:: The same page? Jerry doesn't even think Billy can read! He is a dumb bastard, but if we win this week at Riptide and obtain gold, Jerry believes we can solve our problems. But let Jerry tell you this, Billy has been acting up ever since Horea said she was pregnant, and Jerry is getting tired of that two-bit whore. To make matters worse, now Jerry finds out that she wasn't ever pregnant, and that she's really a man! The Don and Jerry were talking, and we think Billy has to prove himself to us at Riptide or the thin ice we are skating on will break. But when Jerry is on your side, you are safe, and believe Jerry, he can carry an Army of Two on his back for a victory over those Bastardo Brothers on Riptide! Daniel Brooks:: Well, you certainly hope so. Okay, Jerry, my final question. Last week, you won the Heavyweight Championship from HaZe, then lost the belt back to him a little over an hour later. Many, including myself, are calling that victory a fluke. What do you have to say about that? Jerry Verboncour:: Oh, good old HaZe and his homo-erotic lifemate, Richard Cormier. What a sick pair they are. Personally, they make Jerry violently ill to his stomach. You know how Richard and him share the same locker room and how they ride in the same limo's? Well, they might as well tie the knot on Riptide in a "Who is Enlightened?" wedding theme. And of course it was a fluke! Just an hour before Jerry had beaten HaZe for the Championship and the only reason he lost against HaZe was because that was Jerry's fourth match he was involved in that night... Daniel Brooks:: Excuse me, fourth match that night? What do you mean? You only wrestled two matches that night. Jerry Verboncour:: Well if you'd just shut your fat yapper and let Jerry continue, we wouldn't have this problem, now would we, douche bag? Now, before Jerry was so rudely interrupted...Okay, before Riptide, Jerry had to beat up a man that claimed he was Jerry's long lost son. Jerry beat that man within an inch of his life in the parking lot. There were a few other jackasses Jerry had to take care of, and by the time he entered the ring at the end of the night, Jerry was one tired soldier. Let Jerry tell you, he is around to stay and as long as Texans exist, believers will exist. Let me ask you, do you believe Jerry will become the Champion of the AWA again? Daniel Brooks:: Well, I'm not su... Jerry Verboncour:: Of course you think Jerry will get the gold again! You better believe it! [With that, Jerry hops out of his chair and raised his fist in the air as the security gaurds get their billy clubs ready.] Jerry Verboncour:: Yee-haw! [Jerry storms out of the room with his newly found intensity as Daniel Brooks and the secutiry gaurds watch on both in amusement and disbelief.] Daniel Brooks:: Well, that was certainly unique. This concludes AWA Spotlight, I'm Daniel Brooks signing off. [The camera begins to fade out as Daniel Brooks can be heard speaking again.] Daniel Brooks:: Why did they give me that child molester? [Fade to black.] |
