["Solidarity Forever" as sung by Steve "Soundbite" Roberts and Teamsters local 287 is heard over fleeting shots of the IIWF Old Gen Team standing together from two IIWF Saturday Nights ago... then as shot of Deathbringer being laid out, his mask painted by Serge Annis. Cut to this past Saturday Night... the four remaining Old Gen members attacking Requiem following his victory over Mad Dog Watkins... Dan Kauffman grabbing at the arm of Casey James... Cut to the ten man tag team main event, each man fighting valiantly, Casey James crawling to the outstretched hand of Kauffman... ...Kauffman then dragged from the apron by Luke Steele... ...James walking away from his team, having words with Tiger Claw in the aisle... ...Verhoeven taking a double powerbomb... Claw wiped out by Cold Spell... Kauffman taking repeated hotshots and then an Annis chokeslam... And finally, with a dozen IIWF Superstars looking on in the background, the "Masked Outlaw" receiving a tag from Kauffman -- and then leveling him with a devastating Cattle Buster DDT and then a Blackheart Punch... The voice of Tim Dross is then heard as the music fades and the opening titles spin across the screen: "GENESIS WINS!  GENESIS WINS!"] . ___. __ ____ __ ________ ______ ||\ |/ | || | | || | || |\ \ /\ / /| __| || \|\__ | __||__ | |_||__ | || | \ v v / | __| || | \|/ || | | || |_||_| \_/\_/ |_| ||______/|\__||__ | | ||_________________________ August 26 1997 ................................................... [Elvis Costello's "Everyday I Write The Book" plays as the shot opens on the bunting-covered IIWF Coliseum.  Veteran commentator Tim Dross is seated at a long table inside the IIWF ring and is wearing a black IIWF blazer.  Dross smiles warmly as the shot and the music fade.] TD: Hello again everybody and welcome to a Midsummer Madness edition of "Inside the IIWF".  This is your weekly look at all the news, views, reviews and previews... highlights and sidelights... cheers and jeers.  A look behind at the week that was and up ahead at what will be here in the finest professional wrestling organization in the world today... the _mighty_ IIWF! I am your host Tim Dross and with us, as always, is my co-host... the hardest working man in the rasslin' business, Steve "Soundbite" Roberts! [The throaty female voice, "Shoot, Soundbite! Shoot!" is heard, followed by Van Halen's "Running With The Devil".  The Soundbite enters in a flowing black robe, whirling around to show the bejeweled back which reads "5 Days To Go!" Roberts sits, exposing his t-shirt which sports only the cryptic message, "MOOF".] TD: Steve Roberts... Welcome. SR: Dross... Dross... Dross.  Midsummer Madness is only five days away... and I couldn't be more excited. TD: Really? SR: No.  But there are plenty of reasons to groove on this pay-per-view presentation, Dross.  First of all, it is the absolute end of Culture Club and the Reign of Boy Requiem.  The Butcher is gonna be the first two time IIWF Champion... Team Genesis is gonna get taken apart and The Syndicate's gonna win the Tag belts, Dross! TD: Indeed, both the Intercontinental belt and the World Tag Team belts will be on the line in that big Elimination Match... more on that in a moment. SR: And -- we get to see the catfight between Quigley and Warnett... and Steve Kowalski beat the phony cowboy within an inch of his stetson wearing life! Plus... plus, my good friend Ronnie Paris is gonna show the world what he's really made of! TD: Good friend?  After all of the comments you have made about Ronnie Paris' wife, Maggie?  Comparing her to a prostitute? SR: Aw, Dross.  I don't know what you're talking about -- besides, if Maggie Paris were a hooker she would be a real uptown broad, two... maybe three bills an hour, Dross.  And just the straight sex, nothing freaky with animals or golden showers... just Ronnie Paris' wife, naked as the day she was born, striding atop your manhood with the freedom and beauty of a wild beast -- a high-class, two hundred dollar an hour wild beast... screaming out, "Tell me about your Moonsault, Soundbite!" TD: Good grief. SR: And speaking of beasts, Dross.  The important thing... the real reason to buy Midsummer Madness is that I am getting me a porn star.  Those north-eastern promotions have nothin' on the Double Eye, Dross.  Now, I don't know who it is yet, but I have talked to someone very high up in the IIWF Administration... and you know who I'm talking about, Dross. TD: Assuming he hasn't resigned this week. SR: Oh... he's around, Dross.  He's around.  And he has promised me personally that just before the first half of that double main event this Saturday -- I am gonna get me a porn star! It's the greatest pay-per-view of all time! TD: Well, I don't know about that, but it certainly is not one you want to miss, folks, eight great matches live from the IIWF Coliseum -- it is Midsummer Madness... and here's your _First Look_ at all the action! ________ ______ | || |\ \ /\ / /| __|.................................................. | || | \ v v / | __| FIRST LOOK: Midsummer Madness: 6 September 1997 |_||_| \_/\_/ |_|.................................................... DOUBLE MAIN EVENT: IIWF WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: Requiem [c] vs. Otto "the Butcher" Verhoeven SPECIAL GUEST REFEREE: "Sychosys" Joe Petrow TD: What a scene this past IIWF Saturday Night -- Requiem, without the protection of Genesis, Requiem, battling the outside interference of the Old Gen forces... Requiem, defeating Mad Dog Watkins and then taking an incredible onslaught by Claw, Verhoeven and Casey James. I have got to tell you, Steve Roberts, that the IIWF fans may not like this man... many of the other superstsars have professed not to respect him -- but it may have been this Saturday Night... withstanding an attack from the greatest superstars of all time, that Requiem finally earned his stripes. SR: Aw, cry me a river, Dross.  You think this guy is suddenly anything more that creme filling?  Anything more than a paper champion? Requiem's nothing... absolutely nothing... there isn't a man, woman or Quigley in the whole organization who won't cheer his ass off when Otto Verhoeven Slaughterslams him back to the middle of the card. TD: Indeed, that may be the case.  There have been a lot of questions, a lot of backroom debates about Requiem's having won the IIWF Title at Coronation Clash... but the facts have borne out that the Reign of Requiem has been the most galvanizing incident in the history of the IIWF.  Longtime enemies like Otto Verhoeven and Dan Kauffman have joined together for one goal... to defeat Requiem... to end Genesis. SR: After last week, I don't think Disco Dan's gonna be much of a factor anymore.  But the Butcher has never been more dangerous... he has been backjumped, double teamed -- and had the beautiful, voluptuous, easily two hundred dollars an hour if she wanted to join Maggie's stable, Nurse Heidi struck down by Genesis.  Otto's got it all going for him... he's got the desire and the Syndicate's gonna watch his back... welcome to the Slaughterhouse, Requiem. TD: There is, of course, the wild card in the mix... and a wilder card there may never have been in the IIWF -- we have a guest referee... and his name is Joe Petrow. SR: You don't hop on the back of Gary Busey's bike -- and you don't let Joe Petrow run a championship match.  He's nuttier than the backseat of LaRue's Porsche during fleet week... and you just know that somehow... someway... he will play a role in the outcome. TD: How do you prepare for something like that... something that unpredictable, if you are Verhoeven or Requiem? SR: Money.  American Greenbacks.  You can bet that their people are calling Petrow's people and the bidding war is on, Dross.  The IIWF World Title is the most presigious honor in all of wrestling -- and that's worth big wa-wa to the Crazy Man.  Show Sychosys the money, baby dolls... show Crazy Joe the Money!  Hey, Dross, maybe we can take up a collection... get some of these overpaid superstars to cough up some dough for the "Payola to Petrow" fund.  TD: I don't know if that's appropriate.  SR: It is if I'm in charge of collecting the money. TD: It's the Main Event, folks.  Requiem vs. Verhoeven... the gold is on the line and it is coming your way this Saturday Night! DOUBLE MAIN EVENT: MIDSUMMER MADNESS MATCH: GENESIS: Highwayman, Annis, Rogers, Cold Spell vs. Mad Dog Watkins, The Syndicate & PARTNERS TO BE ANNOUNCED TD: Three major stories highlight the first half of our double main event, the elimination match between Team Genesis and the team led by Intercontinental Champion Mad Dog Watkins. Of course, the top story is the events of this past Saturday Night, this very same Genesis team was in a ten man tag against the Old Generation forces.  It was a tough, hard fought battle that came to a conclusion when Casey James, dressed as the "Masked Outlaw," attacked his own partner, the legendary Dan Kauffman, allowing Genesis to get the win. SR: Dammit, Dross... this is how you always make assumptions.  Do we know that it was Casey James?  No.  A 300+ pound man dressed like the "Masked Outlaw" isn't necessarily Casey James.  It could have been a lot of people... it could have been... TD: Don't say it... SR: The "Outlaw" J.W. Hardin! TD: We have been down this road before. Casey James appears to have some type of "Spur"ish relationship with the costume of J.W. Hardin -- and when he attacked Dan Kauffman -- he did it under the personna of the Masked Outlaw.  The question is -- why?  And what effect does that have on this match? SR: I'll play along, Dross.  Lets say it was the "Blackheart" that punked out Kauffman -- what reason does he need other than that it was Kauffman, that Kauffman was standing there with all of his Kauffman-like qualities and Kauffman-like characteristics.  Just because a man does the manly thing and DDTs that piece of Quigley back to the crapper... TD: Steve Roberts, that's not necessary. SR: Okay, I'll use the proper name.  He DDT'd Kauffman back to the "Loop", home of has-beens, never-weres and little girls named Suzie. Just because a man does that doesn't mean he don't hate Genesis as much as I do.  The people know the score... they know that of all the people in the IIWF -- no one is more disgusted that Genesis has taken over than Casey "Blackheart" James. TD: We also have the spectre of the mystery partners.  Word is that these two men are indeed associated with the IIWF in some capacity.  Who they are is anybody's guess. SR: Uh, no.  You can guess... I damn well know who the mystery partners are. TD: Speaking of the mystery partners... you've been spending a few hours in the gym recently, Steve Roberts.  You wouldn't be thinking of donning the tights one last time? SR: Let me just say this... if I were to be one of the mystery partners... if come this Saturday night -- at Midsummer Madness -- the Soundbite were to stand with Watkins and the Syndicate -- I would smack those overpushed, overwritten gimmick jokes around like their mommas should have done when they were children.  You listening to me, punks?  El Sucko Rogers?  Unfrozen Caveman Wrestler?  Serge "King of the Minor Leagues" Annis?  You'd better hope... you'd better hope that five days from now you don't see the Soundbite standing across the ring from your ass -- because I'd send you, your paper champion, and your little dog too -- no offense Gabrielle -- back to Kansas or Fairyland or Wherever it is that you came from before you started embarassing the Double Eye Double U F'n F. Fifty-six days, punks.  You get fifty-six days and not a damn second longer! TD: We also have those stipulations... where both the Intercontinental Championship and the Tag Team belts are on the line.  If the Highwayman eliminates Watkins... SR: No chance. TD: Or if the Syndicate eliminates both members of Cold Spell... SR: Easiest bet I'll ever make. TD: Then those titles will change hands.  However, if neither of those things happen, however Genesis does still win -- then Highwayman will receive a title shot on 20 September... the first IIWF Saturday Night after Midsummer Madness.  Likewise, if Genesis loses, then Cold Spell will defend their belts on September 20 -- defend their belts against the Syndicate. SR: It's finally coming to an end, Dross.  No one can save them now -- Midsummer madness means the destruction of Genesis. TD: That remains to be seen, however with Requiem and Otto Verhoeven each on the outside during the match... it is sure to be a great one -- and keep in mind, keep in mind that this is an _Elimination_ match... Midsummer Madness style where this match starts out five on five, but could wind up one on one or five on one... it is a Midsummer tradition... it is Midsummer Madness -- and it is coming your way this Saturday Night! GRUDGE MATCH: "Quickstrike" Chris Quigley vs. Marty Warnett FALLS COUNT ANYWHERE: Steve "the Fury" Kowalski vs. "Lone Wolf" Brody Thunder TD: Four superstars.  Two super matches. The story in the Grudge Match seems to be the eternal dominance of Chris Quigley over Marty Warnett -- each time those two men step within the confines of the squared circle, it has always been Quigley who comes out on top. Warnett has had quite a ride in the IIWF, moving from young turk to seasoned veteran of some fifty IIWF matches.  He thinks of himself as a superstar... as a franchise type performer -- but the only way for him truly to ascend to that level is to defeat "Quickstrike" Chris Quigley. SR: Who cares?  I'm sorry, that might have been too subtle... let me say it again in a different, more direct way... Who the hell cares? At least Quigley's consistent, sure, he's consistently boring. Putting us to sleep with his pretending to be a technician, his squeaky voice trembling with what I guess is supposed to be intensity.  Warnett... he's just off in his own little world... telling his little jokes... crying his little cries into his pillow late at night while his fourteen year old date lies shivering in the corner saying, "It's okay, Marty... it happens to lots of guys." TD: I'm not sure you're the one to criticize anyone's preference for underage girls, Steve Roberts, given your recent dalliance with First Daughter Chelsea Clinton.  Even if it were true, which it just is not. SR: Oh, I got no problem with that... you know what I always say, "if there's grass on the field, play ball!" TD: This, obviously, is our last edition of "Inside the IIWF".  I'd like to thank Dan Spreadbury for the opportunity... SR: Oh, I've said worse, Dross.  TD: Not over the air. SR: Oh, yeah... TD: Incidentally, Marty Warnett is coming into this one with a bit of a handicap, having apparently suffered a fairly serious back injury as a result of that chair shot from Brody Thunder... who will hook it up with Steve Kowalski in the big Falls Count Anywhere matchup. SR: Okay, Dross.  You know I don't like Brody Thunder -- the whole world knows I don't like Brody Thunder... but this match is the stuff, Dross.  You got Warnett/Quigley for the pansy boys who like to see armbar submissions... by the way, Kauffman, don't let the door hit you on the Quigley on the way out... but for men, for the L'il Soundbiters out there... you can't do much better than Brody Thunder vs. Steve Kowalski, Falls Count Anywhere. TD: It... SR: And -- speaking of the L'il Soundbiters... you simple sons of bitches better pay your dues.  I'll garnish your wages... or your food stamps, whichever is applicable.  Don't think I won't.  I run these people with an iron hand, Dross. TD: On the subject of the match, it is sure to be a bloody struggle, these are two men who are as comfortable fighting in a pool hall as they are the ring -- and we could see this match go literally anywhere. Incidentally, folks, word is that Latin American sensation Hugo Hugo may be returning to the IIWF to officiate this one for Midsummer Madness -- and he is quite the fan favorite. SR: That little dude is nuts, Dross.  Flippin', flyin', flappin' around.  Speaking of that... don't forget about the porn star, folks. Right before the double main event, I've been promised a real live internationally known porn star.  TD: It is Midsummer Madness... and, in case you've forgotten, it is this Saturday Night... only on pay-per-view!    IIWF CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP TRIPLE THREAT MATCH: Derek Mota [c] vs. "Showstopper" Simon Lebec vs. Dirt Dog Unique Allah TD: Well, this ius the match that has undergone the most change -- it was Derek Mota who Simon Lebec defeated some five weeks ago to earn this title shot against the man, Dirt Dog Unique Allah, who was then Cruiserweight Champion. Mota then spent the next month serving as a figurative tackling dummy for Genesis -- putting himself in harm's way repeatedly, week after week until his valor earned him an unexpected title shot against Unique. Re-enter Lebec... who took it upon himself to add a touch of outside interference.  And Derek Mota is the Cruiserweight Champion of the World! Now... add a number of full-out brawls on this past Saturday Night and you have the makings of a real donneybrook when all three of these men meet in a No Disqualification Cruiserweight Championship Match! SR: Yeah, that about covers it.  You know what tells the tale in a match like this... and in so many of these pay-per-view matches?  Who's gotta have it?  You've said it yourself, Dross -- a superstar in the IIWF has to prove that he wants it... has to prove that he needs the win the way Jericho needs a Clinique treatment or the way I need a good bottle of Dom Perignon. TD: Champagne's a little upscale for Portland, Steve Roberts. SR: You ain't kiddin', gotta get my sip on, Dross.  Shake the glass. Shake the glass.  I'm looking forward to going back on the road in October. TD: Indeed, the IIWF will be heading back for a Road to Ring Wars IV -- but that's for another time.  What is for right now is the Cruiserweight Championship -- and this has a really interesting stipulation: all three men will be legal during the entire match... but it is one fall to the finish.  Meaning that if Dirt Dog covers Simon Lebec for a three count -- Derek Mota will need to break that up -- or he will lose the Cruiserweight Title.  SR: That's a helluva lousy way to lose a title. TD: But it ensures a very entertaining match, particularly combined with the no disqualification stipulation, we will have this match, which I understand will kick off Midsummer Madness, be literally a matter of organized mayhem.  We'll see alliances form and break down... we'll see a constant moving brawl... we may see foreign objects interjected -- and eventually one man will leave as Cruiserweight Champion. SR: Well, Unique certainly knows his way around a triangle... TD: Yes he does, remember he beat both Requiem and Creed in that ladder match six weeks ago..... SR: That's not really what meant.  I've seen those pictures with Medusa and Shekeemah that show that three is a real good number for the ex-champ. TD: Of course, after the roads that Derek Mota took to win this title, he's not likely to give it up without a fight... and you have to know that a veteran like Simon Lebec must feel that his time to hold IIWF gold has come. SR: Everybody gets a taste.  Shake the glass!  Shake the glass!  TD: It is the Cruiserweight Championship -- and only on pay-per-view!  MIDSUMMER MADNESS MATCH: Billy Shakespeare, Dexter St. Croix, Ronnie Paris & The Machines vs. Sebastian Jericho, The Phoenix, Kevin Christiansen & Hollywood Bloods TD: Then we have the elimination matches, "Midsummer Madness" style where only the strong survive.  The headline here is the battle between Billy Shakespeare and Ronnie Paris... and the apparent change in attitude of the former fan favorite Paris.  SR: It is about time.  You know, the cruisers have really been a jump ball all year long when the Japanese guys all left.  Paris has tried to play by the rules... and now he's playing by his own rules.  Walking out on matches... insulting the fans.  I get kinda choked up about it, Dross... it just means so much to me to see the young guys grow up. Excuse me. [Soundbite wipes his eyes with the hem of his black robe.] TD: I don't know if Billy Shakespeare or the Phoenix would share your enthusiasm.  Those two men are devoted to the IIWF fans and have felt the brunt of this Paris change.  With those three men in the ring... and Paris and Shakespeare on the same team -- it is sure to be a wild scene. SR: Then you've got the tags, Dross.  Two of the top new teams, the Machines and the Bloods, are in this one.  I'm not sure which one's which... I know the Machines have a gay guy... and I think both of the Bloods are gay.  But -- we'll know more after Saturday. TD: We found out last Saturday that the Machines are maybe beginning to hit their stride here in the IIWF, defeating the Bloods -- and as they go into this one... again, you've got to ask which of these teams is gonna want it more. SR: And what about the rookies, Dross?  You know, Midsummer Madness really is the place a youngster can make a name for himself... will a Cavalier -- a Jericho -- a St. Croix be the one who survives... who comes out of Midsummer Madness a winner and vaults up the rankings?  Allowing himself not only more money -- but a chance to share in the champagne love with me, Smooth and the porn star!  Shake the Glass!  Shake the Glass!  TD: Indeed... who will step forward... will it be the veteran Shakespeare, the mercurial Paris... or maybe a Sebastian Jericho... we are just one week away from finding out! MIDSUMMER MADNESS MATCH: Subway Psycho, Tony Starks, Ike Sampson & The Prophets of Rage vs. Timothy N. Turner, Duncan Macbeth Luke Steele & Licensed for Devastation TD: We would be remiss in not mentioning the other headline occurrence last Saturday Night -- the Subway Psycho returned to the IIWF... and returned in grand style, teaming with Tony Starks to victory over Macbeth and Turner.  SR: I think that hospital stay rattled the has-been a little, Dross.  He took a couple of verbal swipes at the Old Gen... I'm not quite sure where he's coming from these days. TD: It certainly bears watching, Steve Roberts.  And everyone should note the changes in this matchup -- the Subway Psycho has been moved into the spot created by the severe injury to Ryan Howard caused by the potent teaming of Turner and Macbeth -- two men who have really been imposing their will as of late. SR: I still haven't understood a single thing Macbutter has said since he broke in -- but I sure got those shots he and Turner laid on Ike Sampson this week.  Damn, I like that Turner... the kid's got the style and Macbutter's got the muscle.  You gotta love their chances with the change in the matchup. TD: That's right, note the very late card change... Duncan Macbeth and Tim Turner now appear on the _same_ team, alongside LFD and a very controversial figure right now... Luke Steele. SR: Oh, ho!  The Deal thinks he wants to sit at the big table, does he? Well, it'll take a lot more than a shot at Disco Dan to convince me. "Happy Meal" Steele is a couple of French fries short of selling this turn, Dross.  Why doesn't he just enjoy the paycheck, so he and the rest of the Armstrongs can buy themselves a new mobile home and live happily ever inbred after. TD: I don't know... Luke Steele attacking the man who has served as his hero, Dan Kauffman, certainly marks a change in direction for the "Real Deal"... and when you add LFD -- a truly talented tag team in this mix -- that's a pretty daunting group. SR: But you're forgetting who's on the other side... we're talking about... IKE SAMPSON! Okay, that's a bad example... but besides "All the other black guys are mean to me" and the Psycho -- you've got the big, bad Rage.   We're talking about 800 pounds of black, Dross.  These guys are just flat nasty -- and after getting their heads handed to them by LFD, I'm willing to bet we're gonna see some nastiness this Saturday.  There are a lot of bad boys in this match, Dross.  Let's get D'Amato for this one. TD: Dave D'Amato indeed has developed a bit of a reputation as the "official who lets things go"... he likes to let the more extreme, more hardcore nature of these athletes take over.  And his matches often involve tables and chairs... without threat of disqualification. SR: I love that guy, Dross.  We gotta get him in and Alfonso out of those main events.  I hate that Earl Alfonso... I heard he was dating Eddie Murphy, is that so? TD: I don't know what you're talking about. SR: Me either.  Just trying to build some referee heat.  The Soundbite's work is never done... always trying to pump life into the lifeless.  Much like Quigley and Troy. TD: A fine match it should be... the Subway Psycho returns to the IIWF... and returns at Midsummer Madness! MIDSUMMER MADNESS MATCH: Tonnage, The Harlequins, Pain Inc. vs. Deathbringer, The Equalizers, Team Sychosys TD: Finally, two of the IIWF's big men will captain teams in what shapes up as an intriguing matchup. SR: What's the deal with the Deathbringer... there are all sorts of rumors... that he attacked Janois... that he attacked LaRue... that he and Eddie Murphy are dating.... TD: What is it with you and Eddie Murphy? SR: I just loved that Gumby.  "I am Gumby, Dammit!"  Hah!  Damn, that guy could tell a joke... like, "Where do you find a turtle with no legs?" "Wherever you left it."  Hah!  Hah! TD: What... what we do know is that Deathbringer was not a participant as scheduled in that ten man tag... his attack at the hands of Serge Annis seems to have jarred something in this man -- and we don't know what we'll see from him at Midsummer madness. SR: We know we're gonna see the Phat boy, Dross.  The Big, Big Man. You know, I think Tonnage is creeping up toward 600 pounds, Dross.  Oh, sure, he doesn't want us to think of him just as a big, greasy fatso... but that's what he is... a big headed tub o' guts.  And I love it... you know what we need -- some pie eating contests, right in the middle of the ring.  Wouldn't that be cool -- the fat guy, the porn star and Larry Morton, all of them with their hands tied behind their backs... bobbing away at dutch apple pie.  TD: I don't think that would be much of a contest. SR: You're telling me... the porn star's got that one easy.  Of course, Morton might be a dark horse... TD: We also have the tag teams, the Equalizers and Pain Inc. might be fighting just to retain their spots in the IIWF -- but the Harlequins are always consistent, if star-crossed perfomers, and Joe Petrow and Team Sychosys adds an extra bit of oomph to this contest. That's the card folks.  Midsummer Madness is coming your way this Saturday Night... only on pay-per-view... don't miss a second of the action! ________ ______ | || |\ \ /\ / /| __|.................................................. | || | \ v v / | __| COMING FRIDAY: Countdown to Midsummer Madness |_||_| \_/\_/ |_|.................................................... TD: Okay, folks... we have promised you a visit to Steve Summer at the Arm Bar for six consecutive weeks... and each week we have run out of time. Now... live... from the Arm Bar -- here is young Steve Summer! [Split screen, Steve Summer stands surrounded by screaming IIWF fans.] TD: Hello, young Summer! SS: Mr. Dross!  Mr. Soundbite!  I am Steve Summer... Founder of the New Generation -- and I am LIVE in the Arm Bar in downtown Portland!  I am here with dozens of fans of the greatest organization in the world -- the IIWF -- and we are ready to... [The fans join Summer in the chant:] Ask The Soundbite!" SS: Okay... they're lined up twenty deep for you Mr. Soundbite... SR: Wouldn't be the first time, kid. SS: Okay, here's the first question... your name is? [A middle aged fan in a "Quickstrike Forever" t-shirt nervously approaches the mic:] FAN: Uh, Chuck.  Chuck Johnson. SS: Okay, Chuck Johnson, we have waited six weeks... go ahead and "Ask the Soundbite!" Fan: Uh, Soundbite... do you... do you like cheese? [Silence from both ends as Steve Roberts slowly shakes his head.] SR: Shut it down, Dross.  I'm going home. [The split screen drops out, leaving the shot of the IIWF ring.] TD: Okay, that's all the time we have this week... SR: Morons. TD: Remember, there is no War Room this week so be sure to join Brian Lau and Larry Morton on Friday Night for "Countdown to Midsummer Madness".  And then the big one... three full hours of action live from the IIWF Coliseum, only on pay-per-view... it is the pinnacle of the Midsummer... it is Midsummer Madness -- pay-per-view IIWF style! So, for Steve "Soundbite" Roberts and all of us at "Inside the IIWF" -- I am Tim Dross, we will see you back here in two, that is two weeks... enjoy Midsummer Madness and -- good night, everybody! [Juice Newton's "Queen of Hearts" plays as Dross points to Soundbite's t-shirt, mouthing the word, "Moof?" as the shot and the music fade.] +=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= I * I * W * F =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+ | President: Daniel Spreadbury | Vice-President: Jim Jividen | | univ0322@sable.ox.ac.uk | brokeback@webtv.net | | iiwf@sisko.demon.co.uk | | +=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- http://www.sisko.demon.co.uk -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+