JERRY LAWLER
There it is, unbelievable! Solomon Crowe was unable to see it out and retain his World Championship!
And there it was, Crowe’s sudden rise to the top came to a halt at the final stop before WrestleMania. He had certainly made an impact in the short time he was in the EBWF, earning the trust of the EBWF hierarchy which saw him defeat John Cena for the gold and go on to retain against Dean Ambrose and The Rock but things had to go in a new direction, with Dolph Ziggler awaiting the winner and AJ Styles was the more fitting choice on this occasion. He loved every second of it and getting to compete alongside some of the finest in the world was an experience in itself, and knew he would be back there one day.
As AJ Styles celebrated inside of the ring, Crowe was lying there, his eyes were shut but he was breathing very heavily after the intense match having been the third entrant and remaining until the final two. He had put a good night’s work in, and hoped that his performances alone were enough to get him to WrestleMania in some capacity. This being his first loss, it will be interesting to see how he bounces back from this but eventually he did
Open his eyes and put his hands over his face, displaying his disappointment and he slowly got to his knees, holding his stomach in agony as he stared at the new champion. Shaking his head, he slowly got to his feet in pain before exiting through the ropes and trying to leave the chamber with the doors still locked, he ordered the referee’s to free him.
SOLOMON CROWE
LET ME OUT YOU BASTARDS!
He started to kick and punch towards the steel, clearly angry before the referee’s nervously unlocked the chamber door and he walked down the stairs, refusing to look back into the ring or at the big WrestleMania logo hanging high in the Phillips Arena. Fans booed him but showed their joy at Crowe dropping the gold, he quickly walked up the ramp and through the curtains without stopping to shout or scream at anyone. Backstage, the cameras continued to follow the former World Champion, as he stormed through the corridors, turning left and then right and throwing things off tables and screaming at himself before finally being stopped by Renee Young who tried to catch a few words with Solomon Crowe.
RENEE YOUNG
S…Solomon…you just lost your EBWF World Championship in the Elimination Chamber against AJ Styles, how are you f…feeling right now?
Crowe looked down on her, still holding his stomach in pain, breathing heavily and sweating profusely. He leaned in closer to her, to get to her level as Renee started to nervously flinch and take a step back. The angry look Crowe had on his face was still clear, before his hand reached her cheek and he started to smile at Renee who was still worried but now more confused, he started to laugh maniacally in her face for a short while before shouting at her at storming off.
SOLOMON CROWE
YOU STUPID….STUPID BITCH!
The cameras picked up the immense level of boo’s coming from the crows still inside of the arena, after Crowe called her a bitch for seemingly no reason whatsoever, needing someone to blame for his loss. He took his hand off her cheek and his evil smile had disappeared and before causing any more unnecessary damage, he walked off by pushing the cameraman away from him, but the cameraman raised the camera to see Crowe stumble across the corridor before turning and now out of sight as personnel around the arena checked to see if Renee Young was okay as the evening came towards a close.
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Friday 13th March 2015 – The Crowe’s Nest – Anonymous Location
It had been a while since the fans had seen all of the happenings from The Crowe’s Nest, the last time Crowe had uploaded one it was before the Fallout pay-per-view and the last time he was seen was on the same evening. Having missed two episodes of Monday Night Warfare, the former World Champion felt the time was right to show his face once more, to show he wouldn’t call it quits like many in the past have, plus he felt the date was fitting for someone like him to have his voice heard. The camera turned on and the video started with the sound of Crowe’s swivelling chair creaking, but it wasn’t moving. The chair was facing the wall as was Crowe so he wasn’t in view, but he was humming something, a familiar entrance theme but listeners weren’t able to decipher just who’s theme music Crowe was humming, the likes of AJ Styles, Dean Ambrose, Chris Jericho, Dolph Ziggler and John Cena amongst others being guessed but only he knew, eventually he stopped humming and started to laugh and engage in a conversation with himself whilst still not turning to face the camera.
SOLOMON CROWE
We almost had it. So close, SO CLOSE! But you…you just could not help yourself but stick your nose in my business, could you? You will pay, oh you will definitely pay. I will make sure of that. I blame you, not myself, you are the reason the World Championship is not in my possession right now and I do not, I do not like that feeling! Now that I have a taste for the gold I crave it, I need it, I want it and if I have to snap you into little pieces then I will do just that. But I can be a patient man, I can turn up to Monday Night Warfare and defeat anybody you put in front of me to get back there, believe me, I will do just that. Just because I have not been there the last two weeks does not mean I have forgotten about you, I am watching you, everything you do because when you least expect it, that is when I will POUNCE and end you, for good. Just wait…and watch.
Crowe then stopped talking, and slowly turned around on his chair before staring into the camera and snapping out of whatever world he was in, now instead of talking to himself, he waited for a short while before smiling and talking right into the camera and to the viewers who happened to be watching.
SOLOMON CROWE
Did you miss me? Did you think I would have pack my bags and leave you people alone because AJ Styles took my championship from me? You are wrong, you could not be more wrong. I appreciate what AJ Styles did, in some way or another he and I captured the gold in similar fashion. I am man enough to admit that I wormed my way into a match to become the number one contender and defeated John Cena to become the champion. Whereas AJ Styles, he has been worming his way around his entire career, and just when he felt like it, he returned and got himself a match at Fallout and took the title, kudos Mr. Styles but enjoy that while it lasts because you have made A LOT of people angry. Oh not just me, I would happily splatter your brains around my room for decorations if that opportunity came to fruition but you have a match at WrestleMania…against Dolph Ziggler. Now I am not a betting man, but I know I would defeat Dolph Ziggler inside of the ring but that is not my point. I can say that even Dolph Ziggler will take that title from you at WrestleMania, and once again you will be left with nothing whatsoever. But good luck to you both, because you need it as one twisted son of a bitch or another will find the champion and snatch the championship right from his hands. You know something? A lot of people who talked a lot but did not actually do something about it kept on saying ‘Solomon Crowe has no respect for the championship’ or ‘he did not deserve it’, but let me assure you I had respect for that title. I may not have respect for the people holding the gold or competing for it, they might not respect me for the manner in which I captured the championship…but I respected it. The same cannot be said for AJ Styles and Dolph Ziggler. They will never respect that gold as much as I do, and will continue to once I get it back, because they have something a little more at stake, not respect, not dignity, not bragging rights, a certain Trish Stratus, she is the catalyst for this main event, I have the perfect solution. Give me back my championship, and we can hang Trish Stratus 20 feet up in the air by her legs or her arms or her neck or her hair and you can knock each other’s brains out for seven days to capture that prize!
Crowe started laughing to himself as he knew the two would go at it at WrestleMania and try to steal the show, something he planned on doing but now he couldn’t.
SOLOMON CROWE
I did not appear on Warfare, simply to clear my head, I regrouped, I put a plan together and once more it will succeed, just like the plan to capture the title succeeded, this one will too…
Crowe leaned back on his chair and started to think for a short while before asking the viewers a question.
SOLOMON CROWE
Do people still take Friday the 13th seriously? Are people still afraid or paranoid about this day? An unlucky day in western superstition. When I was a kid growing up, you had your Jason’s and your Freddy Krueger’s and they scarred you for years and years. But, there is no room for Freddy and Jason anymore, they do not matter, they are not terrifying, they are irrelevant. We have seen several attempts at guys trying to stamp that same fear into each and every single one of you, Bray Wyatt, Vampiro and so on. They failed. I would advise you to start believing in it once more, take it a little bit more seriously because the only name to send shivers down your spines and keep the champions and yourselves up at night is Solomon Crowe…I will be at there this Monday at Warfare, and I will defeat The Brian Kendrick.
Crowe leaned forward to stop the recording but managed to hum the music of theme entrance once more before mumbling something under his breath and the recording stopped, confirming he’d return to Warfare in a match against the Path to Glory Champion, Brian Kendrick.
SOLOMON CROWE
Ha..Brian Kendrick, this should be fun.
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Monday 16th March 2015 – Monday Night Warfare – Verizon Arena – Little Rock; Arkansas
WrestleMania was now under two weeks away and the WrestleMania buzz was most definitely in the air as the EBWF hit Little Rock for the latest episode of Monday Night Warfare. All of the attention was on the likes of Brock Lesnar and John Cena, as well as the main event as Dolph Ziggler challenged for the EBWF World Championship, the title Crowe lost not so long ago. But for Crowe, his attention was on WrestleMania but knew he had to defeat Brian Kendrick, a match he had wanted for a while after hearing and seeing incredible things. The fans were beginning to settle down on what was proving to be a good night of wrestling but their positive moods quickly switched to a negative as Space Dementia by Muse hit the PA system and the arena darkened with plenty of boo’s aimed towards Solomon Crowe who slowly emerged from the curtains and on to the stage. He was in his wrestling attire as his match with Brian Kendrick was coming up soon, for some reason he had a smile on his face this week without the EBWF World Championship as he made his way down the ramp. He was introduced to the fans by Christy Hemme as the fans responded with boo’s before he snatched a microphone from her hands and shooed her out of the ring. He held the microphone as his music stopped and he grinned around the arena, telling the fans to keep throwing the abuse at him.
SOLOMON CROWE
Little Rock, I expected more. Quite disappointing in every single aspect, nevertheless I am here to brighten up your evening with the sweet smell of blood pouring on to the mat and the sound of bones being crushed, you enjoy it just as much as I do stop kidding yourselves you hypocritical fools. Go ahead, keep hurling the abuse my way, you should know by now that it drives me and the fact remains YOU pay to see ME inside of the ring, not the other way, feel free to leave because it is not like there is anything else worth staying for here anyway since I lost the championship but that is a different story. What is new, is this match tonight. Taking place in this very ring, now I know what some of you are thinking, “Oh, it’s JUST Solomon Crowe vs JUST Brian Kendrick” because we do not possess the good looks, well Brian doesn’t anyway, we don’t have that jacked up physique with needles still sticking out of our arms and legs and we certainly are not tanned enough to look like we have been stuck in an oven for too long, but then again neither does half of the roster backstage and they are the ones that are better than your jacked-up monsters. Now, I have no idea just who Brian Kendrick is personally, or what he does, or what he thinks of me, unlike Dean Ambrose and I know each other. The only thing I know is that I and Mr. Kendrick will enjoy our evening far more than anybody else competing tonight. Two former World Champions, two people who would be laughed at if you told them you held that gold…but more importantly…two psychotic sons of bitches!
The crowd booed at Crowe who was loving the idea of facing Brian Kendrick, something he had never done and the weird thing was, he didn’t even hate him like he did the others, he was looking forward to sharing the ring with him and the fans could tell by the look on his face and his body movements that he was excited for Kendrick to get down to the ring so the two could pretty much kill each other.
SOLOMON CROWE
Oh, you are booing now but just wait until the final bell and each and every one of you are on your feet applauding myself or Brian and all you will probably get is a middle finger to your face, so I suggest you pipe down and let me talk, the quicker you shut up, the quicker I will be done. Brian Kendrick, you are THE Path to Glory Champion, and I can only stand here and apologise to you because you were not able to cash in that championship on me, but I promise you I will do my best sir to get that crown back so the two of us can go at it all…over…again. But the focus is on tonight, how you can come down here and kick me until my head falls off of my shoulders or how you can ensure I leave the arena in an ambulance, I am looking forward to it. No, this is definitely not a joke so laugh it up all you want there is no way I am underestimating Brian Kendrick because I know a psychopath when I see one, I have seen it Dean Ambrose’ eyes, and I can see it in yours, people like us are unhinged and can do practically anything we want. I saw you capture that Path to Glory Championship and I have to say, I was very impressed, it seems you have not skipped a beat and you still have it, whatever ‘it’ is. Now, I like you. You and I think alike, you do not care about anyone else other than yourself just like me, you will do anything it takes to get what you want, just like me, and you want to kick my ass so bad all over this arena just like I want to do with you in just a short while. Because regardless of how impressed I am with you and just how crazy you are, I NEED to snap you in half tonight because I want the championship and there is no way I am letting YOU get there before me. Now if I wanted to I could beat you so bad I can turn you into a baby-kissing positive influence but NO! This company needs people like you and me so lucky for you Brian, tonight you will still walk your way back up the ramp and stay on your own two feet. I know how big of a victory it would be for you to defeat me tonight, a man who is coming off a fresh loss, a massive loss with the World Championship on the line and how it would be great to come out here the following week and say you defeated Solomon Crowe. Good, I like that attitude, unfortunately that will not happen because regardless of how good you are inside of this ring, you are not better than me, you never have been better than me at the height of your career and you never will be either, that is just the way life works, I am not Justin Gabriel, I am Solomon Crowe, somebody you have never faced and somebody who can dish out the amount of pain I can. But I do hope you are able to compete after tonight, because I need you to cash in for the championship, so you can continue looking over your shoulder in the future and just when you blink, I will be standing in front of you again and that time I will not only finish you once and for all, but take whatever gold is involved as well. I am a man of MY word, and I have proven it time and time again.
Fans continued to boo Crowe who was full of unorthodox praises for Brian Kendrick but vowed to defeat him in the ring, it was just something he had to do.
SOLOMON CROWE
But I know what everyone is thinking, Brian Kendrick is the Path To Glory Champion, he is probably heading to WrestleMania and you are not. NO! I will be at WrestleMania so you can count on that, and a win here will prove that I still have what it takes to be there, my career will never dwindle, I will never quit, I will never explore other opportunities, I will never go to Japan or start taking drugs or make my own life a misery, I will be here, making YOUR lives a misery, including Brian Kendrick’s tonight. I am no Rosebud, I am not your local dealer and I am certainly a different type of crazy to Stardust or whoever it is you decide to make friends with every single week, I am far, far worse and I cannot help but feel you will like me too, you and I could get along very well Brian but first, first I need to pin you in this ring and do whatever it takes to get that win. I want you to come to the ring so I can grab that title and smash it over your head, over and over and over again to get your blood on my hands then maybe, maybe I will snap one of your wrists and then maybe I will let you snap one of mine as a good gesture and no hard feeling before I laugh in your face and knock your front two teeth out with a couple of kicks and then grab your little neck in between my two thumbs and snap it completely and then pull your stupid hair out from the roots and watch you scream in agony and beg me to stop. Or…you could lay here in the middle of the ring like a good sport and piss these people off a lot more and let me pin you, one, two, and three. I hope, I hope you pick the first because people think AJ Styles punished me in the Elimination Chamber, he did not. I want you to smash my head against the ring post, threaten to break my legs and try knocking my teeth out before making every joint in my body ache and beg for your mercy THAT is what I want. Come on Brian! GIVE ME WHAT I WANT!
Crowe dropped the microphone and then dropped to his knees with a huge evil smile on his face and his arms out wide, goading Brian Kendrick to get into the ring so they could rip each other to shreds because Crowe can see something in Kendrick that other’s don’t. Most importantly, Crowe wanted the win and wanted to win in style and knew Brian Kendrick and himself but put on a great show for the fans as he continued to shout for Kendrick to get to the ring.