Wrasslin' With the Oresteia (a brief summary of a displacement I didn't have time to write)
I really didn't have time to write this, and its a shame because I think the process would have been fairly enjoyable, but heres a quick synopsis:
"Armageddon," world Champeen Wrassler is suspended for 10 weeks after having held one of his "Be-yotches," Irene, in front of him so his opponent accidentally hit her, and while that opponent was holding his head in shame, and not paying attention, "Armageddon," insted of helping Irene, hits the opponent with a chair, thereby sacrificing his daughter to get the win.
"Armageddon" returns from his suspension, which he spent wrasslin' for another company, the T.W.A. (Trojan Wrestling Association), and is welcomed back to the ring by his wife Cleo, who holds out his wrasslin' robe to signify his triumphant return. But, indise the robe is a strait jacket, which Armageddon unknowingly slips his arms into. Cleo proceeds to batter him around the ring into unconsciousness. When Armageddon falls, from the dressing room comes "The Argonaut," to a chorus of boos, who steps on Armageddon, slaps him once, and declares himself to be the new "Champeen of the World." At this point, the TV broadcast ends.
The next show opens with another of Armageddon's "be-yotches" mourning the loss of such a great champeen as she pours a 40 of "Mickey's" out in honor of him. She tells the rest of the wrasslers that she only wishes "Orion," Armageddon's young protege would come back and "put the smack down" on Cleo and The Argonaut. A new, masked wrestler, "The Prodigal Son," takes her aside and, in a confidential whisper heard by the TV audience, but not the other wrasslers, tells her he is Orion, and the uppence is about to come for the two who so badly mistreated his mentor. That night, Orion (masked still as The Prodigal Son) wrassles The Argonaut. Irene is in his corner, Cleo is in The Argonaut's. The Argonaut is soundly defeated, forced to retire, and Cleo is dragged into the ring by her hair. Then, Orion takes off his mask, the truth dawns on Cleo, and she has a massive coronary and dies in the ring. The closing shot of the broadcast is Orion being pursued by referees.
The next broadcast finds Orion at the league commissioner's office, with the referees close behind. He presents his case to the commissoner, A. Paul Lohman, who sends Orion to the The Georgia State Athletic Commission is Athens, GA to plead his case. The refs are none too pleased. We next see Orion at the GSAC, presenting his case before the commission, presided over by Althea, the chair. After much to do, the commisioners split on whether to allow Orion to wrassle again, but Althea (after having received a call from the governor's office explaining how much the people love Orion and how much tax revenue that would mean for the state) casts the deciding vote for Orion, thus allowing him to wrassle again. The broadcast cuts then to the Georgia Dome for the announcement of the next big Wrasslin' Spectacular. But all is not happiness and light because the refs are threatening a strike because they feel they have been robbed of their authority. Althea talks to them, and we see them slip into the dressing room and come out transformed into scantily clad dancers who from that time forward tend to the needs of any wrassler who feels put upon by the league.
"Armageddon," world Champeen Wrassler is suspended for 10 weeks after having held one of his "Be-yotches," Irene, in front of him so his opponent accidentally hit her, and while that opponent was holding his head in shame, and not paying attention, "Armageddon," insted of helping Irene, hits the opponent with a chair, thereby sacrificing his daughter to get the win.
"Armageddon" returns from his suspension, which he spent wrasslin' for another company, the T.W.A. (Trojan Wrestling Association), and is welcomed back to the ring by his wife Cleo, who holds out his wrasslin' robe to signify his triumphant return. But, indise the robe is a strait jacket, which Armageddon unknowingly slips his arms into. Cleo proceeds to batter him around the ring into unconsciousness. When Armageddon falls, from the dressing room comes "The Argonaut," to a chorus of boos, who steps on Armageddon, slaps him once, and declares himself to be the new "Champeen of the World." At this point, the TV broadcast ends.
The next show opens with another of Armageddon's "be-yotches" mourning the loss of such a great champeen as she pours a 40 of "Mickey's" out in honor of him. She tells the rest of the wrasslers that she only wishes "Orion," Armageddon's young protege would come back and "put the smack down" on Cleo and The Argonaut. A new, masked wrestler, "The Prodigal Son," takes her aside and, in a confidential whisper heard by the TV audience, but not the other wrasslers, tells her he is Orion, and the uppence is about to come for the two who so badly mistreated his mentor. That night, Orion (masked still as The Prodigal Son) wrassles The Argonaut. Irene is in his corner, Cleo is in The Argonaut's. The Argonaut is soundly defeated, forced to retire, and Cleo is dragged into the ring by her hair. Then, Orion takes off his mask, the truth dawns on Cleo, and she has a massive coronary and dies in the ring. The closing shot of the broadcast is Orion being pursued by referees.
The next broadcast finds Orion at the league commissioner's office, with the referees close behind. He presents his case to the commissoner, A. Paul Lohman, who sends Orion to the The Georgia State Athletic Commission is Athens, GA to plead his case. The refs are none too pleased. We next see Orion at the GSAC, presenting his case before the commission, presided over by Althea, the chair. After much to do, the commisioners split on whether to allow Orion to wrassle again, but Althea (after having received a call from the governor's office explaining how much the people love Orion and how much tax revenue that would mean for the state) casts the deciding vote for Orion, thus allowing him to wrassle again. The broadcast cuts then to the Georgia Dome for the announcement of the next big Wrasslin' Spectacular. But all is not happiness and light because the refs are threatening a strike because they feel they have been robbed of their authority. Althea talks to them, and we see them slip into the dressing room and come out transformed into scantily clad dancers who from that time forward tend to the needs of any wrassler who feels put upon by the league.
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