Backlash: Vincent vs. The Mighty Caleb

[Dres]

The scene opens on Vincent walking through a graveyard, the camera filming him from the side as he has his hands in his pockets and is looking ahead. Suddenly he stops as the camera zooms in a little closer to hear him speak.

Vincent: In my years in the UWF, I’ve put a lot of things and people in their eternal resting place and been the killer I profess myself to be. There’s no questioning that. But this time is a bit different because usually, my intended victim cowers in some way or hesitates to engage me. Mighty Caleb is instead hungry for the challenge. Well all I’ve got to say to that is prepare your palate, Caleb, because you’ve bitten off more than you can chew this time and it’s going to put you in a state of overwhelm the likes of which you’ve never experienced before. And when you’re in a broken heap, blood coming from every imaginable orifice, I’ll pose this question to you: was it worth it?

Vincent continues walking as the scene fades to black.

[Sam]

Suddenly, to the delight of the crowd Eternal Champion's 'Skullseeker' blasts out of the PA system signalling the arrival of everyone's favourite barbarian, The Mighty Caleb. Caleb emerges onto the stage with a drinking horn in one hand and a fist high in the air as he leads the crowd in the chants of 'SKAL!' before he makes his way down the ramp bumping fists with those who reach out to him over the barricade. Caleb is clearly on a mission tonight and wastes little time in entering the ring and demanding a microphone.

The Mighty Caleb: VINCENT!

The music has just about finished as Caleb addresses his Backlash opponent.

Vincent you can hide among the graves of those already departed and you may use it to intimidate many opponents but The Mighty Caleb is not here for smoke or mirrors, I am not here to face a conjuror, I am here to face the man who prides himself on violence, on chaos... a man who has wreaked havoc upon this realm for far too long. Indeed I am standing here tonight a man who has been plagued by images of your destruction in his mind ever since I came to the aid of a fellow warrior in Eddie Guerrero... and now I must remove you from my mind, from my thoughts and remove the dark cloud of Vincent and his rotten Collapse from this realm for good... so I say to you Vincent, I have made my task clear, my quest is set... I have laid down my challenge to ye... Viking Rules... what says the once Horror King?, do you accept the challenge of The Mighty Caleb or will you continue to hide in the shadows, hiding from a real battle?!

Caleb leaves the floor open for the leader of The Collapse. 

[Dres]

As, “Continuum” by Imminence begins to play, out walks the man that the theme belongs to: Vincent. He has a microphone in hand as he makes his way down the ramp and enters the ring, his eyes fixated on The Mighty Caleb as he raises the microphone to his mouth.



Vincent: Be very careful what you wish for when it comes to me, Caleb. Because when I’m in the shadows or amongst the headstones or wherever, I can’t do you any physical harm. But standing in the same room in the same ring just a few steps away? I can do all kinds of it. And I’m going to do all kinds of it at Backlash, because while you think you’ve laid the perfect trap for me by making this your tailor made stipulation, you’re going to find out the hard way that I adapt frighteningly quick and what that means for you is your hopes of victory are going to go up in smoke.

[Sam]

The Mighty Caleb: Finally, the foul serpent appears before me without slithering away into the darkness from whence he came. And he comes with a warning?, a warning of what exactly Vincent?, I am not defenceless like Eddie Guerrero was - I am not weak of mind like your countless victims through the years in this realm. No, for once Vincent you are standing across the ring from a man who is not afraid of you, not willing to be intimidated and one who is fully prepared for what is about to happen at Backlash. You claim the stipulation of our battle, a Viking Rules match is a conduit for your violence, your chaos and that may be so - but I must remind you it is I who came out victorious the last time I fought under these rules when I slayed the mighty 'Colossus' Bronson Reed... and it was when I was digging out shards of glass from my forehead, my arms, my chest after a Taipei Deathmatch... when I realised that perhaps I too might have a propensity for violence when it is called upon. This is a situation that certainly calls upon... it won't be needless violence, it won't be to the defenceless and the weak but it will be a necessity... to rid this realm of you and your foul ways for good... and that will certainly be worth it. 

[Dres]

Vincent: Greater men than you have tried to rid this realm of me over the years but, with my standing here in the flesh as proof, none of them have been successful. And we’re talking about men that had the propensity to do it, Caleb, so my question to you is if the who’s who of the UWF couldn’t get the job done, what makes you think a goofy Viking in facepaint is going to accomplish it? Now sure, you’ve shown you can hang when times get violent and you, like me, have an impressive Television Championship reign on your resume but it’s like I said before: Feigr.

[Sam]

Caleb chuckles to himself, looking above, perhaps to the Gods before he raises the microphone to his mouth again.

The Mighty Caleb: Allow me to fill my Shieldbrothers here tonight in on what you mean by Feigr. It's an old word forgotten perhaps in this realm but remembered well in Caleb's. It means one is destined for death, fated to die. And although our once Horror King surely means this word as some sort of conjuration, some sort of mental attack - I must remind him that it is in fact true that yes I am doomed to face death, but so is he... ultimately we all meet our makers in the eternal afterlife, it is fated for us all. But I must ask you Vincent - what afterlife awaits a retched beast such as you?, eternal torture, a cold, lonely void?, perhaps you would like that - perhaps it would even suit you. You speak of Feigr, but that is of little concern to The Mighty Caleb, what concerns The Mighty Caleb is how he meets his end... a glorious battle so I may be taken from the field and delivered to the Allfather's mighty hall to fight, feast, drink and the enjoy the lamentations of many wenches... as any true warrior should. You plan to deliver me this end but I can assure you that time is not upon us Vincent, Odin will have to wait much longer before I am returned to his realm because this 'goofy' man with the facepaint has much to do in this realm, many more glorious battles to be won, quests to be achieved and many, many more conquests in the Revolution Realm... namely sending Vincent to cold depths of Helheim where he may languish in his own twisted mind and lament the day he crossed paths with The Mighty Caleb.