IYH 2: MANKIND VS. SHAWN MICHAELS

The Boston Garden is one of the most historic venues in the history of professional wrestling. A regular stop for the World Wrestling Federation for decades now, some of the greatest men to ever lace up a pair of wrestling boots have stepped foot into the locker rooms of this building. But today… today we are going to focus on what’s BELOW those locker rooms. Deep downstairs at the bottom of the building… THE BOILER ROOM! A WWF camera spans the area, all around the dark, dingy surroundings until finding a shadow in the corner. And another one! The cameraman gets closer… and closer… until you can make out who the two are. It’s none other than “The Heartbreak Kid” Shawn Michaels and the ALWAYS voluptuous Sensational Sherry. Shawn is dressed in his full wrestling gear, complete with studded vest and sunglasses, probably the LAST thing he needs down here. He sits in the corner with Sherri kneeled behind him, rubbing his shoulders… running the tips of her fingers along his neck, his chest… his stomach. She stares a hole through the camera lens with a stone cold, calculating glare casting an almost polar opposite presence in comparison to Shawn’s usual laid back, cocky egomaniac schtick he loudly smacks on his gum as usual between each brazen word.

HBK || What in the world is a man like The Heartbreak Kid doing down here in the pits of the Boston Garden? Down here in this dark, dingy nothingness that is the boiler room area of the building? Well there’s a good explanation for that and it’s for one reason and one reason only: I’m down here to show Mankind that HBK fears NOTHING! No man… no spirit… no thing. I’m down here with the rats and the spiders and the darkness to show everyone that not only am I damn good lookin’... but I’m also courageous. FEARLESS! So your whole… facade? Yeah, that’s not gonna work on Shawn Michaels, pal! Because I can see right through it. You know, you dress up and play Halloween with some raggedy outfit and goofy mask, pulling your hair out, squealing like a pig… Man, you’re nothing but a clown. A sideshow… a FREAK! You’re here to occupy the fans and keep their mouths SHUT until the REAL star of the show arrives! Men like Marty Jannetty… men like Shawn Michaels!

Shawn flips his hair back, smiles and stares into the distance, the camera then zooming in on his sexy little vixen of a valet.

SENSATIONAL SHERRI || Mankind, you HACK! You listen up, and you listen GOOD! I don’t know what World Wrestling Federation President Gorilla Monsoon was thinking when he booked my man against a… talentless piece of garbage like you. Maybe he was still concussed from that Double Superkick, huh?! HAHAHAAAaaaaaaa! Or maybe he’s just got some petty grudge with us to settle so he’s gonna try to hold back megastars like The Rockers! True future legends of the sport like Marty Jannetty and The Heartbreak Kid and this just the first example of that, well GORILLA MONSOON, you can forget about it! You throw Mankind HBK’s way and not only is he gonna beat him senseless - he’s also gonna look DAMN good doing it, Monsoon! And he’s gonna steal the show!

HBK || You know, you’ve made a career out of hurting yourself for money is what I’ve gathered when I ask around about you, kid…

Shawn making to put an emphasis on the word kid enough though his opponent has been a professional wrestler longer than he has.

HBK || And I DO have to ask around, because… sorry, pal. I’m like most everyone else in this world when I say that I’ve simply… never heard of you. And now that I have I would research a bit and really dig into your history, but… I’ve gotta be honest, we all just don’t care, bud. But that’s besides the point, isn’t it? I hear that you’ve made a career out of hurting yourself and I’ve gotta ask myself why but if I did I would just be wasting my own time because, Hell… it’s obvious why. You have no real talent! Now you’ve even gotta resort to pulling your own hair out and screaming like a pig in heat to ATTEMPT to draw attention to yourself. Then even THAT doesn’t work and Gorilla Monsoon has to bail you out by booking you against the star of the show. Nice debut, by the way. What an impact a man makes by attacking a woman who was already down and beaten, right?

Shawn facetiously claps.

HBK || You’re such a winner, bud! But where it really falls apart is when you have to step into the ring with that same woman for an actual match on even grounding the very next week and you get EMBARRASSED! So the way it looks to good ole’ HBK here? … Looks like you’re batting .000 and that trend isn’t shifting anytime soon, Jack! So cue up the band, pretty soon all that’s left is the crying for Mankind and another night of sweet, SWEET victory with Sensational Sherri for The Heartbreak Kid!

HBK tips his glasses and blows a kiss to the camera as the scene fades to black. Shawn Michaels looks laser focused on taking out Mankind at In Your House 2. So much so, infact, that he has left many questions unanswered when it comes to his newly found reunion with Marty Jannetty as the two look to take The Rockers on a worldwide reunion tour. Those questions will surely be answered, however, on the road to The Royal Rumble we rapidly approach!