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Chapter 21 - Chapter 21: One Step Back Two Steps Forward

The CEO of the SWF, Triple P had made his way to the ring to make an announcement about Black Mask's upcoming title fight.

"I want to start out by saying, what an incredible night of fights! Right guys?" Triple P said as the crowd erupted in applause in a show of agreement. "And you guys have been an incredible crowd! I can't thank you all enough for spending your hard earned money to come out here tonight."

"He's buttering up the crowd, I have a bad feeling about this." Black Mask said.

"Now, I know that you all are eager to hear the news about the title match between King Kamehameha and Black Mask." Triple P continued to another pop by the crowd. "Unfortunately, the announcement is that there won't be a title match. Not for a while at least."

"Tch, I should have known he'd try to pull something like this." Black Mask said as his frustration was rising.

"The champion King Kamehameha, informed me this morning that he had an injury during his training before his match last night. He's saying that was the reason he had a poor performance and now he aggravated his injury so he will be out indefinitely." Triple P continued as the crowds cheers had turned to boos. As Triple P was speaking, Black Mask ran up and ripped the microphone out of his hands.

"So the so called "champ" is hurt, and can't fight you say? Well I say he's just afraid that I'll beat into the dirt just like I did last night!" Black Mask said as the crowd erupted again. "He knows what I did to him after fighting 8 CONSECUTIVE matches back to back to back. Now he's QUIVERING in fear of what I'll do to him when I'm fully rested and healthy. He says he can't fight? Well I CAN! And I will, I will continue to fight and show that I am the TRUE champion!"

"BLACK MASK!!!!"

"BLACK MASK!!!!"

"BLACK MASK!!!!"

"BLACK MASK!!!!"

"BLACK MASK!!!!"

The crowd cheered Black Mask as he and the rest of the Dark Dynasty exited the ring.

"Kamehameha is definitely up to something, what are we going to do about it?" Twilight Killer asked.

"Let him play his childish little games. We'll do what we always do, win." Black Mask replied. "Now, Me, Maria, and Missy are going to Mexico for an intense training camp. We won't be back until Knockdown next Friday, but I trust you know what I need you to do while I'm gone, right?" Black Mask asked Twilight Killer.

"Yes, sir." Twilight Killer replied.

Meanwhile, back at his home, King Kamehameha was on the phone with someone.

"Are you really sure about this strategy? It makes me look like a coward." King Kamehameha complained.

"Now, now, it because you're too worried about how you look that you can't see the bigger picture." The voice on the phone responded. "You may be worried about how you look, but I'm concerned about keeping that belt around your waist. I'm working to protect your legacy, our legacy, MY legacy. You understand that your actions reflect on me as well don't you?"

"Yes"

"Yes, what?"

"Yes, sir."

"Good, now I'll admit that Black Mask exceeded my expectations. Still, it's not anything to worry about. Everything is still going exactly to plan. With some slight adjustments of course. As long as you follow my orders everything will be fine. You trust me don't you?"

"Yes, sir."

"Good, good. Just rest up for now. I'll explain our next steps later." The voice said as it abruptly ended the call.

The following Monday on the promotion's Monday night show, known as Monday Night Real, their was a title fight scheduled for the main event. The fight was between the reigning, defending SWF World Heavyweight Champion Bernhardt and former 2X SWF Universal Champion Chet Rogue. Before the event started, Twilight Killer entered the arena brandishing his Summit Clash contract.

"Oh my goodness! It looks like Twilight Killer is going to use his Summit Clash contract to challenge Bernhardt for his Heavyweight Championship! Did you expect him to use his contract so soon?" Ted asked Bill.

"It's not too surprising that he's using it tonight. What IS surprising, is the way he's using it. Most people would wait until after the match so they could take the belt off a weakened opponent. What he's doing is basically just switching the opponents for tonight's main event. He intends to take the champion at full strength. We'll see if that comes back to bite him." Bill responded.

"We will see, but I'd like to note that it's nice to see competitors in this organization fight straight up without resorting to any tricks or underhanded tactics."

"Was that a shot at somebody Ted?"

"Not at all Bill."

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