WWF Superstars, Apr. 12, 1997

THE REFEREE SEES TAYLOR!! He STOPS the count and warns Taylor to stay out of the match! The Giant sits up to see what happened. Michaels... KIPS UP TO HIS FEET!! THE FANS POP!!

The Giant rises up to full height and turns to expect to see Shawn down still. Shawn... KICKS THE GIANT!!! AND AGAIN IN THE STOMACH!!! The Giant falls backwards like a big tree and CRASHES to the mat!! Michaels climbs up to the outside and the top....

ELBOWDROP.... NOBODY HOME!!! The Giant rolls over on top of Shawn... hooks the leg... 1... 2... kickout!

The Giant lifts up Michaels like an atomic drop... but he sets him on the top rope, facing out to the fans. The Giant turns his back to Shawn and walks backward up to the second rope. He reaches back and holds on to both of Shawn's arms....

JR: It's LIKE A RAZOR'S EDGE... BUT FROM THE TOP!!

The Giant RAZOR'S EDGES MICHAELS!!! HE SLAMS HIM DOWN SHOULDER'S FIRST.... AND THE GIANT BRIDGES LIKE A BACKSLIDE...

The ref counts... 1... 2... 3...!

Sarah: NO!!!

JR: WHAT A MOVE!! THAT WAS IMPRESSIVE!

Winner, by pinfall: the Giant

HBK rolls out of the ring, looking tired and spent, bent over holding his knees to catch his breath. Diesel and Sensei walk over and check to see if he's ok, and after a few moments Shawn stands up straight, and points at the Empire members.

Shawn: This isn't over yet. Don't even begin to think I'm done. You can beat me down as much as you want, and I'm gonna keep coming back till there's nothing left of the Empire except a bad dream.

Shawn walks out, with the masked man leading the way, and Diesel, Jade and Sensei gathered around him for moral support, and he gives a few fans high-fives on the way out.

As the Giant's music plays, he, the Machine and Todd leave. But Taylor stays behind.

TAYLOR:ya know its funny...evryone keeps sayin i want some of the perfect man..i want some of taylor...and yet..knowone even tries to wrestle me...of course..the challenges have been week...that 5 cent pimp flash funk....and brutus who?....is his name beefcake?thats is so 80s and my friend you are looking at the wrestler for the year two thousand...now to my main point...has anyone seen mr perfect...i havent seen him anywhere. At wrestlemania...he was sceaming to get down to ringside because i wasnt there...hahahaa he dosent even want to be on the same arena as me...well perfect if youre a man come on down.

(Mr. Perfect' face appears on the large video screen. The fans cheer when they see him. Another figure can be seen behind him... but it is out of focus.)

Taylor: Well if it isn't hop-along-cassidy!

Perfect: Taylor... there's one thing saving you tonight. The same thing that saved you at WrestleMania. The Empire's cowardly attack on me has further aggravated my leg... and the WWF Officials won't let me in any arena until it is fully-healed because of Insurance. But it doesn't matter... because even at 50%... I'm STILL more PERFECT... then YOU will ever BE! (The fans cheer. Perfect pauses a bit... then continues.) I made a deal with the Hitman Bret Hart... and I'm going to own up to it. When I return... and I WILL return... Terry Taylor.... YOU'RE going to be my first match. YOU... AND MR.PERFECT! PERFECT PLEX VS. PERFECT PLEX. NOBODY BEATS MR. PERFECT! And I mean... NOBODY!

(Mr. Perfect's music plays and the fans rise up and cheer!! The large video screen drops out of focus as Perfect steps back and away with the other figure. The screen turns to dark.)



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