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Some of the faces may have changed, but twenty four years later, the Fourseman are still being led by the Nature Boy & are still holding all the gold. Back in the 80's they held NWA gold, today they hold Smackdown v. Raw (feat. E.C.W.) 2009: Script This! gold! The new faces are United States Champion: Chuck Palumbo, W.W.E. Tag Team Champions: John Morrison & The Miz, and surprise, surprise, the World Heavyweight Champion is none other than Ric Flair himself! Flair, always knew how to surround himself with cream of the crop talent & these three are no different! Palumbo, Miz, & Morrison are considered the future of this business & by aligning themselves with the Nature Boy, they have assured themselves of that future being one that is being salivated over! We just can't wait to see what the thoroughbreds are gonna do next! The question is, how did this unlikely union come about!
The seeds were being planted as far back as the two week super show to crown new champions in the weeks leading up to the Royal Rumble! Day one saw Palumbo win a first round tournament match defeated Chavo Guerrero. He would go on to outlast Carlito in dominant fashion to advance in the US Title tournament. Later that night, he would be shown looking on from the ramp way while Miz & Morrison won their qualifying match against the exciting duo of London & Kendrick. It wasn't clear if Miz & Morrison knew why! A few days later however, Palumbo would team with with duo to face the threesome of Jesse, Festus & Mr. Kennedy in a match laden with championship implications! They kept the match in their favor by keeping the "Cornfed Collossas" out of it! It was more like a handicap match as Palumbo, Miz, & Morrison showed great chemistry throughout! The match was a good indicator of things to come at the Rumble!
Speaking of the Royal Rumble(being held in Charlotte, North Carolina of all places) Chuck Palumbo would make his presence felt during the pre-show by confronting Chris Jericho who was set to be handed the World Heavy Weight title. Apparently, Mr. Palumbo was non to thrilled about this and decided to do something about it! He got in Jericho's face and goaded him into giving the Hall of Famer, who just happened to be in attendance at the time(Coincidence, I think not!) a shot a his "newly won" gold! It should be pointed out that the entire time Palumbo was talking Jericho into facing Flair, he was taking every chance to run down his opponent for later that night, Mr. Kennedy as only a Horseman would! So now not only was Ric Flair set to face Jericho for the World Heavy Weight Title, Palumbo was facing Mr. Kennedy to crown a new US Champ, and Miz & Morrison were gonna be meeting Jessie & Festus to crown new WWE tag team Champs at the Rumble that night as well! Palumbo's match took place first as he defeated Kennedy....Kennedy due to distraction when John Morrison "suddenly" appeared at ringside! Later, during the WWE tag title match, Palumbo interjected by bringing the out of control Festus back in hand the only way possible, he ringing the the bell! Festus went limp leaving him vulnerable to be rolled up by Morrison for a championship crowning three count! Palumbo, who was quckly turning into the new enforcer right before our wasn't done as he would make his most impactful appearance of the night! First, he distracted Jericho and the ref allowing Flair to catch him with a low, then when the referee was attended to Flair who appeared to have gotten hurt, Palumbo blasted Jericho with a chair from behind leaving ripe for the picking! Ric Flair took advantage & WOOOOO!, the now 17 time World Champion was standing tall! Five days later on Smackdown, Flair makes it seem like he had no idea Palumbo was gonna get involved in the title match and cost Jericho the victory. Jericho, like the rest of us bought it hook, line, & sinker! But, they weren't done toying with us yet as Flair gave Jericho a rematch that very night! Flair wasn't the only one in action though as the new enforcer Chuck Palumbo busted Jeff Hardy open on an exposed turnbuckle(that Chuck exposed himself) during a non-title match that would see Mr. Kennedy jump him after his victory! John Morrison defeated Festus in a singles match after Miz rang the bell to sedate the big bastard! M&M took advantage of Festus' coma like state and beat the hell out Jessie Minnesota Wreckin Crew style! All the pieces came together later that night during the Jericho/Flair world title match! Miz & Morrison destracted the ref while Palumbo came in from behind & knocked Jericho's ass out with a pair of brass knucks! The four men, the new four champions...the four thoroughbreds stood tall with Palumbo holding up the most recognized gang sign in the history of pro wrestling! Yes my friends, the original bad asses, the Four Horseman ride again! To be continued...
This is the Book This! Online exclusive interview with HCW World Tag Team Champions The Comic Book Connection. Also keep this in mind that Petey The Pirate & The Hurricane are not in character & they will be going by their real names in this interview.
Paul Heyman- Petey Williams, Gregory Helms. Thank you again for taking time out of your hectic schedule to do this interview.
Petey Williams- No problem. The pleasure is all ours.
Paul Heyman- So Petey. How has this newfounded success in HCW been going for you?
Petey Williams- Well Paul it's been really good so far. When HCW first started I was teaming up with Lance Storm in my Maple Leaf Muscle gimmick & now i'm one half of the HCW World Tag Team Champions who gets tv time every week as we are one of the more over acts in the entire company right now.
Paul Heyman- Speaking of that. Just how did the whole Petey The Pirate gimmick come up?
Petey Williams- Well I was joking around backstage a while back with John Cena, Gregory & of course our boss James Baker & they all told me that the Pirate gimmick would definitely go over so the next day I came to the HCW headquarters & me & James got to laying out the creative plans for the introduction of the Pirate gimmick & once I debuted the Pirate gimmick, it just took off from there & now me & Gregory Helms are the HCW World Tag Team Champions.
Paul Heyman- My next question is for your tag team partner Gregory Helms. Gregory, how exactly did you get picked to be Petey's tag team partner.
Gregory Helms- Well I wasn't really doing anything at the time as I was very low on the card. I was the one who pitched the idea for me to return to my Hurricane gimmick & my original plan was to just see how much I can get over by being in the singles division, but being placed in the tag team division has been great cause we are both so over with the crowd. We get bigger pops than alot of main event guys & we just run with the characters as we write our own material & we do whatever we want in that ring just as long as it leads up to the finish of the match & as long as the fans are happy about it.
Paul Heyman- Who do you think is gonna win the HCW World Tag Team Championship tournament & face you guys at HCW Redemption?
Gregory Helms- That's a good question Paul. I mean I would love to face CM Punk & Colt Cabana or Santino & Regal, The Hart Dynasty is a good team to face, Team UK from the IWC is a very good & underrated team. Fuck I would love to face Sabin & Shelley again, but there are alot of great teams in this tournament that it's just hard to really pick a particular tag team to face at Redemption.
Paul Heyman- Thank you guys for taking time out of your day to give the interview & good luck in your tag team title matchup at Redemption.-Credit Big Pimpin
UPCOMING PPVs:
*All Cards Subject to Change
Cruiserweight Wrestling International-Airborne
One match confirmed-CWWI Lucha Champion, Jerry Lynn vs. Sabu-Extreme Rules
Smackdown v. Raw (feat. E.C.W.) 2009: Script This!-Backlash
Matches yet to be announced!
Hustlaz Championship Wrestling-Redemption
Matches yet to be announced!
Virgin Pro Wrestling-Requiem
8 man battle royal to crown VPW World champion
Absolute Wrestling Entertainment-Breakdown
Bret Hart Vs. Randy Savage-AWE Championship Match - 30 Minute Ironman
Sabu Vs. Mike Awesome Vs. Elijah Burke Vs. Marcus Cor Von-Hardcore Fatal Four-Way
The Outsiders Vs. The Steiner Bros.-AWE Tag Team Championship Match
Absolute Championship Wrestling-Brave New World
Matches yet to be announced!
Uprising Wrestling Community-Brutal Beginnings
Matches yet to be announced!
NightShift Championship Wrestling-Black Tide
1. NSCW Heavyweight Championship - Chris Jericho (c) v. Rey Mysterio
2. Three Stages Of Hell Match for the NSCW Television Title - British Bulldog w/ Princess Bex (c) v. Kane w/ C.C.S.
(The three stages, as voted by the fans, are Falls Count Anywhere, Submission, and Inferno)
3. Barbwire Bitches Championship - Nikki Roxx (c) v. Vanessa Kraven
4. NSCW Tag Team Championship - Umaga & Vladimir Kozlov (c) v. Twin Method
5. Three Way Dance - AJ Styles v. Chris Benoit v. Shane Douglas
6. Extreme Rules Match - LuFisto v. Raven
7. Diamond Dallas Page v. Big Bossman w/ "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
8. Mikey Whipwreck w/ Gunnz v. Jack Swagger
9. Rob Van Dam v. Eric Young
10. Hatebreed v. Jerry Lynn & Tajiri

COVER STORY-Rebirth of the Four Horseman
24 years ago, something took place that would go on to influence pro wrestling for years to to come, the Four Horseman were born! There have been many bass groups over the years in U.S. wrestling history & only a hand few of those were truly dominant. Even fewer were truly hated! We've seen evil groups/gangs come and go since the glory days of the Horseman, & real easy to separate the wannabes from the genuine article. The wannabes barely drew any attention and soon fizzled out, the real deals left their mark on what ever company they dominated as well as the business itself. Pick your favorite: NWO(HALL, NASH, HOGAN-1996), D-Generation X(HHH, DOGG, GUNN, PAC, & CHYNA-1998), Evolution( HHH, BATISTA, ORTON, FLAIR-2003) or who ever else you can name, & the ground was laid for them by one team/group/gang...and they are Ric Flair, the "enforcer" Arn Anderson, Ole Anderson, & Tully Blanchard along with manager J.J. Dillon! They held all the gold, The Andersons were tag team champs, Tully the TV champ, & Flair of course, was always the reign heavy weight champion of the world! The more things change, the more they stay the same!Some of the faces may have changed, but twenty four years later, the Fourseman are still being led by the Nature Boy & are still holding all the gold. Back in the 80's they held NWA gold, today they hold Smackdown v. Raw (feat. E.C.W.) 2009: Script This! gold! The new faces are United States Champion: Chuck Palumbo, W.W.E. Tag Team Champions: John Morrison & The Miz, and surprise, surprise, the World Heavyweight Champion is none other than Ric Flair himself! Flair, always knew how to surround himself with cream of the crop talent & these three are no different! Palumbo, Miz, & Morrison are considered the future of this business & by aligning themselves with the Nature Boy, they have assured themselves of that future being one that is being salivated over! We just can't wait to see what the thoroughbreds are gonna do next! The question is, how did this unlikely union come about!
The seeds were being planted as far back as the two week super show to crown new champions in the weeks leading up to the Royal Rumble! Day one saw Palumbo win a first round tournament match defeated Chavo Guerrero. He would go on to outlast Carlito in dominant fashion to advance in the US Title tournament. Later that night, he would be shown looking on from the ramp way while Miz & Morrison won their qualifying match against the exciting duo of London & Kendrick. It wasn't clear if Miz & Morrison knew why! A few days later however, Palumbo would team with with duo to face the threesome of Jesse, Festus & Mr. Kennedy in a match laden with championship implications! They kept the match in their favor by keeping the "Cornfed Collossas" out of it! It was more like a handicap match as Palumbo, Miz, & Morrison showed great chemistry throughout! The match was a good indicator of things to come at the Rumble!
Speaking of the Royal Rumble(being held in Charlotte, North Carolina of all places) Chuck Palumbo would make his presence felt during the pre-show by confronting Chris Jericho who was set to be handed the World Heavy Weight title. Apparently, Mr. Palumbo was non to thrilled about this and decided to do something about it! He got in Jericho's face and goaded him into giving the Hall of Famer, who just happened to be in attendance at the time(Coincidence, I think not!) a shot a his "newly won" gold! It should be pointed out that the entire time Palumbo was talking Jericho into facing Flair, he was taking every chance to run down his opponent for later that night, Mr. Kennedy as only a Horseman would! So now not only was Ric Flair set to face Jericho for the World Heavy Weight Title, Palumbo was facing Mr. Kennedy to crown a new US Champ, and Miz & Morrison were gonna be meeting Jessie & Festus to crown new WWE tag team Champs at the Rumble that night as well! Palumbo's match took place first as he defeated Kennedy....Kennedy due to distraction when John Morrison "suddenly" appeared at ringside! Later, during the WWE tag title match, Palumbo interjected by bringing the out of control Festus back in hand the only way possible, he ringing the the bell! Festus went limp leaving him vulnerable to be rolled up by Morrison for a championship crowning three count! Palumbo, who was quckly turning into the new enforcer right before our wasn't done as he would make his most impactful appearance of the night! First, he distracted Jericho and the ref allowing Flair to catch him with a low, then when the referee was attended to Flair who appeared to have gotten hurt, Palumbo blasted Jericho with a chair from behind leaving ripe for the picking! Ric Flair took advantage & WOOOOO!, the now 17 time World Champion was standing tall! Five days later on Smackdown, Flair makes it seem like he had no idea Palumbo was gonna get involved in the title match and cost Jericho the victory. Jericho, like the rest of us bought it hook, line, & sinker! But, they weren't done toying with us yet as Flair gave Jericho a rematch that very night! Flair wasn't the only one in action though as the new enforcer Chuck Palumbo busted Jeff Hardy open on an exposed turnbuckle(that Chuck exposed himself) during a non-title match that would see Mr. Kennedy jump him after his victory! John Morrison defeated Festus in a singles match after Miz rang the bell to sedate the big bastard! M&M took advantage of Festus' coma like state and beat the hell out Jessie Minnesota Wreckin Crew style! All the pieces came together later that night during the Jericho/Flair world title match! Miz & Morrison destracted the ref while Palumbo came in from behind & knocked Jericho's ass out with a pair of brass knucks! The four men, the new four champions...the four thoroughbreds stood tall with Palumbo holding up the most recognized gang sign in the history of pro wrestling! Yes my friends, the original bad asses, the Four Horseman ride again! To be continued...

Paul Heyman- Petey Williams, Gregory Helms. Thank you again for taking time out of your hectic schedule to do this interview.
Petey Williams- No problem. The pleasure is all ours.
Paul Heyman- So Petey. How has this newfounded success in HCW been going for you?
Petey Williams- Well Paul it's been really good so far. When HCW first started I was teaming up with Lance Storm in my Maple Leaf Muscle gimmick & now i'm one half of the HCW World Tag Team Champions who gets tv time every week as we are one of the more over acts in the entire company right now.
Paul Heyman- Speaking of that. Just how did the whole Petey The Pirate gimmick come up?
Petey Williams- Well I was joking around backstage a while back with John Cena, Gregory & of course our boss James Baker & they all told me that the Pirate gimmick would definitely go over so the next day I came to the HCW headquarters & me & James got to laying out the creative plans for the introduction of the Pirate gimmick & once I debuted the Pirate gimmick, it just took off from there & now me & Gregory Helms are the HCW World Tag Team Champions.
Paul Heyman- My next question is for your tag team partner Gregory Helms. Gregory, how exactly did you get picked to be Petey's tag team partner.
Gregory Helms- Well I wasn't really doing anything at the time as I was very low on the card. I was the one who pitched the idea for me to return to my Hurricane gimmick & my original plan was to just see how much I can get over by being in the singles division, but being placed in the tag team division has been great cause we are both so over with the crowd. We get bigger pops than alot of main event guys & we just run with the characters as we write our own material & we do whatever we want in that ring just as long as it leads up to the finish of the match & as long as the fans are happy about it.
Paul Heyman- Who do you think is gonna win the HCW World Tag Team Championship tournament & face you guys at HCW Redemption?
Gregory Helms- That's a good question Paul. I mean I would love to face CM Punk & Colt Cabana or Santino & Regal, The Hart Dynasty is a good team to face, Team UK from the IWC is a very good & underrated team. Fuck I would love to face Sabin & Shelley again, but there are alot of great teams in this tournament that it's just hard to really pick a particular tag team to face at Redemption.
Paul Heyman- Thank you guys for taking time out of your day to give the interview & good luck in your tag team title matchup at Redemption.-Credit Big Pimpin
UPCOMING PPVs:
*All Cards Subject to Change
Cruiserweight Wrestling International-Airborne
One match confirmed-CWWI Lucha Champion, Jerry Lynn vs. Sabu-Extreme Rules
Smackdown v. Raw (feat. E.C.W.) 2009: Script This!-Backlash
Matches yet to be announced!
Hustlaz Championship Wrestling-Redemption
Matches yet to be announced!
Virgin Pro Wrestling-Requiem
8 man battle royal to crown VPW World champion
Absolute Wrestling Entertainment-Breakdown
Bret Hart Vs. Randy Savage-AWE Championship Match - 30 Minute Ironman
Sabu Vs. Mike Awesome Vs. Elijah Burke Vs. Marcus Cor Von-Hardcore Fatal Four-Way
The Outsiders Vs. The Steiner Bros.-AWE Tag Team Championship Match
Absolute Championship Wrestling-Brave New World
Matches yet to be announced!
Uprising Wrestling Community-Brutal Beginnings
Matches yet to be announced!
NightShift Championship Wrestling-Black Tide
1. NSCW Heavyweight Championship - Chris Jericho (c) v. Rey Mysterio
2. Three Stages Of Hell Match for the NSCW Television Title - British Bulldog w/ Princess Bex (c) v. Kane w/ C.C.S.
(The three stages, as voted by the fans, are Falls Count Anywhere, Submission, and Inferno)
3. Barbwire Bitches Championship - Nikki Roxx (c) v. Vanessa Kraven
4. NSCW Tag Team Championship - Umaga & Vladimir Kozlov (c) v. Twin Method
5. Three Way Dance - AJ Styles v. Chris Benoit v. Shane Douglas
6. Extreme Rules Match - LuFisto v. Raven
7. Diamond Dallas Page v. Big Bossman w/ "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
8. Mikey Whipwreck w/ Gunnz v. Jack Swagger
9. Rob Van Dam v. Eric Young
10. Hatebreed v. Jerry Lynn & Tajiri