Hey man, where you been? When did you get back?

I was on vacation of course. I just got back a few hours ago, thought I might come to an ICW House show, get back into the swing of things. So how you been doing?

I'm fine. Remember that long US title run I was having when you left? 95 days, got beat in a match with Big Al Stud. Rage and I are fighting, and it looks as if I might have to leave the RWO because of it. Your not in RWO anymore either huh? Well that's cool, not like they're the stables champions anymore anyways.

Man, I just missed the first round of mr. ICW didn't I? That sucks, I had plans on winning it.

Well I do too, but actually you haven't quite missed the first round yet. Their having some first round matches on Tuesday night. I'm facing the man himself, HHH.

HHH? He still wrestles?

That was my exact reaction. I thought I was going to be facing somebody like Jade Shocker or Volcano, but they put me up against HHH. And the thing is, HHH is actually going to be putting some effort into this match.

Really?

Yes really. He's been running his mouth all week on how it's time for him to get back his spotlight and how he's not going to be denied. Man that shit almost had me stressed out, but than I realized how much HHH sucks, and now i'm cool.

Man I haven't seen HHH wrestle in a while. At least you get to face somebody like that. Hell, they'll probably have me facing Crazzy Gerard or something.

Ya I know what you mean. Anyways, i'm about to get out of here. I'll catch ya later.

Alright i'll catch ya on the flip flop..

Shanghai exits the room and walks through the hallways toward the back Exit. He could go out the front door, but he wants to avoid the fan rush. He walks out the back exit, and sees what looks like a 10 or 11 year old kid sitting on the side of the wall with a little notebook and a pen in his hands. He jumps up when he sees the Shanghai Kid and runs over to get an autograph.

Hey kid, what can I do for you today?

Can I get an autograph? I've been sitting out here for 3 hours trying to get at least one autograph. Crazzy Gerard and Jade Shocker came out early, but they wouldn't give me an autograph.

Well....um....sure i'll give you an autograph. Give me that notebook.

He signs the notebook and gives it back to the kid expecting him to go away. But he just stands there, looking curious like he wants to ask a question.

So..is their anything else I can do for you?

Well I was wondering if I could ask you a question.

Ya sure, shoot.

Do you think your going to be able to beat HHH?

You mean like what I think my odds are or do I flat out think i'm going to beat him?

At school, me and my friends like to bet a few dollars on ICW matches. Theirs always a big bet on each show. This weeks big bet is your match with HHH. I was wondering if I should bet all my money on you?

Of course you should kid. Believe in me kid. Even if statistics say that HHH is the favored guy to win due to his accomplishments, just forget about all that bulls....uh untrue stuff. I'm going to beat HHH if it's the last thing I do. So I say you should cut me some slack and bet al the money you have on the Shanghai Kid. Don't worry about anything else, i'm going to take care of it.

Alright Shanghai, i'm going to make that bet than. Thanks for the autograph, you've made my day.

Shanghai smiles as the kid walks away.

Later that night, Shanghai decides that he wants to address the ICW fans. So he calls for an ICW camerman to march his ass over to his house. About an hour later, the ICW Camera Crew are entering the Kid's mansion as he takes a seat across from them and on a couch. Shanghai looks at all the losers that have plagued his house, and he begins to speak.

HHH, i'm here to get some shit off my chest. I'm here to talk about you and i'm here to talk about our match on Tuesday. Normally, i'd be calm right now. Normally, I wouldn't be going out of my mind over one match. But no, you have taken the calmness out of me and stomped the fuck out of it. Now all that remains is a former shadow of myself. A former man who resembles the Shanghai Kid. Somebody more vicious and brutal than anybody you have ever faced HHH. You see, ever single place I go, everywhere I travel, and every single person I talk too. They keep telling me the same things, they keep talking about the same subject. And do you know what? It pisses me off. When this match was signed, I didn't know the consequences and the awareness that it would have on my career. Now I know though, now I know just exactlly what it is I must do. I must go into this match, and I must do anything and everything I can to win it. HHH, I know that I bring the best out of everybody in ICW, but damn I didn't know I could do it to a "legend" like yourself. I didn't know that I could have such an impact on you that you would come out of that rock you've been living under and give forth such an effort. Ya your trying a little bit more than I expected too. Your opening your mouth and running it like your doing some stand up comedy or some shit. Well i'm the master of trash talking, so if you want to go there, than it's just fine and good with me. HHH, let me be quite frank with you. You NEVER were as good as you think you seem to think you were. Your little tiny accomplishments, while noteworthy, do not reflect how good a wrestler is. And i'm telling you right here and now that you were NEVER that damn good. You were always behind guys like Reaper and Pyro. You can argue with it if you want, i'm not here to argue with your dumbass. I just want you to know that when it comes to raw talent, your at about the same level as me and Rage and Volcano. We wrestle in today's ICW, an ICW that is way more competitive than it was when you were in your peak. This great organization has evolved from the once no competition having place that you wrestling in to the most competitive sport there is today. So winning the World Title back in the day is at about the difficulty level of winning the Internet title today. You think i'm kidding HHH? Well how about you try to win the Internet title from Crazzy Gerrard and tell me if it's as hard as winning the World Title in your heyday. HHH, your time is over, my time is now. Lights, Camera, Action. The starpower that you crave, the spotlight and the popularity that you want so bad is waiting in the palm of my hands. You want it so bad you can taste it huh? Well I want it so bad I can feel it, it's in my hands and it's being held real tight. So if you want it HHH, you have to come and get it. As bad as you want to win this match, you have to realize that their is a big fucking obstacle standing in your way. And i'm going to prove to you why the new generation is stronger, faster, and overall better than the old generation. You think you can stop me HHH? You think you can somehow manage to beat the Midcard Icon? Yes I admit that I have been in the midcard for a while, but i'm in posistion to make any decisions about my career so it really doesn't matter if I think that I should be the World Champion already. It does help me to sleep more to hear you admit that people like you have held me down and that it doesn't affect you at all. You don't think i've put effort into my career? For the last 10 months, I have a damn machine, kicking ass night in and night out. You can ask everybody in ICW if you want to know that. I've done the most work an ICW wrestler can do, and what do I have to show for it? A 95 day title reign that people like you like to ignore to strike your own ego. What else do I have to show for it? Being underestimated by my fucking opponents? Well fuck that. If I have to go through everybody in this mr. ICW tournament in order to prove myself and in order to earn some fucking respect from everybody in ICW, than that is exactly what i'm going to do. If it has to come at your expense, than oh well, get over it. It doesn't matter to me who i'm facing in the mr. ICW tournament, whether it be Jade or Cano or Pyro...I could give a damn. What i'm focused on now is you HHH. You got the wrong idea, you think i'm looking past you. I'm not looking past you, i'm looking right at you. Theirs not much to see but an old man trying to reclaim what he once had. Your the Micheal Jordan of ICW, your trying to be back in the spotlight and at the same time holding down someone like Jason Kidd. Well it's time for me to take initiative. It's time for the Shanghai Kid to start taking guys like you HHH, and making examples out of you. I'm so pissed off, that at this point winning the match has become almost like just icing on the cake. The real mission is to draw blood from your face HHH. To knock your fucked up nose even more out of place. To watch your eyes bulge out and as I break your leg. And to leave you crippled in the ring after I hit you with the Shanghai Drop, the most devastating finisher in ICW history, for the 1..2...3. I hope you do like lights HHH, because your going to be down on the mat, staring up at the lights after i've knocked you on your ass and left you with nothing but your smiles and cries. Maybe your just jealous HHH. Jealous of the fact that the fans are taking my side in this match and not yours. Jealous that i'm way more popular than you were ever were in your career. And jealous that you know deep down inside, that the Shanghai Kid is going to the ICW finals and walking home with that crown hanging on my head. It's destiny HHH, that's all it is. I got faith on my side, what do you have HHH? Your stupid little catch phrases? Your reputation? Your accomplishments? Bring it all to the match. Bring all the fucking Pedigrees you can, and bring all the games you can, because it's not going to make any difference to me. I'm going to fuck you up and leave you twisted on the canvas. I'm dead serious HHH. Your great when it comes to mind games. You've been playing all your little mind games and trying to get inside of my head. Go ahead, the doors open. Make sure you turn the light on and lock the door. I don't like unwanted visitors.

Politics vs Wrestling, who would win? Let's ask HHH, he seems to be familiar with politics and he's supposed to be a "legend" of a wrestler. Play all the little mindgames you want HHH, it doesn't matter. I'm taking the easy approach, the basic predictable appraoch. Theirs no surprises here HHH, just fists waiting to connect on your face. Just me waiting to shut your little mouth up. The thing about you is, you know how good somebody like me is. But you also know how easy it is to piss me off. So it's all going to come down to our match on Tuesday. It's all going to come down to who wants it more and whos the better wrestler. It's no secret how bad I want to win the mr. ICW tournament. I need to win that tournament or my career could go downhill and I may never hold the World Title. What reason do you have for trying to win this thing HHH? Oh yes, you want to make up for getting beat by Max Powers last year in the first round. You call it a fluke. It's not going to be a fluke this year when I defeat you, no it's going be a great victory and I know your going to complain about it for the rest of your life. Cmon HHH, you have to look on the bright side of things. At least me beating you in the first round will save you the embarrassment of losing to somebody like Johnny Jacobsen in the first round. The bright side for me if I lose is that than I can focus all my attention on kicking Rage's ass. That's not what i'm thinking about right now though. Contrary to HHH's belief, I got my mind on one thing and one thing only, and that is to win this first round match. HHH, your punk ass seems to be obsessed with the fact that I have an Oriental background. You want to talk about unhealthy obsessions, it seems as if you get a hard on from the fact that my Grandparents are Japs. I got news for you pal, i'm very much a Virginian. I'm straight out of Virginia so all your little racist slurs can be written off as nothing more than horrible jokes. I have Japanese in my blood, and I have America in my blood, and I also have hate in my blood. Hate for you HHH, hate for who ever condones your actions and your statements. You fucking cunt, you wanna make fun of my background do you? You know I bet you were one of those bullies when you were a kid. One of those kids who had no friends and liked to pick on 1rst graders. I know with your fucked up nose that you couldn't get a girl...that much is clear. Even today, your wife is only with you for the money and the fame. Your wife is only with you to say that she has a rich husband. If she ever experienced the love of a real man like me, she would be giving you Divorce papers faster than you can say "legend". Better yet, you were probably an evil boy scout who tortured raccoons and cut worms in half and throw puddles of water on anthills. Well somebody has to give them redemption, so i'll just add that onto the list of reasons on why to kick your sorry, pathetic ass. It's going to be a "Beautiful Day" on Tuesday night. Beautiful for the Shanghai Kid as he will advance on in the tournament and leave HHH in his own little puddle of blood. That's what it takes though, it takes a sacrifice like that to win the big matches. The blood, the sweat, the tears, you gotta lay it all on the line. I have the heart to beat you HHH, all you have is your reputation and your accomplishments. Are those two things going to be enough to save you when I drop you down with the Shanghai Drop and break your fucking neck? It's going to be a bitter sweet symphony to hear your neck crack. And fuck if I can't get the job done, i'm going to pick you up and drop you on your head again and again and again until you stay down. So I suggest you just stay down if you ever want to step foot into a ring again without the assistance of a wheelchair. You are past your prime, and you DO need to be in an old retirement home. You need to be out of a ring and thinking about your personal life. Do you have children HHH? I bet they're at home wondering why the fuck their daddy never comes home. They have to know that he's too busy being an egomaniac and trying to hog the spotlight. Don't worry kids, i'm sending your daddy home to you. Whether it be on a stretcher or in a wheelchair, he will make it home. Bare witness HHH, bare witness to the dawn of a new evolution. What? You want to be involved in this new evolution? Sorry Pops, theirs an age limit, and your Senior Citizen ass doesn't meet the requirements. Boom. Just like that your out of here and on your way to Heaven or Hell. Boom. Just like that your out of the mr. ICW tournament and on the verge of never wrestling again. I wouldn't exactly call it early retirement considering how fucking old you are, but hey whatever I can do, I can do. The dark, the light, my heart, the fight. It's like rock music playing in my head...its hyping me up....AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.........one...two...three....please HHH..don't fuck with me. HHH, you don't understand what this match means to me. You don't understand what the winner of this match symbolizes. It's a tough one to call, it's a tough match to think about. You are right though, I am the underdog. That's how it's been my whole life though. I've always been the underdog day in and day out. Just like the Patriots are going to beat the Rams, i'm going to defeat you and make you think about what it is to be great. I'm going to make you think about how after all the meaningless trash talking you have done, it all came down to you not being able to kick out. You couldn't go the extra mile. You couldn't savior that last grasp of air. You couldn't muster up the strength or energy to get your shoulder up and stop the count. You won't be able to do it. What will you do than HHH? How will your opinion of me have changed? Will you still consider me to be second string? I've never been second string, not ever. In High School, I was the first string wide receiver on my football team. In college, I was the first string wide receiver on my football team, and IF I didn't fuck up my knee on a drill than I might just be in the NFL right now. But instead I came into ICW, and since i've been here, I have never been second string. Even when I was the US champion, I turned that title into first string by holding it for 95 days and making it the most credible title in ICW. I made it better than the World Title when I held it. Not too many people can say they've done that, not even you HHH. We have never wrestled before HHH, but your going to see what it's like to face the Shanghai Kid tomorrow night. Your going to be on the wrong side of an ass kicking and i'm going to teach you a little lesson in how racism affects our society. Do you feel it in the air HHH? Do you feel that special feeling that looms everywhere the Shanghai Kid goes? No it's not my air conditioner. It's the feeling you get when you step in the ring and look to the opposite side and see your opponent standing there with a goofy smile on his face thinking he has the match won and thinking that he's going to go home victorious. I have that special feeling right now HHH, maybe it's because i'm a special wrestler. Hell I could carry a fucking kitchen sink to a classic match. So it shouldn't be that hard trying to carry you to a watchable match. So HHH, bring the best you can, i'm going to bring just that much more.

It's time to play the game? I love games, my favorite one in particular is Grand Theft Auto 3. Your such a silly billy with your outdated 80's catchphrase. Game Over? I don't think so bitch, I say when the game is over. And the game won't be over until i'm standing over your limp body with my hand raised. You see, I have a history of beating games. Whether it be tough games like Resident Evil, or a game like Metal Gear Solid 2, I always beat the games. Their usually for fun, but on Tuesday I have a game to beat like no other. Or is it? HHH, your just another challenge for me. Just another stepping stone for me. Your not the main obstacle even, your just a little piece of a very big puzzle. The puzzle that will be solved when I win the mr. ICW tournament. I know that you think your the greatest and that your going to come into this match and just have your way with me. You think your going to take me to school do you? 3.0 grade point average, i'm going to take you to "Don't fuck with Shanghai 101". I'm your teacher, your instructor, your professor, and your mentor. You get something wrong on the test, and i'll fuck you up. I should quit with the mind games huh? I should just tell you how it is and flat out come out and talk about what i'm going to do to you huh? It's mind games baby, you should know that, your the Cerebral Ass. This won't be an encounter for the ages, hell people probably won't even remember this match. It's just two guys going at it to try to get to the Promised Lands. That's how life works, it's what makes the world go round. I do believe that I want to win this match more than you HHH, I do believe that it means more to me than it does to you. I will do whatever it takes to win this match. But this is a one on one match. So i'm going to ask Diesel to not accompany me to the ring. HHH, you were probably pissing your pants at the thought of having to deal with me AND Diesel. But no, I don't want anybody to call this match a fluke victory. I don't want anybody to try to take away from this match and try to make it seem like the only reason I won was because of my bodyguard Diesel. So it's just going to be me vs you, and i'm going to beat you head on, the way it should be. I'll deal with the rest of the mr. ICW tournament later, it's just me and you on Tuesday. The fans won't affect me, the colors and the lights won't affect me, nothing is going to affect me except myself and you. Bring your A game, bring the best that you have, bring your accomplishments and bring all your former title belts. Live it up, treat it like your retirement match, make it as memorable as you can. Enjoy it while you can, it's going to be all over for you soon. I'm going to smack, slap, and crackjack your ass back to wherever you came from. Your going to see that this match isn't a game, and the only game over your going to see is when your playing your little hand held Gameboy in the hospital. You can be as good as you want, because I will be just THAT DAMN GREAT. Theirs only two things you can do about it HHH, like it and nothing. The underdog will reign supreme and I will put you in your place. I'm going to show what it is to be second string, and just like Reaper and Ice, your going to take your place in the circle of ICW. It's going to be out with the old, and in with the new. Cause i'm faster than you, i'm stronger than you, and i'm more intelligent than you. I know it seems like you would win when you compare HHH up to Shanghai Kid, but appearances can be deceiving. Your going to see that the Shanghai Kid means business and that the Shanghai Kid is going to spare nobody in his quest to become mr. ICW 2002. The stakes are high, and i'm lit, fit, and ready to kick your shit in between your teeth. I know your going to come back with your repetitive trash talking, probably talking about how i'm beneath you and how your a legend, I say fuck you. Your about to feel the wrath of a menace and you don't even know it yet. That shit's funny to me...it's just funny....HAHAHHAHAAHHAHAH...this ain't a joke. HHH, i'm going to beat your ass with your mouth open. Than i'm going to go to your house and pleasure your wife. Think about that as your training for this match. Let it run through your head as you do situps, push ups, pull ups, jogging, it's all good. Let your anger built up, but be patient. Patience is a virtue, and impatience is a curse. You can't feel it HHH, i'm the realist. So talk all the shit you want, cause on Tuesday, i'm not going to be singin it, i'm gonna be bringing it. GAME FINISHED, PISSED ON, LEFT FOR DEAD, SHIT ON, CRACKED UP AND BEAT DOWN.

Game's Over for you tomorrow night you almight cockafella looking, fucked up nose having, Cerebral Ass.

Shanghai Kid stands up as the Camera Crew looks at him with fright. Their hands tremble as they pick up their shit and get the fuck out of Dodge. Shanghai smiles as he begins eating some Teddy Grahams.