I wish I could say I know how you feel, but I don't. I'm not even in this tournament. Damn president didn't put me in it.

Ya..ya....I know you wanted to be in it, but you haven't even had a match yet. For the time being, just let me show you the ropes, and than you can embark on your singles career. Until than, just have my back.

That's cool. But hey, why don't you want me at ring side tonight for the big match? I could do some serious damage to that fool HHH.

It's complicated. I'll try to explain. This could be on of my biggest matches ever. And after all that HHH has said to me, I would much rather beat him by myself than get any help from anybody. He's just came and flat out said that he's better than me and that's he's going to beat me. So while I could have your assistance in beating him, I don't want anything in this tournament to be corrupt. I don't want anybody to call me winning the mr. ICW tournament a fluke. I don't want anybody saying that the only reason I won is because I had a big 7 foot Diesel in my corner. No this match is about much more than that. This match is about me beating HHH and earning some much needed respect from him. After I beat him, he will learn to respect the Shanghai Kid. Through all the thick and thin of ICW, respect remains a must to every ICW wrestler. The guys in the back may not like each other, but if they've faced each other, than they probably respect each other. Ask Max Powers, Big Al Stud, Brian Brisbane, Regulator. All those guys will tell you about the respect we have for each other. It seems as if every day in ICW is another adventure and every match is another chance for the Shanghai Kid to prove himself to the rest of ICW. That's my mentality going into this match, i'm here to prove to HHH that I am just as good as he is and that I can go head to head with him on any given day and on any given night he could become the next victom of the Shanghai Kid. The fact that i'll be advancing onto the next round in the mr. ICW tournament just serves a bonus, an extra incentive. You feel me?

I feel you. But after all the shit HHH has been saying, I really want to do you this favor by getting in the ring and ringing his little neck. I hate small guys with big mouths. They always scream when you beat the shit out of them. It's insulting if you ask me.

ICW needs somebody like you Diesel. We need a good big man. I mean we have guys like Loose Cannon and Big Daddy Jason Berdot, but they both suck in every way imaginable. You could be the real enforcer of ICW. You could dominate the lower divisons of ICW, and i'll dominate the higher ones.

We'll see. I plan on holding that Heavyweight title someday too. Let's get back to your match with HHH though, you got any strategies in mind?

Of course I have a strategy. Well right off the bat, it's easy to tell that HHH isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer. The man is just stupid, just flatout stupid. Secondly, he doesn't have a very creative mind. I mean have you seen all of his promos so far? Their all just him in the arena with his little fans and him talking about the same old shit. Could you possibly get any more repetitive than HHH has? The man is lame, stupid, geez i'm trying to think of some more words to describe him but i'm just drawing a blank here. He's so damn dry and boring, that I can't even say anything about him. I mean fuck did you see his 3 hour promos? They fucking suck. He comes out and puts the crowd in an automatic sleeper hold. He makes them want to be at home. He makes people from Afghanastan want to go home. He makes aliens trying to take over go back to Mars. The guys charisma level is in the fucking negatives. Man my foot could could cut a better promo than that jackass could. And he wonders why the crowd doesn't respond to anything he says. He wonders why people like me want his old ass to retire and go to the old folks home. He's slow, stupid, and old as fuck. So the only redeeming quality he could at least have would be to cut a decent promo....but NO he can't even do that shit. So it's not exactly mind blowing to come up with a strategy to out think that dumb shit HHH. His promos are for the simple minded folks, my promos are for the gifted people on this earth who can go the extra mile and use their brain. HHH reaches out to people alright, he reaches out to the mentally handicapped cause that's the only people who aren't asleep when he talks.

How about a physical strategy? I know a guy like you can't just be preparing mentally. You have thought about the fact that HHH is bigger than you and that he has more expierence in the ring than you do right?

No need to fear, the Shanghai Kid is prepared for every single possibly scenario there is. Physical strategy? Are you talking about how big HHH's nose is? It's fucking Humongo. I was looking in the Guisness books of record, and HHH just beat out some other guy for biggest nose ever! How cool is that? Congratulations to HHH, it looks like you can add that to your big accomplishments list. No seriously though, HHH is much bigger than me, and i'm not even going to lie about that. I'm covering this match on angles, i'm not only coming at it from the view of a wrestler, but i'm coming at it from the view of a fan. That's why the fans love me so much and that's why the fans can't get enough of the Shanghai Kid. I may be the most cocky wrestler in the history of ICW. "But I say what, it's not cocky if you do it and you back it up".-Kid Rock Now what possible reason could HHH be so big for? Back a few years ago he was as skinny as a tree branch and was named the weakest man in America by Time Magazine. What the hell happened to that? Now HHH is a fucking monster. But at least, I happen to know the reason why.

You do?

Hell ya I do.

Don't keep me in suspense, what is it?

I'll tell you as soon as the bartender gets back with my Martine. Hey a guy's gotta drink.

Hey Bartender! Get your ass over here or i'll squeeze your eyeballs out of your head.

The bartender hears the threat and comes running with a Martine. He gives it to Shanghai, than noticing who it is, gets a big smile on his face.

Hey your the Shanghai Kid! How in the hell are you doing? We don't usually get celebrities around here.

What? I love down the fucking street...like 2 minutes away.

Oh...well I haven't seen you around here that much.

Your real lucky. If I wasn't on the road so much, than I might think that your lying to me.

Anyways, don't you have a match tonight in the 1rst round of mr. ICW?

So you follow wrestling huh?

Never miss it.

That's good. Ya I have a match tonight against perhaps the greatest wrestler in ICW history, HHH.

Well I hope you don't mind me asking, but what in the hell are you doing here?

Hey this is how I prepare for my matches thank you very much.

Oh, so do you plan on beating HHH?

...What do you think?

I don't know man. I was watching his promo the other day, and he sounded really serious. He sounded like he really wanted to win that match.

I imagine he did.

No no I saw that promo.

Did you actually stay awake long enough to hear what he was saying?

Yes. He was talking about you wanting to put the old guys into retirement and about how their is no glass cieling. He said that guys like Rage, Maniac Miller, and Joe Max have made it to the top. He called you a modern day Zorro for some reason. He said that you made yourself look like a fool with that statement and he said that people like himself, Pyro, and Chairsmen have all been doing well for themselves in the new generation. That's all I remember.

I remember the rest of it, he also said...

Wait wait, hold on, slow down. First let me address all that crap that Big Daddy Cool over here said. HHH was talking about me wanting to put him into retirement? At least he hasn't twisted the truth up so bad. I do want to retire HHH, I do want to retire the old guys in ICW, I do want to make room for the new generation of ICW wrestlers. Hell I want to lead the new generation into this next year. I am a natural born leader. HHH doesn't know shit about me, he claims that i'm a follower? I'm not a follower, i'm a fucking leader, and everybody knows it. Just because i've been in stables and haven't ran stables doesn't mean shit. My cause may be in the minority right now, but soon it will escalade to heights that HHH never could imagine. That's why this match is so fucking important to me. It's not just Shanghai vs HHH, it's old vs new, age vs youth. A landmark match and probably the most important first round match in mr. ICW. Theirs no fucking glass ceiling, thiers just a group of wrestlers holding another group of wrestlers down. HHH can call me second string all he wants, because we both know damn fucking well that I should be the World Champion right now but because of all the backstage politics and bullshit, i'm not the champ. If I have to get my point over at the expense of HHH, than thats exactly what i'm going to do. Fuck HHH, fuck his values, fuck his cause, fuck everything he's about. He wants to talk about Rage and Joe Max and Maniac Miller? Rage only won the title because of a fucking battle royale. Maniac Milller only won the title because of a fucking tournament that nobody even cared to put an effort in. And Joe Max, well I know HHH was a big fan of Joe Max. If I remember correctly, HHH is the only reason that he got such a big fucking push. HHH is the reason for all of his title shots and he's the reason he got as big as he did. But all my work isn't good enough for HHH. HHH didn't have faith in the Shanghai Kid. He doesn't BELIVE in the Shanghai Kid. HHH needs to believe in Shanghai, HHH needs to belive that he's not going to run over Shanghai. Have you guys ever seen the movie Final Destination?

Sure, great movie, tons of suspsense.

Ya ya none of that's important though. What's important is the plot...the meaning of the movie. You can't cheat death. Everybody knows that if death comes for you than your ass is grass. And just like you can't cheat death, you absolutey can't cheat destiny. Does HHH not bleed when he gets cut open? Does he not cry when he's said? Does he not feel pain when he gets hurt? No, even with all of his accomplishments, even with his legendary status. HHH is still just an average joe like the rest of us. And no man can cheat destiny. Cmon guys, don't you see it? Read through the lines here, look at life a little bit closer. I believe that everybody's life is pre-deteremined. I believe that everybody has a destiny, and a path they must follow. Now i'm not sure what my future holds, but I KNOW that i'm destined to beat HHH tonight. I KNOW that I will beat HHH tonight and I know that their is nothing HHH can do to stop the ineviable. You see, if it is my destiny to beat HHH, than how the fuck is HHH going to stop it? He can't stop destiny guys, and that's why he's going to lose. And to get back to what HHH said, he thinks that im and Pyro and Chairsman have made it through all the contraverisity huh? Well Chairsmen is still around, but he's not that fucking good anymore. He hasn't done shit noteworthy since i've been in ICW. So I think that rules out your first guy. Than we have your brother Pyro, ahhh it's so cute how your sticking up for your brother that you may very well hate. Well fuck Pyro, cause he hasn't done shit thats notworthy in a long time too. He hasn't held the World title since late 2000, and and you might say that I haven't held the World Title yet, but fuck if I don't like it when you say that. Shit it does nothing more than help my cause. And HHH, well his fate lies in the hands of the Shanghai Kid. And if things go the way they should go, than your looking at the next mr. ICW.

I don't know man. That sounds like the alcahol talking.

Ya that sounds like some deep shit man.

What can I say, i'm a deep man. Hey get me another Martinie.

Looks like you have a lot riding in this match tonight.

Hell ya I do. I'm losing steam in ICW. My proclaim as the best wrestler in ICW is not going to hold up unless I win this tournament and to do that, I gotta beat this fucker HHH tonight.

The Bartender comes back with another Martinie. Shanghai puts his straw in it and takes a long sip.

Whoa, take it easy there. So how about I tell you about the rest of HHH's promo?

If you must, proceed.

He thinks that your making a big mistake by looking past him in the tournament. He said that your too concerned with Rage and the US title and that it's going to come back to haunt you later. And he called you Green.

Excuse me while I take a second to laugh...HAHAHAHAHAH. Ok i'm fine now. HHH calling me green? What a stupid fuck. Pay attention. The Shanghai Kid is the most charismatic, popular, super duper funny wrestler there is. Meanwhile, HHH doesn't even know how to crack a joke right. He says "knock knock", "whos there", "HH", "HH who", "HHH"! And that stupid bastard has the oddasity to call me green? HHH may be the greenest wrestler I have ever faced. But hey, i'm not here to discuss colors. Yellow, green, red, blue, I don't give a fuck! Am I looking past HHH in this tournament? No. Maybe I was a week ago, but now that he's decided to run his mouth and put up an effort, i'm not looking past him at all. I know that getting past him is going to be tough, and I know that it's going to take a hell of alot for me to do it, but HHH is the one underestimating me and that's whats going to come back to haunt his ass in the end. He's trying to compare me to him last year. Just cause his dumbass was looking past his opponents last year and just because it cost him the whole tournament doesn't mean that i'm going to make the same mistakes his punk ass did.

The bartender gives Shanghai yet another Martinie.

Well I think i'm going to take this one to go. Diesel and I have to hit the road and get to the arena...this is one match I don't want to be late for.

I call shotgun!

Well it was nice talking with you folks, be sure to come back when your at home. Good luck in your match with HHH tonight.

Sure thing. Let's be out Diesel. I don't want any of these rednecks trying to hassle me for an autograph.

Shanghai and Diesel jump in the Lowrider and drive away. Shanghai's mind is in a complete focus, he knows that it's a long road ahead and that his destiny could take a fatal turn tonight at Tuesday Night En Feugo.