.::.(Forward).::. Chris Benoit, Raven and Mankind all have matches later on in the night. None for titles, but all for pride. The pride is on the line for all of these men. Particularly for Mankind who takes on the newcomer to The XWF, the brother of Jeff Hardy, Matt Hardy in a one on one match. Chris Benoit also takes on The Undertaker, a man who he can get a lot of revnge on for defeating him a few weeks back for his Hardcore Title which he has now held two times, beating Christian for it last week on Smackdown but losing it to Billy Gunn on Raw because of Christians interferance. The man who Raven faces this week in a normal matchup. However in the last few weeks Strange Days(Chris Benoit, Mankind and Raven) has seemed to be making less and less of an impact then when they first started to team up. And this seems to be because it has been the same people the whole time. In the minds of many Strange Days are dead, but how do they think about it? They all have mixed feelings on the subject.

.::.(Scene).::.The scene opens with Strange Days sitting there in the back in their locker room. Chris Benoit lying there on the couch, Mankind sitting on the floor and Raven sitting there on the other couch. Chris Benoit's half of the tag team titles is sitting there on the table beside him and Ravens sitting there on the floor in front of his chair. They have the television on with a tape of XWF Raw on, showing what transpired in Chris Benoit's matchup against Billy Gunn. All of a sudden Chris Benoit gets an angry look on his face and the grabs the lamp that is on the table next to him and throws it at the wall. Raven starts to talk to him.

.::.(Raven).::.Chris man, whats wrong?

.::.('The Crippler' Chris Benoit).::.Whats wrong? You wanna know what the hell is wrong with me? I will tell you! I got f*cking screwed on Raw, I got screwed when Christian came out and thought that he would just attack me and cost me The Hardcore Title against Billy Gunn. When Christian thought that him doing that would be good to get him over with the fans, taking out the man who beat his ass just a few days before for that Hardcore Title. Well when Christian did that, that was one of THE biggest mistakes of his f*cking life. And when he did that he must not have been thinking, or he must have been as drunk as Stone Cold usually is when he shows up because he is going to sure as hell wish that he did not do that, he is going to wish that he had kept his nose out of The Crippler's business.

.::.(Raven).::.Chris, dont worry, tonight Christian has me to deal withm you just go and take out all your angers on The Undertaker, you do remember what he did to us dont you?

.::.('The Crippler' Chris Benoit).::.Your damn right I still remember what that biker son of a bicth did to us. And that gives me even more reason to take out all of my frusteration and angers out on him. The Undertaker may have got the better of the both of us a few weeks back, however tonight he has to deal with a new Chris Benoit, he has to deal with a new crippler when he gets into the ring with me. And you can damn sure rest assured knowing that I am going to pay The Undertaker back for what he did to us. And another thing is the fact that he is in Vince McMahons little ERW, he thinks he is all good because of it, but personally I could give two shits if he is or not because I am going to tear him apart wether he is or not. He goes out there week after week after week and tells people to respect him just because he has been in the business for such a long time. Hell Undertaker, your damn right I respect you, but that does not mean I wont kick your ass without any hesitation whatsoever. It does not mean that you are off the hook from me yet Undertaker. Ya know what Raven, I think its time we go out to the ring and let the people know what we are gonna do and make sure that The Undertaker gets my message.

All of a sudden Chris Benoit, Raven and Mankind all get up, Chris Benoit and Raven grab their tag team titles and Mankind just walks out. They walk down the backstage area until they reach the tunnel right behind the curtain. Once there they tell the music guy to hit their music. All of a sudden 'Strange Days' by The Matthew Good Band starts to blare over The P.A. system, no one expected this to happen. All of a sudden out walks Chris Benoit with his tag tam title around his shoulder, he stands there and out comes raven who also has his title in the same place. He goes into the crucifix pose. Out comes Mankind next, looking as deranged as ever. They then walk down to the ring. Mankind and Raven roll in and Chris Benoit goes over to the steps and walks up them and into the ring. Raven goes and sits down in his usuall corner and throws the belt down and Mankind just sits there in the middle of the ring as Chris Benoit goes and gets a mic and starts to talk!

.::.('The Crippler' Chris Benoit).::.Well, it seems that tonight I have yet another bitches ass to kick. It seems tonight I have to face The Undertaker, a man who goes around The XWF trying to act like a big man, trying to get everyone to respect him and trying to convince everyone that this here ring is his yard. Well let me just say I am one of the people that he has not impressed, and one that he will not impress at all with his little speeches about how he deserves respect for being in the industry for so long. Hell, there are way more people that have been here way longer than you and dont go around demanding respect, Mankind has been wrestling way longer than you, and you dont see him going around demanding respect do you? He earns it the way you should, be proving that you deserve it, and I guess since you cant prove it that you dont deserve any now do you? As much as you want to deny that fact Taker, you know that it is true, you know that it is true that you do not deserve anything you get, the only reson you get it is because you kiss Vince's ass to get it. Only reason you get anything is because you are in The ERW. Well tonight that fact that you are in the ERW makes no difference, you could be in the NWO, you could be in The CWO, hell you could even be in a bar in texas watching a bunch of hicks get drunk, the fact of the fact of the matter is that tonight you have to face The Crippler. You have to face the Ravid Wolverine. And remember back a couple of weeks ago, when you pinned me for my hardcore championship, I bet that felt real good Taker, but the thing that is going to feel good about that loss for me is kicking your ass tonight as payback and to take out my frsuterations, for me, tonight you will be Christian, a man who I loathe, and a man who when I get mu hands on him is going to pay big time. And Taker, I have heard you come out here before and say that this ring is your yard, this ring is your yard until that dog comes up from behind you and bites you in the ass. Well that is sort of what is going to happen tonight. However it aint gonna be the dog that comes from behind and bites you in the ass and takes your yard, it is going to be the ravid wolverine that does it. So after it is all said and done I guess that this ring will be my yard then. I guess that since you get bit in the ass by someone better after usually kissing peoples asses, it is going to be a change, to go from kissing ass, to getting your ass kicked. So all I want to know Taker, is how you are going to respond to this, how you are going to respond by getting a beating, a beating like you have never had before. So tonight Taker, tonight when The Big Dog stands face to face in the ring with The Rabid Wolverine, the outcome will be simple, it will be the big dog being humbled and giving up his spot as owner of this yard, and the big dog who will learn to respect Chris Benoit and the rest of Strange Days. And if you have any problems with this whatsoever Taker, any at all, please, please feel free to come out here tonight and try to prove me wrong, please come out to the ring and try to act better, try to think you are better, and please Taker, I beg you, PROVE ME WRONG!!!

He passes mic to Mankind.

.::.('The Deranged One' Mankind).::.MATTHEW HARDY!!! Tonight you are the unlucky one, tonight you are the unlucky one when you have to step into the ring with me, Mankind, now I have not much to say about this match as I know it will be a breeze, except that I know you have been running around saying stuff behind my back, running around trying to act like you are better, but Matthew, know this you are not and tonight, you will HAVE A NICE NIGHT!!!

With that Mankind drops the mic and all of Strange Days leaves the ring and walks up the ramp and behind the curtain as the scene cuts out.