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| ::|The scene fades in as Chris Benoit, Mikey Whipwreck and Raven are all sitting in the backstage area of Madison Square Gardens, awaiting what just might be Strange Days biggest test to date as a tag team, having to face a pissed off Stone Cold Steve Austin, they seem to be sitting in silence as they are concentrating on the task in which is ahead of them in just a couple of short hours when out of nowhere Mikey Whipwreck burts out laughing.
'I Like Fire' Mikey Whipwreck: HAHAHA! Guys, this is hilarious, what the hell are you so damn edgy about? Its your first time defending these titles since you won them, you should be happy, seeing as you both know for a fact that you have no chance of losing them, sure you gotta face Stone Cold, a man who got screwed on Raw, a man whos gonna look out for revenge against anyone or anything he can take it out on, and a man who doesnt care what he does to another human being, but you two are both like that, and hell, hes in a damn straight jacket, how the hell can you lose? I mean...
'The Crippler' Chris Benoit: Mikey, will you shut the hell up for a minute? God, your worse then a little kid on Christmas morning, always talking, always acting so dumb and idiotic. You think were nervous about having to defend these things against Austin? You think we give a damn who we have to defend these things against? Well you, my friend are dead wrong. You see Mikey, you fail to realize just what goes on here in The XWF, you are only a baby still in your crib when it comes to this place for you, myself and Raven have both been here for well over a year now, we know how things work, and we know that there is going to be some sort of bullshit ending to this match, have you ever seen a match set up like this one end in a proper manner Mikey? I dont think so, so why the hell would we be nervous? Oh, we have no reason to be, except for the fact that we might just be walking into a damn trap!
'I Like Fire' Mikey Whipwreck: Trap-Schmap! Who the hell cares, its two against one, and you guys got me out at ringside with you, there is nothing, and I mean nothing that can go wrong here, so why dont you guys just sit back, and enjoy the time before your match, because believe me, there is going to be nothing better for you guys then beating the hell out of Stone Cold, look at it this way, you guys get to be the first to take him on since losing his title, hes gonna be more pissed off now than he ever was, and if, no, when you guys beat the living hell out of him, it will show just why you guys are the Tag Team Champions, and why you guys have both been here as long as you have!
'Living In Shadows' Raven: MIKEY, SHUT THE HELL UP! Ive had enough of your damn pointless chatter and nonsenseical gibberish, if you are not going to say anything important about anything, then just sit there with your mouth shut, you have no idea what is in store for us tonight, you have never had to suffer the wrath of another man, you have never had to go and face another man who just got screwed out of a major title, and only 4 days after it happened, now if you think its so damn easy to go and do this, then be my guest, why dont you just go out there yourself and beat the hell out of Stone Cold, seeing as you think its so damn easy, why dont you just go do our job for us?
'I Like Fire' Mikey Whipwreck:...
'Living In Shadows' Raven:Ya, thats what I thought, now unless you gonna do something about it, then just shut the hell up and do something better than sitting there thinking up some stupid plans.
'I Like Fire' Mikey Whipwreck: But...
'Living In Shadows' Raven: But nothing! I didnt ask for you to be here, Im not the one who said that you are going to be one of the next big things in this organization, hell I dont veen think Chris did, you just seem to have latched onto us and tried to ride our train of sucess, you have it easy Mikey, when I broke into this business I have to do everything the hard way, I had to earn my sucess, and you, you just sit here and get big off of us winning our damn matches, well if you wanna get big, then why dont you go and win some damn matches on your own? And if not, then like I said, you can continue to bask in our sucess from a distance, knowing that you will never have what it takes to become as big as us. Knowing that this is as far as you are going to go in The XWF!
With that Raven gets up and storms out of the room and slams the door leaving Mikey and Chris totally perplexed as to what his problem is.
'I Like Fire' Mikey Whipwreck: What the hell crawled up his ass and died?
'The Crippler' Chris Benoit: I have no damn clue, maybe its your annoying comments and never shutting up that finally threw him over the egde, maybe he just cant handle sitting here and having someone who couldnt even get a job in The XWF criticize him and tell him how to do his job, or maybe, just maybe he had to go for a shit, but Im pretty damn sure you are what is pissing him off, so maybe you should learn to keep your mouth shut at times like this, you have no idea just how important this match is to us, it is possibly the biggest task we have faced as a team, and you are telling us to take it easy? Yeah right Mikey, how the hell can we take it easy when we have to get in there with Austin. Sure, I know for a fact we can beat the hell out of him on any given day, and the fact he is in a straight jacket just makes it all the more sweeter, but theres more to it, there is more to what goes on in The XWF than winning a match and getting bragging rights, and that is something that I guess you are about to find out tonight when you see what happens out in that ring, and believe me, it aint gonna be pretty at all, it aint gonna be pretty.
'I Like Fire' Mikey Whipwreck: Allright Chris, I know that, but I just dont see what the big deal is. You guys know you will win, you guys know you will have no problems at all, so why the hell would you be so damn nervous and edgy? I just cant understand it.
'The Crippler' Chris Benoit: Why would we be nervous and edgy? Well Mikey, why wouldnt we? Im not even gonna get into it now, but I want you to think about that, why wouldnt we?
With Chris Benoit saying that there is a knock heard at the door and Micheal Cole comes barging in with a microphone and a cameraman right behind him expecting to get some words out of Strange Days.
'The Annoying' Micheal Cole: Hey, wheres Raven? I wanted to get a few words with you guys.
'The Crippler' Chris Benoit: What? Getting a few words with me isnt good enough? Is Chris Benoit not good enough to be interviwed on his own, does Raven just HAVE to be around for you to get a good interview?
'The Annoying' Micheal Cole: Well no, but I was hoping he would be, but I guess you will have to do.
'The Crippler' Chris Benoit: You guess? Micheal, your walking on thin ice right now, real thin ice, so you better watch what the hell you say!
'The Annoying' Micheal Cole:(gulp) Okay, so first off, how has it been teaming up with Raven once again, a man who you have one of the wierdest relationships in The XWF with, one day you guys hate each others guts, the next it seems you are Tag Team Champions again.
'The Crippler' Chris Benoit: Yes, it is a weird one isnt it? What a tangled web we weave here in The XWF, but you see Micheal, its all for the better of the place, myself and Raven, sure, we still hate each others guts as much as we did two months ago, but what everyone fails to realize here, is that it is not only smart to kee your enemies closer than your friends, but is it not only smart to put two of the most sadistic people in The XWF on one team? Is it not smart to form the Strangest team to ever step foot into a wrestling ring? Your damn right its smart, what could be smarter? You see, its all about the food chain here in The XWF, something that I was at the bottom of for way too long, as with Raven, so we decided for the better for both of us to once again bring us back up into the mainstream and feed once again, and that is what we have been doing, that is exactly what Strange Days have done, we have destroyed every tag team in this organization at least once, and now we get stuck with new challanges every week, but hell, that doesnt bother us one damn bit!
'The Annoying' Micheal Cole: Speaking of challanges, tonight you and Raven team up and defend your Tag Team Titles for the first time since winning them, and you will do so in a handicap match against one Stone Cold Steve Austin who will be tied up in a straight jacket, what are your feelings on this match?
'The Crippler' Chris Benoit: Its the same as every match, I dont give a damn who it is that I have to defend these things against, it could be the Queen of England for all I care, its the same every night, Im gonna go out there and beat the hell out of anyone who thinks they can take me out. Ive proven the world wrong time and again that I am capable of doing what I say, and that I am capable of beating everyone who is put in front of me with the greatest of ease, and believe me Micheal, when you are the best damn technical wrestler in the world, it all comes easy in the ring. So as far as having to face Stone Cold Steve Austin in a handicap match, hell, even Mikey over here would be able to go out there and defend those titles against Austin tonight, the mans tied up in a damn straight jacket, what the hell makes him think he has any chance in hell of walking out of this arena with our titles around his waist? Wow, he held The Intercontinental Championsship for 102 days, who the hell cares, if I would have had the chance to face him for that title, he would have lost it the second he stepped into the ring with me. So as far as Austin goes tonight, he can bring everything he has and TRY to take our titles, but it just aint gonna happen, not tonight, not any night.
'The Annoying' Micheal Cole: Moving on, there have been rumours spreading around the backstage area of some tension allready growing in Strange Days, and most of that due to Mikey, what do you each have to say about that?
'I Like Fire' Mikey Whipwreck: Well Micheal, even if there was any tension due to me, which there isnt, then it wouldnt matter anyways, Strange Days is the best group in The XWF right now and there is nothing anyone can do about it. People go around spreading all those rumours because there are jealous, they want Strange Days to fall and crumble right before thier very eyes just so they dont have to wind up being the next ones who have to step into the ring with Raven and Chris, its simple Micheal, its all a bunch of pschycology that people are trying to use, but what they fail to realize is that it is only making Strange Days stronger, and only making their will to win grow larger and larger each time that one of those rumours is heard.
'The Crippler' Chris Benoit: I couldnt put it better myself. Micheal, you come in here asking questions upon us, as if you are some kind of messenger sent to destroy us from the inside, as if you are trying to spread jealousy yourself, as if you are trying to make Strange Days fail again, well its people like you who did this to us in the first place, but this time we are wise to you, we are not going to fall for anyones shit this time, be it Eric Bischoff putting us in a bunch of pointless matches that are a waste of our time and talent, or people like you trying to spread shit about us around, it ends here, it ends tonight, and it will be proven that Strange Days are here to stay for good when we beat the living hell out of Austin.
'The Annoying' Micheal Cole: Well, pardon me for asking, but if there is no tension between Mikey and other people, how come we have never been able to catch Raven and Mikey in the same room when conducting an interview?
'The Crippler' Chris Benoit: Why would you care Micheal? It just so happens we all have better things to do than sit around and put up with your shit week in and week out, so why the hell even bother asking that question? Hell, why even bother asking us anything? Any question you ask is totally irelevant to anything going on, all you do is try to stir up shit between everyone, so why dont you just take your ass and get the hell out of our locker room before I decide to do something that YOU may regret, if you get my drift!
Just then the door to the locker room opens and in walks Raven, when he sees that Micheal Cole is standing there with a microphone he quickly tries to leave without Cole seeing him, but as he turns around Micheal turns around also after hearing the noise and sees raven standing there with his back turned slowly walking out. Micheal walks up to Raven and starts talking to him now.
'The Annoying' Micheal Cole: Excuse me Raven, I was wondering if I could get a few words with you.
'Living In Shadows' Raven: I dunno, Im sure you could Micheal, but the question you must ask yourself, is will I allow you to get a few words with me? You see, you always walk right into our locker room and demand to hear what we have to say, you always expect us to tell you everything that is on our mind, but what you fail to realize is that you are nothing but a pawn, a pawn of the corporate world, sent by the Vince McMahons and the Eric Bischoffs of the world to try and get into our minds seeing as they feel they are too good to come and knock on our locker room door and converse with us themselves, so Micheal, I want you to take back a special message to Eric Bischoff for you when you see him next time.
'The Annoying' Micheal Cole: Um... Sure, what is it?
'Living In Shadows' Raven: Well its a big task, are you sure you can handle it? I dont want you getting hurt or anything trying to deliver it.
'The Annoying' Micheal Cole: Im pretty sure I can handle it, but I still dont know what it is...
'Living In Shadows' Raven: Allright, dont say I didnt warn you!
With that Raven kicks Micheal Cole in the stomach and Evenflows him on the hard concrete of the locker room floor. He stands over him for a second doing a crucifix pose and then starts kicking his lifeless body out of the locker room and slamming the door behind him. He goes and sits down and they all seem relaxed now and start to talk.
'Living In Shadows' Raven: Well Chris, tonight, tonight is the night we defend these titles for the first time since once again becoming Tag Team Champions, and what a defense it shall be, we get to prove to the world why we are the champs, and we get to take out one of the biggest names in The XWF in Stone Cold Steve Austin, oh what a glorious night it is!
'The Crippler' Chris Benoit: Indeed it is Raven, indeed it is. Nothing could be sweeter then the success we have endured in The XWF since once again forming what may be the greatest tag team this great company has ever seen. And what makes it even sweeter is the only reason we have the sucess we have is due to the hatred we have towards each other, everyone figures that since we have such hatred and animosity towards each other that we will not be able to win matches, well we prove those people wrong every night by going out there and being the best damn tag team in the world, and these titles right here are the proof of that, plain and simple. And tonight, these babies arent going anywhere except home with us. Austin can try all he wants, but the fact of the matter is he would have no chance even if he wasnt in a straight jacket, so the fact of him being in one just makes the match all the easier for us to win. Just think about it, how the hell if he going to mount any offense at all, he cant punch. he cant Stun us, hell even a kick would be dangerous for him to do, so this match is allready wrapped up for us, its in the bag and theres nothing that can be done about it.
'Living In Shadows' Raven: True Chris, true, tonight will be our night, tonight will belong to Strange Days, and there is nothing anyone can do about that, we shall shine and show the world why we are as good as we say we are, and why we will be the ones to hold onto these titles for months to come. It doesnt matter who the hell challanges for these things, it doesnt matter the odds of the match against us, we shall retain these belts through thick and thin, and through beating the hell out of anyone who tries to take them away from us!
'The Crippler' Chris Benoit: The first defense against Austin tonight will go down as one of the biggest ass kickings in The XWF to date, and that will only be the beggining of this beautiful reign, we have allready beat every team thrown in front of us, and we will continue to do it, and that goes for Team Fonzie who we get the pleasure of beating at Wrestlemania, but that is still far off, tonight we focus on Austin, and tonight, when we are done with him, Austin shall be CRIPPLED!
'Living In Shadows' Raven: Crippled he shall be! Austin has no idea what is in store for him tonight, and when he steps into that ring and stares us both in the face, he will look like he has no fear, but deep down inside, Austin is nothing but a lost child looking for his mother, but that just aint gonna happen, what I do to him tonight will only take him further and further away from sanity and cause him to be more dilusional than ever before, so tonight it starts, and never will it end, QUOTE THE RAVEN, NEVERMORE!
With that all three men get out and walk out of the locker room as the scene fades out.
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