(The shot shows a plain looking room with white walls.  There is a man sitting on a chair.  He is wearing a black dress shirt and kakis.  He is holdnig a clip board and has a pen in his right hand.)

Man:  Good evening.  Scott Taylor here.  Tonight I'm sitting down with Steve "Hardkore" Waltman who will be making his FHW debut at Surgical Strike '04 against Madd Dogg and Tyce in a triple threat cage match.  Hardkore welcome.

(The camera pans to Hardkore who is sitting on a chair next to Scott.  Hardkore is wearing a blue dress shirt and jeans.  He has a title belt sitting in his lap.)

Hardkore:  Scott.  Good to see you.  How have you been?

Scott:  Well, I'm great.  And yourself?

Hardkore:  I'm feeling fantastic.  I'm back at work doing what I love.  But you must be even more thrilled that I'm back.  Right?

Scott:  Yes, I am.  For those of you who don't know, I am Steve's personal interviewer.  If he isn't working, I'm not either.  Let's get down to business.  Before we begin talking about your return to the ring, what is that belt and why do you have it?

Hardkore:  This belt I have here is the EWF World Heavyweight Title belt.  You remember, that place we used to work for before it folded.

Scott:  I can see that, but why do you have it?  You only had it for a night before it was taken away from you while you were in the hospital.

Hardkore:  After their last show they were cleaning out some things.  I saw this and took it.  Do you remember that glorious night when I won this?

Scott:  I sure do.

Hardkore:  Let me refresh your memory.  It was a fatal fourway match.  Me versus Double K, Fatboy Shimm and Fatboy Grimm.  In a CELL FROM HELL MATCH.  You know.  A triple tier cage with a steel cage over the ring and tables stacked up to the top of the cage on the ring apron.  The title hanging from the top of the third tier on the second tier over a bridge from that second level and a locked door to get there.  Remember  how I made it all the way to the top level and was then shoved off, and as I fell I grabbed the title but landed on the bridge which then collapsed and fell onto the tables.  Remember how the paramedics came running down to my aid and I laid in the mess with a broken neck and legs.  Remember how they tried to help me but I clutched the title.  Remember how I was taken out on a stretcher and then Double K ran after and pulled me off and threw me into the cage and took my title.  Remember how I spent the next three months in the hospital in a COMA!?  I sure do.  I have this title as motivation.  Every time I need something to motivate me I just look at this and remember the few minutes of immortality I had.  Before it was ripped away and never given back.  That is why I have this belt.

Scott:  That was a hell of a night.  I don't think I will ever forget it.

Hardkore:  Neither will I.

Scott:  What about Surgical Strike?  What are your thoughts on that?

Hardkore:  I can't wait.  Triple Threat.  A couple of rookies.  Sounds like fun.  Inside a cage!?  I think that I am physically aroused.  I can't wait.  You know what the best part about a cage match is?

Scott:  No, what?

Hardkore:  Sometime, you can take a guys face and grind it against the side.  His face is ripped to shreds and blood is spewing from the wounds.  That is when you know that you're a man.  When you can make another man bleed.

Scott:  What are your goals in the FHW?

Hardkore:  I'd love to have that World Heavyweight Title, but these guys are good.  Let's be realistic.  What I really want is the hardcore title.  Nothing let's you know that your a man more than the ability to get your ass kicked with anything and everything and still win.

Scott:  I thought you knew you were a man when you could make another man bleed?

Hardkore:  It's an either or kind of thing.

Scott:  Oh...ok.  

Hardkore:  You know what else I love about the hardcore title.  All the weaponry.  Baseball bats, garbage cans, steel chairs, tables, light poles, a turkey, whatever.  When your wrestling hardcore style, you just pick up whatever's laying around and beat your opponent with it.  It's a thing of beauty.

Scott:  Do you for see any problems with not having a partner?

Hardkore:  I got you, don't I.

Scott:  I mean someone who's got your back in the ring.

Hardkore:  Don't need one.  Help is for losers and wimps.  Nothing let's you know you're a man more than beating your opponent by yourself.  Without any help from anyone les.

Scott:  So is being a man an... Nevermind.

Hardkore:  What?

Scott:  Just forget it.  Steve "Hardkore" Waltman folks.  Be sure to catch him live at Surgical Strike 04.  He'll be wrestling in the cage.

Hardkore:  Don't forget to mention that I'm a one time EWF Champion.

Scott:  How could I forget.  Steve"Hardkore one time EWF Champion" Waltman.  Check him out on Surgical Strike.  It's sure to be one hell of a night.

(Scott and Hardkore continue to talk but their voices cannot be hear.  The shot fades to black.)