{Scene opens with Ryan Dice and his beautiful wife, Kate, relaxing in their living room talking over a few things.} Kate: Did you acually hear what BG had the nerve to say in his last promo? Ryan: Which part? Kate: Where he said that he provided the perfect training for you and all that other bullshit about how much he's done for you... Ryan: Look, he knows that's bullshit... Everyone knows that's bullshit... BG didn't have a damn thing to do with my training... I was in a wrestling ring while his ass was playing peewee baseball and pissing in his bed at night... I'm almost twenty-five years old and I've been wrestling since I was fifteen... Brain is only nineteen... So when I was fifteen he was what? nine? Oh yeah, he provided a lot of training for me... (Kate laughs) Ryan: I think the only thing he got right was when he said that he provided the perfect image for me and that the fans never cared about me, all they cared about was the "Extreme Legend" BG... It didn't take much for him to come up with that, since it came straight from my last promo... I know now that the fans never cared about me, because I was always stuck in BG's shadow... Everytime a fan saw me, they thought of BG and that helped me for a while... I was riding BG's coat tails to the top and I loved each and every minute of it... But, riding coat tails only gets you so far... Sooner or later, you have to let go and take out to person wearing the coat, if you know what I mean... Kate: Yeah, but BG's time will come soon enough... You need to watch out for this Lazarus guy though... I mean, he has never wrestled before, but I... Ryan: What? He's never wrestled before? You've got to be kidding me, right? Kate: No, I checked into it... I couldn't find much info about him except for the fact that he has never actually wrestled before... I think he was some kind of martial arts guy or something but I'm not sure... Ryan: Great... I always get to break in the rookies... (Ryan and Kate laugh.) Ryan: Seriously though, I'm sick and tired of all these guys coming into my federation and thinking that it's going to be a walk in the park just because they know a few kicks or whatever... This is wrestling, it's not fighting... I don't care what kind of background you have... It could be mixed martial arts, the military, football, or anything else... Nothing can prepare you for what goes down in that ring... And this Sunday, I'm going to show Lazarus that the wrestling business is a very serious business and when it comes down to it... Rollin' Ryan Dice is the best their is... In that ring, you can't ask for a better technical wrestler, because there isn't one... Kate: You seem to have a history with guys like Lazarus, huh? I mean, look at all your enemies in WXW... Triton & West, Avalon, Necron... None of those guys were wrestlers and you showed them all that you were the better man... Lazarus will go down, just like those losers did... Ryan: Oh, you're damn right he will... It's like I'm a magnet for theses kind of people... But hey, I showed all those other guys that I was two hundred and ten percent premium athlete... Lazarus will be no different... (Kate giggles a little as Ryan looks over and smiles.) Ryan: Hey baby, I just remembered... I have to go take care of a few things... I'll be back later... OK? Kate: Okay, but don't be late... I had some plans for later on tonight that I think you'd enjoy... {A huge smile spreads across Ryan's face as Kate leans over and gives him a very passionate kiss. Ryan gets up and walks towards the door as the scene fades to black.} {The scene reopens with Ryan walking into what appears to be someone's office... Ryan has a seat at the person's desk, but the camera never shows who is on the other side of the desk.} ?: Hey Ryan, how's it going? I saw what went down last Sunday and I meant to give you a call... But you know how that goes... Ryan: Yeah... Everything's great man... ?: That's good to hear... I'm glad you finally realized that BG was more of a burden than a savior... (Ryan laughs) ?: I'm serious... You know I tried to tell you before it got this far... I've been around a lot longer than you and I tried to tell you that BG was nothing but trouble, but you didn't want to listen... Eh, I can't say I blame you... I probably wouldn't have listened to me either... (Ryan just smiles a nods.) ?: Anyway... Now that I got all that off my chest, what brings you here after all this time? Ryan: Well, obviously you've been keeping up with the current events of XWD... ?: Of course... That's rule number one of this business... Always stay aware of what's going on... Ryan: Very True... ?: So, are you going to tell me why you're here or not? Ryan: What? Can't a friend visit a friend? ?: Oh, indeed they can... But, that's not your style... (Ryan smiles) Ryan: I knew I couldn't get one over on you... ?: Come on Ryan, who knows you better than me? Ryan: That's a damn good question and it's actually the reason for me being here... ?: Oh, really? Ryan: Yeah... Maybe we should go for a walk or something... Seeing you in this office just isn't the same... ?: Well, hell... What else is there for me to do? Ryan: Oh, I bet I can think of something... {The scene fades to black as Ryan stands up with a huge smile on his face...} |