WHAM!!! SLAM!!!
[Backstage in the gym, Python’s fists slam against the punching bag as he undergoes his final preparations for his upcoming match against Jeff Kushner and Michael Stevenson.]
WHAM!!!
[Python pounds the punching bag repeatedly with a combo of jabs and hooks. He finishes it off with a spinning back kick. Python grabs a towel and begins to dry off his head when Traci-Lyn Brisbois enters with a camera man. She approaches him cautiously.]
TRACI: Oh, um, hi… I was just wondering if I could get a few words from you before your match.
[Python stares at her for a moment and then shifts his gaze to the man setting up the camera. He brushes off his jeans, fixes his t-shirt, adjusts his gloves, and finally shrugs.]
PYTHON: Sure. Why not?
[Traci-Lyn smiles and signal to the camera man to start shooting. Python tosses the towel aside and stretches, waiting. The red light on the camera flashes on and Traci appears on the screen in front of a packed arena.]
TRACI: Hello ladies and gentlemen, this is Traci-Lyn Brisbois bringing you more backstage news. I’m here in the gym where I’m joined by the last MSWA Television Champion Python…
[As soon as “last MSWA Television Champion” is out of her mouth, the crowd pops so loud that the rest of the sentence is drowned out. The camera swings around to Python and he nods briefly to the crowd, bringing more cheers.]
TRACI: Python, you were the final T.V Champion of the MSWA. Last week, you defeated Vinny D. and earned a chance to be the first CSWA T.V. Champ. Any thoughts, ideas, strategies???
PYTHON: Yeah, I have a few thoughts. First of all, I wanna make it known right now that whatever happens out there, it’s gonna be one helluva match and I have absolutely nothing against either of those two. Kushner and I had an awesome match at Slam Jam that fans will talk about for years to come and I’ll be teaming with Stevenson in the soon to come Karen Mace Memorial Tourney. But once that bell rings, it doesn’t matter if I’m your friend, your foe, or some guy you met on the street this morning! I’m going for that gold and I’m not going to let anything get between me and that title! Trust me, if I don’t walk out of this arena with that T.V. strap around my waist… well, it’ll be after some kind of a fight!
TRACI: Well, you sound like you’re all fired up! Any closing statements?
[Python grins and the crowd knows what’s coming.]
PYTHON: Oh, I always have a closing statement, Traci my dear. You didn’t watch much MSWA, did you?
[Traci, growing a tad nervous, shakes her head no.]
PYTHON: Ah. Well, I’ll leave you with one last statement.
[The crowd tenses, waiting for him to yell the words. Instead, he stares deep into her eyes. He seems to see something, and the smallest of grins flickers on his face for an instant. Traci shrinks back a little, but doesn’t blink. Python whispers slowly but sharply…]
PYTHON: Beware the Snakebite!
[The silence is broken by the crowd’s thunderous response to the catch phrase. Python takes a step back, gives a quick grin to Traci, nods to the camera man again, opens the door and leaves.]
[Fade to Page and McCoy who turn around after staring at the CSWAtron.]
PAGE: Python is starting to get noticed around the CSWA by the fans. He's not a typical fan favorite but he seems to be geting the job done for the fans so that' what counts I suppose.
MCCOY: Python is a moron. Plain and simple. Sheesh.
PAGE:PAGE: And on that note we will be right back with the match to decide who the first CSWA TV Champion will be.
[Fade out to a commercial for Kansas wheat. The best wheat money can buy]