[The camera cuts backstage to Jeff Kushner’s dressing room, where the Canadian star is doing some last minute preparations for his match using some light weights. He is dressed in a pair of black cargoes with no shirt, which shows off his new scars and old tattoos. A nearby TV shows video footage of Bravo and Shadow’s past matches, which he stares at while working out. His concentration is broken though, when there is a loud knock on the door.]
KUSHNER] Yeah! Who is it?
[The answer comes in the form of an opening door... and the face of one Tony Mastino.]
[MASTINO] You should be more polite to me... after all, I am your boss.
[Jeff’s expression shows little more than disdain for the executive of the CSWA...]
[KUSHNER] What the hell do you want Mastino?
[MASTINO] Believe me, this visit wasn’t my idea... but Marshall has something he wanted me to pass on to you.
[Mastino passes Kushner a small unmarked manila envelope. Curious, Jeff rips it open only to have a videotape fall out into his hand. He ejects the tape that had been playing on the vcr, and pops in the tape given to him. He never even notices that Mastino has yet to leave the room. The television blinks to life with what is obviously a piece of security camera footage. Two people are visible in the black and white shot, and after a moment Jeff recognizes one of them, as himself!... The camera zoomed closer to the television set, and the CSWA networks catch a glimpse of the video...]
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[The video shows Jeff Kushner talking to his wife Honey Chyld. The two are apparently deep in an argument at the time the video was cued up. The time/date recording shows the tape to have been made just a few days ago.
[JEFF] I called you all the time, I came home as often as I could, I sent you anything and everything to remind you I... you know what? Forget this... I don’t need to dig this all up again. I loved you so much...I would have done anything for you... But what I want to hear, is you admit...even if it is just to me, that you made up these charges... I want to hear you say that I never hit you...
[HONEY] You’re full of sh*t... I’m not saying squat...
[JEFF] SAY IT DAMMIT!!! SAY I NEVER HIT YOU! JUST ADMIT IT TO ME!!! FOR ONCE IN YOUR GOD-FORSAKEN LIFE TELL THE TRUTH AND ADMIT TO ME THAT I NEVER HIT YOU! THAT I NEVER LAID A HAND ON YOU!
[HONEY] You’re just making things worse Jeff...
[JEFF] For God’s sake Honey, you told them I raped you! Now SAY IT!
[Jeff reaches over and again punches the drywall, leaving a second hole very near the first...
[HONEY] Alright fine! You never hit me! You never did anything to me!
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[Jeff hits stop on the vcr, and begins to breath heavily... He looks up at Mastino, and softly laughs to himself...]
[MASTINO] Well I’ll be damned... you were innocent after all...
[KUSHNER] This is unbelievable... it’ll all be over now... This tape will clear me completely!
[MASTINO] I guess you owe Marshall pretty big then, eh?
[Jeff doesn't respond... he just stares in disbelief at the television...]
[KUSHNER] It’s finally over...
[Mastino turned and left the room with Jeff still staring...]
[Fade to a shot of McCoy and Page. Page has a small smile on his face while McCoy shakes his head in disbelief]
[PAGE]: Well as much as I don't like to see someone's private life dragged through a WildFire episode it is good to see that Jeff Kushner has been vindicated for all the stuff his wife put him through. Even if it does mean he owes Robert Marshall a debt of gratitude.
[MCCOY]: Something stinks here, and I've a feeling that cheater Kushner is behind it all. Honey is being used as a patsy to protect Kushner and well that's not right.
[PAGE]:You never stop do you. And on that note folks we will be right back with Jeff Kushner and the high flying Python against newcomers Loco Bravo and Halcon Shadow
[Fade to a commercial for Ace Bandages. The official bandage of the CSWA]