Joe, there's a telephone call from you, it's Alyasis.
Man he's been busy lately hasn't he. Not too much to call his best friend, I see.
Joe gets up and kisses his wife as she hands him the phone and holds her for a few moments.
When was the last time I told you I love you?
This morning, but you know I love to hear it. Answer the phone and stop admiring me.
Do I have to? It's much more fun to admire you.
Mandy giggles and kisses him again then walks off to shower. Joe puts the receiver up to his ear and answers.
Yo Alyasis...hey I said your name right!
Good job Joe. Jeez it's not like it's hard or anything.
That's why I've heard your friends call you Judgement, and I don't mean me.
I'll give you credit, it would be hard for Americans to say, especially one from New Jersey.
Hey that was a low blow.
Sorry, man.
So what did you call about? To antagonize me?
I just wanted to let you know you have a good chance to get on LOW's roster.
You're kidding. Got more stroke that you thought, huh?
Nothing like that, just showed them tapes of your matches.
I bet you were showing the match between us where you won, haha.
I did actually, because it was your best match, you've said so yourself.
That I did, of course it's because it WAS my best match.
Well anyway that and some matches from your BTW days is what convinced them you should be able to get a chance to earn a contract.
Earn? Wow these guys don't just hire anyone I see.
Of course not, that's why they're one of the best.
Next to ICW, of course, haha, of course I may be biased.
Just a little bit.
So what do I do to earn my contract?
Well at LOW's next PPV, you're going to be in a match, if you win, you get a contract.
That simple, huh? Do you know who I fight?
You're teaming with Mike Marvelous, Simon Krask, and Legacy to fight Chris Wrestling, Joseph Magnus, Dax, and Jason Warrior in a "Battle Cry" match.
Oh great, so I have an even bigger chance of losing because I got other guys who want LOW contracts. Well luckily for me there's LOW.com, so I can learn something about my opponents. By the way, what's a "Battle Cry" match?
Well see there are two teams of 4, as you know now obviously. Two guys start out in a cage, and every two minutes another guy comes out at random. The objective is to elliminate each member of the other team, but there can only be one winner, so it eventually becomes every man for himself.
So it can end up with me against some of my teammates? Interesting. Sounds like fun to be precise.
I just hope you end up winning.
And let a future LOW tag team champion down? I think not.
Speaking of matches, I have one as well, which I have to train for, so I'll talk to you tomorrow.
See ya later man.
Joe hangs up the phone and smirks to himself. He decides he'd better get started learning about his opponents and he walks to his den where he has a desk in the far corner, away from his weights and training supplies, with a computer, cable modem connection of course. He pulls up LOW and goes to the roster page to read the bios of his opponents. Mandy walks in with a towel wrapped around here and hugs Joe looking to see what he is doing.
Joe, was that phone call about what I think it was about?
Yes and no. I have a chance to get a contract, I just have to beat some chumps in a cage to do it.
So why are you on your computer?
Going to their website beats having someone fax me the bios.
True, well all I have to say is don't get yourself injured, our baby doesn't need a crippled father.
Who says I'm gonna be crippled? I don't plan on jumping off of the cage unless absolutely necessary...it's not as easy to land moves off the top as people'd have you believe.
Joe I'm not a wrestler, obviously, but if you want my advice you should not do the One Step Closer in this matchup, you could miss it, or hurt yourself doing it and screw your chance up. You know what happened when you tried it the last time, you broke your jaw and was knocked unconsious so you lost the match.
Yeah but that was to the outside of the ring, off a ladder, through a table and I hit the apron on the way down. Don't worry though, Mandy, I don't need to use that move in this match. I'm going to try to win a match, not show off. I can show off when I get the contract.
Well I'll let you get back to work, I would like to get myself some rest anyway...don't stay up too late now I need someone to keep me company.
Once again she flashes that smile of hers and Joe smiles back.
That smile of yours can do wonders, I think you could bring world peace if you wanted.
That one was cheesy, Joe, but I still loved it. I'm goin to lay down now.
All right, baby, I'll be with you soon.
They kiss and Mandy goes to bed while Joe pulls up the bios of Chris Wrestling, Joseph Magnus, Dax, and Jason Warrior. He prints them out and heads to the closet and pulls out a camera which he got from ICW and sets it up, to film an promo tape to send to LOW so he can introduce himself. He hits record.
Well, here I am. Preparing to take a step into Lights Out Wrestling, and win myself a contract. From what I understand, my opponents are all wanting to win the Aftermath title, and my teammates, like me, are trying to win a contract. So the odds are certainly not in my favor. This sounds very, very fun. Who am I? I am Joe Cool. I am the one who will be walking out of this match with a brand new contract, and I am the one that will be eliminating every single one of my opponents, and if they survive, the rest of my partners, to win that same contract. I just want to let anyone and everyone know that there will be no new Aftermath champion when this match is all said and done. So let's start this thing by me telling something about myself. I am Joe Cool, like I just said, but I am going to drill the name in your heads because you'll need to know who you were defeated by. You'll need to know my name, because I am going to be on the roster very soon. No offense, boys, but I'm going to have to ruin your Aftermath title chances to do it. You see I've been in the business for awhile now, and when I see an opputunity to get with a great federation, and add to the Joe Cool legend, I'm going to seize it. Ever seen the movie Dead Poets Society? Carpe Diem, my friends, Seize The Day.
I made my start in BTW, Big Time Wrestling. I've held every singles title except for the Television title, twice. I'm a former tag team champion there as well. In UWFX, I was a tag team champion. In EPW, I was the US champion. My legend will not die there, as I will soon be on the LOW roster, kicking ass and taking names, as the phrase goes. Whether I pin you, or make you submit, I will eliminate anyone and everyone to win my deserved spot on the roster. Jason Warrior, Canadian Perfect Chris Wrestling, Dax and Joseph Magnus. I don't know who any of you are, all I know is that you have contracts and I do not. That will change when this match is over, I guarantee it. But hey, I'm not telling you anything, that you don't already know.
Joe presses stop to end his brief promo tape and he walks into his bedroom where Mandy is already sleeping. He walks in and crawls in next to her. He wakes her up by kissing her and she smiles at him.
When was the last time I told you I love you?
The scene fades on this happy moment in the home of Joe Cool.