Can we say, winner?
You won with a rollup for crying out loud!
I know..
Joe takes a sip from a water bottle before continuing.
How gay was that? I mean, a rollup? You'd think he'd kick out or something. That match was a total breeze. Sure Andrew Crow got his TJO(Token Jobber Offense) in, but once I got on a roll he just couldn't last for long. I got a rollup though. The guy stayed down for a 3 because of a rollup! I swear I cannot get over that.
And did you see Xtra Ordinary? He laid around outside for like, 10 minutes!
Yeah it sure felt like it! You would think he'd break up the pinfall, or something. You know Alyasis, I came here for competition, and that match sure as hell didn't give me any.
I don't blame you for feeling that way. Hey, I talked to one of the higher up's here in LOW, they let me see the card for next week's show. You're scheduled to fight Miller Magnum.
Who?
Miller Ma...
I know who you said, I just don't know who he is. Hmm. Well I've got to get some things done, but I'm sure I'll be sending him a nice little speech so he knows exactly who *I* am.
Joe and Alyasis part ways and Joe is seen leaving the arena as the scene fades.
The scene opens back up at Joe Cool's home in East Rutherford, New Jersey. It is not long after Aftermath, as Joe didn't have to travel very far to get there to begin with. It is late, so Joe tries to get inside without making any noise. He sneaks his way to the bed where his wife Mandy, who is now 3 months pregnant, is sleeping. He kisses her on the forehead and she wakes up smiling
Hey you..you're home late, I would have expected you to stay in a hotel or something.
Nope, I couldn't leave you two here alone, could I?
Joe, who was mentioning her and the baby, puts his hand on her stomach affectionately.
This has been a roller-coaster of a time for the past 3 months now. I mean ICW sky-rockets to the top, my brother got married, I have a job with LOW...and all of that is minor compared to the fact I'm going to be a father. Mandy, thinking about that always makes me smile. I have one of the best lives in the world.
Are you just trying to get on my good side, because if you are it's working.
Heh..I wasn't going for that, just speaking my mind, but if it makes you happy to hear it, I can keep talking.
I've got a better idea. Why don't you shut up, take a shower, and come spend the rest of the night with me and our baby?
Yeah I should do that. I really didn't want to wake you up to begin with, a future mom should have her rest...so I'll go and come back..
We'll be waiting
The two kiss and Joe heads to take a shower as the scene fades once again.
The scene also opens once again and we find that it is now morning, and Joe has woken up before his wife. Obviously not wanting to disturb her, he went into the den which is where he is now. Joe pours himself some coffee, goes over to his computer and sees an e-mail from LOW...basically the card and a profile of his opponent. Joe takes a sip of his coffee before sitting down and reading it over. He decides now is the time to film an interview for Miller Magnum, as he told Judgement the previous night. So setting up a camera he turns it on and prepares to speak.
According to the card, you've been out with some injuries for some time, and people think it's slowing you down, that you should retire. You know what I say? Anyone that says that to you, you should tell them to go f*ck themselves. I hate it when people say that sort of thing. In fact, it's people like that who almost made my kid brother retire for good. See, he went for his finisher, an axe kick off the top rope, and he missed it. Landed wrong and tore his cartlidge, ligaments, the works. Everyone told him to quit, and he did quit...long enough to heal everything and come back to be one of the biggest stars my fed ICW has ever seen. He has a bright future ahead of him. I tell you that story not really as inspriation, although you can take it as such, but because I was just reading others comments towards your injuries.
Now this match is a cage match, which means that there will be no interference, but I have yet to worry about that anyway. The only thing I plan on worrying about is you, because well, you're my opponent. To not focus on you would be a mistake only a rookie could make. And while you've got the critics saying you don't have it anymore, I've got critics in LOW, from the looks of this match description, saying I don't have it at all! I mean they hinted that my win was a fluke. It's not a fluke if you get a rollup and the guy is too stupid to kick out, or the other guy is crying over a bump on the head. So this basically is both of our chances to prove them wrong. But Miller, I know NOTHING about you. I never even knew there was a Miller Magnum in this business until I was told about my match with you.
That tells me you obviously aren't that good. Your record even tells me that. 1 win out of 4 matches. That's not very cool man. I've only had 2 matches, but that's here in LOW. I'm a world-reknowned wrestling icon! So basically, until you prove me otherwise, I'm going to treat you like a jobber. Now remember, jobber is not necessarily a bad term. Steve Lombardi has been a jobber all his life but he's one of the most respected guys in the business. I don't know how, but he is. But right now, you are a jobber, just another guy that's going to get swept over by Coolmania. That means, I'm going to enter that cage and exit that cage a winner.
Magnum, I'll end this little chat session with this. You say there isn't anyone in the game that can stop you. Well you haven't been playing the game long enough, because I play this game, so therefore I'm in it, and I CAN stop you. Not only that, but I WILL stop you. But you know what? I'm not telling you anything, that you don't already know!
The scene fades for the third and final time as Joe puts the tape in a package and places it in the mailbox to be delivered to LOW for Miller Magnum to view.