[The scene cuts to the Maximum Wrestling Federation's backstage area, where interviewer Lois McNeal is with the new Television champion, "The Enervator" Steven Douglas. Dressed in his wrestling attire, leather pants over an amateur wrestling spandex uniform, both straps over his shoulder, and the Television championship around his waist, Douglas gives the attractive woman a grin before she starts the interview.]

Lois McNeal: I'm here with newly crowned Television champion Steven Douglas before his big match against the World Heavyweight Championship's number one contender, Tempest. Steven, you have a big task ahead of you tonight, what are your thoughts on the match?

Steven Douglas: Well Lois, you are right about the fact that this match is a big one, Tempest is a skilled man. One thing is for sure, this will be a hard fought win, but the key word there is win. Tempest is good, but in this business being good doesn't cut it. You have to be great in order to go up against the competition here in the Maximum Wrestling Federation. Just as he will lose tonight, he will lose next Sunday versus Thunder Bull.

Lois McNeal: If you defeat Tempest tonight, then he defeats Thunder Bull at March Madness, do you believe that you will receive a title shot afterwards?

Steven Douglas: I should, but if I will, I am not sure of. Walker works in mysterious ways, so he might not give me the shot because I will still be Television champion.

Lois McNeal: You do know that you will most likely defend the Television championship at March Madness.

Steven Douglas: Yeah, I know, but it will most likely be against someone like Father John Ramsey or a rematch with Gunman Stinger, so I am not worried.

Lois McNeal: Last week you decided to join The Kovenant alongside Thunder Bull and The Grudge, and you have made it clear that you have the World Heavyweight title in your sights sometime soon. What would you do if it came down to Steven Douglas versus Thunder Bull?

Steven Douglas: Let me make something clear, I am a loyal member of The Kovenant, but the World Heavyweight championship is my main goal. I do not care who it is I have to fight, if the World Heavyweight title is on the line, I am going full force to achieve the big V.

Lois McNeal: Beside your goal to become the World Heavyweight champion, what other goals do you have in mind for your MWF career?

Steven Douglas: Well, currently it is to become the best Television champion ever, but overall I want to be a Maximum Wrestling legend. And, you can bet your sweet ass that I am going to achieve that goal eventually. Now, Ms. McNeal, it is miss, right?

Lois McNeal: Uh, well, yes.

Steven Douglas: Then let me flip the script Ms. McNeal, are you involved?

Lois McNeal: Involved with what?

Steven Douglas: Come on, you know, involved.

Lois McNeal: Oh, well if you are asking if I have a boyfriend, then no.

Steven Douglas: Really? Do me a favor, after my match, go down this hall, take the first left you see and once you see a door with The Kovenant on it, head on in there so we can talk . If Bull or Grudge give you any trouble, tell them I sent you. I'm twice the man Ace Spade ever was, trust me on that.

Lois McNeal: Oh, well, uh, I will try and do that.

Steven Douglas: You had better, because no one blows me off.

Lois McNeal: uh, anyway, who do you believe is the best contender for your title?

Steven Douglas: Well, since no one has beaten me since my return, I would guess that there is no contender.

Lois McNeal: Who do you think has the best possibility then?

Steven Douglas: None of them, really. I do not see anyone in the Maximum Wrestling Federation taking my title away from me anytime soon. However, to answer your question, if anyone I would say Leandro. I think it will take him a little while to get adjusted to the Maximum Wrestling Federation, he may experience a few losses at first but soon enough he ll be a real force to be reckoned with. You should have seen him in the slammer back in the day, every day he would be in the gym pumping iron. That Jimmy Pez though is a slime ball, Leandro is better off with another manager.

Lois McNeal: Speaking of Leandro, what can you tell us about him and his past?

Steven Douglas: Not much, he's not much of a talker so it's not like he made many friends in jail, how can you if you can't talk. I do know this, he has a great mentality, somewhat like mine. He knows this is a cut throat business, and is not in it to make friends. Like I said before though, he has potential, but unless he finds someone better than Pez to manage him, his Maximum Wrestling Federation career will be over before it really gets started.

Lois McNeal: All right, now if you could, I am going to throw out some names in the MWF and I need you to give me your thoughts on them.

Steven Douglas: Shoot.

Lois McNeal: Stud.

Steven Douglas: He's an underachiever, always will be. I don't see a bright future for the kid, his gimmick is stale and his phillies are about as attractive as Gutter Rat.

Lois McNeal: ViperJ.

Steven Douglas: Questionable kid, he's shown that he can be a winner by grabbing the Xtreme title for about three minutes, but other than that he seems as if singles work is not his bag, maybe his tag team efforts with Doomsday will bring him some fame.

Lois McNeal: Father John Ramsey.

Steven Douglas: Don't get me started on him, I have always believed and still believe that he is in the wrong profession. There is no place for a five foot nothing, buck fifty soaken wet man in a wrestling ring.

Lois McNeal: Sozzey.

Steven Douglas: Tag team specialist who is getting to the point where he needs to start a singles career during this time of a weak roster, even though the tag team division is in bad shape right now.

Lois McNeal: Gutter Rat recent sat down with Josh Johnson and talked about the MWF as it is right now. He mentioned you also, what are your thoughts about his words?

Steven Douglas: He was right for the most part, except for the bits about me being a kid, and that he can beat me. I'd say he is not a day over 35, which makes me his veteran by at least ten years. Being fifty two and being called kid so much lately is getting quite annoying. He cannot defeat me now, he might have been able to at a previous time, but I am much too skilled now for him to do anything.

Lois McNeal: He said something about a wrench being thrown into your plans . What do you think he meant by that?

Steven Douglas: My best guess is that he is going to hype up his return, then come back mysteriously and have the crowd cheer. If he says a wrench is going to be thrown into my plans, then he might be targeting me, and if that is the case then the only thing I have to say to him is come with it son, but do it fairly, none of this, out of the shadows, sneaking up behind me stuff, if he wants me then he had better confront me face to face like a man.

Lois McNeal: Many are intimidated by Gutter Rat's odd demeanor. Does it affect you at all?

Steven Douglas: Hell no, I am a veteran of this sport and I know better than to let simple words, smoke, and mirrors scare me. If you ask me professional wrestling has become too much of a game of politics than a game of physical competition. Now a days it s all about who is aligned with who, who stabbed who in the back, it goes on. These interferences from outside the ring are ruining the sport, it should be like it used to be, one on one, no interferences, no brass knuckles, nothing.

Lois McNeal: With all due respect Mr. Douglas, you yourself have stabbed people in the back before and are bringing The Grudge and Thunder Bull to the ring with you for support, so don t you think that you are contradicting your words?

Steven Douglas: Listen here missy, as much as I want things to be like they used to be, I realize that I cannot change these things, so I am adjusting to the conditions. That is why I have been able to sustain wrestling for over twenty years, because I can adjust to whatever or wherever I am.

Lois McNeal: Being the oldest wrestler on the roster, do you find yourself as a fatherly figure?

Steven Douglas: Tch, these people don t need a fatherly figure, they need some help. Most of the guys here either lack the common mental or physical skills of a normal person, sometimes they lack both. Someday, once I am a legend, I will look forward to seeing young kids asking me for advice and staring at me with awe. I was one of those kids once, the ones who show sincere emotion like that are usually the ones who are destined for success.

Lois McNeal: Do you think that you could defeat Thunder Bull right now?

Steven Douglas: Not right now, your beauty has me in a trance, but in the ring I believe I can do it. However, he is my teammate now so I can t make too much fun of him.

Lois McNeal: Same question except this time about The Grudge.

Steven Douglas: Same answer, speaking of him though, I will have to convince him to have a chain smoking contest sometime, because I have to prove that I am the biggest smoker. Speaking of that, you wouldn't to have a cigarette on you, would you?

Lois McNeal: Sorry, no, I don't smoke.

Steven Douglas: Hmm, beautiful and healthy, perfect. Excuse me for a second then.

[Douglas walks in his attire along with his glaring Television championship around his waist toward two backstage crew members talking.]

Steven Douglas: Listen, you two look like the kind of guys that smoke, so either of you have a cigarette to spare?

Both men in unison: No.

[Douglas looks at both men, eyeing a square object in one of the workers pants. It is clearly the indentation of a pack of cigarettes, proving that one of the men lied. The Enervator looks at the man who told the truth.]

Steven Douglas: Now would be a good time to leave.

[The man walks away, looking back but getting an evil eye from Douglas, making him look back forward and scurry away faster. Douglas then stands in front of the crew member who lied.]

Steven Douglas: You know, when I was your age, I had been smoking for years already. You're what, twenty four, twenty five? It's a bad habit you know, and I am also sure that you know I am a veteran in that ring. In there, I am king, and everyone else are my court jesters. I am also a veteran of smoking, and I know that after having a cigarette, your hands smell of tobacco. You see, there are small holes near the filter that allow smoke to leave, going on your hands. So, I need to smell your hands.

Crew member: Smell my hands?

Steven Douglas: That's right, just a quick sniff.

Crew member: And what if I say no?

Steven Douglas: Then I'll smell your hands anyway, except the difference will be they will not be connected to the rest of your body.

[The nervous crew member lifts his hands to Douglas face, and as Douglas leans in, instead of smelling his hands he kicks the crew member in the gut, lifts him up as you would a scoop slam, then turns him sideways such as a fall away slam. McNeal shrieks, as Douglas swings the crew member to the side, throws him backwards but still holds on, then flips him back up and onto a stack of boxes, nailing Douglas finishing move, The Enervation. Douglas reaches down to the man and lifts his box of cigarettes up, taking one out and lighting it with the fallen man s lighter. After taking a deep drag of the cigarette, he walks back to McNeal.]

Steven Douglas: Consider that my warmup for this match. Now if you'll excuse me I have to find my partners in crime and win a wrestling match, I'll see you in my locker room later.

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