[ the road to becoming a remebered champion ] Over the years, we've seen many Champions and come and go, but we only remember a handful. Why? Was it something they did that caught your eye early on in the piece? Or was it the fact that they held the Championship for a long period of time the reason? Thing is; nobody cares about a one month Champion. They don't stick in your mind for weeks, months or even years to come because they were simply a "flavour of the month". Although it may sound absurd, Rhino's biggest match could very well be at Shattered when he takes on Triple H and Booker T in a joint production of both Overload and Breakdown. There are two paths in which Rhino may take a walk down. One, if he wins - he could continue his journey to defining himself as one of the best Champions this business has ever had to offer .. Two, if he loses - he will take the path of being a forgotten Champion and may never get the opportunity to drape that World Heavyweight Championship over his shoulder ever again. It's ALL up .. to one man. Himself. Since becoming Champion at No Mercy, Rhino hasn't lost one single match; he has been one of the most dominant forces we've seen in months. THREE TIMES, hes defeated Triple H. Chris Jericho, The Rock - ALL of them. Rhino's proven to the WORLD that he is INDEED the number one man on the Overload Roster. Take last week, for example. Cactus Jack; a man who also has been un-defeated since the roster split. A man who is out of his MIND, yet a LETHAL weapon once put inside a professional wrestling ring. What happened? Rhino ran RIGHT through him, JUST like he's done since signing a contract with the company. As always - hes got his doubters. The critics. The people who week in, week out, protest that Rhino isn't fit for holding the most prestigious Title in Sports Entertainment. I beg to differ. Whatever has come across this mans path, he has broken .. in half. Who's to say that he can't successfully defend HIS World Championship? Rest assure, it isn't going to be easy .. but what could possibly make you think, in your right mind, that Booker T or Triple H even stand a chance? Face it; Triple H has been slapped around the ring EVERY time hes stepped foot in a ring with Rhino. THREE TIMES. And Booker T; what has HE showcased? That he can defeat The Dudley Boys? Slap yourself in the face .. SHATTERED belongs to ONE man, and as it stands, he's the one with the Gold around his waist as we speak .. and as much as you hate it .. that's where it's staying.

' THE MANBEAST ' Rhino: " If my memory serves me correctly, you said that No Mercy was ANOTHER fluke loss in ya fuckin' career. How many is that since you've returned, Trips? Six? Six flukes? Heh, you really are a shame of a fuckin' man. A BALLESS CUNT .. to be precise. Can't even admit to his own losses. You're a fucking DISGRACE and I can only imagine the many thanks I'm going to receive once I put you out of business .. for GOOD! Understand somethin' Game .. whilst you're pullin' out numerous excuses from outta ya fuckin' ass, I've been drillin' holes through every motherfucker that has stepped foot in a ring with me. I am UN-DEFEATED .. and I don't INTEND on droppin' to my knees for a BITCH like you. At Shattered, I am going to break EVERY bone in your fucking BODY! And then Trips - then we'll see if you STILL think I'm a joke Champion .. when you've got blood on your face, dis-figured bones and ya brain squashed up against the fuckin' turnbuckle .. THEN Hunter, we'll see if you still think I'm A Joke Champion - which I promise you now, you won't. "

After taking the Title from off his waist, Rhino drapes it over his shoulder with a mean look.

' EVIL MASTERMIND ' Vince Russo: " You've made more mistakes then I can count already Hunter. Yeah, you HAVE beaten ECW guys .. but no, you're wrong .. this IS a challenge and you CAN'T and WON'T be able to handle it. Rhino? He isn't like others you've faced. When you un-leash him into that ring, he's .. Insane. (Russo Grins Evily). You've faced Taz. You've faced Rob Van Dam. You've been BEATEN by them, yet the funny thing is .. you relate to them as easy tasks. Let me ask ya somethin' - if you can't beat Rob Van Dam or Taz .. how in the FUCK are you supposed to even last FIVE MINUTES with a man like Rhino? "

Sadistic laughter echos, as Rhino takes over.

' THE MANBEAST ' Rhino: " Vince, get me a bottle of fuckin' water and make it quick. "

' EVIL MASTERMIND ' Vince Russo: " No prob' my man. "

Rhino stays focused on the camera as Vince stands up out of the couch and walks out of the locker room, following instructions.

' THE MANBEAST ' Rhino: " You really are one sad motherfucker trips. You can't even come up with your own fuckin' lines .. which means you're startin' to lose grip of the only thing you ever had. You're losin' your marbles Hunter - admit it. Just as the saying goes, you think my dreams aren'tbroken - you think you're going to Shatter them? Please .. that's like a sad attempt at fuckin' comedy. You've got a snowballs chance in hell of beatin' me .. and lemme tell ya, hell ain't gonna be havin' any snowballs anytime soon. So if I were you - I'd shut my fuckin' mouth and accept that at Shattered, you're leavin' the way you left at No mercy. A FUCKIN' LOSER! I don't HAVE to pin you - all I'm worried about is beatin' you and Booker T senseless .. Which ever one of you cunts I pin - I don't fuckin' CARE .. I'm gettin' the job done one way or another, and make no mistake about it fuckface, this Championship? See it? It ain't LEAVIN' this shoulder. It's stayin' with ME! It's stayin with the MAN TO THE F'N BEAST!! "

Clearing his throat, Rhino ruthlesly spits onto the ground below him. He lifts his head back up to the camera - still looking pissed off.

' THE MANBEAST ' Rhino: " You're gettin' worse by every godd amn minute. When you're supposed to be talkin' your GAME, it sounds like you're reading off a fuckin' script for the very first time. You're like a fucked up robot with a few wires mis placed, because if you actually THINK that you're going tot ake away from me .. THIS Title .. then you .. must be fucking stupid. I'm the REAL DEAL for a god damn reason; that's for fuckin' up bitches like you who talk the talk but sure as hell don't walk the fuckin' walk. But then again - when I think about it, you can't even talk .. the talk. Have you listened to yourself lately? You're like a fucked up video tape. You sound fucking pathetic. "I Am Going To Finish Our Unfinished Business" .. what .. the FUCK are you on, Hunter? Or is my prediction correct. Are you really reading off a god damn script - because I tell ya now .. not only doesn't ya wrestlin' make me sick to my fuckin' stomach, but your words are FAR from impressing even some homeless fuck off the street. You couldn't even intimidate a fuckin' five year old with the shit you come out with, yet it's supposed to make me .. scared? Haha, time really passed you too quickly, didn't it? You're still left in the past .. you still think you're somethin', you still think you hold the key to every fuckin' door .. but Hunter .. realize this; YOU AIN'T SHIT NOW! You didn't hand me the toarch .. I FUCKIN' TOOK IT! I TOOK IT, AND I RAN WITH THE FUCKER ... and I AIN'T about to give it back. So as far as playing the game - FUCK IT! FUCK YOU! We play by MY rules. We play on MY terms. "

At this moment, Russo walks back in the door with a bottle of water in hand. He hands it to Rhino before reclaiming his position before he left. Rhino un-screws the lid of the bottle and takes a few mouthfuls of water before turning his full attention back to where the action's at; the camera. He smirks - even a faint bit of laughter.

' THE MANBEAST ' Rhino: " How is Stephanie, by the way? She still got bruises from when I GORE'd her into fuckin' oblivion before No Mercy? Which reminds me; didn't you say I was all too predictable? yeah, you did. You thought I'd go and hunt Vince McMahon or someone from your past and tear the fuck outta 'em. Then .. then you said you know me BETTER than I do? I beg to differ, fuckface. You don't know JACK SHIT! If you had HALF a fuckin' clue, you'd realize that I ain't the type of manbeast to do repeats, like your fuckin' self. I keep you bitches guessin'. I LET you think you know what I'm about, right before I change the whole content right in front of your eyes. Haha. You keep thinkin' your a step ahead of me .. Keep thinkin' that Trips - but the reality is, I'm TEN STEPS AHEAD OF YOU! I don't need to explain myself either - look what I've got on my shoulde.r The WORLD Championship, which I beat you for .. REGARDLESS of who the fuck I pinned - YOU LOST .. I WON! Fact is, you can't handle defeat. It drives you insane. It drives you FUCKIN' insane, and you can't stand the fact that there ain't a damn THING you can do to fuckin' stop me. And me? I love that. It fuels my fuckin' ego. It makes me want to rip your fuckin' head right off your neck and wear it as a god damn HAT! I want you to BLEED! I WANT YOU TO FEEL THE FUCKIN' GORE .. ONCE .. AND FOR ALL! Because the lesson in which I've been trying to get through to your peanut fuckin' brain obviously ain't workin' .. but this time - I'm not giving you ANY other alternative. You WILL learn the painful lesson that fuckin' with me results in SEVERE damage! It results .. in TOTAL .. F'N IMPACT! And this Sunday Night, Trips, at Shattered - history WILL repeat itself as I mark you down, once again .. as .. JUST .. ANOTHER .. FUCKING .. STATISTIC!! "

Rhino proceeds to take a few more mouthfuls of his bottled water, as Vince Russo begins to speak with the camera slowly zooming in on his face.

' EVIL MASTERMIND ' Vince Russo: " Yeah, one year you've waited - big deal. Nobody cares. You live for this Title - so does every other fucker. You CLAIM you've dominated everybody - but have you dominated Rhino? No .. in fact, it was RHINO who dominated YOU. And take a look at your record - not a healthy one, is it Hunter? So exactly where are you getting the ideas from that you are some kind of invinsible .. warrior? You don't even accumulate to a spec of dust, let a lone a big enough threat to take away what is bolted into this man's frame. It BELONGS .. to Rhino. Not you. You've had chance after chance and you've pissed on EVERY one of them - that's YOUR fault. If you need straight one on one matches, that's your fuckin' problem. Deal with it. This Sunday Night, the Championship is coming home with US - and you .. and Booker T .. CANNOT .. AND WILL NOT deny Rhino of retaining this illustrious piece of heavy gold. There's NO two ways about it, jack! "

Taking the last few mouthfuls, Rhino then disposes of the bottle by letting it drop to the ground. He looks behind him, where the Television and V.C.R are placed together - witht he V.C.R on top of the television.

' THE MANBEAST ' Rhino: " Mark my words; It's NOT your fuckin' time. Your time .. is OVER! This era of Wrestlemania Entertainment belongs to the MANBEAST! I have this company wrapped around my index finger, Trips .. and y'know, maybe your mind just needs a bit of a fuckin' refreshment. Play it Vince. "

Russo follows orders; grabs the remote control, turns the television on and presses the play button. Footage from No Mercy back in October fades up onto the screen from when Rhino became the World Heavyweight Champion. The very first action we see take place, is Rhino nail Triple H in the head with a steel chair wrapped in barbed wire. Moments later, Triple H turns the tide and Pedigrees Chris Benoit .. but Rhino breaks the count at 2. Triple H gets up, turns around and Rhino GORES him - DEVASTATING the entire arena! Suddenly, the footage stops, and the camera turns back to Rhino who has a big grin across his face.

' THE MANBEAST ' Rhino: " Remember that, Trips? Do you remember me goreing you into another fuckin' world? Or maybe you don't .. maybe I completely knocked you out of your fucking MISERY! Haha. See that, though? That's what you're going to get .. ONE AFTER THE OTHER .. at Shattered. And it's going to CRUMBLE you like a fucking cookie. "

Russo presses play again and we see Rhino further the attack by ramming Triple H's face into the Cell. With blood trickling down Triple H's face, an emotion of extrodinary pain crosses "The Games" face. Vince Russo quickly presses pause once again, as Rhino still has that sadistic smirk planted across his face of joy.

' THE MANBEAST ' Rhino: " After ALL this shit I put you through, you're trying to tell me I'm a joke of a Champion? That you DESERVE this belt? Are you out of your fucking mind? I crushed you into a MILLION pieces. I watched you fall to the ground, BLOOD flowin' down your fuckin' face .. and I left you laying lifelessly as I went back into the ring and covered Chris Benoit tobecome the WORLD Champion. Got a problem with that? Learn to fuckin' live with it. You can't do shit about it Game; I'm that one level of wrestling ahead of you .. and you HATE IT. It eats you alive, and you can't bare stand the thought of it all happening again. Heh, Let me tell ya .. it is. IT'S YOUR WORST FUCKING NIGHTMARE BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO BE PUT THROUGH HELL ONCE AGAIN! You ARE going to feel the fucking GORE again .. and most importantly Trips, you ARE going to yet again lose another fuckin' Title match. I'm no BULLSHIT; I'm a big f'n deal .. and whether you like to admit it or not, you're like a fuckin' towel to me. I use you to dry my fuckin' sweat - why? Because I can. Because I'm the Manbeast and because there ain't ONE motherfucker capable of kickin' me off the face of this earth. Deep down YOU KNOW IT! So I ask of you, Hunter Hearst Helmsley .. STOP trying to convince yourself you're some fuckin' big shot. I'M THE ONE WITH THE BELT! I'M THE ONE STANDIN' AT THE HIGHEST PINNACLE! So do as you're fucking told, Trips .. fear the gore .. and "

' EVIL MASTERMIND ' Vince Russo: " The line in the sand has been draw, Trips. At Shattered; you WILL be become apart of history .. when you're physically un-able to EVER compete again. Rhino .. is an ANIMAL inside that ring. A RAGED FUCKING BEAST! You can't control him .. you can't tame him .. you're merely an obstacle that he's gonna run RIGHT through. "

' THE MANBEAST ' Rhino: " Once and for all .. I'm gonna END that fuckin' Cerebral bullshit. I'm gonna EXPOSE the REAL you to the world, and make sure you NEVER show your face where it doesn't belong EVER again. I'm Hardcore down to the fuckin' bone, Trips - and takin' things to the Extreme is what I did EVERY SINGLE NIGHT in ECW .. and I'm NOT afraid to fuckin' re-visit those days. "

No emotion on Rhino's face whatsoever. However, the camera zooms right up close as he begins whispering.

' THE MANBEAST ' Rhino: " gore .. gore ... Gore .... GORRREEEEEE!!!! FEAR IT, YOU FUCKIN' SON OF A BITCH! FEAR IT! "

Rhino looks ready to burst into rage at any moment, as his eyes burn with anger. Slowly but surely, the scene begins to fade with just a few days before Shattered remaining.