[Foreword] I felt the high level of intensity all around. The fans were into it… The announcers were into it… The two men looking across the ring at each other… They were definitely into it. I felt waves of anxiety rearing as I awaited the opening bell.
The bell clashed like lightning on a metal coast. I released the negative energy and focused on the task at hand. Across the ring stood a man with the coldest eyes I’d ever seen. For a moment we just stood there, both anticipating the other’s first move. The rest seems nothing but a blur to me.
I do remember the sweat leaking from every pore in my body… The heat of the arena was swarming around, enough to bring you to your knees in sickness. Derceto and I wrestled, reminiscent to that of two ballroom dancers. Everything was perfect… The transitions… The psychology…
We indeed took a ‘Journey Into The Darkness’… But when the sun set and the tides came a crashing I was the only one who emerged from the currents… And with me I brought the RWN World championship. I feel as if I’ve attained immortality… As if a deity has delved into my body… Nothing…
Nothing can stop me now…
[Scene] The sound of a cork bottle being exploded can be heard. The camera catches it going flying across the room followed by a geyser of champagne. Josh Sutton, wearing the RWN World title over his shoulder is covered from head to toe in the ‘bubbly’. Victor Blood takes a long swig of it then tosses the bottle to the ground. A giant grin looks to be permanently stamped on Sutton’s face. He hugs his mentor who seems genuinely excited as well.
Sutton: You know Victor… It’s taking everything in my power not to run up and down these corridors screaming. I did it. I accomplished every damn thing I set out to do. And in return for my accomplishment, I was granted TWO things tonight that have increased my flow of happiness.
Blood: Oh?
Sutton: Not only did Joshua Payne soften Keyser Soze up, but he went further than that. He annihilated him to the point that Soze's own friend Drayton MacPhereson stopped the match!
Blood: Go on...
Sutton: Then... Oh and this one really brought a smile to my face... Sage Douglas, through all the bullshit talking, loses the #1 contender's battle royal!
Blood: Indeed. I saw Sage walking backstage afterwards and he looked welled up and ready to cry. Real tragedy, the poor bloke.
[Scene] There's a knock at the dressing room door. Victor hurries over, walking through the glass to answer. Carol Diamond alongside a CHZ camera crew enters.
Sutton: Oh for fucks sake... I couldn't think of anything that could possibly bring me down from my high... But yet, it's smacked me right in the face. It's like some Godsent smite.
Diamond: Congratulations, champ!
Sutton: Yes, that's right, Carol. Congratulations are in order. But the fact of the matter is, the title is important. But there's one thing.. One thing that I told greater in stature. And that's the point of PROVING every one wrong.
Diamond: To my knowledge no one doubted your ability.
Sutton: Hahaha! You're delusional, Carol. You live in a 2D world. You couldn't possibly understand. I listened to the gossip from point A to point Z. I heard all the naysayers claiming there was 'no way' I could stand toe to toe with Derceto. That I was 'way out of my league'. Tonight, as I slapped on the dragon sleeper and drove Derceto to the mat... I knew... As I pulled his arm over my left knee and cinched back... I knew... As I heard the fucking muffled SCREAMS coming from his exhausted little throat... Carol, I knew... All of the naysayers had just felt a sickening feeling in their stomachs. They figured out the hard way that Josh Sutton is no longer going to sit at the bottom and weep. Josh Sutton is no longer going to sit back and have his name driven into the mud. No, Carol... Josh Sutton is about to become a name that revels in the minds of wrestling fans world-wide. It's time to go back to the primitive state in which I was at years ago.
Diamond: What about Adam Law?
Sutton: I'll deal with Adam Law in due time, Carol. He won the battle royal. He's proven himself. We both did tonight. I think it's pretty obvious where this is leading... Carol... As much I'm enjoying this conversation... Victor and I are departing... There's a big show in Denver... And Ryan Knite's got a date with destiny... I need my 'beauty' sleep.
[Scene] Sutton hands the belt to Victor who tucks it safely into a gym bag. They prepare to leave as Carol stands seemingly speechless. Sutton turns.
Sutton: Before I go, Carol... I'd like you to deliver a little message for me. I'd like to tell Keyser Soze that after he's done dealing with his concussion that I'm ready for my fifteen minutes. The RWN title is sweet... But the Alpha title... Carol... It's going to be even sweeter...
[Scene] The scene fades out with Sutton exiting the dressing room. Cut to CHZ logo.