The scene opens to Chad Columbo's screening room. It is set up like a real theater with a about a dozen rows of seats and a huge screen. Chad is sitting in one of the seats near the middle of the room, dressed in a black Icon t-shirt and jeans.

Chad: One of the most frequent questions I have ever been asked by folks in the past is "How in the hell did you and Darrell Music ever get to be friends?" Because if ever there was an odd couple of wrestling, we were it. Totally different backgrounds and lifestyles, totally different attitudes, and totally different minds. Well, right here and now I am going to reveal to you how it all began. How Chad Columbo and Darrell Music first formed the foundation of what would eventually become Icons Unlimited. The following reinactment is the true story.....

Chad makes a gesture to someone up in the projector room, the lights dim, a beam of light erupts from the room above onto the screen and the screen lights up then changes to a scene of outside a bar....

"It all started out in Santa Ana, California in the summer of 1995.....at a bar called The Dive. Not quite the seedy place the name suggests, but not exactly a ritzy night club either. I was out on the West Coast ... sowing my oats you could say. Living it up and partying the nights away. Oh, I was working out and training a little bit, but not near as much as the Chad Columbo you see today. But I was making the rounds out in California, just hitting the clubs and enjoying life. It was on this particular night that it happened. The encounter that would eventually make wrestling history...."

The scene switches to inside The Dive. We see a young man with long blonde hair sitting at a corner booth alone. He is wearing an ungodly awful looking hawaiian shirt and has a glass in his hand. He takes it and drains it in one swift motion, then slams it on the table in front of him. Then, in a drunken singing voice, he yells...

Young Chad: Heyyyyyyyyyyyyy waitress! Come over here darling, I need another refill!

After a few seconds go by, a gorgeous brunette, wearing a white t-shirt, a black mini-skirt, and a red apron saunters over. She has a look of forced patience on her face as she tries to smile while placing another glass in front of the young Chad Columbo.

Waitress: There you go. Don't you think you've had enough of those though? That's your eleventh one.

Chad: Doll, I'm a REAL man who can down twice that many and still have enough left to make you one happy gal! Speaking of which, how about you and me get together and make a beautiful tale after your shift is over? Come on, I'll take you on a nice drive in my Corvette out to the ocean and we can wriggle in the sand.

Waitress: First of all, I wouldn't let you drive me anywhere in your current condition. Second of all, I'm way to tired after working to want anything to do with...

Chad: Awww, come on baby! I'll show you a time that you will NEVER forget...

The camera pans over to the far side of the bar, where we see a lone imposing figure. Darrell Music stands with his arms crossed glaring at the people crowded into the place. He is wearing a black muscle shirt with THE DIVE printed on it in white letters. After a few seconds, he appears to notice the exchange between Columbo and the waitress and starts to walk in that direction. The camera pans back over to where Chad is still trying to convince the girl. He pulls her into sitting on his lap. She rolls her eyes, but still maintains a forced smile and a polite tone.

Waitress: Look friend, you don't want to do this and I don't want to see you get hurt... Let me go and maybe..

Chad: Oh my, oh my, oh my! A feisty one are you? Hey, I know a lot of ways you can "hurt me" baby. Just let me know where..

Chad is cut off when Darrell Music comes up the table and glares down at him with a slight snarl on his face.

Darrell: I suggest .... if you want to keep your teeth .... that you let the lady go.

Chad raises an eyebrow and gives Darrell a sly grin, but he lets the waitress go. She stands up and gets between the two.

Waitress: It's okay Darrell, no harm done. I've got it under control.

Chad: I didn't realize this was a zoo. Who let the baboon out of his cage???

A flash of rage appears on Darrell's face and he starts toward Chad, but the waitress puts her hands on his shoulders in an attempt to hold him back.

Waitress: Darrell, please! He's not worth the trouble. Let me handle it and if I need you, I'll yell. Ok?

Darrell appears to get control of himself, his rage ebbing some. He manages to put a smile on his face.

Darrell: Listen pal, try not to make a jerk of yourself okay? I'm hoping not to have to throw anyone out tonight.

"By the look of him, I seriously doubted he was hoping NOT to throw anybody out. But by the same token, as plastered as I was, I didn't care. And since we know that liqour and ego are a very bad combination, you can guess that what I did next may not have been wise..."

Chad stands up ... a bit wobbily .... and gives Darrell another grin.

Chad:What's your name sparky?

Darrell: What? Why do YOU care?

Chad: Come on, play the game sparky. Might win you some fabulous prizes. What's your friggin name?

Darrell: (With reluctance.) Darrell Music

Chad: DARRELL MUSIC?? Sounds like a lounge lizard rather than a bouncer!!! (In a deep voice:) LADIES AND GENTLEMEN THE DIVE PROUDLY PROOOSENTS FOR A YOUR LISTENING ENJOYMENT, THE SWEET SOUNDS AND MELODIES OF DARRELL MUSIC!!! I've got an idea, why don't you have a drink, then go find a piano bar and empty your tip jar... then go off to your little corner a try to look menacing some more. Here, have MY drink!

With swift accuracy, Chad picks up his glass and douses Darrell with the alcoholic beverage, right in the face. The noise in the bar goes dead silent. The waitress sighs, throws up her hands and moves out from between the two future friends. Another waitress throws Darrell a towell. He takes it, wipes off his face, throws it back and glares at Chad.

Darrell: That's it, you are out on your ass!

Darrell lunges for Chad who despite his inebriated state manages to duck out of the way.

Chad: Hey, which of us is drunk again? I forgot.

Darrell: Here, let me give you a reminder.

The crowd gathers around as Chad wobbles around the table, putting it between him and Darrell. Darrell tosses the table aside and lunges at Chad again, who tries to duck a second time but can't quite do it. Darrell manages to grab him by the neck. Chad rears back and lays a boot to Darrell's groin. Darrell let's him go and doubles over in pain. Chad steps back and grins.

Chad: Wow, I didn't figure there was much there to hurt.

Suddenly, in a rush of fury Darrell charges Chad and tackles him. Chad lays dazed on the floor and Darrell stands up and pulls Chad to his feet by his shirt collar.

Darrell: Sorry to have to leave so soon.

The camera switches to outside The Dive. Suddenly, Chad is propelled through the window towards the camera. The sound of breaking glass and and a thud are heard as Chad hits the concrete face first. After a few seconds, he manages to struggle to his feet. No injuries are apparent as he shakes his head to clear it.

"Yes, that's right folks. The first meeting between Darrell Music and Chad Columbo .... was a bar fight. Go figure. Being thrown through a window can be a very sobering experience, believe me I learned the hard way."

Chad brushes himself off and snarls, then stalks away down the street.

"But our little story does not end there. There was much more fun and games that evening. Because I was not about to let some big gorilla embarrass me like that and get away with it......"

TO BE CONTINUED