X-Rated: “That’s right, I need my jet ready on Sunday morning……I don’t care about that, I will reschedule that if I need to, I am going to Pittsburgh………I understand that, but like I said it can be rescheduled to a later date…………Just make sure it is ready for Sunday morning no later then 11:00am or else you can find yourself another job……….Good”
{X-Rated hangs up the phone as he notices the camera for the first time, he walks over to a table that is up against the one wall and pours himself a drink before returning to his chair once again. The wall behind the desk is filled with photos, some old, some more recent, and there are a bunch of Championship belts all in display cases on the wall.}
X-Rated: “Now what brings you here tonight?”
Camera Man: “Your wife sent us in here, I hope you don’t mind”
{X-Rated smirks then takes a drink, then places the glass on the desk. He leans back in his chair with his hands tucked behind his head.}
X-Rated: “It’s a little late to care if I mind or not don’t you think?”
Camera Man: “Sorry, if this is a bad time then we can always come back later.”
X-Rated: “No, you are here now, there isn’t any point in having you come back and waste more of my time. So tell me what brings you here.”
Camera Man: “Well honestly, we have heard some rumblings that you may be making an appearance at Knockout, and judging by the phone call you just had, I think it’s been confirmed.”
X-Rated: “I see, well yes you are right, I do plan on attending Knockout this week, but I will not be wrestling. Frankly I am coming out to Pittsburgh because I figure it would only be fitting for me to be there when a new Hardcore Champion is crowned.”
Camera Man: “So you are going to be in attendance of the Hardcore Championship match up between Dawn, Karl Cross, and the Forgotten One?”
{X-Rated smiles again, before leaning forward on the chair with his hands folded on the desk, he leans into the camera.}
X-Rated: “You can say that, you see I am going to be the Guest Referee for the Hardcore Championship match up!”
Camera Man: “You are telling me that you are going to be the Guest referee for the Hardcore Championship match up? Is that really a good idea, I mean do you think you can be fair and impartial in crowning a new Hardcore Champion, I mean you just vacated the championship.”
X-Rated: “Are you accusing me of being bias before I even step into the ring?”
{X-Rated stands up and pushes the chair, standing behind it resting his forearms on the back of the chair.}
X-Rated: “Listen, I don’t really care who becomes the new Hardcore champion, you and I both know that no matter who it is, they will not be half the champion I was. The ICWL may be the home of some “great talent” but not one single member of that roster even comes close to the True Talent that is X-Rated. I have done more in the ICWL in the short time I have been there then most have done after years of service. I achieved in 3 months what took Anthrax many, many years to do, and lets not forget I did it better then he did. The ICWL Hardcore Championship is just another championship in the long list of titles I have held throughout my career. I have been hardcore championship, International Champion, world champion, tag team champion, many of them multiple times, but I don’t hang my hat on those champions. You seen when I first got started in Professional wrestling, I was told ‘No matter how good you are, or how good you think you are; you are only as good as your next match’, now that’s something that I have not only lived by, but modeled my career after. I have been in countless matches, some of the most brutal matches even thought of, but I always remember that I’m only as good as my next match. I have proven time and time again that inside the squared circle you can count on be delivering the goods, each and every time my name is on the card, you know you are going to get the very best that I have to offer. That is why I have semi-retired, I have proven all I need to prove, and that is evident in the way that even still my name is mentioned through the hallowed halls of the ICWL. Old talent and new talent alike all still mention my name from time to time. You see you have the new comers that figure since I have walked away, they can take shots at my expense is hopes of being recognized, but it doesn’t matter.”
Camera Man: “forgive me, but I don’t see how any of that relates to being a fair and impartial guest referee for the Hardcore Championship next week.”
X-Rated: “I’ll tell you what it has to do with me being fair and impartial. I don’t like any one of the three talentless worms who are competing for the Hardcore Championship. I don’t hate any one of them more then the other. Now to the untrained eye it would appear as though we have three bright, up and coming talents competing for their first real taste of ICWL Championship gold, but like I said that’s to the untrained eye. I know better, what we have is three piss poor excuses of so called ‘talent’ competing for a championship that not one of them deserves. But I will do my part, I will raise the hand of the victor, whom ever it may be, and I will hand them the Hardcore Championship, and give them their chance to shine in the spotlight. Then when they have shed their last tear of joy, and they walk to the back I will stand in the middle of the ring, and grant anyone who chooses the opportunity to come out and prove me wrong. I have heard my name dropped more times the Nicole Ritchie’s dress size since I announced that I was going to semi-retire. Everyone is using my name to try and further advance their own worthless career. Well if there is anyone in the ICWL locker room who would like to prove they are better then me, like so many have claimed since I left, this is your chance, come on out, I wont be hard to find.”
Camera Man: “Alright, I’m confused. You said you were coming to Pittsburgh to be the guest referee, but it should like you are going with an open challenge to anyone in the back, so which is it, are you going to be the guest referee, or are you going to have a match up?”
X-Rated: “I am going to be the guest referee, and don’t be mistaken, I’m not going to Pittsburgh for a match up, I going to give anyone who would like the opportunity to prove they are better then me the chance to do so. I don’t care who it is, if anyone on the ICWL Locker room past, present or future wants to step up and prove they are better then me, I will be standing in the middle of the ring waiting.”
Camera man: “Ok so…”
X-Rated: “Wait, before you say something else stupid allow me to clear it up for you. No, I’m not going to have a match, but am damn sure am going to be beat the hell out of who ever decides to take a chance at the True Talent! I am the Only True Talent the ICWL has ever had, got, or will get. There isn’t a single person on the roster past, present or future that is able to stand up to the True Talent. See I don’t care who it is I will prove to who ever comes out, and to everyone that is watching that I am the True Talent for a reason, and not just because it sounds good! See the way I figure it is this, I’m X-Rated, that already makes me better then everyone else! No one has been able to prove me wrong, not now, not ever, and if there is someone in the back that thinks they can, then this is the golden opportunity. You may never get another chance like this again!”
-=With that X-Rated walks from hind his head to the camera man, reaching past the camera when suddenly the screen fills with static. =-