Tyler Hensen is seated in the middle of an old boxing ring, in an old rundown gymnasium. Old, yellow, weathered posters line the walls, proclaiming the glories of days gone by, fighters come and gone, and the wars they fought for survival, for dominance of the squared circle.
Standing with his arms crossed, his weight shifting from foot to foot is his tag team partner, Sherman Wentworth. Sherman sighs and looks at Tyler, running his hand through his hair. "Hey, you called me here what'd you want?"
Tyler looks up at his partner and shakes his head, "Have a seat big man," he says, gesturing toward a metal folding chair sitting nearby. "By the way, your fly is open. Zip that up would you? Geeez."
Sherman blushes a little, and does indeed zip up his pants as he takes a seat.
Tyler smirks, "I dunno if you heard by now, but our next match is gonna be against the Inner Circle a-"
"The Inner Circle?? OH boy! They're my second favorite tag team!"
Tyler blinks and then continues, unfazed, "Anyway, it's against The Inner Circle and the Saviors of Wrestling."
"Oh boy, the Saviors of Wrestling are my favorite tag team!"
"WHAT ABOUT US?!?!"
Sherman hangs his head and looks down at his feet, "But they're funny, and cool, and stuff." He's almost pouting.
"Anyway, like I was saying, I have some tapes of their matches, including the one we beat Adam and Chandler in. We need to study the tapes of Troy and Ryan if we're going to beat them, so we can learn their moves and try to figure out counters. They're good, in fact I KNOW they're better than us...but we got one little thing they don't..."
Sherman blinks and peers at him, "What's that?"
"Oh you'll see my compadre, you'll see..."
(Time passes)
Tyler has compiled a very complete bunch of notes about the match.
"You can come out now..." he calls, sighing.
Sherman crawls out from under the ring, "That was scary!"
"Man, it was just a match..I mean it WAS a bit of a surprise to see them get all intense like that...but they're good, they're REALLY good.
Sherman shakes his head, "Nuh-uh! They used to be nice and cool, and funny and and...like...my heroes, but now...they're REALLY mean. "
"Yeah, well it looks like they might be splitting up anyway. Wouldn't take much to split them apart...be an easy win for us.
Sherman shakes his head, "I need to go for a walk...I...I need to think about this..."
Sherman Wentworth steps out of the ring and walks off camera, a soft slam is heard shortly afterwards. Tyler Hensen looks into the camera and smirks.
"See...Inner Circle, you ARE bigger, you ARE faster, you ARE tougher, heck, you're even more popular than we are. But we got something you don't.
"Now every underdog claims he's got "heart". That ain't what I'm talking about...see...my partner, he's a good guy, he's tough, he's brave, he's good to kids and small animals, but he's also an idealist. Heroes remain heroes and villains remain villains, when those lines blur it confuses him. Confusion leads to fear...and fear gives you strength to lash out at the things you don't understand. By the time I'm done with him, that fear will be a righteous rage, capable of destroying you...I hope. Either that or he's gonna...no...no, this HAS to work...it just has to. Troy, Ryan, Adam, and Chandler...Prepare to be Edukated."
Tyler sighs and shakes his head, suddenly realizing the camera is still on. He stands up and gives the "cut" sign to the cameraman.