A crowd is gathered around a TV monitor in the main area of crew staging as Onslaught ends out in the arena. The crowd is still roaring Mike Evers’ name, as a couple stagehands and crew members look on in amazement.
Crew #1: “I can’t believe the reaction this kid is getting.”
Crew #2: “No kidding. The kid’s good, but I’ve never seen anything like this.”
The others nod in agreement as Evers stands on a turnbuckle on the monitor soaking in the reaction, Wisconsin Bill standing smiling in the ring.
Just then, EPW Television Champion Adam Benjamin walks by.
Crew #1: “Did you hear the way they were hanging on his every move?”
Random jobber watching: “Well you can tell the kid was trained well. He knows his stuff.”
Benjamin frowns, curious. He walks over and looks on to see Mike Evers in the ring.
Crew #1: “Heya champ. Dig the kid in there?”
Benjamin: [frowning, then rolling his eyes] “You guys kidding me? He’s a scrub.”
Crew #2: “I dunno, man. The fans are eating it up.”
Benjamin: [Walking off] “Even more proof he’s a scrub. You guys wanna see a real pro? Watch me wipe the floor with Karla Starr later on. Stop wasting your time on curtain jerkers…”
The guys around the monitor shrug and turn back to see Evers leave the stage as we cut to the garage.
In the garage area, a long black limousine arrives. Nothing unusual as we've seen this a thousand times before, but this particular limousine has a front license plate with three green dollar signs on it. As it comes to a stop, a rather large man emerges from the driver's side and makes his way around to the back of the car. He opens the door, and the camera picks up a pair of alligator shoes stepping out. The camera pans up along the seam of a well-cut Armani suit. Pulling back, we see the face of Richard Farnswirth. Richard stretches up to his full 6 foot, 5 inch frame as he looks around the garage in disgust. While doing that, he absent-mindedly fiddles with the golden ring on his right hand.
Farnswirth's driver, otherwise known as Mr. Fikes, gathers his employer's bags from the trunk while Richard looks on. The financial power behind the Highland Park Social Club takes two steps toward the arena door before stopping abruptly as another black limousine pulls up right in front of him, cutting him off from proceeding. This limo's driver steps out, gives Farnswirth and Fikes a disgusted look and walks to the rear of the limo. Opening the door, the sweet smell of perfume and champagne fills the air before a pair of jeweled metallic Manolo Blahniks grace the pavement. The chauffeur offers his hand and the limo's occupant steps out into the open wearing a Vera Wang Beaded Tulle Dress and a smirk on her face.
"I'm sorry, am I in your way?"
Richard chuckles as a small smile graces his face. "Only because I haven't yet asked Mr. Fikes to remove you."
"Always the gentleman, Richard...having Fikesy do your work for you," Lindsay Troy remarked as she smiled sweetly at Fikes, who grunted in response and looked away.
"Ah yes, always one to bat your eyes toward the ones you know will fall prey to those tactics. Believe me, I am more than capable of taking care of the work that needs my personal touch. There are simply some things ... or PEOPLE ... that do not require that level of attention."
Troy allowed herself a scoff as she pulled her gear out from the inside of the limo. "Don't flatter yourself, Richard. You can't even carry your own bags let alone get your hands dirty, which is why you keep your present company around." She adjusted the strap on the duffel and cocked her head to the side. "But I'm happy to know Fikes has the ability to be charmed."
"Having the ability to carry my own bags doesn't mean it's necessary to do so. Take, for example, the fact that I could snap my fingers and have you and your precious little duffel there removed from my sight. I could do it, but I choose not to."
"Y'know...." she said, putting her left hand to her chin and staring off into space for a moment. "I've missed this between us. The little quips and snide comments..." She looked back at Richard and walked over to him, the heels of her sandals putting her two inches above the top of Farnswirth's head. "That's why you choose not to. Not because you're lazy or indifferent, but because doing so means that you can't get under my skin and I can't get under yours."
Richard stretches up for a second to look her in the eyes before slipping his heels back down on the pavement. "Ah yes, you never were the modest one. Always had to believe you were the center of attention and the one on everyone else's mind. Sorry to disappoint, but you've been a happily forgotten memory for quite some time now."
"And you're still a wonderful liar." Troy smiled, almost genuinely, before continuing. "But whatever memories of me you may have suppressed...and I'm sure there are many...let me take this moment to remind you that, currently, you're on my turf."
The smile disappeared.
"And I'm not forgetting myself, if that's what you're thinking. I know that Dan owns Empire Pro and for all intents and purposes it's his turf but...I am the Empire Pro World Champion, in case that memory slipped in-between the cracks somewhere. And whether you like it or not, Richard, you're going to be seeing a lot of me. So whatever memories you had, you'd better make sure you're damn well square with them, because I'd hate for you to have to ring in the new year with all the ghosts of the past floating around your head."
"You know as well as I do that I don't show up anywhere without having done my homework. You referencing that title of yours, despite the eloquence of it being superb as always,” Richard rolls his eyes, “hardly comes as a surprise to me. Just as I'm sure it is no surprise to you that I have a very similar one back in my office, and I didn’t even have to go under a mask to get it."
Troy bristles ever-so-slightly, then smirks. “No, it is of no surprise to me. But then again, this certain someone in a mask actually outlasted the rest of her competition in a #1 Contenders Tournament and then beat the champ for the belt on the first try. Tell me Richard, how many chances did you get?”
It was Farnswirth’s turn to bristle before he sneered at Troy. "It was lovely, as always, to see you, but I’ve got better things to do than compare belt sizes with ilk like you. So what's say we cut this little reunion a little short and get about our business?"
“You’re right,” she replied, “I've got to get warmed up for the main event and you've got a curtain to jerk."
"Sure, make your jokes for now. Just don't blink, my dear. You know as well as anyone that the Highland Park Social Club does not stay at the bottom of the card for long."
Richard snaps his fingers and Fikes follows him with his bags, giving Troy a small smile as he walks past her. She and her chauffeur watch them enter the arena, Fikes holding the door open for Farnswirth, while the A1E World Champ storms inside.
“Old acquaintance, Miss Troy?” the chauffeur inquires.
“Yes, Derek...but he shouldn’t be forgot, as the song implies,” Troy answered, before the scene cut to the inside of the arena.
[CUE UP: "Imperial March" - Rage Against the Machine. A video montage plays, featuring smoke-wreathed images of various wrestlers, some of them leaving blurred trails as they move.
CUT TO: Beast nailing the Absolution on Adam Benjamin.
CUT TO: Karl Brown coming off the ropes with a Quebrada.
CUT TO: Christian Sands standing victorious in the ring.
CUT TO: JA delivering the Karelin Driver to Ron Artest
CUT TO: Adam Benjamin delivering a Shining Wizard to Karl Brown.
CUT TO: Joey Melton, mugging for the crowd.
CUT TO: Boogie Smallz lighting up a blunt.
CUT TO: Lindsay Troy dropkicking Beast.
CUT TO: JA and Sebastian Dodd locking up in the middle of the ring.
CUT TO: Dan Ryan sitting sedately in a chair, staring into the camera.
CUTTO: With a clash of metal, a logo slams across the screen, its edges flickering.]
[Cut to the ramp, where a wreath of pyro explodes around the EmpireTron and several bomblike, smoky explosions ripple about the entry way. The camera zooms in on the screen as the pyro finally peters out, then blurs to roving shots of the roaring crowd as a small banner in the corner briefly appears to proclaim that EPW is broadcast en Espanol.]
[We cut to the broadcast booth where Dave Thomas, Mike Neely and Dean Matthews sit.]
DT: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the SBC Center in San Antonio, Texas and Aggression 22!!! We’re here, the crowd is rockin’, and we are LIVE!!! I’m Dave Thomas and here with me as always are Dean Matthews and of course…Mike Neely!
DM: Big night tonight, Thomas! We’ve got some matches here in San Antonio that could headline most companies as we see JA take on The Epitome Troy Windham, we see Joey Melton take on the #1 contender to the World Championship, Beast….and in the main event champion takes on champion in a non-title affair as World Champion Lindsay Troy takes on Intercontinental Champion Karl Brown!!
MN: But before that we get to see one of my new personal favorites, the Highland Park Social Club take on Sensationally Perfect and Big Daddy English himself….the Television Champion Adam Benjamin wipe the mat with Karla Starr!!
DT: Let’s go up to the ring and get this thing underway! Take it away Tony!
TONY FATORA: Th’ following tag team contest is set for one fall.
[CUE UP: “Ride of the Valkyries” by Richard Wagner]
TONY FATORA: Introducing first, at a total combined weight of five hundred and nine pounds… Chip Friendly… Richard Farnswirth… HIGHLAND PARK… SOCIAL CLUB!!
DT: I’ve heard a lot about these two. Both these men are highly skilled in the ring, and it’s going to be interesting to see how they get on here in Empire Pro Wrestling.
[CUE UP: “Damn” by Fabulous]
TONY FATORA: And they’re opponents… “Sensational” Steven Shane… Ken Cloverleaf… SENSATIONALLY… PPEEEEEEERRRRRFFFFFEEEEEECCCCCTTTTTTTT!!!
DT: I can’t believe what I’m seeing here - at Black Dawn these two were tearing into each other, now they’re teaming again?
MN: You heard them - they had unfinished business, and can now work fine again.
DM: It’s going to be interesting to see if they can keep it together as a team here today - it’s been a while since they tagged last.
DT: And there’s the bell, as Cloverleaf and Farnswirth step to the outside. Friendly extending a hand to Shane, who’s simply staring at him. Both men circling now, and there’s a collar and elbow tie-up. Both men pushing against each other – neither able to gain any advantage.
DM: And they break apart. All these men know each other very well, so it’s going to be hard for any to get a discernible advantage.
MN: Discernible?
DM: Here’s a dictionary. Look it up.
DT: Friendly and Shane circling each other again as their partners look on. Back into the tie up, and Friendly with the quick go-behind. Shane with the reversal, but Friendly stops him locking the hands, taking him down with a modified drop-toe-hold. Floating over for a headlock, but Shane rolls away. Both men back to their feet, and Farnswirth’s clapping.
DM: All four men are highly skilled technicians – though I would give the edge to Farnswirth and Friendly in that respect. Though Shane and Cloverleaf do have a strength advantage.
DT: The two legal men circling again, going for another tie-up, but Shane with the knee to the gut. Hard clubbing blow to the back there, and a quick stomp. Friendly getting to his feet, but Shane meets him with a scoop-slam. Pulling the Chipster up by the hair, a hard Irish whip off the ropes, and takes him down hard there with a clothesline. Picking him up again, and the whip into the corner and a hard follow up!
DM: Hard punch there by Shane and the referee’s telling him to back off. The ref’s admonishing him for a closed fist, and wouldn’t you know it? Ken Cloverleaf from the outside with a chinlock, pulling back on Chip Friendly.
DT: This match should be a favourite of yours, Mike – none of these guys likes to play by the rules.
MN: Rules are for suckers, Dave.
DT: Cloverleaf with the tag now, and he and Shane have the upper-hand as they doubly kick Chip Friendly in the gut, and there’s the double suplex. Shane to the outside, as Cloverleaf picking up Friendly by the hair, but Friendly with a right hand to the gut! Hard European uppercut there, followed by a side-headlock takedown! Cloverleaf trying to fight out of the hold, but Friendly spins over into a hammerlock. Ken Cloverleaf trying to roll out of it, but Chip Friendly having nothing to do with that as he keeps the hold locked in.
DM: Cloverleaf trying to get to the ropes now, but Chip Friendly positions himself between Ken and the ropes – but that gives Cloverleaf the chance to rolls his body and get out of the hammerlock. Nicely done there, as he gets to his feet with Friendly still with the wristlock on, but Cloverleaf forces him off the ropes and a hard shoulder block takes him down as Richard Farnswirth is applauding there!
DT: Farnswirth and Friendly used to team with Cloverleaf, so there’s got to still be some respect there, and as you heard from Farnswirth and Friendly they still admire their former colleague. Chip Friendly now backing into his own corner, tagging in Richard Farnswirth.
DM: This is going to be very interesting – Farnswirth and Cloverleaf had a war of words coming into tonight.
DT: Farnswirth and Cloverleaf circling each other – and already you can see Farnswirth talking to Cloverleaf. Ken shrugging it off though, as they go for a lockup, but Farnswirth instead with a double-leg takedown, floating over into an arm-bar, but Cloverleaf quickly gets to his feet and goes in with a waist-lock. Cloverleaf going for a German suplex, but Farnswirth blocking it.
DM: Nice switch there by Cloverleaf, letting go of the waistlock and instead taking Farnswirth down with a belly-to-back there.
DT: Cloverleaf with the cover, but a kickout at one by Farnswirth. Ken Cloverleaf though looking to continue the advantage, hard Irish whip off the ropes and an armdrag takedown there. Farnswirth trying to fight out of it, but Cloverleaf wisely stepping over the body of one of his former partners there, blocking a lot of escape routes there.
DM: Absolutely – good to see that my time here hasn’t been completely wasted.
DT: Well, it has on Mike.
MN: HEY!
DT: Back in the ring though, Farnswirth still trying to fight his way out of the armbar of Ken Cloverleaf. Now he’s trying to inch his way over to the ropes, but he’s having no luck with the way Cloverleaf has positioned himself. Ken though choosing to stand up, picking Farnswirth up and WOAH! HUGE display of power there by Cloverleaf, picking up Richard Farnswirth in a wristlock and slamming him down hard to the mat! Farnswirth now holding the shoulder as all his weight was pulling on it for five or six seconds there, but Cloverleaf’s staying on top of him as he sends him off the ropes and takes him down HARD with the clothesline!
MN: And if you look to the entrance way it looks like we’ve got company.
DT: What on earth are they doing here?
DM: At the moment, standing there. They are the tag-team champions after all.
DT: Ladies and gentlemen, Ken Cloverleaf forcing Richard Farnswirth back into the corner and tagging in his partner as Blitz have come out and are standing at the top of the rampway with their title belts. In the ring, Shane and Cloverleaf sending Farnswirth off the ropes and a BIG double hiptoss there, followed up quickly by a double-elbow drop. Steven Shane now picking up Farnswirth, and drops him down with a standing side walk slam there. There’s the cover
TWO!!
No! Kickout there by Richard Farnswirth as Chip Friendly looks on.
DM: It’s going to take a lot more than that to beat the HPSC.
DT: Nevertheless, with the tag team champions presumably scoping out the competition, Sensationally Perfect are in the drivers seat. Shane picking Farnswirth off the canvas, but Farnswirth there with a thumb to the eye, following it up with a DDT! And there’s the tag to Chip Friendly, as Farnswirth rolls to the outside holding the shoulder.
DM: Chip Friendly in quickly, taking down Shane with a kick to the side of the head, and he’s pointing over at Cloverleaf! Chip Friendly now, picking Steven Shane off the canvas, and sends him into the neutral corner over there, following it up with a NICE mokeyflip, beautifully executed there. He goes for the cover
DT: TWO!!
Kickout there just after two by Steven Shane. Chip Friendly looking to press the advantage for his team, dragging Shane over by the leg to his corner, and there’s the tag to Richard Farnswirth. Farnswirth with a fistdrop, and Steven Shane is in trouble here.
DM: It doesn’t take much to swing the advantage in a match – Farnswirth and Friendly are very experienced at gaining an advantage quickly, and they’ll look now to isolate Shane.
DT: Richard Farnswirth now with Shane by the leg, wrapping it round in a standing leg-lock. Shane’s shouting in pain here as Farnswirth’s calling over to Cloverleaf.
MN: He’s simply letting Kenny know that his current partner’s not as good as his old team.
DT: Be that as it may, Farnswirth no dropping the elbow hard on the inside of Shane’s leg, and again. Richard Farnswirth now laying across Shane’s leg, wrapping the leg round and really wrenching on it in the middle of the ring. Shane’s trying to fight out of it, but Farnswirth’s got a tight grip on.
DM: Shane’s trying to fight out of it though by grabbing the hair of Farnswirth.
MN: CHEATER!
DT: You didn’t mind when he and Cloverleaf attacked Beast last time!
MN: That was Loafy – you can mess him up all you want, but not Farnsy’s hair.
DT: I don’t know why I bother sometimes. Back in the ring, Farnswirth is back to his feet, still holding the leg of Shane and dragging him to the corner. There’s the tag back to Chip Friendly, and both men now stomping away on the left hamstring there of Steven Shane! The ref gets Farnswirth to the outside, and Chip Friendly goes right back to work on that leg, dropping the knee straight onto the inside of the knee there!
DM: It’s a very common ploy for a lot of people – a man can’t walk, he finds it a lot harder to fight.
DT: Chip Friendly now with Shane up, and takes him down hard with a short-arm-clothesline. There’s the cover.
One…
TWO!!
NO!! Kickout just before the three count there! He’s breathing hard and holding the leg here, as Chip Friendly switches tracks and drives a knee hard into the ribs there!
DM: He obviously feels like Shane’s leg has taken enough damage that it won’t be useful again this match, so he’s going to try wearing another part down.
DT: Friendly with Shane up, sends him off the ropes, and a STIFF dropkick to the knee there, follows it up with a quick series of elbow drops to the small of the back there! Was that three or four elbows, Dean?
DM: Whichever it was, they were quick, and well executed. Steven Shane has to get over to his corner and make the tag, but so far, the Highland Park Social Club members have kept him firmly in their half of the ring.
DT: Steven Shane trying to drag himself to the ropes as Friendly talks trash to Ken Cloverleaf, but Friendly turns his attention back to Shane, planting a knee firmly in the back there! Shane arching back in pain, and…oh come on!! Chip Friendly pulling back on the nose and face of Steven Shane!!
MN: Smile!
DT: Chip Friendly breaks the hold as the referee gets to four, and he’s dragging Steven Shane over to Richard Farnswirth. There’s the tag, and Friendly now picking Shane up, wrings the arm and Farnswirth DOWN off the second rope with the elbow right across the arm of Shane!
DM: Like them or not, so far the Highland Park Social Club have functioned better in this match than Sensationally Perfect as a team. I’m sure that Blitz are taking note of this.
DT: Richard Farnswirth now taking Steven Shane over with a snapmare, locking in a reverse chinlock on the canvas. Slowing the pace down even further, and really making Shane suffer.
MN: VI-O-LENCE!!
DM: I thought you hated technical matches?
MN: But this is cruelty to Steven Shane! That’s almost as good as watching Loafy get beaten in a dress!!
DM: You’re into that kind of thing are you?
MN: SHADDUP!!
DT: Leaving those two for a second, Farnswirth is really cinching in that hold, shouting over to Ken Cloverleaf, who’s merely looking on. It’s all he can do, as for the last several minutes, it’s been all HPSC. Ever since that thumb to the eye and DDT earlier in the match.
DM: It may not be sporting, but it was effective.
DT: Richard Farnswirth now dropping Shane down. He releases the hold, floats over.
ONE!
TWO!!
THRNO!! KICKOUT there by Steven Shane!! You’ve got to think he hasn’t got a lot left in the tank after the way Chip Friendly and Richard Farnswirth have been targeting him.
DM: And the way Farnswirth’s still targeting him, changing the hold now and going for a straight-jacket on the canvas as he wraps Shane’s own arms around Shane’s own neck, driving the knee in between the shoulders and really pulling back. Not only does this hold reduce oxygen to the brain, it damages the shoulders, and the way Farnswirth’s twisting the wrists slightly adds even more pressure.
DT: Steven Shane is really hurting in there!! The referee asking if he wants to give it up, but Shane shaking his head as best he can! KEN CLOVERLEAF IN TO BREAK IT UP!! Ken Cloverleaf in with a hard boot to the head of Richard Farnswirth there, as he looks like he’s had enough waiting!!
MN: About time. Jeez, if he really wanted to team with Shane, he’d’ve come in sooner.
DT: The referee forcing Cloverleaf back to his corner, as Richard Farnswirth shaking the cobwebs, looking at Ken Cloverleaf in some disbelief! Now with the tag, and back in comes Chip Friendly. Farnswirth and Friendly now sending Shane off the ropes, and a double back elbow takes him down!
DM: Richard Farnswirth back to his corner, as Chip Friendly has Steven Shane up. Irish whip into the corner, and Friendly in with a running shoulder to the gut, doubling up and winding Steven Shane.
DT: Chip Friendly now with a stiff forearm to the face, and he’s positioning Shane on the top rope! Shane very groggy as Friendly fires off another forearm to the face, following him up. Chip Friendly hooking the head in a frontfacelock, standing on the second rope… SUPERPLEX!! That has to be it, as Chip Friendly with the cover.
One…
TWO!!
THR NO!!! KEN CLOVERLEAF IN AGAIN TO MAKE THE SAVE!! The referee forcing Cloverleaf back into the corner, as Chip Friendly tags in Farnswirth. Both men now with Shane backed into the corner again, Irish whip across the ring. Chip Friendly now being whipped across the ring AND MISSES! STEVEN SHANE MOVED OUT OF THE WAY AND TAKES FARNSWIRTH DOWN WITH A RUNNING LARIAT!! Chip Friendly winded but coming across the ring BUT STEVEN SHANE MEETS HIM WITH A SIDEWALK SLAM!! STEVEN SHANE IS DOWN! RICHARD FARNSWIRTH IS DOWN! CHIP FRIENDLY IS DOWN!
DM: And Ken Cloverleaf is calling for the tag!
DT: Steven Shane still down in the centre of the ring, as Chip Friendly is rolling to the outside, and Richard Farnswirth trying to get to his feet, holding the ropes! The referee’s up to six, and there’s Farnswirth now to his feet. Shane starting to get up, but he’s met with a boot across the face by the HPSC member.
MN: Isn’t HPSC a bank?
DM: No, Mike, that’s HSBC – Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.
MN: Huh?
DT: Richard Farnswirth, still feeling the effects of that running lariat, sends Shane off the ropes. Shane ducks the clothesline, ducks under again AND CATCHES FARNSWIRTH WITH A FLYING CLOTHESLINE! BOTH MEN ARE DOWN AND STEVEN SHANE IS ONLY A FEW FEET AWAY FROM HIS CORNER!!
DM: The crowd are really starting to get behind Shane now as he’s starting to crawl over. Farnswirth trying to grab hold of the boot of Shane.
DT: BUT THERE’S THE TAG! KEN CLOVERLEAF IS IN AND HE TAKES RICHARD FARNSWIRTH DOWN WITH A SHOULDER TACKLE! Chip Friendly in, but he gets met with a right hand and a scoop slam for his troubles! Farnswirth back up, and DOWN thanks to a discuss punch! Ken Cloverleaf is really feeling it in there!
MN: And he messed up the Farns’ hair!
DT: Ken Cloverleaf now targeting Richard Farnswirth, takes him up… BRAINBUSTER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RING!!
ONE!!
TWO!!
THRNO!! Chip Friendly JUST manages to break it up!! Steven Shane coming in now, and Sensationally Perfect look to be in control, as Shane hammers on Friendly with a right hand! Shane takes Friendly over the top rope with a clothesline there! Cloverleaf with Farnswirth off the ropes, takes him down with a drop-toe-hold, and there’s a legdrop by Steven Shane onto the back of the neck of Farnswirth! Shane goes back to the outside, but gets tagged back in by Cloverleaf. Ken Cloverleaf holding Farnswirth, and there’s a right hand to the exposed ribs!!
DM: Oh how the tides can turn so quickly in tag team wrestling.
DT: Shane taking Farnswirth down with a snap suplex there.
ONE!!
TWO!!
NO!! Richard Farnswirth AGAIN manages to kick out!! Shane picking Farnswirth up off the canvas, and Farnswirth trying to fight back but Shane just clubs him across the back! Shane sends him off the ropes.
DM: Blind tag!
DT: And a HUGE powerslam there by Steven Shane!! The cover… but Chip Friendly off the blind tag to break up the pinfall!! Chip Friendly with a hard kick to the back, as Farnswirth rolls to the outside. Friendly picking Shane up, BUT SHANE WITH THE RIGHT HAND! FRIENDLY WITH THE RIGHT! SHANE! FRIENDLY! SHANE! Steven Shane now getting the upper hand!! Shane backing Friendly against the ropes, sends him off but it’s reversed! Shane taken down there with a hard dropkick to the face AND RICHARD FARNSWIRTH JUST PULLED KEN CLOVERLEAF OFF THE APRON!
DM: Cloverleaf looks pissed, but Farnswirth’s backing off – he’s apologising!
MN: What a class act!
DT: Don’t believe it for a second. As Cloverleaf’s dealing with Farnswirth, Friendly with Shane against the ropes now. Irish whip… FROWN BUSTER!! FRONWBUSTER!! CHIP FRIENDLY JUST HIT THAT TILT-A-WHIRL FACEBUSTER!! THERE’S THE COVER
ONE!!
TWO!!!
DM: CLOVERLEAF’S SLIDING IN!!
DT: THREE!!! THE HIGHLAND PARK SOCIAL CLUB JUST STOLE IT!!
[sfx: dingdingdingsing]
TONY FATORA: Th’ winners of the match… Chip Friendly… Richard Farnswirth… the HIGHLAND PARK…. SOCIAL CLUB!!!
DM: I don’t think that went according to plan at all!
DT: I’d say not. Ken Cloverleaf got a little sidetracked outside with Richard Farnswirth and could get in to break up the count in time.
[Cut to a shot of Cloverleaf kneeling over Steven Shane as the HPSC walk slowly up the ramp.]
DT: We’ll be right back after this!