DT: Back from the break and IrishRed is STILL in the ring. MN: God I hate this guy!
[Irishred stands dead center in the ring. He is dressed in blue jeans, cowboy boots, white A1E T-shirt, white UCW Hat and he wears the UCW World Title around his waist. In one hand he holds a sheaf of papers, in the other the microphone.]
IR: Hello to each and every one of you. Hello especially to you Danny! I know you're in the back watching a monitor right now, that vein in your forehead bulging, your face the same color as a ripe tomato, screaming at the booth, yelling for security...
Oh how I wish I could see that. But before you get super excited I want you, and the 15 to 20 here in the arena and the up to 100 watching at home to pay attention to what I have put together. If everyone will turn their attention to the big screen...I have a special surprise for you all. I'm sorry I didn't spring for popcorn. I feel terrible about that.
[The arena lights go to black and on the screen we see an old movie countdown. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. The screen goes to white with red rose petals falling across it. In old English lettering the words "Shane and Dan...A Love Story" roll onto the screen. Next we see a picture of Dan Ryan in his EPW office and then Irishred in his bar in Yankton South Dakota.]
Voice over: It's been said that there is no such thing as Love at first sight. These two men have dared to prove different. Of course their first meeting didn't go as smooth as either would have liked...but still you could see there was a spark. The scene was the MBE Cup. Like the beginning of most romances there was someone else involved.
[The scene happens during the MBE Cup: *Irishred is seen watching Lindsay Troy's promo on the monitor in his locker room as he tapes up for the match*
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! Stupid little bitch. Oh look, I'll intimidate him with prison humor and physical violence. Silly little whore. Just do what you do best you ignorant slut. Keep your mouth closed until you get paid to open wide. Fucking dumb dime store floozy playing with the big boys. If you want to get noticed that badly start by putting a bag over your face you wretched scumbag, then someone might, I said MIGHT give you the time of day. Seriously; you are pathetic. Go and fuck with someone else's match Lindsay. You will only get hurt here. If you are that worried about your man that you have to divert attention to yourself pull him out of the match. Otherwise do us all a favor and just SHUT THE FUCK UP."]
Voice over: Irishred was maybe a little jealous to start.
[DAN RYAN in his limousine, staring head on at the camera Ryan: "RED!! HOOOOOOLY MOTHER OF GOD...." "What....the hell.....was that?" "Nice comeback, bro. Really nice comeback. Wanna take a breath? Wanna say two words without saying 'fuck'?" "Truth be told, Lindsay could pin your shoulders to the mat just as well as the rest of the people in this match could - but I'll tell you one thing, I know for sure that I can do that and so much more." "Why not just continue to keep your piehole shut and let me do the talking before you talk yourself into an embarrassing situation you can't pull yourself out of." "Christ."] Voice over: Dan of course had an immediate attraction to the Midwestern wrestler. Things didn't go much better then next time they met.
[The scene is again the MBE Cup: Red has hit wits about him again and starts tossing chairs from ringside at Spoiler and Hida. One misses and careens off Troy's skull, which leads to some harsh words from Dan Ryan. Red is just looking for a fight and begs Ryan on. The refs are so focused on keeping the teams apart there is no one standing between Red and Ryan, and The Ego Buster dives through the ropes and he and Red crash into the guardrail and begin brawling.]
Voice over: Everyone could see the special bond they shared in that moment and knew there was so much more to come. They tried to hid their affections but couldn't.
[The scene is the MBE Cup Final: Red charges across the ring to be caught with a spray of water in the face from the unimpressed Ryan. Red smiles as he wipes the water off his face and spits directly in the Ego Busters face.
Bobby: Red with the ultimate insult to Dan Ryan.
Professor: And who knows what's been in that mouth.]
Voice Over: People said it wouldn't last. But these two men did all they could do to prove them wrong.
[The scene is UCW, Dan Ryan and Irishred are in the ring. Irishred has the Ego Buster pinned to the mat. The ref's hand hits three and Irishred rolls from the ring smiling at Dan Ryan.
Voice over: Others tried to come between these two and break up their love. One of them fought for their love and one just laid back and let it happen.
[The scene is The UCW ring Irishred has the then UCW World Champion First tied up in the ropes where he hammers him repeatedly with a steel chair almost killing the young man. Irishred goes on to win the title in this match. The scene cuts to Dan Ryan walking out to the UCW ring and laying down for the First in a number one contenders match.]
Voice over: Dan was just playing hard to get. But Red would have none of that.
[The scene is the recent TEAM super show: The door opens and Dan Ryan steps out. He is wearing jeans and an EPW T-Shirt. He walks into the circle and both he and Red clue their attention onto each other. There is an intense staredown, before they charge after each other and begin slugging it out, much to the delight of the crowd. Ryan cuts Red off with a knee to the gut and grabs Red by his neck and then rams Red head first into the hood of an Aston Martin Vanquish. He goes to do it again, but Red backhands him in the balls. Ryan is doubled over, and now Red is the one that slams Ryan’s head into the Aston Martin Vanquish. The dents are very noticeable. Red grabs Ryan by the wrist and pulls him forward and decks him with a short-arm clothesline.]
JC: Red is now going over to his truck. Good lord, look at all the stuff he put in the rear!! He is taking the contents of it and is throwing it into the middle of the circle of cars that surround these two men. Is that a WELCOME TO YANKTON sign in Red’s hands?!
[Ryan tries to get up. He is up, and he turns around...
WHACK!!!
... He gets nailed in the head with the WELCOME TO YANKTON sign.]
Irishred: HERE IS A GIFT FROM MY HOMETOWN YOU LITTLE *****!! JC: Wow!! I guess Red is paying Ryan back for the comments he made about Red’s hometown of Yankton South Dakota!!
[The shot sends Ryan flying into the hood of the Aston Martin Vanquish, with his head almost hitting the windshield. Red drops the sign and walks up the hood of that car. He drags Ryan up to his feet and then DDT’s on the hood of that car. Ryan’s head bounces off the hood and he is now lying on his back. Red walks up the windshield and to the roof of the car. He gets a full head of steam and then comes leaping off the roof.]]
Voice over: Where will the future take these two crazy kids in their quest to find love in a world of violence. Only time will tell.
[On the screen there is an obviously doctored image of Irishred handing a bouquet of flowers to Dan Ryan. They walk off into the sunset hand in hand as the word "The End" come across the screen.
The lights come back up in the arena and there is a smattering of applause covered by boos. Irishred takes the paperwork and tosses page after page to the mat until he stops at almost the last page.]
IR: Hey Danny; I know you have been busy and all with the running of this little carnival of miscreants, the birth of your new child and keeping your "World Champion" well protected, but not reading the fine print in a contract is just sloppy and inexcusable. Let me read to you from section 12, part L, subsection 1. "If at anytime the owner of EPW, Mr. Dan Ryan, comes into physical contact with the above named wrestler, Irishred, this contract will between the wrestler known as Irishred and EPW will become ironclad for one full calendar year from the point of aggression. Furthermore, Irishred cannot be suspended, banned or fired for any of this actions following the point of aggression."
Dan...how did you miss that? What the hell was going through your head? How could you just blindly sign off on this? I had my lawyers add this just for you. I knew that your obvious attraction for me would cause you to put your hands on me. So the bottom line of this Danny boy is that you're stuck with me and I can do whatever I want. I can take my slotted TV time and show UCW fights, I can come out here and sell MBE merchandise, I can come out here and throw matches, I can come out here and do whatever the hell I want and you are powerless.
But at least remember this Dan...we'll always have Paris.
[Irishred drops the mic and walks out of the ring laughing the whole time. ]
MN: You think we could just kill that guy?
DT: MIKE!
MN: Would you miss him?
[Neely turns to Matthews]
MN: Would you?
[Dean just rolls his eyes.]