(FADETO: Tact's dressing room. Tact, finally setting his bags down, stretches himself out.. He has a bandage on his arm and he looks a little worn from being attacked earlier. As he's doing so, the room phone rings. As he picks it up, we listen in and can't quite hear the voice on the other end.)
TACT: “Hello?..... Oh hey, what's up..... no, of course I don't mind you coming backstage.... hey, a deal's a deal, I told you I'd catch a look at your show's so there's no problem at all.... alright.... yeah, I'll see you then.... yeah.... bye.”
(Tact hangs up the phone, puzzled but nonetheless continues getting ready. CUTTO: Ringside.)
GHEORGHE: “I wonder who Larry Tact was on the phone with?”
JIVE: “Well, whoever it was is on his way to Tact’s lockerroom, maybe we’ll catch a glimpse for ourselves!”
GHEORGHE: “Interesting to see if its anyone we know. Ladies and gentlemen our next match has been building for more than a month now as Juliet Marceau announced that for one night only, there would be an ULTIMATE Surprise here at Destrucity … and that ULTIMATE Surprise took except to ‘the Messenger’ Trevor Cane calling his message, worthless … and lies.”
JIVE: “This Ultimate Surprise is going to have another thing coming to him tonight when he steps into the ring with Cane … Marceau has been incredibly secretive about who the surprise is … not even I know, Tom!”
(Gheorghe shakes his head.)
GHEORGHE: “Yes .. no one knows who the ULTIMATE … Surprise is. But I’m sure it’ll shock us all.”
(Gheorghe rolls his eyes.)
JIVE: “Well what are we waiting for?!?! Let’s send this up to Jacobs!!”
(The cameras cut to Jacobs, as the cameras swirl clockwise around the ring, showing the rampway in the background as the lineup for the match comes on the screen.)
JACOBS: “The following match is scheduled for one fall … and is a special grudge match …. Introducing first ….”
JIVE: “FINALLY we find out who it is!!!”
(The lights dim low … CUEUP: ‘Unkind’ by Destrophy.)
JIVE: “TREVOR CANE IS THE ULTIMATE SURPRISE?!?!!? What a clever trick!!”
GHEORGHE: “No, you imbecile … Cane is coming to the ring first.”
JIVE: “Oh.. (pauses) What a clever trick either way! Making the ULTIMATE Surprise think that he has the edge of coming in last!”
(Cane walks to the ring and rolls underneath the ropes.)
JACOBS: “Hailing from Sarasota, Florida. He stands six foot five and weighs 263 pounds …. He is ‘the Messenger’ …. TREVOR CANE!”
(Cane grabs the microphone from Jacobs)
CANE: “This is it. Your time of reckoning has come. You can expect your surprise, and likewise your message of deception, to come crumbling down at my feet!”
GHEORGHE: “Strong words by Trevor Cane!”
(The lights go out.)
JACOBS: “AND HIS OPPONENT….”
(The fans quiet as they get to their feet. SFX: They pop as they hear that familiar guitar music pounding … the lights start flashing everywhere … the curtains part…)
JACOBS: “From an UNKNOWN location …… he is … Juliet Marceau’s …. ULTIMATE SURPRISE!”
GHEORGHE: “THERE HE IS!! THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR!”
(SFX: Crowd pops huge … fans hold out their hands trying to touch the man running down the rampwaya, shaking his head to the music)
JIVE: “THAT’s THE SURPRISE?!!! WHAT A CROCK!!”
(Warrior, runs into the ring and starts running around it, shaking the ring ropes …. Trevor Cane stands there in disbelief.)
GHEORGHE: “Marceau has brought in Warrior for one match only!!! What a waste!”
JIVE: “This is bullshit! All this hype .. all this misleading … and we get Warrior?!”
GHEORGHE: “Who did you expect?!”
JIVE: “I don’t know .. Destrucity … Trevor Cane … a chance for closure ... ONE NIGHT ONLY … maybe Doc Silver!?!”
GHEORGHE: “Man, I hope you didn’t get your hopes up too high!”
(The fans continue to pop as Warrior runs around.)
GHEORGHE: “Ladies and gentlemen, Doc Silver was the one who left Trevor Cane high and dry in the Battle Bowl Mania tournament … and then no-showed against him the next RAUCOUS in the Television championship tournament… but he's not here tonight ... instead .... THE WARRIOR .... shaking the ring ropes and chasing the referee around the ring! What a great surprise!”
(SFX: Bell rings.)
JIVE: “This match is happening! And Trevor Cane looks lost!”
GHEORGHE: “Trevor Cane has been standing in the ring, with a look of contempt on his face … AND NOW WARRIOR WITH A CLOTHESLINE! Trevor Cane back to his feet as the Warrior is against the other ropes ….. AND TAKES CANE DOWN WITH ANOTHER CLOTHESLINE!”
JIVE: “The fans are hating this ... and I'm with them!”
(SFX: Crowd pop heavily)
GHEORGHE: “Warrior now picking up Trevor Cane by the hair … AND HE TOSSES HIM OVER THE TOP ROPE! The Warrior is now grabbing on to the ropes and shaking them violently! He can end this right now! I think its clear to everyone here in the arena what damage he can do!”
JIVE: “Wait … maybe he’s NOT the Warrior! This has to be some kind of NFW East ploy?! JULIET MARCEAU IS RECRUITING NFW EAST GUYS?!?! NOW THAT’s a GREAT SURPRISE!”
GHEORGHE: “Oh can it, Nick. We know full well that it is the real Warrior. If you can't accept it, then leave … and that Juliet Marceau finally delivers something worthwhile! Warrior now going through the ropes … Cane is up on his feet and he goes for a roundhouse right … BUT THE WARRIOR DUCKS AND CATCHES CANE …. And he nails him with an atomic drop! Warrior with Cane … AND HE TOSSES HIM HEAD FIRST INTO THE STEEL CHAIRS!”
JIVE: “Warrior ... I mean look at this technical prowess! (rolls eyes) Rabesque has nothing on him!”
GHEORGHE: “Warrior is now running in place with his hands above his head as if he’s trying to channel some energy… and NOW HE CHARGES AND DRIVES A KNEE INTO THE HEAD OF TREVOR CANE!”
JIVE: “Warrior shouldn’t be so cocky!”
GHEORGHE: “Five minutes ago you were acting as if Cane was perfect when he was cocky …”
JIVE: “Five minutes ago he wasn’t on the ground while some 80's has been is running around the ring like an idiot … he was just facing some surprise!”
GHEORGHE: “The Warrior now rolling Trevor Cane into the ring before rolling in himself …… Cane gets to his feet … AND WARRIOR WITH A CLOTHESLINE … Warrior now against the ropes as Cane gets up again AND THE WARRIOR WITH ANOTHER CLOTHESLINE!”
JIVE: “Warrior needs to learn some new moves Maybe Cane can teach him a lesson!!”
GHEORGHE: “Warrior now picking up Trevor Cane … AND HE PLACES HIM ON HIS SHOULDER ….. WARRIOR WITH A RUNNING POWERSLAM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RING…. AND NOW HE IS RAISING HIS HANDS IN THE AIR … he isn’t…. he can’t!”
JIVE: “GORRILLA PRESS! NO!! SOMEONE SAVE THE MESSENGER! ”
GHEORGHE: “The Warrior picks Trevor Cane up off the mat …… WARRIOR WITH CANE HIGH IN THE AIR AND HE DROPS HIM FACE FIRST WITH A GORRILLA PRESS ….. Warrior against the ropes …. AND SPLASHES CANE ON THE BACK!! What a DISPLAY OF POWER!”
JIVE: “You mean a DISGRACE!”
GHEORGHE: “What?! Are you on drugs?”
JIVE: "Watching one of our stars get demolished? What am I supposed to do, cherish these moments?”
GHEORGHE: “Warrior with the cover ….. ONE ….. TWO …… THREE! THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR HAS DEFEATED TREVOR CANE HERE AT DESTRUCITY!”
JIVE: “He destroyed him ... ugh!”
(SFX: Bell rings as the fans cheer as Warrior shakes his head and looks up to the ceiling!)
JACOBS: “The winner of this match by pinfall ….. The ULTIMATE SURPRISE!”
GHEORGHE: “I can’t believe that Jacobs is still calling him that! It's the Warrior! WHAT A NIGHT!!”
JIVE: “And look at the idiot go!”
GHEORGHE: “Warrior is now shaking the ropes ….. and now he gets out of the ring and books it up the rampway!”
JIVE: “The ULTIMATE Surprise has left the building! Thank GOD. ”
GHEORGHE: “Ladies and gentlemen.. I hope you are just as surprised as I was .... We were all not sure of who to expect.”
JIVE: “Speak for yourself! I was expecting the GOD of Wrestling!”
GHEORGHE: “Jonathan Marx versus Troy Douglas is next .. and THAT should continue the fantastic night we are having.”
(CUTTO: Backstage. Jean Rabesque is walking around in front of his dressing room. He looks focused.)
GHEORGHE: “There is the challenger for the World Heavyweight championship tonight, and Rabesque looks like he is in the zone, Nick.”
JIVE: “He better be in the zone, because he is going to need all of his focus, all of his talent, all the luck in the world tonight if he wants to win the World Heavyweight championship… and quite frankly, I don’t think he’s got it.”
GHEORGHE: “We’ll see tonight as he takes on Larry Tact in a ladder match for the New ERA World Heavyweight championship!”
(All of a sudden, out of nowhere, a man in a white mask, wearing a white tuxedo and top hat clotheslines Rabesque and knocks him into the wall.)
JIVE: “Woah, what the hell?”
GHEORGHE: “Oh god! Someone stop that man!”
JIVE: “Wait .. I know who that is! His name is ANTAEUS! What is he doing in New ERA?!”
GHEORGHE: “ANTAEUS, or whoever he is, now has Rabesque by the hair … AND HE JUST KNOCKED HIS HEAD INTO THE CEMENT FLOOR … ANTAEUS HAS JEAN RABESQUE LOCKED IN THE TACTFUL SURRENDER! SOMEONE GET SOME HELP BACK THERE!”
JIVE: “Haha! ANTAEUS is loosening up Rabesque for Tact! Look at Rabesque! He is turning purple!”
GHEORGHE: “Could ANTAEUS be the person in black?!”
(Finally we hear some commotion as the camera sees officials and Marcus LaRoque running down the hallway. ANTAEUS also sees them as he releases the hold and runs down the opposite hallway, out of sight.)
LaROQUE: “You three, find him! NOW!”
(Three officials run after ANTAEUS as the medics start working on Rabesque, who is holding his back. CUTTO: Ringside as the fans are booing.)
GHEORGHE: “The World Champion was attacked earlier tonight .. and now the challenger has been attacked .. and they have to step in the ring with each other in just a little while! What else could happen tonight?!”
JIVE: “You don’t want to know, Tom.. You don’t want to know.”
