The 10 Thousand Dollar Challenge
{{...FADE-IN: to the sparkling blue water of a swimming pool. The camera pans up to find "STUPENDOUS" Stephen Morgan sitting poolside in a modified lazy-boy chair. Two blonds are lying on towels next to him. Morgan takes a sip of tea from his glass, and adjusts his sunglasses before speaking...}}
"STUPENDOUS" STEPHEN MORGAN: " How does it feel Billy Matthews? The gran-daddy of 'em all, RINGLORDS, and YOU {{...points at the screen...}} get the opportunity of a LIFETIME...a TITLE SHOT against the newly crowed GLCW WORLD CHAMPION. I bet when you went to bed last night in that rat hole you call a home, that you prayed to the good Lord above to just take you in your sleep, because you could never HOPE to amount to ANYTHING in your life. NOW look at you! After I win the GLCW Title from Maelstrom at the upcoming RIPTIDE, YOU, yes YOU, little insignificant YOU, get the very first title shot...and at a PAY PER VIEW no less. "
" Now don't let the billing fool you. Yeah, War Games is the so called {{...makes the quote gesture...}} "Main Event" right now, but they can't very well put our title match up there until it becomes OH-FISH-UL. I've got a call into Malec about getting the posters changed, but until that happens, you can rest assured on the WORD of STUPENDOUS Stephen Morgan that it'll be there. "
" So now you've got the limelight, you've got the billing, you've got THE match. So what do you do now? Well if I were you, I'd be planning my retirement right now. See, it's never going to get ANY better than THIS for you Billy Matthews. Right here, RIGHT NOW is as good as it gets. Once you step into that ring at RINGLORDS, Stupendous Stephen Morgan OWNS YOU, and well ... as they say, that's can't be good. {{...smiles...}} But I like you Billy. So I'm going to make you a DEAL. After I've beaten you, after I've TOTALLY humiliated you in the center of MY RING, after I've pinned your sorry, worthless <BLEEP> one, two, three...I won't abandon you. See, after a little MIS-UNDERSTANDING involving my driver, he uh...quit on me. So I'm in NEED of somebody to drive my limo around. You interested? ... Don't answer now Billy, because I have a feeling you MIGHT just feel different after our match. "
" Now ... since I'm doing YOU a favor, I need YOU to do ME one. See this is my VERY FIRST GLCW Pay-per-view match...it'll be my FIRST title defense. These people that are coming to St. Paul, they WANT their moneys worth. Problem is Billy, I don't see you giving me more than a two, three minute match...TOPS. So, with that...I'd like to propose to you a DEAL. If you can last TEN minutes with me, IN THE RING, you get TEN THOUSAND dollars. I do this not to show off, but to give YOU a little motivation. To be honest, I'm NOT that generous, so I'm going to be trying my hardest to pin you INSIDE those ten minutes. But I figure if you WANT it bad enough, it'll make for interesting TV, interested FANS, and an interested STUPENDOUS Stephen Morgan...and after all, isn't that what we all REEEEEALY WANT? "
" So you go and prepare now, you study real hard, work out with RECKLESS abandon. I'm looking forward to seeing what you have. But listen Billy, it's really doesn't matter in the long run. You have NO chance...and if you think you do...well, you...just like all the rest can just..."
" Keep dreaming. "
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