The video begins in the Barclay's Center's backstage area, where tens of thousands of ravenous fans can still be clearly heard screaming the roof off the place. As the camera moves forward down the hallway, The Mantis rounds a corner, dressed in his entrance attire, seemingly ready to begin his match against T.Y. Sparks Jr. However, his expression and body language appear to suggest otherwise…
The Mantis: As we step closer and closer to Summercide, my friends…
He pauses for a second, and his tone takes a sharp change.
The Mantis: ...no. Not "friends". Following my humiliating loss last week on Riot during the Tornado Tag Team match, I've had some time to myself. To meditate and reflect on things. And it was during my meditation that I experienced a revelation. There exists nobody within this industry that can be trusted, that I, nor indeed anybody, can ever consider to be their "friends".
The Mantis: After suffering no end of loss, embarrassment and misfortune, there is but one question to ask...and it pertains to my mission. The reason I am here. And that question is not whether this industry can be saved...but rather, if it should be. If OCW is even worthy of the salvation that I have fruitlessly endeavored to bring to it. As the adage goes: "if you cannot beat them, join them". And if my time here is evident of anything, it is that my mission to restore honor and order to OCW has been a failure. And so tonight, T.Y. Sparks Jr. will be patient zero in the pestilence that will soon plague us all. For I am The Mantis...and I've got your number.
The Mantis marches down the hallway to the stage area as the next match begins…
The voice of a Drill Sergeant can be heard echoing throughout the backstage area as Jim Black and his cameraman search to find the cause.
Sergeant: DOWN!
Sergeant: UP!
Sergeant: DOWN!
Jim Black finds the source of the voice to be emanating from a talent’s dressing room. Jim Black heads for the doorknob and motions his cameraman to get ready to film.
Sergeant: UP!
Jim Black opens the door and is greeted with a view of a middle aged man in a sergeant costume guiding Maxx Edwards through burpees while his assistant, Tracy sits in the corner of the room reading on her tablet.
Sergeant: DOWN!
Maxx: CLOSE THE DOOR JIM!
Sergeant: GAAAWD DAMMIT EDWARDS!
The Sergeant swiftly slams the door on Jim Black.
Jim Black looks at his cameraman in confusion and receives a blank stare back before the two of them quickly leave the scene.
Sergeant: YOU WOULD’VE BEEN DEAD EDWARDS!
Sergeant: YOU BREAK FOCUS WITH THOSE SLOW REACTIONS OUT THERE IN THE RING, AND YOU'LL BE NEXT MONDAY’S MYSTERY MEAT!
Sergeant: MYSTERY MEAT EDWARDS! AND WHO TOLD YOU TO STOP?
Maxx: SIR, YES SIR!
Maxx jumps back into burpee positions and continues to work out while getting berated.
Sergeant: I DON’T KNOW NOBODY BY THE NAME OF YES!
Maxx: NO ONE DID SIR, NO ONE!
Sergeant: THAT’S WHAT I THOUGHT!
Sergeant: NOW, ARE YOU READY TO GO OUT THERE AND LEAVE IT ALL OUT IN THE RING?
Maxx: SIR, YES SIR!
Sergeant: ARE YOU WILLING TO DO WHAT IT TAKES TO AVOID BEING PINNED, AND OR SUBMITTED IN THAT RING TONIGHT?
Maxx: SIR, YES SIR!
Sergeant: THEN WHAT ARE YOU DOIN’ IN MY SIGHTS EDWARDS! GET YOUR MUSHY TUSHY OUT THERE!
Maxx: SIR, YES SIR!
Maxx pops up and sprints out the door leaving the Sergeant in his dressing room with Tracy.
Tracy: Great Job, Dave! You’ll be seeing a nice bonus in your check.
Dave takes off his hat and looks at it in his hand, revealing his thinning scalp.
Dave: Thanks! You know my dad was apart of the Forces growing up!
Tracy nods as she diverts her attention back to her tablet and continues reading.
THE MANTIS vs. T.Y. SPARKS JR.
A door to the arena flies open and Ijitu Quartz enters. He is serenaded with boos from the OCW universe as he walks through the door. He pauses for the moment, the door hanging open behind him. He looks around and removes his PRISTINE SUNGLASSES.
He scans the area one more time before placing his PRISTINE SUNGLASSES back on his face.
He turns and waves at the door, ushering in 5 large men in black collared attire. The right-chest area of their shirts don a logo with the letters "EGSS". The two larger men stand in front of Quartz, with the 3 others flanking him. As they surround him. He laughs to himself and all 6 men move in unison.
Ijitu Quartz: We got a long night ahead of us before the match, fellas. Keep your eyes peeled. Hahaha!
WREX vs MAXX EDWARDS
K.Dangelo sitting in the Arnaud skybox when Kat walks in . She puts her hand on his shoulder.
Kat : It will be ok big brother. The old guard is gone and now it's time for the young lions to run the jungle.
K.Dangelo puts his head down. A look of emotion comes across his face . Kat hugs his neck before walking to the door. Then all of the sudden K.D calls to Kat.
K.Dangelo : Let's hurt some people before we go!
Kat grins.
Kat : We will hurt them for what they did to us, brother its time to either retire them,hurt them or bury them! Philadelphia might not see us but OcW will feel us!
