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The camera pans to the announce team.

	I'm glad he's not my teacher!!
	Hot DANG!!

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The endless walls of white brick welcome us to the backstage area. The One Man Revolution, Bobby Minio, wanders around a section, his ring gear already on, with a C4 t-shirt over the top. He looks down the distance of the hallway, but his face shows no signs of relief or recognition.

He repeatedly glances down at his cellphone, hoping for some sign, some confirmation.

Bobby Minio: C’mon you painted up goofball, don’t leave me on the hook like this!

He mutters to himself out loud. He paces back and forth, alternating between peering into the distance, checking his cellphone for a message, and looking slightly stressed by the entire situation. The Slam U match, the Mugen and Matsuda tag pairing, the check his mouth had written a week ago on Riot, that he might not have the money to cash, and of course, Illuminati.

Bobby Minio: You know what...

Minio says out loud, his voice more direct than the last sentence. He’s addressing the camera now, his face looks as though he had come to a realization.

Bobby Minio: I ain’t even mad. There’s nothing new that this company can do to me. I’ve been Tobin Bombed, I’m sure BUFFNESS can’t do any worse to me than that. I’ll go out there, I’ll kick a bunch of ass, and I’ll deal with what ever is coming. Hell with it.

With a now confident but slight smile, Minio nods to himself, smacking his phone down on a table alongside the wall. He nods again, punching a fist into an open palm, and marches off with a purpose. As he walks away, the camera pans to his phone. The phone lights up and the camera zooms in.

1 Unread Message From: Painted Prick.

We fade to the next segment.

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The camera pans to the announce team.

	'Painted Prick'?
	That's what it said.

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Slam U vs ???

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	That looked BRUTAL.
	Is that legal? Can we check if that's legal?? That looked like grevious bodily harm to me.

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Slam U’s theme song plays over the speakers, and a cheering crowd. Tobin Frost moved to the downed McGee, who had just jumped in front of a bullet for their win, diving into an attack from Minio that was meant to break up the pin. Tobin offers a hand, which BUFFNESS accepts. Tobin lifts BUFFNESS with one good pull, then pats his partner on the shoulder as the two begin to celebrate in the ring.

The One Man Revolution, Bobby Minio, however, stood beside the stirring Illuminati, shaking his head in disappointment. Illuminati sensed that no assistance was coming, so he pulled himself up by the ropes, leaning on them for a moment to gain his bearings after experiencing Tobin Frost’s new finishing maneuver.

Bobby Minio: I think I liked your partnership better when it was a maybe and it was hanging in the mist.

Illuminati: Really, Minio? The blame game?

Bobby Minio: You bounced my chin off of the ropes, you kicked me, you-

Illuminati: You’ve got to stop dwelling in the past.

Bobby Minio: Enough with the CRAP, NATI!

As if he were punctuating his statement, Minio steps forward, pushing Illuminati by the shoulder. Illuminati over sells it, before looking up at Minio, an overstated look of shock and intimidation. The look quickly washes away, as Illuminati gives Minio a decent shove with two hands. Predictably, Minio takes Illuminati’s gesture poorly, as he winds up, shoving Illuminati with a force that sends the man stepping back on his heels, until he backs into a brick wall. Except there are no brick walls in the ring. There are only walls of BUFFNESS.

BUFFNESS: You know what boys? ENOUGH. You got beef? That’s your business, but keep us out of your squabbles.

With a head spin that moves so fast you can almost hear an audible woosh, Minio’s head rotates on a swivel, he’s looking at BUFFNESS, his irritation boiling over, steaming from his temples.

Bobby Minio: You know what McGee? No, you’re in the squabbles. You think because you grabbed yourself a Future Investment case, that you’re on some other level than the rest of us?

BUFFNESS: Isn’t that exactly what the case says? I’m the number one contender, and I’m going to actually do what others have failed at.

The comment inadvertently catches Tobin Frost’s attention, who briefly considers the intent of the comment, before speaking up.

Tobin Frost: Watch yourself, Sean. I took Storm to his limits, and I know I can do even better. I’m going to get that strap, and I’m going to do it the right way. The hard way. I don’t need a Future investment case to do it. I don’t need some fluke match to do it. I’m just gonna do it.

BUFFNESS: Well you’ll have to wait your turn, Tobin.

Tobin Frost: Is that what you think?

The two men look at each other, both curious about the shifting dynamic, both plotting out the next ten moves in their heads. As BUFFNESS moves to reply, Minio clears his throat obnoxiously into a mic, before jumping in himself.

Bobby Minio: You’re both going to have to cool your jets. I took Cody to the edge, and I know, I know right now in my heart and in my gut, that I could finish what I started. You can sit on your haliburton and Tobin can admit defeat and let someone else chase after Cody for a few weeks, because the next big minno- er… fish, in this pond here, is ME.

The entire time that Minio had been speaking into the mic, Illuminati stood behind Minio, mocking his ranting and fired up look, only stopping briefly as Minio glanced back to see what the Slam U members had been been looking at. 

Minio’s paranoia kicks in, and he backs into a corner, the other three men,instinctively, space out evenly, sizing each other up. Minio is the first to break eye contact, cautiously backing his way out through the ropes, and backing out up the ramp. The men file out one by one, and Slam U’s music begins again as we fade to the next segment.

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Cut-Throat vs KD