As OCW staff and talent begin to file into MSG for this Super Mega Deluxe Supreme edition of Riot, our camera is located in the parking area.
No real familiar faces as of yet. Mostly ring crew and backstage staff. In the distance, we see a car pull into a spot about 20 feet away from the camera.
We begin to make our way towards that car, but we haven’t seen anyone get out of the car yet. By the time we get next to the car, the vehicle is shut off, but the driver still has not exited the car.
We now move to the front of the vehicle and see that is it is one MAXWALE, who is sitting silently and not his normal tumultuous self. MAXWALE has shades on so you can’t see his eyes. He’s got a dark gray vest with a with a button down shirts on underneath. MAXWALE appears to be deep in thought.
MAXWALE: I learned a long time ago, that in this business, you can not take opportunities for granted. No one knows if or when they will come.
MAXWALE: Tonight I step in the ring with 3 other OCW Superstars that have been given the same opportunity as me. But…. but there is a major difference between them and me.
MAXWALE: Since day 1, I have told whoever would listen the caliber of athlete that I am. I have preached time and time again that I am the absolute best. I’ve won matches on Riot, Turmoil… Hell, I’ve gone to the revival of Ambition to prove to everyone that I am a master craftsman in this squared circle.
MAXWALE: And now here we are. A few hours away from Tre Golden, AC Cobra and Cort Marshall each standing at a corner of the ring. And MAXWALE in that fourth corner. The prize…. #1 contendership for Bobby Minio’s OCW Pride Title. To say those three have scratched and clawed, have sacrificed, have shed blood, sweat and tears to the same magnitude as MAXWALE is irrelevant and preposterous.
MAXWALE: But I’m not going to find some catchy quip to describe what I’m going to do to them. I’m not going to come up with a new nickname for myself. But just know OCW Universe, when you sit down in front of your tv to turn on Riot. by the time the bell rings at the end of the match. My hand will be raised. I will be victorious. And I will shed this dead weight of Tre, AC and Cort, only to go on and lighten the shoulder of Bobby Minio and secure that OCW Pride Title.
MAXWALE: Stay tuned.
MAXWALE gets out of his car and begins to walk towards the arena. The camera remains in place as he walks out of the frame. And we fade back to ringside.
The new OCW Tag Team Champions Tyson Wagner and K D’Angleo walks the perimeter of the ring like two sharks stalking their prey.
Meanwhile, H2O stands in the middle of both of these sharks embracing the mixed feelings of love and hatred for The Inception.
He snaps his fingers and the mic drops down from the rafters in good old fashioned H2O style. Tyson and KD stand on opposite sides of their Inception brother as he begins to speak.
H2O: Good evening OCW Universe. We are gathered here this evening to mourn the deaths that happened (Un)expectedly on March 31st 2019 in Baltimore, MD.
H2O: On the behalf of The Inception we’re sorry for OCW’s tragic loss of TTT and FAME.
H2O: H2O came in and cut the head off the snake early in the evening. Then these two became DEMONS and finished the job by ripping the rest of the body that is of CQC to shreds.
H2O: Only thing left to wither away is it’s rattling tail of Spider Matsumoto. At last, the locker room will be a lot less noisy now.
H2O gives a shrug to his each of his counterparts. But both Tyson and KD remain standing there like they were his own Life Guards.
As H2O continues again, Tyson Wagner turns his head slowly towards Harvey. Then he grabs the mic away from him while putting a finger up to indicate to wait a moment.
Harvey stops as Tyson pulls the mic up and speaks.
Cyborg: Just be careful, H2O. Even when you cut the head off a snake, he can still bite and spit venom.
H2O nods his head towards Cyborg to show he acknowledges the facts they line between that line.
Cyborg: Since the budget of mic time for The Inception is scarce now, I’m just going to say one thing.
Cyborg: CQC, now do you remember me?
Cyborg drops the mic and leaving it swinging in front of KD and Harvey as he raises The OCW Tag Team Championship in the air.
KD catches the mic and brings it up quickly to speak what’s on his mind.
KD: I don’t care about budgets! I don’t even agree that these suckas even deserve a eulogy!
KD: TTT and FAME have been blowing hot air throughout OCW for MONTHS! No one dared to anything about it. Inception was mocked and then we shocked the planet at Certified Greatness.
KD: Now you wanna silence us? I wish Bobby was out here to explain how’d that will work out.
KD: Now you wanna question our morals and standards?
KD waves off towards the stage area.
KD: All I care about is owning up to the words that my team and I speak. When I said I wanted The OCW Tag Team Titles...we got them.
He too holds up the other half of The OCW Tag Team Title.
KD: When I said I’m letting the demon out...that’s exactly what me AND The Inception did! Not my problem if you didn’t heed our warnings…
KD: ...you seen what happened at Certified Greatness. Even Bobby Minio made The Weakness tap out!
H2O grabs the mic real quick from KD.
H2O: SIMON SAYS TAP!!!
Harvey winks at the camera and gives the mic back to KD. KD continues on as Harvey pulls out his cell phone to text someone.
He types in….
Valkyrie
Hey Sarah. Nice showing out there @ CG! You truly capped off the evening for The Inception! Great job! We went 4-0!
PS lose the kickpads….
He puts his thumb over send but then sighs. He deletes the message entirely.
KD: ...isn’t that right Harvey!
H2O snaps right back into it and talks into the mic.
H2O: That’s right! Tonight you two will have to step up against The Uncrowned and show The OCW Universe that Certified Greatness wasn’t a mistake.
KD: Time to welcome them to The Garden.
KD lays down his fist. Cyborg steps in and lays down his fist with him.
Cyborg:[/b] ...and to someone who’s Half Man...Half Machine...All Bully.
Tyson sucks his teeth like he usually does. Harvey puts his fist down next to both of there’s.
H2O: ...and time to show who’s really “The Best In The World”.
H2O lays his fist down with the rest of the men. The same way they did when FAME booked them to fight each other. The Inception music hits as all three men make their gestures to the crowd.
The scene fades.
The scene opens in the locker room with Empress and Ashley Moore. Empress is gearing up for her match.
Empress: Finally, get to wring that bitches neck. Who does she think she is sticking her nose hairs in our business?
Ashley Moore: Listen, you need to keep a clear head. This match can really help us in the long run.
Ashley Moore: Flojo may look like a pushover...who am I kidding she is. I bet she won her spot on the roster in the lottery.
Ashley Moore: Please finish her off quickly so OCW can see how trashy she is and fire her already.
Empress puts on her kick pads then shoves her bag into her locker and smiles up at Ashley Moore.
Empress: I’m gonna introduce this bitch to a world of pain. Don’t wait up.
Empress gets up and heads out the door. Ashley Moore goes over to close the locker and sees a bunch of pictures with Flojo’s face scratched out.
Belle checks her phone nervously again. Valkyrie was supposed to have called her an hour ago. Her match against Blaine was upcoming and they needed to discuss “strategy”.
But still no call, and Valkyrie was not answering her calls or texts either. The door slammed behind her and she spun hoping to see Valkyrie strolling in with her usual confident smile.
But instead she found Blaine towering over her.
Belle jumped to her feet and grabbed a chair.
Blaine: Put it down, Kid. I’m here to talk.
Belle: Forgive me If I don’t trust you.
Blaine shrugged and dropped to sit against the wall.
Blaine: Valkyrie isn’t coming. Valkyrie won’t be there for the match. It’s just you and me. And you’re going to lose.
Belle: I beat you once.
Blaine: Yeah, you did. But we both know it wasn’t real. It was an illusion. And personally, you forced my hand. Valkyrie is dealing with Empress and Barbie Moore. So it’s just you and me.
Belle presses the chair into Blaine’s chest: Where is she?
Blaine continues unaffected: You know, I don’t like Empress or Moore. I don’t. But hey what choice do I have? You and Valkyrie act as if there are no repercussions for your actions. Like you’re better than me or deserve to be looked upon as the face of Women’s Division, but I have the championship. And that’s all I have.
Belle is surprised to see a tear sneak down Blaine’s cheek.
Blaine: My bar is gone. Taken from me. This title is all I have left because of cowards. You’re a coward too. You might not see it, but you are. And you’ve done the same thing, you’ve threatened to take from me. So you will lose tonight, you didn’t earn it, you didn’t bleed for it. It’s mine.
Blaine pushes the chair aside roughly: You’re on the wrong side, she will lead you to ruin and leave you there. I hope I knock some sense into you tonight.
Belle’s face expression turns serious.
Belle: Wow Blaine…You almost got me, but I don’t believe a single word, you are just trying to get inside my head!
Belle: So stop playing the victim and get ready for our match, because once our match ends, I’m going to find out where Valk is.
Blaine: I ain't the victim, you are.
LOTUS FLOJO vs EMPRESS
The camera follows a hooded figure down the hallway. He aggressively pushes a door open and it slams against a back wall, the force swinging it back towards the camera. It reads “Trill Trash Trademark”...
The camera follows the figure inside as he sits down on a bench and flips his hood off. It’s Rust Cohle looking angry and dejected. The first time we’ve seen him inside the RIOT arena without the OCW World Tag Team Championship.
Sitting next to him in an over exaggerated throne is Kassidy Hayes, with his eyes closed, but facing forward.
At the front of the room stands Ryu “Spider” Matsumoto, pacing back and forth with an exaggerated limp and a strange look on his face.
RYU: Team… Wait. Where is Quartz?
Rust: He wouldn’t answer his…
The door once again bursts open as Hideo Matsuda follows in a frustrated Ijitu Quartz. Matsuda looks at Quartz and shakes his legendary head.
Matsuda takes his place at the front of the scene next to Spider with his arms crossed as every member of TTT has assembled.
RYU: Now then…
Ryu looks down at his fellow TTT members and the camera flashes back to them. Suddenly, all 3 members are wearing matching dark blue and white TTT jerseys donning their names and numbers.
Kass - #2
Quartz - #3
Cohle - #French
As the camera cuts back to Ryu and Matsuda, they’re now wearing matching letterman jackets, each with their own numbers and names. They are drenched in sweat.
Matsuda hands Ryu a baseball cap, which he puts on backwards so that the team can find him more relatable.
RYU: You know what I always say…
Quartz: Your enemy can’t hit you if they can’t see you? RYU: No
Rust: How Dare You?
RYU: No
Kassidy: Deez Nutz?
RYU: NO
RYU: I always say;
RYU: True Trash moments are born from great opportunity. Right now we’ve got the best opportunity of them all. Redemption.
Matsuda nods his head yes each time Spider finishes a sentence.
RYU: There’s a tradition in OCW. To never think about the next step until you’ve dick punched the one in front of you.
RYU: Well boys… At Certified Greatness we seemed to have been reaching for the dick of tomorrow without beating the dick that stood in front of us.
Ryu continues to pace around as Matsuda glares forward, nodding along.
RYU: But let me tell you this, friends. We’re not Nate Ortiz. We’re not Tiberius Dupree. We are NOT Paul Pugh.
RYU: When we fall down… We don’t need a fancy life alert necklace to help us GET. BACK. UP.
RYU: Now… I have been here for a long time… and a lot of that time you’ve heard me talk about being perfect.
RYU: To me? Being perfect is not about winning and losing. It’s about being dedicated to yourself and your Trash brothers.
HIDE: ...and possibly sisters depending on how that DNA test comes back.
All 4 men shake their heads in unison in acknowledgement and then immediately snap back into focus.
RYU: I know you’re frustrated. I am too.
RYU: BUT NOW… It’s time. It’s time to see who in this room has heart.
RYU: THIS IS THE TIME… To prove to everyone out there! That even though you are TRASH… That you. Are. SOMEBODY!
RYU: WHEN TRASH GETS KNOCKED DOWN… We do not quit. No. That’s an Inception move. That’s a Jaysin Sensation move.
As Spider’s incredibly moving speech pauses momentarily, the camera cuts back the members of TTT looking up at him, their heads still down.
It cuts back to him and he suddenly has a cap on with a TTT logo on it. He turns it backwards to relate to today’s rebellious youth.
RYU: TTT… I’ve been here a long time. I know if I am going to have any life anymore it is because I am still willing to fight and die for TRASH. That’s what LIVING is. These 4 men sharing this locker room with you.
RYU: NOW LET’S GET HANDS IN, BECAUSE WE’RE NOT DEAD.
Ryu leaps forward and all 4 of his fellow TTT mates join him, hands in…
RYU: IT’S ONLY HALFTIME, THERE’S STILL 4 QUARTERS LEFT! ARE YOU WITH ME!?
Rust: But that’s not-
RYU: I SAID ARE YOU WITH ME?!
The three motivated members of TTT charge out of the room with their resolve re strengthened. Matsuda and Ryu stay behind, Matsuda looks over to Ryu.
Matsuda: You know, I was nodding for all of that, but you have never said any of that before in your life.
Ryu shrugs
RYU: I know right? I made all that shit up.
The scene opens up backstage in the riot arena where the camera is zoomed into a sign on a door that says “keep out”
The door begins to open as a man in a hooded jacket walks out and takes the hood off.
The camera pans around the man as he begins to walk down the crowded hallway towards the exit near the concession stand in the arena.
Fan One: Hey, look over there!
Fan Two: That’s Code Jackman. What is he doing on Riot?
Fan One: Hey, Jackman, you suck! You had a terrible match a Certified Greatness.
Fan Two: Yeah, do all of us a favor and get lost.
Jackman stops and tilts his head down as he has let them or someone down.
Fan Three: Mr. Jackman? Is that you? What are you doing here?
Code Jackman stop looks at the young fan, smirks and walks away like a defeated man.
Fan Three: I don’t get it, dad, he acts like he has lost everything?
Fans Three Dad: Son you gotta realize, that man is crazy, he doesn’t even know what he is doing right now. After that his last match I’m surprised he has shown his face.
Jackman walks out of the area to see the line of people filling in to notice him. Half the crowd was clapping for Jackman or Booing Him.
Jackman waited there in silence. He never spoke a word to anyone. He began to keep walking down the street as the crowd started following him...
The Camera cuts to the roof of One World Trade Center, where Elliot is watching over NYC, looking towards Madison Square Garden, with a look of determination.
Elliot: The chains have begun to move. Everything is falling into place. No one suspects a thing.
Elliot turns towards the camera.
Elliot: The events of Certified Greatness were... what’s the word... surprising? It definitely calls for a change in strategy. My allies are moving forward with their own plans. But mine have yet to begin. Only time will tell.
Elliot’s phone begins to ring. He checks the number, turns away from the camera again, then answers.
Elliot: Speak.
Elliot: Yes, that is a feasible idea.
Elliot: I’ll see you there. Bring the steel.
Elliot puts his phone back in his pocket.
Elliot: Let me serve OCW a warning. Something big is on the way. None of you will be able to stop them.
Elliot: But that is in the future. Let’s talk about the present. Many of you have taken to calling me some defamatory name I will refuse to repeat. Very well. If you would like to call me that to my face in that ring...
Elliot points to Madison Square Garden.
Elliot: Or that one...
Elliot makes another gesture, this time towards the Barclays Center.
Elliot: I’m not a hard man to find. For now. I’ll be in the shadows. Biding my time, until the chains make their final motion.
Elliot turns toward the camera, and starts backing towards the edge.
Elliot: Remember, sooner or later, you will all hear her.
Elliot steps off the edge and the camera turns down the side of the skyscraper, to find that Elliot disappeared without a trace.
