The scene opens backstage on Turmoil and we see a man by the name of Justin Jehst. The crowd pops as his face comes on screen.
Jehst sits at a catering table flicking through what can only be assumed as his script for “Battering Shark 4”, a film which he has been asked to do a read through for to get his career back on track in Hollywood.
As he sits and reads it is only a few moments before a familiar face appears to another large applause from the crowd; Capo. He strides confidently over to Jehst who removes his pink lens aviators and stands to shake Capo’s hand.
Jehst: CAPO!! How’s my favourite movie shooting, money making, Empire creator?
Capo: HOLLYWOOD JEHST!!! I’m doing great but I would cut my hand off to have yours!
The two laugh and dap each other up with their signature handshake...
Jehst: So what brings you to my little reading table? Did you hear I got offered to read for this film? Apparently they’re quite high on the Jehst Man playing the lead role!
Capo: Actually, that’s what I came to talk to you about. I heard Elsa got you that opportunity, but I’ve got something in the works that may interest you a little more than “Battering Shark 4”.
Jehst: Really? You getting ready to film your first movie with the studio?
Capo: It’s in the works; Elsa wouldn’t have known about it. We want you to be the leading man in our first feature production; “Bang Bang Brazil”.
Justin places his script down on the table and his right eyebrow cocks up at the mention of the movie offer.
Jehst: You have piqued my interest, Mr. Genovese! What will the film entail? Action? Excitement? DRAMA?!
Capo puts his arm around Jehsts shoulder and starts to get him to imagine…
Capo: I want you to imagine Narcos, Bruce Lee, Boogie Nights, Debbie Does Dallas ...IN BRAZIL!
Capo: You will take the lead role as an FBI agent trying to stop the Ruthless King Pin from distributing narcotics to the U.S!
The crowd yells out “DRA-MA” in the background as they go crazy thinking about Capo’s movie idea….
Capo: We got some Kung Fu classes all lined up, and I got a pallet of Ginseng being shipped from Cambodia—-The Real Root stuff...You’re gonna need Aaaallllll the STAMINA—you can get…..If you know what I mean….
Capo does a scumbag laugh and winks at Jehst…
Jehst: Capo, that sounds like the role I’ve been looking for!... But please tell me...vocalise it for me right now...confirm with your mouth-hole that this is not a “Blue Movie”! Do that, and I’m in, my man!
Capo: Oh no no noooooo! It's not a Porn bro!! But there are some steamy scenes ya know??
Capo: There might be a little on-screen hanky panky…. Like the stuff that comes on after hours on t.v. But that’s only one factor in this film. It’s gonna be a hit, Jehst, believe me!
Justin nods before turning back to the table, picking up his script for “Battering Shark 4” and tosses it into a nearby trash can. He turns back to Capo and extends his hand for a handshake.
Jehst: I’ve seen what you can do with businesses and I’m sure you’ll surround yourself with the right crew to make this studio into something the top celebrities wish they could’ve gotten an opportunity to get amongst.
Capo grasps Jehsts outstretched hand and completes the handshake.
Capo: Man, you got the look, the charisma, the flair and that Jackie Chan/Van Dam thing going on! This’ll be easy money, g.
Jehst: I like easy money...as long as it’s 'Hollywood money'... See ya round, Capo.
Justin pats Capo on the back as he brushes by and begins strutting out of frame as the camera stays on Capo who just shakes his head and chuckles to himself.
The camera pans to the announce team.
Boyd sighting.
Let's see if he can re light that fire from earlier this year.
Benjamin Moore vs Danny Boyd
The camera pans to the announce team.
Game over.
Insert more coins.
The scenes opens up with Joseph Diamond & Frankie Highwood getting out of their stretch limousine with the Turmoil Tag titles around their shoulders.
Highwood: I don’t know what it is about these titles, but there’s just this aura they bring off, the shimmer they emit makes me feel like we can take on the world.
Diamond: We have taken on the world, and we beat the world. In fact, we took the world and, stole it’s lunch money and sent it running home quicker than you can say “Frankie Highwood and Joseph Diamond are UN-DE-FEATED.
Highwood: For now and for always.
Highwood slings the title off his shoulder looking deeply at the title.
Highwood: Great as it may be to be as untouchable as we are, and to be undefeated, and to be unbeatable, great as all of that is, I think there’s something we’ve been missing here, Joey.
Diamond: What’s that, Frankie?
Highwood: Well we have these titles, right?
Diamond: Yeah, that’s how the physicality of objects works my guy.
Highwood: We physically have these titles, but are they really OURS?
Diamond: Oh, I get what you’re getting at.
Joseph and Highwood continuing to walk around backstage and a group of photographers start taking the pictures of the dynamic duo.
Diamond: I might have these bomb ass shades but please show some compassion for Frankie, poor guy’s gonna be blind as bat for all the photos you guys are taking of us.
Frankie shields his eyes as the photographers continue to take photos of the pair.
Frankie: Seriously guys, cut it out. I’m sure we could beat the guys with our eyes closed but I don’t think we need to put that to the test, do we?
A voice from behind the photographers says
Mysterious person: Okay. That’s enough. Less of them and more of me.
When the photographers moved out of the way to the side, there stands CJ O’donnell
CJ: very impressive for getting under the skin of Code Terror. They didn’t even show up last week. You must have done something right since you also have their titles.
Diamond: What can I say - Frankie and I know how to get results. What’s it to you, anyways, Dong?
CJ: well you see ever since Code Terror brought those titles from the cardboard print shop people in the back started thinking these guys were idiots doing this, but I know there is some value to those titles.
Highwood: Yeah, the stock in these pieces of trash really skyrocketed when we took these babies for ourselves.
CJ: Good. See you around
The photographers again take pictures of Frankie and Joseph, when in the mix of flashbulbs going off and posing from the pseudo champions, the lights shut off. The bursts of lights from the cameras act as a way of maintaining some semblance of light - although what exactly is going on is unclear. Not much can be seen, but a scuffle can be heard in the general vicinity before the commotion stops and the lights turn themselves on.
Photographer: Somebody want to help these guys? I think they fell asleep or something.
He points at Frankie and Joseph - it’s evident the pair has been knocked out based on a mixture of context clues and the fact they are motionless on the ground. Scrawled on the chest of Diamond is a capital C and on the chest of Highwood there is a capital T. - what could that possibly stand for? In all the commotion, the Turmoil Tag championships were stolen from the duo. Who committed this atrocity is anyone’s guess.
Photographer: This will be a great shot.
The photographer snaps a picture and the scene ends.
