A New Beginning for the TV Title
{{...FADE-IN: An outside shot of the mansion of "Stupendous" Stephen Morgan. CUT-TO: Inside the mansion, outside a door labeled "PACING ROOM". The door opens to find a narrow, rectangular shaped room where "Stupendous" Stephen Morgan pacing back and forth. He's muttering something under his breath and shaking his head...}}
SM: " ... corrupt ref ... ... fast count ... ... Where was Manson? .... Where was Anarky? ... ... WHERE WAS THE DAMN FAIRNESS?? "
{{...Morgan stops and faces the camera. His eyes almost glowing with anger...}}
" Ok. I'm getting to this TV Title match a little later. FIRST things FIRST. Maelstrom buddy, you got LUCKY. EL-YOU-SEE-KAY-WHY LUCKY. Plain and simple. You fought dirty the WHOLE match, and just as I was ready to end it, you hit me with that ILLEGAL move and HOOK MY TIGHTS to get the win. I'll be BACK pal, on that you can be SURE of. But right now, I'm just a little PI$$ED OFF at some of the other ignoramuses in this federation...so I'm going to' LET you slide a while. But me WARNED Maelstrom. YOU WILL have to deal with me again. I won't just go away and hide in some hole. "
" And I DAMN sure won't consult the services of two men who only if you gave them a PENNY would they have any SENSE at all. Didn't you FOOLS see Maelstrom hooking my tights? WHERE WERE YOU? See, I know your limited intellect probably prevented you from understanding what the DEAL was, but regardless, YOU BLEW IT. I didn't get what I PAID for...so I want my money back OK. PLUS the FIVE HUNDRED bucks I blew on that damn statue of CHEESE. {{...shakes his head...}} STILL can't believe I did that. Anyway, you can just drop the suitcase off at Ringlords. KAY? "
" Now, next on the <BLEEP>LIST is King Krusher SLASH Scott Malec. WHOEVER the hell is responsible for booking ME, STUPENDOUS Stephen Morgan in a TV Title match INSTEAD of the NUMBER ONE contenders Battle Royal. Let me ask you a question BOOKING committee. Did you just wake up this morning that STUPID or were you BORN that way. Your biggest DRAW. Your most influential wrestler...the MAN that took MAELSTROM to his very LIMITS and SHOULD have come away with the title...is once again put on the BACK-BURNER. I should BE the number one contender...not the TV Champion...which I will win. At the VERY LEAST I should be IN the match! {{...shakes his head...}} I mean, PLEASE tell me you people aren’t THAT stupid."
" What am I saying? Look who I'm talking too. "
" Ok. Now that THAT'S out of the way. Jarod Poe. You know, I feel like I need to be honest here and just come out up front and tell you that I'm BETTER than you. Anyone who knows me KNOWS that while I may come off as pompous and arrogant, I am NOTHING if not truthful and upfront with my beliefs. I'm better than you for SO many reasons that it wouldn't do me justice to stand here and list them all...because to others, it might seem boring. But you can rest assured my friend that I gave come to this conclusion using sound logic, and a crack research staff. "
" Also keep in mind my Poe that it's not really the fact that YOU are beneath me, it's that I'm ABOVE you. I wouldn't worry too much because everyone that I've ever met is in the same situation you are. I just want you to know that I don't HATE or DESPISE you. In fact, do you want to know the FIRST word that came into my head when I heard I was facing you for the TV Title? ... WHO? That's right, I could really care LESS about YOU or that pitiful piece of GOLD around your waist. TEE-VEE just isn't my style. I'm a BIG PICTURE man. "
" And the BIG PICTURE Poe is the GLCW World Title. A title I was SCREWED out of, a title Maelstrom should have STRIPPED off his steroid shaped waist. I mean, that title, it's just about worthless..."
{{...Morgan stops and thinks to himself for about ten seconds then smiles...}}
" You know Poe, I've thought about things. And you know what? I'm going to come after that TV Title after all. Because you see, the WORLD belt, it's tainted now. It means NOTHING to have somebody like Maelstrom wearing it. So what I'm going to do is TAKE yours and make IT *THE* belt in the GLCW. I'm going to elevate that title off midcard status and make it the belt REAL wrestlers want to wear. I'm going to make it the WORKING MAN's title, the title that says you're the best WRESTLER, not the best cheater or the best at sucking up to the boss, or the best at shooting juice into your arm. "
" Yes, this is going to be great. RIPTIDE will be a NEW beginning for the TV Title, and "STUPENDOUS" Stephen Morgan is going to show it the way. And Poe, if you have any other ideas about where this is headed...well you, just like all the rest can just..."
" Keep dreaming. "
{{...FADE OUT as Morgan continues to pace...}}