***Formatting to come***
The scene - Max Powers is pacing excitedly in Drakes locker room, while Drake lounges on the couch, as per usual.
Max: Things couldnt be better for us, bud.
Drake ponders for a moment.
Drake: We could be surrounded by beautiful women
Max stops for a moment and grins.
Max: Ha! Im rubbing off on ya, huh? You got a point, but the fact is, were rolling into this match on top.
Drake nods distractedly as he fiddles with a half full beer.
Max: We got in their heads, man, Ty and Cougar are upset. Theyre riled up and youre gonna take em out, cool as a cucumber.
Drake: You ever wonder why cucumbers are cold?
Max shakes his head.
Max: I never did, Drake.
Drake grunts as he continues messing with the bottle, peeling the label off.
Max: This match, its perfect for us. Ty and Cougar, theyre all structure. One fall to a finish kinda guys. They dont know chaos like you do. You, man, youve been in the battle royals, the four ways, the incredible, bloody, hardcore contests youve done so much more than they have. Youve got the experience, youve got them in the right mindset
we could have this in the bag.
Drake grunts and keeps peeling the label.
Max: Do you even care?
Drake: Sort of. Ive been reconsidering this whole title concept.
Max: How do you mean?
Drake: Well, people respect champions, right? But why? Does being a champion make someone good by itself?
Max rubs his chin.
Max: I think its the idea of having proved their worth.
Drake: But Ty basically stole the Eurasian belt, and Cougar ambushed the Mayhem off me. Whats so great about that?
Max: Nothing! Thats why were going to get them back!
Drake: But what will it mean if I get them? That I beat two guys who couldnt win a title under fair rules? Does that make me better?
Max grunts.
Max: It starts you down the road, anyway. Theres more defenses to come, places to prove yourself
how many defenses did you have as Mayhem Champ? You were a man to be proud of.
Drake: Does regaining the title bring back my old success? Does success compound?
Max: This is getting pretty deep for a wrestling match, Drake.
Drake: I know, I know
it just bothers me.
He looks in the bottle.
Drake: I need to drink more.
He downs the bottle and throws it away, then grabs a full one from the nearby cooler.
Drake: I think its just the shiny belt, really.
Max laughs softly and continues pacing.
Max: Look, you do want these belts, dont you?
Drake drinks from the beer again.
Drake: I feel that I do
they seem important
but I just dont know why. Maybe Ill figure them out when I get one of them.
Max: Or both.
Drake nods. Theres a knock on the door.
Max: Come in already!
The door opens and Becky Serra enters.
Becky: Hey guys
here for an interview?
Drake brightens up as he raises his beer in greeting and Max grunts.
Max: Weve got a lot of preparing to do. Lets get this over with quick. Drake?
Drake looks startled.
Drake: You want me to talk?
Max: Its your night. Go for it.
Drake scratches his goatee.
Drake: Well
theres this feeling, deep down in my stomach, that Ive been
offended, somehow. And its all focused on Ty and Dave
I dont really know what I did to them, but they dont seem to like me, and they have belts
belts that Max says really belong to me, and when he says that, I cant help but feel hes right. Im not sure I understand it all, but I do know that I want to beat them, and I want the belts
my belts?
Max nods and with a gesture, has the camera focused on him.
Max: Listen up, maggots! Ty, Cougar, youre nothing but worms to me, and less to Drake! Youve stolen, youve cheated, youve gotten your way out of our vengeance, but tonight, youve got no escape, nowhere to run! Drake is filled with rage and fury over the wrongs committed against him, and with the right guidance, hes a loaded gun ready to take both of you down. Get ready, and enjoy your time left as the miserable excuses for champions you are, because the real double champion of WZCW is coming for you.
Max is breathing heavily as the shot widens to include Drake, who has lost interest and keeps fiddling with the bottle as the scene fades out.