Freedom .. according to Webster's Dictionary .. is the state of being free, liberty, particular privilege; facility of doing anything; frankness, undue familiarity. We as Americans have unlimited freedoms .. or as you just read .. privileges. We get to have a license to drive a vehicle .. we can say whatever we want .. we can practice any religion we want .. hell, we even have the right to bear arms. But when things happen and you get in trouble with the law .. those same freedoms are taken away. With that being said .. our scene slowly .. very slowly .. fades up focused directly on the sign of a state penitentiary. The camera then pans a little to the right and into view comes the correctional facility itself. The cameras then zoom in a little and catches a good view of what appears to be 10 or 12 inmates playing a game of basketball. Other inmates are sitting at picnic tables giving each other tattoos or over at the weight lifting equipment .. working out like normal people would. But then .. our outside scene begins to slowly fade away .. but opens back up inside the correctional facility. Our scene this time is in the cafeteria area .. a few inmates are eating some grub .. others are just sitting around looking at stuff. That scene then begins to slowly fade away .. and again our scene opens back up .. this time inside the warden's office. The cameras are positioned in a way that the viewers at home get a view from behind the warden's desk. A pair of feet are propped up on the warden's desk .. and the television in front of his desk is turned on as well. The ringing of a bell on the TV can be heard as the camera zooms in on it. A man .. unknown at this point .. is raising up a World Championship and celebrating with his family. As the celebrating continues on the television .. an unknown voice .. probably coming from behind the chair .. can be heard ..
' UNKNOWN VOICE ' ????: PG-13.. Jason Scott.. TJ Alexander.. Maniac.. Hardcore Lenny. Ricky Vegas..Axel Shaw. Jason Cross.. all these men have something in common .. something half of the civilized world won't ever come in contact with .. something that only SUPERSTARS can accomplish. Crush.. do you have the intelligence to know what it is these men have in common? .. Hah .. I doubt it ..
Suddenly .. the chair spins around .. away from the television .. and there sits a former but soon to be again World Heavyweight Champion himself, Mike Sanders! Mike Sanders sits in his usual attire. Deal smirks at the camera and then continues ..
' THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION ' Mike Sanders: But then again Aaron.. I wouldn't expect a common superstar like you to have any kind of knowledge what-so-ever. The only knowledge you'll ever have .. is how to be a failure .. how to survive out on the streets because you don't have a roof to sleep under .. or how to survive in a state penitentiary because you couldn't control your anger. Face it Aaron.. failure has consumed your life .. failure is all you'll ever know .. all you'll ever experience. But like most of your kind, Aaron.. you're too stubborn to realize it .. you're too inarticulate to understand it .. and you're too slow-witted to admit it. But don't worry, Aaron.. when our match rolls around .. I'll MAKE you realize it .. I'll MAKE you understand it .. and Aaron, I'll MAKE you admit it! ..
Mike Sanders looks just as intense as he was all those years in the business.. what's that mean for Mike Sanders? Only time will tell .. but as for now .. Mike Sanders continues ..
' THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION ' Mike Sanders: With my dominance in companies like ECE, Aaron.. when I won MY ECE World championship .. I entered a group of the elite. I joined the greats wit.. I joined the so-called 'legends' of this business by claiming MY Opportunity. But you know something, Aaron.. Your name doesn’t deserve to be anywhere on that list .. do you know why that is? Because people like you .. people like your Dynasty.. even though you managed to get here .. don't deserve to be in the ranks of the greats .. people like you and your brother, Aaron.. AREN'T GOOD ENOUGH TO BE CONSIDERED A LEGEND! People who have to steal to get ahead .. don't belong with a group of the elites like myself ..
Mike Sanders smirks then removes himself from his chair .. and walks over to a window that overlooks the outside area where all the inmates are currently located. Mike Sanders smirks .. then turns back to the camera and continues ..
' THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION ' Mike Sanders: You know places like this very well don't you, Aaron? You know what goes down inside one of these joints. You know not to drop the soap .. don't you? I've heard the stories, Aaron.. I read your file.. I know what you did before you got here and how your "Dynasty" was formed.. so I know damn well you know about places like this. But Aaron.. while you were trying to make a name for yourself .. I was on the outside doing what I was born to do. While you were attempting to make a name for yourself .. a name to protect you from being somebody's bitch .. I was busting my ass off for years.. YEARS .. to become the best that company has. For years, Aaron.. while you were contemplating your next move .. I was in the middle of the ring claiming my destiny. While you were cutting corners .. trying to survive night after night .. I was in a company called CHCW.. surviving man after man .. until finally .. the referee sounded the bell for the last time .. raising my hand in victory and handing me what was rightfully mine. Me and you, Aaron.. have only one thing in common .. and that's the will to survive .. the will to get the job done at all costs. But Aaron.. do you have what it takes to survive against a man who has nothing to lose? ..
Mike Sanders pauses and turns and looks back out the window. He watches on as inmates give each other tattoos .. shoot some hoops for some extra cigarettes or something .. work out for the sake of trying to protect themselves. A look of disgust grows on Mike Sanders's face as he turns back to the camera and continues ..
' THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION ' Mike Sanders: Look at 'em all down there Aaron.. they were free at one time... just like you .. they're down there .. wasting away their pathetic excuse of a life. Come to think, Aaron.. you're doing the exact same thing. You're wasting your precious time thinking you can defeat somebody like me .. because face the music, Aaron.. your name doesn't deserve to be muttered in the same breath as mine .. somebody like you .. just doesn't deserve to step into the ring with greatness. Aaron.. YOU'RE NOT IN MY LEAGUE! .. and when we meet, my man.. I WILL SHOW YOU WHY .. I AM THE GODDAMN WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION! ..
Suddenly .. some yelling can be heard coming from outside. Mike Sanders hears this and pauses to get a look at what's going on. The cameras cut to get a shot of a fight that has just broken out on the basketball court between a couple of Mexicans with tattooes gallore on their arms. Prison guards scamper over to break it up before it escalates any further. Mike Sanders's smirks and turns back to the camera and continues ..
' THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION ' Mike Sanders: Typical inmate behavior .. but I'm not telling you something you don't already know .. now am I, Aaron? When people get thrown in jail .. their entire attitude changes .. doesn't it? It's like taking a wild animal and locking him in a cage .. in a box .. isn't that right, Aaron? You can always tell the ones that have been captured in the wild by the look in their eyes. Once you back a wild animal into a corner .. once you trap a wild animal and throw him into a 5-by-9 cell .. he changes .. just like you. The only difference between you and a normal person .. is your stupidity, Aaron. Most people like you .. wouldn't face a man with more talent .. more skill than he's ever had his entire life .. but then there's you.. you come here to ECE looking to make a name for yourself .. but in the process .. you've forgotten to take a look around. You ain't on top here anymore..You know who is? ME! you need to realize that .. because you, along with the rest of this company, have yet to embrace it .. everybody on the roster has grown more and more incompetent. Being World Champion puts a man at the top of the mountain .. puts him above the rest. I never needed a championship to prove that Aaron.. it just added more glimmer to my already illustrious career .. something you're never going to be good enough to have again ..
Mike Sanders pauses .. then walks forward out of the cameras view. The scene fades .. but quickly opens back up .. this time, Mike Sanders's sitting on one of the cafeteria tables. Due to the fact that Mike Sanders is a very successful man .. the guards have seen to it that all the inmates are outside to keep Mike Sanders from harm. But Mike Sanders sits .. Mike Sanders's right. He has his elbows propped up on his knees. One of his hands is sort of balled up into a loose fist .. the other hand covers it. Mike Sanders stares up at the camera from his position and continues ..
' THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION ' Mike Sanders: Freedom .. something so many people in this world take for granted. People overlook the fact .. that without freedom .. we can't do as we please. But once you step foot in here .. when you're wearing your nice orange uniform .. you have no freedom .. you don't have the ability to take a shower in the privacy of your own home. Instead .. you get a bar of soap handed to you and you take a shower with a bunch of other men .. and one false move .. you drop the soap .. and you'll never be the same again. You know what I'm talking about .. don't you, Aaron? Do You know what it's like to have every freedom you once had .. stripped away from you? You know what it's like to have to close your eyes at night .. hoping and praying you wake up the next morning without any scars? people do take life for granted .. people don't know if they're going to be walking the planet the next day .. people can't predict their future or their destiny. But Aaron.. I'm not like your normal person. I'm well beyond what you call 'normal'. You see Aaron.. I fulfilled a destiny that I kept telling everyone about .. but nobody believed me .. NOBODY! I knew what my destiny held in store for me .. but you.. YOU DON'T! What you think .. what you know .. and what reality is .. are completely different things. You THINK you can beat me .. you KNOW I'm better than you .. and REALITY .. says that at Crash and Burn.. you're going to find out WHY I AM THE GREATEST Professional Wrestler walking this damn earth! ..
Mike Sanders smirks as our scene again fades out .. this time with Mike Sanders leaning against a jail cell on the lower floor close to the exit. He looks up and around at his surroundings before looking back at the camera and continuing ..
' THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION ' Mike Sanders: Aaron.. when you're stuck walking the halls of this place .. you will come across the same people every day .. but face the facts, Aaron.. you've never come across someone like me .. because, let me tell ya.. I'm the only one of my kind. NOBODY on the face of God's green Earth could ever DREAM of being The World Heavyweight Champion .. THERE'S ONLY ONE MIKE SANDERS .. THERE'S ONLY ONE KING .. and you're looking at him. You can sit there and say that you've beaten the best in this business .. but there's only one man that's the best this company has to offer .. and that man .. is ME! And you want to mock my destiny? Go ahead .. you're no different than those in the past .. but it is your destiny .. your fate that should be made a mockery .. because face it Aaron.. you're never going to be good enough to defeat me. That's why.. you'll be staring up at greatness when you're lying flat on your back .. like everybody will be soon enough.. DEFEATED! ..
Mike Sanders pauses and reaches into his pocket and pulls out a picture. He stares at it for a few minutes and smirks before looking up at the camera and continuing .. but wait .. who's that a picture of? ..
' THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION ' Mike Sanders: I Am a legend in this business... From UHW all the way to CHCW..Now here in ECE.. You will never be what I have become.. I know what you are all about and what you are destined for .. just as you are today. I used to hang around guys like you in UHW.. I used to be a guy like you. Then one day it hit me .. I looked into the mirror and told myself that I was surrounding myself with a failure .. somebody who wasn't destined to be at the top of the proverbial peak. And now Aaron.. it seems as if I'm going to have to show you just how much of a failure you really are .. it seems as if I have to humiliate you in front of millions and millions of people, Aaron.. it seems .. as if .. I have to teach .. you .. a lesson .. YOU'LL NEVER .. FORGET! ..
Mike Sanders voice echoes off the walls of the cells and guides us into another scene fade out. The scene opens back up again .. this time the sound of a buzzer going off opens us up. The front gate into the correctional facility slides open and Mike Sanders walks out into the bright afternoon sunshine. His Girlfriend, Satine Nicole, is waiting for him. Mike Sanders slides on the shades before turning to the camera and continuing .. still with the picture in hand ..
' THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION ' Mike Sanders: I walked out of prison. I didn't spend any hard time .. because legends don't spend time in jail. Instead, they spend their time making examples out of people like you. I can see through all the tough talk .. the Ebonics .. and the tough guy aura .. and what I see, Aaron.. is a scared little boy hiding behind a mask. Aaron.. you always will be nothing .. that's all you'll ever be .. NOTHING! You're not in my league .. you don't measure up to someone like me .. your talents pale majorly in comparison to mine. You may think .. that just because you have your Dynasty.. that you're the toughest man alive .. that you can't be beaten .. that nobody else in life has had it harder than you have. But facts are, Aaron.. I've been in your world .. not once, Aaron.. TWICE .. and trust me .. you're life is no different than the rest of the people around the world. That's just an excuse.. and excuses.. are something I'm not going to have when I beat you 1 .. 2 .. 3. But you know something, Aaron.. I've been in your world .. but you haven't been in mine. Soon enough.. I'll give you that rude awakening .. I'll show you what it's like to be just another blip on the radar .. because every superstar that has stepped foot in the ring with me .. has been nothing more .. than a talentless loser like yourself. When the time comes.. you will enter my world .. you will see what it's like to fall to greatness and you will know what it's like TO BOW .. AT THE FEET .. OF A WRESTLING GOD! When you step through the doors of the arena .. there's only one thing left to say .....
