{Scene opens with Rollin' Ryan Dice relaxing in a hotel room somewhere in the Louisiana area. Ryan is watching a TV show that looks to be very poorly produced... It looks like some kind of local access station because the graphics or very poor and the two guys who appear to be hosting the show are dressed pretty casually. The graphic at the bottom left hand corner has a logo on it that reads TWIW. Suddenly Ryan's phone begins to ring and he appears to be talking over the phone with the person on the TV.} Ryan: Yeah, it's Ryan... Judd (host): Great, my name is Judd Lormand... I spoke to you the other day about doing an interview on my show... Ryan: Yeah, I remember... I was actually watching your show, waiting for the phone call... Judd: Wow, I wouldn't expect you to be watching... Ryan: Well, what can I say? It's a shitty hotel and there's nothing on TV... Chad (CO host): Uhh... Mr. Dice, I hate to have to say this, but could you please watch your language? Ryan: Oh yeah... Sorry about that... Judd: No problem... Getting to the interview... I'm sure everyone watching would like to know how you got your start in the wrestling business... Ryan: Well, I had some amateur wrestling experience from high school... I was in class one day and a guy walked up to me and handed me a flyer for a local wrestling show that was going to be in the area. I had been a fan of Pro Wrestling, but I didn't even know there was any local wrestling around Los Angeles at the time... So, I ended up going to the show and I was amazed at what I saw... I was only 16 years old at the time, but I knew I had to be involved in what I saw... After the show was over, I stuck around and talked to one of the wrestlers by the name of JC CooL, who was actually the one promoting the show... I asked him how I would go about getting into the wrestling business and he looked at me with a smile on his face, pointed towards the wrestling ring and said "You see that ring over there?" I nodded my head. "Help those guys load it onto the trailer and talk to me when you're done... So, I helped the guys take down the ring and load it onto the trailer... Then we had to take down all the chairs and all the entrance equipment... Anyway, by the time I was finished I was tired as hell... I went to meet JC in his office and he was sitting behind his desk with a beer in his hand. He was on the phone at the time so he told me to take a seat... Anyway, to make a long story short... We talked for about an hour and he decided to train me... About a month later a had my first match and things just sort of took off from there... Chad: So, about how long were you working on the independent leagues before you got signed by EBW? Ryan: It was about four years because I had just turned twenty when they called me up... I was becoming pretty popular on the independent leagues and JC was actually working for them already, so he put in a good word for me and I ended up with a fat contract... Judd: I remember you bragging about being "The highest paid rookie in the history of EBW." (Ryan laughs) Ryan: Yeah, that was me... I wasn't actually a rookie though... But, hey it worked at the time... (Judd and Chad laugh) Chad: You had some pretty memorable feuds in EBW... Most notably your feuds with LG and Jimmy Stone... How was it to work with those guys back then? Ryan: It was great, me and LG worked really well and back then that was all that mattered... Jimmy was a weird guy and kept to himself, but we put on some great matches... Judd: So, what's the difference from working with LG now and how things were back then? Ryan: Well, like I said... I was brought into EBW by JC CooL and LG hated JC and JC hated LG... So, right away I was thrown into the mix... But, back then it was just business for me... Now, LG is just a jealous little bi... Chad: Whoa, I hate to interrupt you Mr. Dice, but can you please watch your language? Ryan: Yeah, no problem... I keep forgetting about that... (All three men laugh) Ryan: Now, where was I... Oh yeah, jealousy did a lot to LG's head and he never could get over the fact that I was better than him... So, now he resents me and I can't say I feel much differently... Judd: Well, about two years into EBW... They went under and that left you without a job... How did you end up in ECWL? Ryan: When EBW went under I got a lot of offers from different feds, but me and LG were building up quite a rivalry in EBW and I heard he signed with ECWL so I decided that I kicked his ass all over EBW, why not kick his ass in ECWL... (All three men laugh again.) Chad: So, you're feud with LG picked up again but that's about as far as things got for you there... What was the story with that? Why didn't you ever get a good push? Ryan: Management brother... The Prez never liked me because he felt I was trying to rip off his name or some crap like that... So, I got the shaft and was kept on the mid-card level... Once I realized I was going nowhere fast, I tried to get out of my contract, but I was locked in... Judd: Well, you eventually disappeared off TV for a while... What was the deal with that? Ryan: The management drove me to a point where I just didn't want to be there anymore and after they screwed over a couple friends of mine over some nonsense... We walked... They forgot to put a no compete clause in my contract, so I was actually free to work for more than one company... So, I stopped showing up in ECWL and started working for the newly reformed EBW... While I was still getting paid by ECWL... Chad: So, you were getting two paychecks? Ryan: Yeah, but that didn't last long... ECWL ended up suspending my contract so... I was just getting my EBW checks... Anyway, EBW bit the dust again... So, of course I went back to ECWL and I was actually getting some decent title shots for a while and ended up having a nice run as the Intercontinental Champion... Then they merged with VCW and that ended up to be a disaster... But, While that was going on... I had actually joined the Mutiny in a fed call Real Deal Wrestling... So after we pulled out of the merger I ended up being a part of the Mutiny in WXW... WXW was pretty much just ECWL with a different name... When we decided to merge with VCW, the lawyers screwed something up and we couldn't use the name ECWL, so they changed the name to WXW... Judd: Yeah, you had a pretty decent run in WXW and you actually became the World Champion right before they merged with RWD to make XWD... Ryan: Yeah, but that World Title reign is something that I'm trying to forget... There was so much BS surrounding that win... Chad: Yeah and most of it came from a guy by the name of Kid Lethal... Ryan: Look, I can't curse on this show, so let's not talk about that little punk... Judd: Fair enough... Getting to XWD... LG cost you your chances of becoming the first ever XWD World Champion, you just turned on your former best friend, Genocide got shot... You got a match with a rookie this Sunday in Lafayette, and you're facing BG at the PPV in a match that will determine the number one contender for the XWD World Title... Ryan: Wow, you pretty much summed it all up... Chad: Speaking of your match this Sunday, at the Cajun Dome... We've seen how you feel about this Lazarus guy and we wish you the best of luck... Ryan: Hey, I've already said I don't need luck... You guys seem like you've been following my career for a while now... So, you guys should know that Ryan Dice has never lost to a rookie and this time won't be any different... Lazarus is going to step into the ring as confident as he wants, but he's going to walk out knowing that he got beat... And he's going to know that Rollin' Ryan Dice is the best damn technical wrestler to ever live... Judd: And I'm sure he'll have a little more respect for the wrestling business... Ryan: You damn right he will... Chad: Well, we're almost out of time here... Judd: Yeah, thanks a lot for coming on our show... Ryan: That's no problem... I actually enjoyed myself... Chad: That's good to hear man... We really enjoyed doing to interview and we hope you come back on our show again sometime... Ryan: Sure thing, if we're ever in the area again, just give me a call... Judd: Cool deal! Ryan: Yep, see you guys Sunday... Chad: Sure thing... Thanks again... (Ryan hangs up the phone, turns off the TV and begins to think to himself...) Ryan: I really needed to get that stuff off my chest... Lazarus better be ready for this Sunday because this is the beginning of a new era in the Ryan Dice career... Now is the time that I get to become the superstar that I always knew I was... I'll finally become the main eventer... (Ryan is interrupted by the phone ringing... Ryan reaches over and answers the phone.) Ryan: Hello... (silence) Ryan: Hell yeah, it's still on man... (silence) Ryan: No, don't show up to the arena... I don't want anyone to know you're there until it's time... (silence) Ryan: Yeah, I can meet you there in about fifteen minutes... (silence) Ryan: Later bro... {Ryan stands up and walks out of the room as the scene fades to black.} |