[Fade to backstage. Inside his office, Sigurd Von Glats, president and owner of the TSW is seated behind in a large leather chair, behind his carven oak desk.]

Sigurd Von Glatz[SVG]: Good eve everyone.

SVG: It has come to my attention, that this next week, we have a few minor celebrities coming into our area. People who go by the name of The Unmentionables, Hunter Sabuani, and Dez Bradley.

SVG: You know them as the NWC World Tag Team Champions, the NWC World Heavyweight Champion, and the NWC J-Crown Champion. I call them targets. Targets for you, the TSW members to begin hunting. Next week you some of you will face these men, some of you will possibly get hurt by these men. But regardless, some of you, will win those titles for me… I mean, us.

Sigurd smiles.

SVG: The only problem is, knowing who to send. I mean, I could send anyone after Sabuani. Anyone from Ricky Masters, to Azaul, to Donovan Valens. I could send anyone after the Unmentionables, perhaps Might and Magic, or the team they defeated last week, the Noblemen.

SVG: However, who I shall send after Mr. Bradley also needs to be decided. How should I go about doing such? By merit? By worth? By friendship? Nein.

SVG: I will pull the names out of a hat.

[Sigurd reaches down to the underside of the desk, and pulls out a pair of large black hats. These he sets side by side on the desk and stands up behind.]

SVG: Ja. This is how I shall determine who garners each shot.

[Sigurd rolls up his sleeve and begins fishing around inside the first of the two hats.]

SVG: And the man who will gain the NWC J-Crown for the TSW is…

[Sigurd pulls his hand out with a piece of paper clutched tightly therein.]

SVG: Corpse.

[With a sigh he tosses the paper to the side and fishes his hand into the second hat. Again he fishes around in the hat and draws out a piece of paper.]

SVG: Might and Magic. They can win me the NWC Tag Team Championship.

[He tosses that piece of paper aside and dunks his arm back in the first hat once more. This time, when he draws his hand back he stares at the paper he holds inside with a look of shock on his face.]

SVG: Und the man who will face Hunter Sabuani for the NWC World is…

[Silence. Sigurd stares at the name in his hand motionlessly.]

(Offstage) Jimmy Howard: Who! Who is it?

(Offstage) Schaef Tolliver: I don’t know! I can’t read it!

[Fade to commercial.]



Part 7