Danny: WOW! I guess you are very serious about this. Do you feel ready for one of them?
Bambi: Danny. Like how many times have I come here saying the same thing? Yes I'm ready, but, you know, are they?
Kelli: The ICWF should have given my girl a real shot at some of the prime competition here instead of these jobbers. You saw what she did to this awful guy. She should have kept on going against him.
Danny: How much more could she do without killing him? Well, I hope Shaw or Perry are listening. Maybe you'll get a better match soon. About this match; do you think all that punishment was needed, considering he had no fight left for the last 10 minutes?
Bambi: Yes, he deserved everything he got. He started the rough stuff and, like, I just finished it. I want the ICWF to, you know, see that I can more than match anything these wrestlers do. As for someone like watching this and giving me a real opponent, I hope so. I'm like losing my skills against these people. I WANT A REAL MATCH!
Danny: Thank you Bambi and Kelli. Maybe she will face a ranked opponent soon. Back to you Jessie.
Jessie: Thanks Danny. Now we're going to see a segment featuring a new competitor here in the ICWF, who will be wrestling later in the show. Her name is Yoshiko Kage, better known by some as "The Shadow". Let's go to that now!
(The scene is at an airport. The sun is shining and an airplane has just landed and is coming to a halt. Susan James is standing in front of the camera, looking at the airplane. She is a beautiful brunette wearing a black T-shirt, a pair of blue jeans, white sneakers and an ICWF cap. She turns to the camera and smiles.)
Susan: Hi there. I bet you're all wondering just what I'm doing here at the airport. Well, I'm going to tell you. I'm here waiting for one of my best friends, who should be arriving with that plane over there.
She smiles and points at the plane, which has now come to a halt and is opening the doors, letting the passengers disembark.
Susan: Now, I guess you might be asking what this has to do with the ICWF. Well, it just so happens that my friend is a wrestler I managed while I was in Japan a while back. After my wrestlers and I came here to the ICWF I decided that this was just the place for her as well, so I picked up the phone and here she is, just itching to get her hands on the competition here in the ICWF. Now, let's see if we can spot her....A lot of passengers on this plane....Hmmm.....AAH! There she is! YOSHIKO! OVER HERE!
(Susan waves energetically at a young, Japanese woman emerging from the plane. She is somewhat small compared to many wrestlers, no more than 5'7" tall, and with a slender build, probably weighing no more than around 135 lbs. She is VERY beautiful, with long, gleaming black hair reaching down below her shoulders and wearing a white blouse and black pants. She smiles and waves at Susan and the camera crew who are walking over to the stairs, then turns to the crew of the plane who are standing at the doorway and bows to them.)
Yoshiko: Thank you for allowing me to fly with your aircraft.
Stewardess #1: Well, you did pay the ticket you know....
Yoshiko: Nevertheless it has been my honor to be allowed to utilize your services. Thank you very much.
(She smiles and turns around, walking down the steps.)
Captain: Uhm. Thank you, ma'am.
Stewardess #2: What a _nice_, young woman.
Stewardess #1: Yeah. If every passenger was like her this job would be a lot easier.
(Yoshiko gets down the stairs and runs over to Susan. The two friends give each other a hug.)
Susan: Heya, Yoshiko! Have a good flight?
Yoshiko: Hai, Susan-chan. It was very good. The crew were ever so helpful and kind.
(Susan chuckles slightly.)
Susan: Yeah, well, you've got this talent for making the most obnoxious boor behave nicely just by being there. Heh.....Who knows, you might even make Chad Romero act somewhat like a human being....although that _is_ a bit of a stretch.
(Susan grins widely as the two turn to walk to Susan's car.)
Yoshiko: Now, now Susan. I am sure this Mr. Romero is a perfectly nice person. He is probably just being misunderstood.
(Susan laughs loudly while Yoshiko just smiles sweetly. They finally get to the car and turns to the camera.)
Susan: Well, people. This is my new addition to the ranks of the ICWF wrestlers. "The Shadow" Yoshiko Kage! Now, she might look a bit small and seem a bit too nice for this business....
Yoshiko: There is nothing wrong with being a nice person, Susan-chan. I am certain we would all be much happier if we just treated those around us with respect and kindness.
(Susan smiles at Yoshiko.)
Susan: Like I was saying. She might sound a bit too nice, but trust me when I say she's got what it takes to be a major nightmare for whoever she faces in the ring.
(Yoshiko giggles and smiles at the camera.)
Yoshiko: You are making me sound like a Jekyll and Hyde, Susan-chan. It is not like that at all. I do believe that if you are nice to people they will most often be nice to you......However, inside the wrestling ring I have a job to do, and I will do that job to the best of my ability.
(Suddenly she gets a dangerous look in her eyes.)
Yoshiko: And don't think that I cannot become angry. I am quite capable of that. I will treat a person with respect, but if they show themselves not to deserve that respect then, as you Americans put it, "All bets are off!"
(Yoshiko smiles sweetly at the camera again as the screen cuts back to the broadcast table.)
<Commercial Break>
Jessie: He's a wrestler, he's a manager...and now, he has his own interview segment! Fans, get ready for the debut of The Twilight Zone, hosted by the man himself, Rob Foster!
Bob: I can't believe the producer is allowing this trash on the program!
Chad: Hey, they let you be on the program! Foster is definitely a major improvement over your babbling! Besides, he's got the ICWF World Champion, the Masked Marauder, as his first guest!
Bob: What a surprise, his own man is on the first show!
Jessie: Nevertheless, this should be interesting. Now, let's step into the Zone!
View shifts to a dimly-let stage. As Golden Earring's "Twilight Zone” begins to play, the stage is let up with a mini-laser show. Eventually, the lights come up a little and a spotlight centers on a lone figure on the stage. The figure is revealed to be Rob Foster, dressed in his usual wrestling attire and ring jacket.
Foster: Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, morons of all ages, welcome to the debut of The Twilight Zone! Here and here alone will you hear the REAL truth about what is going on here in the ICWF, not the lies and the tall tales that our esteemed commissioner and the board of imbeciles would have you believe. And who better to bring all of this to you than me, Rob Foster, the man himself! (Loud chorus of boos from the fans.] Now, my first guest in the Twilight Zone is a man who needs no introduction. He is a man who has single-handedly taken over the ICWF in recent weeks. A man who beat nineteen other ICWF wrestlers to qualify for a match against the FORMER world champion, the Blurred Vision herself, Nancy James. A man who destroyed James, and has destroyed every other competitor who has dared to step into the ring with him! He is the ICWF World Champion, the one, the only, the Masked Marauder!!
"Hell Bent for Leather" by Judas Priest heralds the entrance of the Marauder, who is wearing the championship belt. He is accompanied by the Body Girls, one on each arm, and they are wearing the ICWF U.S. Tag Title belts.
Foster: Champ, you're looking good tonight! And ladies, what can I say? As usual, you put these fat, homely, buck-toothed women in the audience to shame! (More booing)
Brandi: Robbie, the ICWF World Champion deserves the very best! And when you've got the Bodies at your side, you've got the best!
Foster: Double M, you've got to be on top of the world right now! You've got a Body Girl on each arm, you've got the World Tag Champs, the Snake Sisters in your corner, you've got the world's greatest manager, and you've got the one thing that every wrestler in this sport covets the most...the ICWF World Championship!
Crowd is steadily booing. Marauder pauses, basking in the hatred of the fans:
Marauder: Rob, you've known me a long time. You and I came up through the ranks of this sport together, doing whatever we had to do to be successful in the ring. If we had to cheat, we did it. If we had to break bones, we did it. If we had to end someone's career, we did it. And this (he motions towards the championship belt), THIS is what it was all about. This belt says that I am the BEST wrestler in the world today, bar none! I earned this belt by beating a wrestler at the top of her career! And I'll defend against ANYONE who has the guts to step in the ring against me!
Foster: One person who I know YOU would like to step in the ring against is the current ICWF Television Champion, Kassandra Helman!
Marauder: Helman, you are the only spot on an otherwise perfect record. I can accept the fact that you beat me, you are definitely a great wrestler. What I can't accept is that you and that group of cowards that you hang around thought you could beat us at our own game. I still owe you for that one, and I intend to pay you back in full!
Foster: Champ, you know that every has-been and wanna-be in this fed wants a shot