The scene opens with Andrew Garcia, Ivan Darrell, and Casey Williams, all three with their workout gear, in Santa Rosa, California getting ready for the debut of Dying Breed in SCW at Climax Control. They stop off at a local convenience store, and while Casey grabs the trio water, Andrew and Ivan stand by the newspaper stand, and Andrew reads a headline about Market Basket, a grocery store chain based out of Tewksbury, Massachusetts. They have stores in Mass, New Hampshire and Maine. Andrew calls out to Casey.
Andrew-Hey Casey, you ever heard of Market Basket?
Casey-Yeah, why?
Andrew-They made the paper here.
Casey-Wait, what are you talking about?
Andrew-They are in the paper. Something to do with the employees and customers wanting a guy by the name of Arthur T. Demoulas back as CEO of the company.
Casey-I‘ve heard of him. He, from what I have heard, takes good care of his employees, in terms of offering bonuses and profit sharing for those people who stay with the company long term. He also keeps the prices of the food low for the customers, which I know my parents liked when I was a kid. I remember shopping at one of the stores in Nashua all the time. I also heard that Arthur T‘s firing had to do with his cousin, Arthur S. Demoulas, who I guess has majority control of the Board of Directors wanted, due to how Arthur T spent the profits expanding the company and the profit sharing plan for the employees instead of splitting the profits on the shareholders.
Ivan-I bet you didn‘t like food shopping much.
Casey-It actually wasn‘t bad at Market Basket, because everyone at the store we went to were real friendly, and always went out of their way to make sure we were happy with the experience at that store, no doubt something Arthur T. wanted.
Ivan-Yeah, and given your bigger frame, I bet some people were a lot nicer than others at the store.
Casey-How bout I show you how nice they were!?!?
Ivan looks worried as Casey glares at Ivan, almost as if he was telling Ivan to be careful on how he says stuff as he walks to the register with the waters and some snacks for the trio. He pays for the items, and the trio leaves the store and head towards the Redwood Empire Ice Arena, where Climax Control is being held.
Andrew-Hey Ivan, you nervous about your first match in SCW?
Ivan-Me, nervous? Ha, I laugh in the face of nervousness. To me, this is like any Judo or Brazilian Jiu Jitsu tournament that I have entered. I am no stranger to competition.
Andrew-I know, but wrestling is a whole different ball game.
Ivan-Not really, if you think about it. You have submission holds in both sports, there are a lot of throws that can be used in wrestling too, so its not too dissimilar.
Andrew-I doubt there were tag team tournaments in Judo or BJJ?
Ivan-Not many, but there were some. I never entered them though, something I now regret.
The trio arrive at the arena and head to the locker room area to get ready for their work out. As they pass a trash can en route, they dispose of the chips they had gotten at the store. They arrive at the locker room and change for a little bit of training.
Casey-Well, I did some research on the team you guys are facing in your debut, the Best of British. They seem to be a lot like you guys in the fact they are small guys who move well. They like to take risks, so I would watch out for that high risk move.
Andrew-No sweat, given Ivan‘s background, he should be able to neutralize that very easily.
Ivan-Damn right I can. I wasn‘t called a submission specialist by my BJJ and Judo master for nothing. These guys pose no threat to us.
Andrew-As much as I want to agree with you Ivan, we probably shouldn‘t take them too lightly though. Otherwise, that will cost us the match.
Ivan-You mean like you were confident in beating Equinox at Into the Void III?
Andrew looks at Ivan as if he wants to kill him, and just laughs as the trio leave the locker room area and go to the gym to lift weights as Casey goes to the radio to turn on some Five Finger Death Punch to get the guys motivated to put their full effort in to the workout. Meanwhile, Ivan and Andrew decide to discuss their opponents more.
Andrew-You are absolutely right, Ivan. I was overconfident in that match, and it cost me the Roulette Championship.
Casey-That‘s ok, Andrew. Now you can focus on tag team gold now that Ivan is ready.
Andrew-I just hope that if, and when we win the tag titles, we hold the titles for a while.
Ivan-That would be nice. I look good with gold. Hell, I look good period, but I look better after a hard fought championship in my possession.
Casey-Let‘s not get ahead of ourselves here. We still got to get through Best of British first.
Andrew-The Best of British may be cocky and brash, and full of themselves, but they haven’t proven shit here in the US, and Ivan and I will prove that we are the superior tag team. You guys may call yourselves a Dying Breed, trying to steal our tag team name, but Ivan and I are truly the Dying Breed here in SCW. We are successful men, who are willing to do whatever it takes to win, and we win by any means necessary, regardless of how honorable it may be to the publics eye.
Ivan-I know this is my first time wrestling, and in a tag team, but I know that I have had great trainers and will show the world that I am like Steve Ramone and fearless. You guys may bash us for being “old timers†and everything, but the way I look at it, we are still young, and we will prove that you guys are nothing more than spoiled jackasses who suck at what you do. Drew and I are willing and able to do whatever it takes to get noticed here in SCW, and what better way to do that than by winning our debut match as a tag team, and by showing how foolish a couple of spoiled, rich, and stupid British guys are.
Andrew-There is not a damn thing you smug sons of bitches can say or do that will stop us from our goal, becoming SCW Tag Team Champions. Then again, you guys are truly stupid because Climax Control airs on Sunday, not Saturday. Nobody cares about your expensive trainer. What does Traci know about the business? Clearly not enough. At least Ivan has people who actually have been with SCW for some time, Casey being here since its inception, as well as other organizations prior to it, training him. In closing, Nigel and Rupert, be prepared for the ass kicking of a lifetime by these so-called old timers, and earn a lesson in respect by those who are simply better than you in every facet of this sport!
The trio continue talking and doing their normal work out routine as the scene fades to black.
