A NEW YEAR & NEW TITLE REIGNS
NARRATOR: Damn! James Tuscini was hoping to start 2017 off with a bang with Unholy Alliance defeating Jet City in a non-title Tag Team match. Although they didn’t win the match they also didn’t lose the match. How can that be you ask? Both teams took it outside the ring to the arena floor and the Referee counted both teams out of the match for a double count-out Draw. I could go into more detail but I don’t want to take the spotlight and thunder away from James Tuscini and Pinky del Ferrando as I know they want to tell you how they feel about how the match turned out.
We see James Tuscini and his Uncle-Manager, Pinky del Ferrando, getting out of a taxi in the Korean District of San Francisco. The cameraman following them focuses his camera on them as they head for Doctor Chang Kim’s medical clinic. They get checked in at the front desk and wait to be called into Doctor Kim’s office.
PINKY: I don’t know why you dragged me here to see Doctor Kim. I’m not ill. I’m fine. There’s nothing wrong with. I don’t need to see a Doctor.
JAMES: Oh, yeah, right, you’re fine? You’ve been hallucinating lately and I have to get you cured of that.
PINKY: I’m not hallucinating!
JAMES: You saw Teddy Bear Angelo in our refrigerator right?
PINKY: Yeah.
JAMES: When I opened the refrigerator door was Teddy Bear Angelo inside the refrigerator?
PINKY: No. He must have escaped somehow.
JAMES: No he didn’t manage to escape. You were leaning against the refrigerator door holding it shut. What happened is you were hallucinating. Then how about the incident in our dressing room during Climax Control 168? Didn’t you say you saw a Mafia Teddy Bear in your closet threatening to cut you up with a knife?
PINKY: Yeah but when you opened the door there was no Mafia Teddy Bear in the closet. These Mafia Teddy Bears must have secret escape routes or something.
JAMES: The “or something” is that you’re hallucinating. Then when you came out of the bathroom you said you saw a Mafia Teddy Bear who was threatening to shoot you up with a machine gun right?
PINKY: Yeah he was a mean one too!
JAMES: Uh huh! You jumped on the bed and wrestled with him and tried to smother him with a pillow right? When I pulled you off the bed what was under the pillow you tried to smother the suspected Mafia Teddy Bear with?
PINKY: A pair of my black gym shorts. But, James, there WERE Mafia Teddy Bears threatening to kill me!
JAMES: This is why I brought you here to see Doctor Kim. You have to stop having these hallucinations otherwise I can’t bring you with me to wrestling events.
The Medical Assistant walks into the waiting room to call Pinky into Doctor Kim’s office.
MEDICAL ASSISTANT: Pinky del Ferrando?
James and Pinky stand up and walk into Doctor Kim’s office where they take a seat. Doctor Kim addresses Pinky.
DOCTOR KIM: So, Pinky, please tell me why you are here to see me today.
PINKY: Because my Nephew James is an ass and he thinks I’m having mental instability issues.
DOCTOR KIM: Is this true James?
JAMES: No. Pinky has been experiencing hallucinations recently. At Climax Control 167 he beat up a Teddy Bear. My opponent, Despayre, who loves Teddy Bears, filed a custody claim against Pinky to take custody of Pinky’s Teddy Bear named Angelo. The Attorneys came and took Angelo away last week. Since then Pinky has been seeing Teddy Bears who are in the Mafia threatening to take revenge on him for beating up a Teddy Bear.
DOCTOR KIM: Hmmm very interesting. Let me run a few tests to see if I can determine what is going on and find a way to resolve these hallucinations. Pinky I would like you to close your eyes and not open them until I ask you to. I want to give you some stimulations to determine if your senses of touch, hearing, etc., are working correctly.
Pinky closes his eyes and Doctor Kim taps his fingers on various areas of Pinky’s body asking him if he feels the stimulation and he does. Doctor Kim also walks around talking to Pinky and Pinky informs Doctor Kim he can hear him clearly no matter where in the office he is located. Doctor Kim does a few more tests and then he asks Uncle Pinky to open his eyes and tell him what he sees. When Pinky del Ferrando opens his eyes he sees Doctor Kim as Doctor Teddy Bear and Uncle Pinky freaks out.
PINKY: Nooooooooooooooooo!!! James! Help me! Doctor Kim has turned into Doctor Teddy Bear! I’m sure it’s one of those Mafia Teddy Bears posing as a Doctor to kill me! I’m outta here!
Pinky jumps up and tries to run out of Doctor Kim’s office but James stops his Uncle from leaving. James slaps his Uncle on the face a few times and tells him to shake it off. When Pinky regains his senses James asks him to look at Doctor Kim. When Pinky del Ferrando glances at Doctor Kim he no longer sees the Teddy Bear Doctor.
DOCTOR KIM: Pinky? Are you okay?
PINKY: I…I…I think so. You’re you now. You’re not a Teddy Bear Doctor anymore. Man the stress of the past few weeks really has gotten to me. What can you do to help me Doc?
DOCTOR KIM: I’ll give you a prescription for sedatives so you can relax. They will also help you sleep well at night which will alleviate your hallucinations. I’ll give you other medications to take that will bring down your blood pressure and help you relax. I’m sure if you take the medications and you focus on real life, and not on fantasy things like Teddy Bears in the Mafia trying to put a hit on you, I know you will be fine by the end of January.
PINKY: Thanks Doctor Kim. James was right. I was hallucinating from the stress.
JAMES: Thanks for helping Uncle Pinky realize his stress was causing his hallucinations. Always appreciate your assistance in helping resolve medical issues.
DOCTOR KIM: I’m a Doctor and my pleasure to help patients.
James and Pinky exit Doctor Kim’s office and stop at the reception desk to check out and pay their office visit co-pay. On the way out of the medical clinic James informs the cameraman he will pay for his taxi to bring him to their home in the Mission District of San Francisco to air the rest of his segment. They get in their respective taxis and head off toward the home of James of Pinky.
* 20 minutes later *
James, Pinky, and the cameraman, arrive at the home of James and Pinky. They enter the home where James and Pinky take seats in front of the fireplace while the cameraman sets his camera up to catch all the action.
JAMES: As you saw on January 2, 2017, at Climax Control 168, me and Dmitri didn’t win but we also didn’t lose. Although Kris and Jason Halc gave it all they had they couldn’t put us away. Some may say that we were also not able to put them away but if you watch the match you will see that was not the case. We had the match won numerous times but they kept getting into the ring when they were not the legally tagged-in person in the match until the match got so out of control where the Referee was helpless to do anything. Finally, when we were ready to put the finishing touch on our victory, Jet City decided to throw us out of the ring to the arena floor and then they came after us. They knew if they could contain us for a ten count neither team would win and that was okay with them since they didn’t take a loss. After the match you saw that as we were returning to our dressing rooms we were attacked by Jet City and we got in a huge backstage fight trying to defend ourselves. Hot Stuff Mark Ward stepped in to lay down the law. He told both our teams that the fighting will stop and that Jet City will be defending the Tag Team Championship against Unholy Alliance at Inception II Pay-per-View. But Mark Ward wasn’t done yet. He also told both teams that the match will be a No Disqualification and No Count-Out match so there has to be a clear winner. Hey that’s fine with us. We can wait until Inception II Pay-per-View to be crowned Sin City Wrestling Tag Team Champions.
PINKY: Management contacted us and told us James will be involved in a Ten Man Battle Royal at Climax Control 169 on Sunday, January 8, 2017. The location is at the Tropicana Ballroom in Laughlin, Nevada. The winner of this Battle Royal gets a shot at J2H and the World Championship.
JAMES: I will be in the ring with nine other wrestlers. I will list them for you but I will list them alphabetically by their first names so nobody gets an inflated ego thinking they were mentioned first because they think they’re special. My opponents in this Battle Royal are as follows: Blade Alexander. Calvin Harris, Jamie Dean, Jeremiah Hardin, Joshua Acquin, Samuel Devereux, Samuel McPherson, Steve Ramone, and Xander Bishop.
PINKY: This list is a Who’s Who of wrestlers in Sin City Wrestling. All of them are top-not performers and everyone involved in this match has the ability to win. Some are long-time veterans of the Federation, some are about a year into their contracts here as James is, and some are new to Sin City Wrestling.
JAMES: So what does it take to win a Battle Royal? Some think it is the ability to eliminate everyone involved in the match to be the last person remaining. Although everyone but one wrestler needs to be eliminated that doesn’t mean you do it on your own.
PINKY: There are several concepts involved to win a Battle Royal. You could, as some think, go after all the other wrestlers to try to eliminate them but that rarely works. When you do that you tire yourself quickly and end up being eliminated in the match.
JAMES: Another concept is to stay away from all the other wrestlers and let them all beat the hell out of each other until there is only one of them left and then you, being fresher than they are, go after them and eliminated them. This often rarely works as the other wrestlers are not stupid enough to lay off you while you wait for them to eliminate each other.
PINKY: That leaves the final concept. As with any multi-wrestler elimination style match, whether Triple Threat or Four-Way, you need to be involved in the match while at the same time being aware of your surroundings to prevent yourself from being eliminated.
JAMES: So that’s our plan. I need to be actively involved in the match while at the same time working to prevent myself from being eliminated in the match. I could sit here and talk about each wrestler in this Battle Royal and explain why each of them will fall to me and how I will win the match but I don’t want to do that. I don’t want to talk about the other wrestlers as that will make them feel as they are mean something in this match so I will remain with general comments.
PINKY: The bottom line is that any of the ten wrestlers in this Battle Royal has the capacity and ability to win. Understand, though, that “having the capacity and ability to win” doesn’t mean they will win. I know I will win the Battle Royal but we will wait for January 8, 2017, to come around and then you will find out who ends up having his hand raised in victory, earning a shot at J2H and the World Title, and that wrestler will be me.
James stands up and paces back and forth between the fireplace and the chairs while Pinky del Ferrando remains seated.
JAMES: I want people to know several things. There’s stuff in the works behind the scenes that will shock and awe Sin City Wrestling and our fans. When it all comes to light and you all gasp from the shock remember I told you something exciting was coming. That’s all I’m allowed to say at this time.
PINKY: I know there have been questions concerning my stress and I’m telling you I’ll get it under control, with the help of James and Doctor Kim, and by the end of January everything will be fine. The shock of having three Lawyers come to our home with a Court Order to take Teddy Bear Angelo away from me was something I wasn’t ready for. Then again I have realized that Teddy Bear Angelo is better off with Despayre and Angel so he can be happy and well-cared for. I don’t want to purchase any more stuffed animals as I don’t want someone else to get a bug up their ass and take it away from me so for now I am stuffed animal free.
JAMES: That’s the attitude Uncle! I need you at 100 percent physically and mentally for my Battle Royal at Climax Control 169. You know how wrestlers are. You eliminate them from the match and they either try to return to the match or they stay outside the ring interfering with those wrestlers who are still actively involved in the match. Your job is to ensure once someone is eliminated they are removed from ringside and returned to the backstage area.
PINKY: I got that covered James. Uh, James, I have a question for you.
JAMES: Shoot.
PINKY: You’re already involved in a Tag Team Championship match at Inception II against Jet City. So if you are in that match with Dmitri as Unholy Alliance how will that work out when you win the Battle Royal and get the shot at J2H and the World Title?
JAMES: Logic would dictate that the higher-ranking Title Belt would take precedence over the lower-ranking one. So when I win the Battle Royal everyone would expect me to be forced by Management into dropping out of the Tag Team Championship match and being required to face J2H for the World Title. But I wouldn’t have that. I’m a fighter and since I earned both Title shots I would tell Management that I will perform in both the Tag Team Championship match and the World Championship match even though both are on the same night at Inception II. It would be an epic night for me. I win the Tag Team Championship with Dmitri as Unholy Alliance and later in the evening I defeat J2H and become World Heavyweight Champion. Only at that point in time, when I am a dual Champion, would Management require me to drop the lower-ranking Title Belt, meaning the Tag Team Championship, and continue on as World Champion. Can you imagine the impact my double win will have on the wrestling world? Amazing!
PINKY: Do you think Management would allow you to do that?
JAMES: No, not really, but Hot Stuff Mark Ward would be in an awkward position. If he forces me to face J2H for the World Championship and drop out of the Tag Team Championship match he will make lots of enemies who want to see Unholy Alliance as the Tag Champions. If he tells me that since the Tag Team Championship match was scheduled before the winner of the Battle Royal was declared and he forces me to perform in the Tag Team Championship match instead of the World Championship match, then it will make him look like he is protecting J2H from having to face me and he will again make lots of enemies who want to see me take on, and defeat, J2H for the World Title Belt.
PINKY: It would appear you are in the dominant position to negotiate what you want. However you still have to go through nine wrestlers and win the Battle Royal before talking about facing J2H for his Title Belt.
JAMES: Is there any doubt that I will win the Battle Royal?
James walks over to Pinky and gives him a HIGH FIVE and the two enjoy a hearty laugh.
JAMES: Man it is getting late. Time to get to bed and rest up so we can travel to Laughlin to get ready for the Battle Royal. Make sure you look in your closet, bathroom, and under your bed, for Mafia Teddy Bears so they don’t get you.
PINKY: Very funny! I’m over that James! Good night!
Pinky del Ferrando walks down the hallway to his bedroom and he closes the door behind him.
JAMES: So I face nine wrestlers in a ten man Battle Royal at Climax Control 169. Hope you are ready for a fight because I’m damn sure ready to give you one. Mu plan is to emerge as the winner of our Battle Royal and the job of my nine opponents is to try to stop me. Good luck with that.
James Tuscini thanks for cameraman for tagging along to air his segment. James escorts the cameraman to the door and once the cameraman is outside the house and the door closes the cameraman cuts his feed and we are taken to a commercial break.
