Sunday 6th of April 2025.
Daniel Morgan had been working his arse off since his brother passed away, switching between London and Las Vegas what felt like every few days. Tiredness had started taking over as he slumped over his desk at 10pm local time in London. His eyes were focused on a news article on his desk, the rarely used newspaper being his choice of media sat on his desk. A knock on his office door shook him from his slump.
Daniel: Come on in.
The door slowly swung open and Daniel's gaze was upon Charlotte Elliot as she stepped through, closing the door behind her and walking towards Daniel. Confident in her stride, she made it to the desk and stopped in front of it.
Charlotte: Still working?
Daniel nodded his head.
Daniel: Yeah, I don't get many Sunday's off and if I did, I wouldn't know what to do with them anyway. What's on your mind?
Charlotte: SCW just released the next card and your name is on it.
He let it sink in, slowly nodding his head as he pondered it.
Daniel: Who am I against?
Charlotte: Before we get in to that, are you sure you wanna get back to it? It's been a rough few weeks and all. Pretty sure you working as much as you have, wrestling can take a seat at the back.
Daniel rubbed his forehead before looking at Charlotte.
Daniel: Well, smart money would be on not to do it considering our plates have become fuller then some chunky family on an all expenses paid holiday, but I can do with something away from the number crunching and taking over London. So who have I got?
Charlotte: You're teaming with Christina against The Barnharts.
Daniel poked out his lip and shrugged his shoulders.
Daniel: Alright.
Charlotte raised an eyebrow, looking at her boss.
Charlotte: Alright? Are you sure you wanna do this? I mean Christina has become someone who has a couple of different styles. Are you sure you're gonna get one who turns up rather then the one who half arses it.
Daniel didn't know the answer so he just shrugged once more.
Daniel: Who knows mate, but it's against The Barnharts. They're not exactly the best the place has to offer so we don't have to be one hundred percent on our game and there's bound to be a few kinks to work out, first time teaming and all that, but come on, we've beat those two more times then I can remember. It won't be much of an issue regardless of which Christina turns up.
Charlotte nodded her head with a firm confidence and looked at Daniel.
Charlotte: One other thing...
Daniel: Hmm?
Charlotte: It's a tour show, so it's in Iceland.
Daniel shivered at the word Iceland.
Daniel: Well it's a bit parky out there, not exactly a place I would like to pop over to for a weekend away, but Fenris seems to sell it well, national pride and all that, but I think I got a plan.
Charlotte: What's the plan?
Daniel: I get out of here, get home, talk about them two and send that in, get it sorted. Tomorrow, we head to Vegas, have a little chat with Christina, see if her head is in the game or away with the fairies, we then get to Iceland later in the week and if we don't turn to ice, we'll head on back here. So let the others know about that so they can be ready to head off.
She nodded her head.
Charlotte: Will do.
Daniel stood up, reaching for his suit jacket from behind the desk and shuddering again.
Daniel: Bloody Iceland...
The camera faded to black.
Later that night.
The outline of Canary Wharf can be seen before the camera moves down through the tall buildings to a balcony where a man stands outside, a cigarette in one hand, a glass of whiskey in the other. The suited figure is easily recognized as Daniel J Morgan.
Daniel: There's certain things you can pretty much put your house on when it comes to wrestling and that is as soon as you decide to be a tag team, to push on and have a go for a couple of belts, you will end up starting that whole journey facing those utter ranging bonkers couple that we call the Barnharts, not even as a bookie would I give you odds on facing anyone else, cause those two will always be the gatekeepers. Something else you can also put your house on is no one will actually ever put in the effort to beat those two, because they don't have to and ya still walk away with a win. I could have done so much better this week while I'm back home, cut a promo from the river, actually gone and met Ben Jordan for a little chat, anything, but I am not wasting grade A material on a couple of people who you could call the weird neighbours.
He takes a puff of the cigarette.
Daniel: We're on tour, I coulda really used the whole beautiful scenery, history, even dressed like a Vikings but I don't respect either of you enough to put in the effort and do something special. In my world, and it's very different from your white picket fences and lemonade on the front porch with the people next door, respect is earned and you two, well, you've not done that to me. When you look at it, yeah, Bill might have gone through a thing or two, might have put his body on the line but you Bea, you're a bit of a joke.
Daniel takes another puff of his cigarette.
Daniel: There's no claim to fame for you at all, and let me tell you, Crystal, well she's a bit moody lately, she's got a chip on her shoulder and something to prove. People have been pissing on her from great heights lately, making her the butt of jokes, it's pretty insulting for a former multi time world champion and she's coming back with a whole lot to prove to a whole lot of people and you stand in her way and think you can stop her before she even gets going?
He smiles.
Daniel: You've got more chance of winning Miss World then getting away from Crystal unscathed. I mean honestly Bea, you offer less then nothing to this place, whipping woman of SCW. Nothing stands out about you, there's nothing interesting about you, you're a blank piece of paper really. Nothing exciting at all, but that might be a bit of a piss take for the paper because that actually has a bit of a use.
Daniel takes a sip of his whiskey.
Daniel: Let's take stock of what you really are Bea. You're a cheerleader for Bill, on the hype for someone, but its beating a dead horse really because no matter how much you try, there's nothing at all there to hype. It's like bolting the stable door after the horse has already done a runner. You can put make up on a pig Bea, but it's still a pig at the end of the day.
Daniel takes a final draw on his cigarette before outing it in a nearby ashtray.
Daniel: I admit, sometimes it's hard to tell you both apart because Bea, you're a bit of a parrot love. It's like you hear what Bill is saying and you pretty much do the same thing. We don't need to hear what an opponent has done in the past, we don't need to hear about past meetings and we don't need to hear about what you've done. We've all got eyes, we can see what happened, we don't need reminders. My advice to you is try and be different from that sweat stain you for some reason decided to go to bed with every night. Be different, don't be the female Bill. Hopefully Crystal smacks you so hard, it makes a change in you. Might stop you from becoming a clone of your old man, because he don't seem like a person you really want to model yourself on.
Daniel shakes his head.
Daniel: I don't get what you two talk about at night to be honest, got the personalities of a wet paper bag. I'm sure it's absolutely thrilling. Maybe SCW should make a reality show with you two to cure insomnia.
He fake yawns.
Daniel: But I'm a very honest man, so I'm gonna level with ya, Crystal isn't the only one coming back with a bit of force behind her. Bad news for you Bill, because I'm coming back with a bit of fire in my belly and some determination in my soul. I've heard what's been said about me, letting things down when it gets down to the crunch of things. I've heard people think I bottle it when I should step up and yeah, I ain't been at my best, I am the first to admit that, but now I'm coming back with a whole lot of fire and trust me, you do not want to be at the wrong end of that.
He takes a sip from the glass.
Daniel: Unfortunately for you, you are on the wrong end of things Bill and no amount of recapping or talking bollocks to put people in to a coma is going to work with me. I get a little angry when I feel like I've let someone down and I have let someone down, I've let myself down, I could have been so much better then I have been yet here I am looking at a golden chance. You've had many of them and let yourself down something rotten, because you fall short every single time, so you know the sting you feel, the fact it's like a vice tightening inside your stomach when you think about how poor you've been. Now I don't like that feeling Bill, you might get a kick out of it, I don't know, you seem like a weird little fella, but it's not something I like, it's not something I want to feel again, so I'm not falling short this time.
He slowly shakes his head.
Daniel: We both have the same goals here, we both want to be champion. You've always wanted one belt or another in your grubby little hands, just who you are, but I'm gonna be the angel of disappointment here because I'm not gonna let you get your hands on that gold, I'm gonna be the one taking a step closer to it. You probably don't watch anything other then your own stuff, you seem like that kind of fella too, but recently, I had a chance to go on for a championship match and I just couldn't cut it that night, but that's not happening again. It's not just about me, but Crystal has been shit on from great heights, people forget to see that she's one of the most decorated people on the roster, and I think it's about time she got decorated again. It's about time I got my hands on a belt I made famous. These two that have them now has done a decent job with them, but I'm the first thought that comes to mind when people chat about those belt, me, Os, Kenz, Charley, we've been the ones who worked to make them famous and it's about time they came back to us. Finn and Kayla had bigger belts to deal with, the Mixed Tag belts were in their shadow, but now it's time for us to put them back in the sunshine. The summer is just a few months away and the sun will be shining brightly, so I think it's only right we put them out in the sun and show them off.
He raises his glass.
Daniel: Now that starts with you, you get to play a big part in what happens in our future, you might just even get remembered for being our first on the way through the entire division, against randoms, against anyone who gets put in front of us. You two will be the first two that we get through and I don't think we're going to break a sweat doing it. You'll be back in your little town, acting like the white bread Americans that you are.
Daniel drains the glass of the last of the whiskey.
Daniel: You'll be back boring the neighbourhood in no time, living your plain dull life with nothing to look forward to, nothing to hope for, nothing to make you stand out from every other person there. Just that little old couple who lives down the street that everyone avoids because they probably think you have bodies in the basement. You'll just go back to being nothing while I will have the eyes of the wrestling world on me again. This is the resurgence of Daniel J Morgan, this is where I rise to prominence again in the wrestling world. I'm refusing to let myself down anymore, I'm refusing to let anyone down anymore. I'm refusing to ever hear myself called a let down again, because I know I'm not a let down and by the time I get to Iceland, I'm gonna be in one hell of a mood, but that will not make me sloppy at all, it will make me focused. I'm a very dangerous man when I'm focused and that's something you won't be able to handle Bill, that's something you really won't be able to handle. This is our first step, this is where we begin to climb the mountain, this is where you go back to being truly forgettable, that's a fact and I only deal in facts. That's about enough for now, you know where I will see you both next.
With that, the camera fades. >
