RP#69

The sound of a beer can being cracked open is heard which is then followed by the can being poured into a cup. Then once it sounds like the can is empty, we hear it being crushed and thrown into a pile of other cans as they clang together. The scene opens in a dark room where NASCAR Billy is standing behind a table with the Coronation cup on the table in front of him. Billy picks up another can of PBR and cracks open the can and pours the contents of that can into the cup. Once it is empty he crushes that in his hand and tosses it off camera where it lands with the other cans. Billy picks up the big shiny silver cup by the handles on each side of the cup.

"Hey Arch!" Billy shouts out with a smirk on his face and then takes a huge healthy swing of PBR from the Coronation cup. He guzzles it down, 2 cans of PBR and doesn't stop till it's all gone. Once done he slams the cup down on the table and burps and wipes his mouth with the sleeve of his shirt. "Beer tastes great from a cup like this. The drink of winners. The drink of Champions! That's what I am! A Cup winner! A Champion! The best tag team in the UWL....PERIOD! This."

Billy taps the top of the cup.

"Only backs it up!"

Joe Jones walks into the picture with the UWL Heritage title on his shoulder. He's wearing a nice shirt and pants and he stands at the end of the table and looks at Billy who has beer dripping from his chin onto his Junior Johnson Midnight Moonshine t shirt. He shakes his head.

"Really?"

"Oh hey Joe. I was...."

"I know. You were throwing it in Arch's face which by the way is a bad decision on your part. You know if you piss him off he will stomp you into next week."

"huh? I thought we just beat him on our way to win this."

Joe nods. "We did, but if you keep poking the bear, the bear is eventually going to wake up."

Billy who is half cocked stares at Joe. He takes his hand off of the cup and wipes his chin again. Joe slowly takes the Heritage title and sets it on the table as he is looking at Billy.

"It felt good to beat him you know."

"I know."

"Feels good to win this. No one gave us a shot you know. It's like, they all didn't want to believe we could win this even though we are the tag Champions you know."

"I know."

"I just.....feel you know, like shoving this in their faces. A big old middle finger to them you know. Everyone around here thought that Bad Karma was a shoe in for this. They didn't give us a chance in winning. It's like we were a joke or something."

"Come here."

Billy takes a step towards Joe and Joe holds his arms outwards and Billy walks into his arms and they hug. Joe rubs Billy back as they hug it out.

"Those who laugh last, laugh best. We stuck to our guns Billy. We believed in our selves, we knew we could win the cup because we were, we are the BEST team in the UWL. The two wins we scored Saturday night, the teams we beat, they feel the sting from those losses because they know they couldn't hang with the best team in the UWL. There is no need to rub it in their faces Billy. That's not what we do Billy. We will defend these titles with honor and pride. Not with cheap shots and petty bickering. Now."

Joe takes Billy by the shoulders and pulls him away from him. He looks Billy in the eyes.

"Why don't you go pick up those cans, return them, take the money you get from them and swing by Mickey D's and get a nice big cup of coffee and sober up. Okay?"

"Okay...I guess."

"Don't look so glum Billy. We are the UWL Tag Team Champions. The 2014 UWL Tag Team Coronation Cup winners. No one, not even Arch Stanton, not Bad Intentions. Not even Karma can take that away from us.

Billy sighs. "Can I take the cup home with me? Britney wants to see it. She said she wants to reward me for my big win."

Joe looks at the cup. "It does need to be washed....so I guess it wouldn't hurt if you took that home with you just as long as you promise to wash it."

"I promise!"

"Okay Billy then take it home with you and show it off to Britney. I hope her reward she has for you is something special."

"ME TOO!"

Billy picks up the cup and runs with it off camera. Joe watches him leave with the cup, smiles and shakes his head.

"The kid has a big heart you know. He just sometimes gets, misguided. Speaking of being misguided. The team of Bad Intentions."

Joe takes a seat on the table with the Heritage title next to him on the table.

"You two talk a big game. You two mean well. I can tell you two really want those UWL Tag Team titles really, really, really bad. You want them so badly, that you will do almost anything to get them. Anything but actually beat the team who holds them. Billy and I, stood in the ring and gave you two what you wanted. A title match. You didn't earn it and after the Coronation Cup finals, you two REALLY haven't earned it but we granted you a title match none the less. Gave you what you wanted, well except for what Archer wanted. Really? A hardcore tag team title match? Are you just stupid or something? These are the UWL World Tag Team titles we are talking about. Not some two bit no one has ever heard of our federation from hickville backyard wrestling league. This is the UWL. This is where the best of the best come to show case themselves. You want to get all hardcore, go find what two bit promotion Xplode is hanging out in stroking his ego telling anyone who will listen how great he is. I'm sure that place has all kinds of "hardcore" going on there. You want these titles Archer, Emma, then it's time to step up and be a big boy and act professional. It's time to leave that hardcore crap behind you and actually wrestle your way to win, maybe even a championship."

Joe breaks out laughing. He laughs and laughs and tries to bring it back in. He ends it with slapping his knee.

"Sorry! I tried to say that with a straight face. The word Championship and Bad Intentions will never go together. You two, once again, had a chance to step up and win something in the UWL. You picked off Bad Karma last week and made it to the Finals of the Coronation cup and once again you two stood across the ring from us, fresh from getting a signed contract granting you two a UWL Tag Team title match, with the Coronation cup on the line, and once again, you two, couldn't get the job done. You two stepped in the ring with the best team in the UWL, and failed. And you have the gaul to say that you're the best team in the UWL? What hardware do you have to back that up?"

Joe pauses.

"I thought so. You have a piece of paper that has Billy and mine signatures on it. You should be so proud."

Joe gives a quick little smirk and glances down at the floor and looks to the right where Billy is picking up the empty beer cans.

"So where does one go after winning the cup? Why naturally he gets booked to a table match of course. Here it is Emma, the UWL giving you a helping hand and giving you something right up your alley. A table match. Do you have what it takes to put me through a table? I'm not going to doubt your strength, your ability to do that. But I will question your heart, your desire. You say you want to beat me, to show the rest of the UWL what you're made of. But.....can you actually show the UWL that you have what it takes to step up and win the big one? Can you Emma dig deep and find that little something extra and put me through a table for the win? Can you take the most decorated star in the UWL right now and beat him? There is a reason why I am the UWL Tag Team Champion. There is a reason why I am the 2014 tag team Coronation Cup winner. And there is a reason why I am the UWL Heritage champion Emma. It's because I believe in myself, I stepped up to the plate and swung for the fences and won. And won. And won. Right now, in the UWL, there is no one better than me. Not Sean Landon. Not Justin Brooks. Not Robb Daniels. Not even Arch Stanton. No one in the UWL right now, is better than me. That is a fact. A cold hard fact. "

Joe stands up and picks up the Heritage title and slings it over his shoulder.

"Tell yourself what ever you need to tell your self Emma. Tell any story you need to tell to make others think you have a shot in winning this match. This is not a match against Captain Fury. This is not a match against Obscene. Or any other under achieving opponent you have faced in the UWL up till this point. You will step in the ring Saturday night, look at this table and think to your self, how will I put Joe Jones thought it? That is your goal Emma. You have to somehow figure out how to win this match because it won't be easy. I won't make it easy on you. This match in the large scheme of things means absolutely nothing to me Emma. But is everything to you. I don't care if I win this match, lose this match or if this match gets canceled at the last second. I'm going to use this match to send a message. Not only to you and Archer, but to the rest of the UWL and that message is simple. If you have a thought of beating me and taking this."

Joe looks at the Heritage title.

"You better be ready to go that extra yard to get it. I'll make no bones about it, I will spoil whatever plans you have at being the next Heritage champion because those plans, just aren't going to happen on my watch."

Joe takes one last look at the title.

"Consider yourself warned."

FTB.