Convenience (invite)

[Jeremy Pendelton III]

Fabiola stands backstage with The Entourage. Her first question goes to their entrant in the OTS Tournament, Jeremy Pendelton as he stands in his ring gear, already prepared for battle against Jon Payne with colleague Robby Sylk, Tyson Terra and Terra's assistant Gabriella Klass.

Fab: I'm here with "The Entourage", and tonight Jeremy Pendelton...you've drawn Jon Payne in the first round of the Men's OTS Tournament...

I have, haven't I? You know something, as we stood back here and listened to Lionheart announce the seedings for tonight's tournament, it dawned on me the convenience of the matchups therein. Seems that all but one of these first round matches has some kind of correlation to what happened at Ring Rage. Personally, I call it one of life's little bonuses.

Fab: What makes you say that?

Because tonight is a two-fold possibility. Tonight, if things go my way...which I strongly believe they will...I will be the new #1 contender for the XWA World Title. And the first step in that process will be to do what it is that we've done twice already...defeat one of "the good guys".

Payne, I'm not going to gloat too much, because I'll call a spade a spade. We've beaten you and your buddies collectively. That proves, and has proven, the strength of this Entourage as a unit. But tonight Jon, tonight I prove my strength as a competitor.

Tonight, I win three matches again whomever is in the opposite corner of me and earn the right to main event XGAMES. Tonight, I prove to you, the rest of the fans and everyone else who's been babbling on and on that I am best young talent in this business today. And most importantly tonight...I make it clear...if it's not already...that The Entourage are the ones who call the shots. We lead Takedown by example, and that example is you either step aside, or stepped over or onto.

As he finished his statement, the group suddenly had some guests...

[Jon Payne]

Into this scene walked the trio of Jon Payne, Syrus and XXL, and they were all business.

You know something Pendelton, I'll agree with you on one thing. You DO have a lot to prove tonight. I guess you earned the right to be able to gloat little with your wins in the past, but let's get one thing straight. It wasn't because your group's "dominant" as you say. Sometimes, as the saying goes, it's better to be lucky than good. That's all that Ring Rage was for you...luck.

Maybe we dropped the ball a little, maybe we got too complacent after mopping the floor with you the first 15 minutes of the match, whatever the case may be, you saw an opportunity and you took it. Kudos for that. But tonight, just like you said, it's all about you Jeremy...and you drew the most unlucky number in the world having to deal with me in the first round. You might think of this as your shining moment, well...I don't know how much the people of Greece are into the major leagues...but I see tonight as you being The Twins. You had a great year, and everyone had high expectations for you, but then you got to the playoffs and stepped up to bat against a more experienced team with more firepower than you could withstand and got blown out of your own building.

That's how I see things, my friend. Right now, I'm wrestling's version of the Yankees...and when I'm done with you tonight, you're gonna be wishing you had your buddies to back you up again.

There was a brief pause after Payne finished speaking, as Fabiola waited for someone else to add to this exchange.

["The R*" Robby Sylk]

That person would be Robby Sylk, rolling his eyes as he responds...

So your wrestling's version of the Yankees? So I guess that means, you're overpaid, overrated and overestimated, right? You know, I think I'd have to agree with you on that there, Jonny boy.

Hell, why are we even talking to you right now? We've already dropped you twice. As far as I'm concerned, you guys are yesterday's news...yet the XWA Front Office still seems to want to put you against us in hopes that you'll "teach us a lesson".

When are you gonna get it through your heads that this isn't your show anymore? We run things here now gentlemen, all you do is work here. Keep it up and we might change that too!

His attention draws to XXL and Syrus to issue an additional challenge.

Here's an idea. So that you don't feel left out after Jeremy manhandles Payne here, how about Tyson and I hand you your asses again in another tag team match. It'll be yet another failed mission on your part, but hey...at least we'll have our fun.