*The scene opens on Logan Matthews standing in front of a black wall with a TV screen displaying the IWF logo. Matthews is wearing a t-shirt for a change. It's the new Hardcore Superstar logo shirt. It's black, with a gold star and the name "Hardcore Superstar" in an artist rendering of lights on top. He, of course, has his usual sunglasses.*
Matthews: So, this is how it is IWF? This is how you treat your STAR wrestler? The man who has only beaten many of the toughest men on the roster? The man who has only been pinned, one, two, three, ONCE since debuting and it was by a man who he wasn't ready for! After he had already pinned two other men! How is that fair? So what did I do? I kept going, like I've always done, I turned down two multi-million dollar contracts to come back to IWF. When I got back I picked up right were I left off, winning. This is what I get? After my most impressive match to date, I get stuck in the "Xtreme" division? Every week, when I go out to that ring, the World gets to see my scars from my hardcore history. I have paid my dues, thousands of light tubes, millions of thumbtacks, and more chairshots to the head than any man should be able to take and still own a Bowflex.
*Matthews laughs at his disturbing "joke."*
Matthews: That is not "hardcore," that is masochism. Instead of participating in those kinds of matches, I'm going to introduce the world to the NEW hardcore. Sixty minute matches, technical masterpieces, all to prove that you are BETTER than your opponent, not that you can survivor more weapons shots than him. Anyone can swing a chair, it takes someone truly skilled to perfect a submission, let alone the hundreds I've mastered. This Monday night, you will not see a bloody, violent brawl, you will see a consummate technician and you people will know that I'm hardcore, I'm hardcore...
*The camera slowly zooms in on Matthews' face.*
Matthews: I'm hardcore, I'm hardcore...and I'm BETTER than all of you.
*Matthews laughs as the scene fades to black.*