[b]The bright light sun sits calmly in the ocean blue open sky as a champagne white limousine with the words CCPE in bold letters on the side pulls up outside of the Hard Knocks Fight Club training facility in Detroit Michigan. The driver steps out and looks over the area first as he takes his black shades off to get a better look at the parking lot before walking over to the back passenger side door and opening it up. After a few moments, Chris Page steps out first wearing a black and red blazer suit and then followed by Justin York who wears a Nike black workout shirt and shorts to match. They both smirk as they head for the entrance and then Page notices a familiar midnight black Harley Davidson parked by the door.

Chris Page: I knew he be here, prepare yourself York this guy doesn't train like anyone else, I swear he's a mad man.

As the words leave his mouth, Page pushes open the doors and the sound of Eminem's famous song from eight mile lose yourself echoes throughout the gym. They look around the facility that has different equipment placed around. From punching bags, gym mats, and punching dummies but the biggest attraction is the wrestling ring where Bam Miller spars with another local wrestler in the ring. They trade different grappling holds back and forth before Bam gains the edge and slams the guy down on the ground and delivers MMA-like elbows to the head repeatedly until a voice catches his attention.

Chris Page: Sheesh killer, I think that poor bum has had enough of the ass whopping your delivering.

Bam gives a final shot in before getting up and walking up to lean on the ropes with a smirk on his face.

Bam Miller: Surprised to see you here Page, and I see you brought the Casino kid with you. You boys planning on partying tonight or something?

Justin York: Yeah will be partying alright after we show up on Saturday Night Savage and put THE MIDNIGHT DOLLS down for the three count.

Bam raises his eyebrow in curiosity.

Chris Page: What he means is that you two are teaming up to take on The Midnight Dolls aka your old friend Dolly Waters and her partner Vita Valenteen.

Bam smiles sinisterly for a moment as he turns around to think but is met with a kendo stick that breaks in half on impact to his guy. His sparring partner is back up and tries to take the fight back to Bam but he shrugs off the hit and turns around and lays the local wrestler out with a brutal punch that sends him leaking from his mouth. Bam looks at his fist that has blood on it and wipes it off his chest as he turns back around to Page and York.

Bam Miller: Sorry about that but did you say, Dolly Waters?

Chris Page: Yeah I did mention the inconsistent bitch that can never win the big one without being carried to the finish line.

Page lets out a laugh while Justin takes a seat in a chair backwards.

Justin York: What's so special about Dolly? I mean I hear a lot of hype over someone who isn't even all that successful or consistent enough to even but a streak of wins together.

Bam steps out of the ring onto the apron and then jumps down from there as he grabs a Miller Lite beer off the steps and chugs it down as he walks up on Page and York.

Bam Miller: You see York I have some unfished business with that overhyped clown as you refer to Dolly as. To me, Dolly is still one of the best to ever lace up a pair of boots and step in between those ropes because Dolly holds a victory over me dating back to last year's OCW mix! And Page knows I've been waiting patiently to even those odds.

Bam cracks his neck and knuckles.

Chris Page: Which is why I brought Justin down here to train with you, so you both can be on the same page.

Bam laughs and then looks at Juston with a smirk.

Bam Miller: Don't get me wrong, but Justin doesn't look like the type that can hang with me in my environment, it's a lot more gritty in my domain.

A serious Justin gets up out of his chair and comes face to face with a smiling Bam Miller.

Justin York: Don't let the pretty boy face full you Bam, I'm no pushover and I m damn sure, not afraid of any training with you. So whatever you can dish out, just know I can handle it with no problem bro!

Chris Page gets in between them to push them apart from each other.

Chris Page: Ok you two save all that energy for the workout, and the match ahead now you two remember your CCPE while I'm gone.

Bam Miller: Don't worry Page, I'm going to show Justin that only iron can sharpen iron!

Page gives them a nod as he walks out the door and leaves the two partners alone to finish their training.

Justin York: Well let's do this thing Bam Bam.

Justin laughs but Bam stares at him with a cold serious facial expression.

Bam Miller: Yeah let's go lift some weights and then see how much pain you can dish out.

Bam smirks as he walks over to the far right side of the gym. Justin follows him behind as he whistles an upbeat tune. Bam looks back with disgust while Justin laughs and keeps it going until they get tot he weight station. Justin looks around confused as he sees no weights or anything for that matter to lift.

Justin York: What we lifting around here just air?

Justin lets out a laugh as Bam come walking up with two bags and drops them on the floor and makes an impactful sound as Bam smirks.

Bam Miller: Oh we are lifting alright, we lifting bricks!


Bam opens up one of the bags for Justin to peek inside and see the many bricks Bam has packed into the bag.

Justin York: Silly me for thinking we be lifting actual weights I've got to say this is a little extreme even for you I must admit.

Bam Miller: You haven't seen anything yet, now let's get started!

Bam puts the bag on his back and starts running in place for a min before walking over to a pull-up bar and starts lifting himself and the bag up as he does his pulls ups, meanwhile, Justin begins curling his bags of bricks. They each continue to work silently among themselves in the gym which only echoes out the sound of pain that leaves their bodies from each rep, After a couple of minutes, Justin breaks the silence.

Justin York: So Bam, what's the deal with you and Dolly?

Bam stays focused on his workout, as sweat drips from his forehead and down to the gym mats below but finally looks in Justin's direction to answer the question.

Bam Miller: Yeah Dolly is someone who got away, someone that was able to squeak by me in last year's OCW Margarita Mix. You see I had an inexperienced partner in LCP, while she was rolling with some tag team specialist that I can't even remember but anyways she talked a lot of shit about your boy and labeled me as just another generic wrestler.

Bam lets go of the pull-up bar and comes crashing down with a thud with the bags of bricks still on his back.

Bam Miller: Do you know how much that quote eats away at me? The facts she thought it was ok for her to say it was one thing but then she got the win on top of that. Do you know how embarrassing that was for me?

Justin gets ready to speak but Bam cuts him off.

Bam Miller: That shit was the start of people thinking I was a joke, that was my first time on the main stage and my first impression wasn't good enough for everyone and as they say first impressions are everything and I messed up mine but now a year and a few months later I get to make up for it when we step in the ring with them. That's why I want you to reach my intensity, York. I want to make sure we know each other like the back of our hands. I want to make sure when things get tough you won't fold like a broken-down box. I need you to be ready to go to war so I can put the final nail in Dolly Waters's coffin!

Justin stops curling his bag of bricks and puts them on his back and starts running in place.

Justin York: A coffin you say?

Bam Miller: Yeah a coffin, it's time to help Dolly into the grave that she and her career will forever live in. You see since that loss to Dolly I've been so fucking motivated to write that wrong, I've competed at every major promotion that open their doors for me whether or not it was FIGHT!, IIW, Level Up Wrestling, or right here in the XWF I've made an impact!

Bam pauses for a moment.

Bam Miller: For the past year I've busted my ass while Dolly has been coasting it, barely putting any work in and jumping on the back of people like TK to carry her but hell he couldn't carry her sorry ass to the winning circle. She fell flat on her face again like she did at The Cannabis Cup and had to watch Kaido win a Championship she's been chasing and will continue to chase because she doesn't know how to finish. You see, Dolly is like the Rabbit in the story of the Rabbit and the Turtle race. Dolly starts strong and really gets ahead of her competition but it's all a setup for her fall from grace.


Justin York: I did hear she was all hype and as for someone being in OCW I got to say I didn't see too much that I would brag about and how she team with someone that not long ago just humiliated her on the mic. Sound like someone is desperate to stay relevant in the business if you ask me.

Bam and Justin laugh out loud together and both sit their bags of bricks down and Bam motions for Justin to follow him to the break area, they walk through a door that takes them to a room that has a table with four chairs at it, along with a sink and refrigerator that Bam reaches into and grabs two beers for himself and Justin. He tosses one to Justin and they both sip their beers for a moment.

Bam Miller: I'm glad we've gotten on the same page when it comes to Dolly because she is someone that has mastered how to cling on to someone else name value to help boost hers and the sad thing is her ego has gotten so big enough that she believes that she still means something in the bigger picture, that's why I almost threw up from disgust knowing she has that win over me but now I have the chance with your help Justin to rewrite history and put this ugly truth in my rearview mirror. With your help, I'm going to make Dolly feel everlasting pain that will hurt worse than anything she's ever been through or can imagine. I just don't want to beat Dolly Waters, I want to end what has been a lackluster career of failed big moments and missed opportunities. I want to erase Dolly from XWF like I did Jim Caedus last year, I want to take a brick and smack her across the face and end her misery as if she was Old Yeller. On September 10th the running Waters will run dry!!!

Bam makes a gun with his finger and acts like he just shot a bullet before taking another sip of his beer. Justin smirks as he sips on his beer and then turns his attention to Bam.

Justin York: That's all good bro and I'm down with everything you just said but remember she does have a partner.

Justin looks around as if he doesn't know they're alone and then whispers to Bam.

Justin York: And word around the locker room she's a Vampire…

Justin and Bam laugh out loud at the same time and then take a sip of their beers with a smile and then laugh some more before getting back serious.

Bam Miller: Look I've never personally been in the ring with her or interacted much but Vampire or not her little goody good attitude is going to get her ass in trouble when she steps in the ring with us and whether not I got to use a Brick or a Stake I'm going to make sure I lay her blood-sucking ass out for a three count so you might as well call me Blade because I'm a fucking Slayer!!!

Justin York: Yo, like she's probably not even a scary Vampire like Dracula. She seems more like one of those Twilight instead.

They both laugh again and lean on each other to hold themselves up.

Bam Miller: That's a good.one Justin but Vitas actually held some Gold around here like me but it's been a while since she's actually made any actual noise around here or anywhere really. You see Justin why Vita and Dolly have had a little success in the XWF and why that is a big deal because I myself have goals of climbing to the top one day but being part of CCPE means we can win anywhere.

Bam takes a sip of his beer and rotates his finger into a circle as if he was forming a planet.

Bam Miller: You see for guys like us we have proven it doesn't matter the name of the company or who the hell stands across us one thing is for certain we can show up and fight anyone and the best anyone on any given night. We are great white sharks swimming around in every fucking sea while Dolly and Vita stick to only one and they're barely keeping afloat in that one.

Bam paces back and forth as he chugs the rest of his beer and then looks at Justin with a smirk.

Bam Miller: I'm telling you, Justin, they can't hang with us. We get the knowledge of a legend like Chris Page in our corner we've got your high-risk and big-reward athleticism that neither one of them can match and then there is me bringing everything else we need to stomp a mud hole in their ass! They think their walking into a wrestling match but in reality, this is going to be a fight and I just want to know what they are going to do when they realize they can't keep us down for the three count, I want to look into their eyes and see the fear they have when we knock their fucking heads off their shoulders. After we beat them I swear I'm going to watch the sunrise and drink a cold one for conquering The Midnight Express and it's going to be beautiful, don't you think?

Justin York: No doubt Bam, I echo everything you just said, and in just going to add on its CCPE vs The World right now. We need to send a message to the WORLD! That CCPE is here and has been here and it's time they recognize our talent and that this is our time now. Ain't no more waiting around and hoping we get our respect instead now we get son and dirty and take it by force! It's not just about winning anymore, it's about sending a message.

Bam lifts his beer in the air and so does Justin as they tap them together.

Bam Miller: I can drink to that, and those girls better buckle up for a rough ride in Miller Time!!!

They chug what's left of their beers and toss them in the trash can and dap each other up.

Bam Miller: Now let's go finish this workout.

Justin York: But we drunk as fuck right now Bam.

Bam lets out a laugh.

Bam Miller: That's the best part about working out.

They both laugh out loud as they walk back out the door and into the gym as the scene fades out and comes to an end.