[We open up to what appears to be a home office. Paper strewn about the floor and the place looking extremely
cluttered. A desk lamp illuminates a desk with further paperwork across it. There is a newspaper that reads "Box
Office: Smashed and shows a picture of Brain O'Haire looking distraught at his near miss loss against Miss
Michelle. The picture shown in the immediate aftermath of when he attempted to break the three count. Brian O'Haire
is pictured at his desk looking at this picture. He shakes his head and thrusts the paper back down to the desk. He
turns his attention to a large widescreen TV on the wall, and flicks it on. He looks at it and on it there is the
footage from Savage. It shows Brian O'Haire strutting to the ring, and the commentator commentating on the lack of
fanfare for his entrance. He shakes his head and fast forwards through the match, going again to the point at the
end where he was just too slow to make the save to prevent the loss. He pauses on the image of him sitting on the
mat looking annoyed with himself. Brian picks up a mobile phone and holds it to his ear]

Brian O'Haire : Look.... As my agent you NEED to do better. I trusted you with making sure everything was
just right for this. I needed it to be PERFECT. The entrance.... The one thing that creates my aura. Yet, when i
walked through that Curtain on Savage. I was met with nothing. Not even a light show. No pyro. No fanfare no
nothing. I should fire you for that. Hell, the commentary team were underwhelmed. I Was underwhelmed. The XWF Fans
were underwhelmed. For someone who is the epitome of stardom, you fucked it. You truly fucked it. I walked out
there and i was the equivilant of Donald Trump claiming he'd get the million dollar question in millionaire right.
It was just WRONG WRONG WRONG. You NEED to make ammends for this.

[Brian nods along as a voice speaks to him on the other end of the line]

Brian O'Haire: uhhuh, ok... That's fine. You damn well better. Yeh. I know I've got to be on that damn
show tonight. Yeh... Fine. Bye.

[Brian clicks the phone off and puts it back down on the desk. He stands up and starts to pace around the room.
He looks somewhat adjitated.]

Brian : Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh!

[Brian throws a glass across the room. It smashes sending shards of glass to the floor.]

Brian : This torment is real. It's hurting me. It's haunting me. I can't take this. I can't cope. TURMOIL.
TURMOIL. And then... Then when you trust your damn staff to make this right, then the fuck it for you. To ease the
pain. To ease the pain. It needed to be PERFECT. AND IT WAS RUINED BEFORE IT EVEN BEGAN.....

[He grabs his head and looks again frustrated, annoyed and jumpy. He walks back over to the desk and grabs
the remote for the TV. He turns it back on and presses play.]

"You'd think a guy with a movie gimmick would have more of an entrance."

[He rewinds it and replays it. ]

"You'd think a guy with a movie gimmick would have more of an entrance."

[He rewinds it and replays it again, looking more angry. ]

"You'd think a guy with a movie gimmick would have more of an entrance."

[He rewinds it and replays it again, looking even more angry, and turns it off again.]

Brian O'Haire : You'd think....a guy... with a movie gimmick.... would have had more of an entrance.
First of all, the thing that's wrong with that is "Gimmick". It's not a gimmick. It's a way of life. It's the way I
am. it's who I am. I'm not a gimmick. I'm not a character. But that said, "gimmick" or not my agent failed me. He
will not be forgiven. It will change. What happened happened. I made a mistake.

[Brian clicks the remote and turns off the TV, and continues to pace around the room]
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21:32pm

[We see a vibrant TV set. A young preppy host is speaking to the camera with some energy. There's a picture of
Brain O'Haire in the corner of the screen. This is obviously some sort of E! Style channel talking about showbiz
news. The presenter chuckles as he speaks directly to camera]

Presenter : Ever heard of Box Office crashes? Box office flops? What about "Box Office" Brian O'Haire. The
man who is hoping to become the top guy who has movie world into the larger than life world of Wrestling. Well, he
made his debut on the aptly named "Savage" Saturday, and boy... Was it SAVAGE! His widly touted debut was a flop
where he got pinned by a returning ladies legend named "Miss Michelle". And, not only that, but, he looked
completely out of his depth! And the crowd goes.... Mild! What's next for this.... -cough-.... Superstar as he
seeks to change his direction? Will he get going in the wrestling world or will he continue to flop like his ill
fated sci fi movie "Space Riders"? My prediction is that he will quietly disappear into obscurity, quietly
wondering what ever made him consider such a stupid idea, looking back on a career that could have been.... Oh to be a "movie star" eh?

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22:12
[We see a newsreader behind a desk presenting a piece to camera]
Presenter : .... And in Showbiz news, Brian O'Haire. The man who calls himself "Box Office" made his long
awaited Wrestling Debut. The controversial movie star who has decided to try his hand in a new industry lost in a
fairly mixed match against two other talents. The star narrowly missed breaking up a three count as his adversary
Miss Michelle took the victory. This will be seen as another kick in the teeth for O'Haire who has struggled to
bounce back , following the unsavoury inc....

[The Screen clicks off]

[Brian O'Haire is staring at the screen in the room which is now in darkness. He looks angry. He picks up his
phone. He types a text to a contact which is named only as "Z"]
- They're mentioning it again. It needs to stop. It needs to end. Manipulate. Decimate. -
[Brian slams the phone on the desk after clicking send]
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22:40
[We see a presenter in front of a large screen. It's got all the hallmarks of a sports studio. In front of a
large screen which is playing XWF Footage we see a presenter]

Presenter : Ladies and Gentlemen, Tonight on SportsMAX, we look at the emerging career of Movie Star, Wrestler and all round divisive figure, Mr Brian O'Haire. And ladies and gentlemen, I'm delighted to say that joining us tonight by video link to discuss the latest in his career, is the man himself, Brian O'Haire.

[The Screen goes split screen and shows the presenter, and on the other side, Brian who is sitting in his
darkened room. He has an forced smile across his face. He looks dishevelled but has clearly tried to make an effort to look "normal"

Brian O'Haire : It's a PLEASURE to be here.

Presenter : So, You didn't win. What's next?

Brian O'Haire : I move on. I deal with it. Hell, Miss Michelle is an accustomed talent who was making a return and going to make
an immediate name for herself. And you know what, I doff my cap to her. I give her the kudos she deserves. Well done. I made a mistake in underestimating you. Lets be honest though, if it was just me and that Rayne guy one on one, I would have taken him. Hell, I nearly got there. Michelle. Well done. You got me. Good luck in your number one contendors match.

Presenter : Are you a failure Brian?

Brian O'Haire : Excuse me?

Presenter : Are you a failure? Simple question. You chose to become a wrestler. You promised the world and you failed. You said you'd ace it. You Didn't. You didn't deliver on your promises. To use a movie term, you "bombed".

Brian O'Haire : Fuck you.

Presenter : I'm only say....

Brian O'Haire : (interrupting) : No, listen. Fuck you. I'm not coming onto this damn show just for you to try and get one up on me. No one was taking me seriously when I said I'd do this, and right now, you're not giving me the credit I deserve, and with all due respect, you're not giving Michelle the respect either. So. Listen, here's what I've got to say. I'm going to chock Savage down as a lesson. A life lesson. But, you know what, I'm not treating that as my debut. Lets just call it a tester screening. A pilot even. So, yeh, The tester screening of Brian O'Haire, the wrestler came out. It bombed. So, I'm going to re-debut on the next Savage. Against Michael McBride. It is here I will show what I'm capable of, and will kickstart my career. It's here I'll here I'll kickstart the story that is Box Office Brian O'Haire in the wrestling world.

Presenter : A re-debut.... Surely you can just "re-debut" until you get a win?

[Brian looks a bit uneasy with this line of questioning]

Brian O'Haire: But I'm not going to need to do that am I? "It is one of the pivotal moments in human history, Doctor. You get to make first contact with an alien race! And after you do... everything begins to change. " Jonathan Frakes, Star Trek First Contact, 1996. The Alien Race in this is the XWF. The contact is getting the win. It's a bit of an analogy but hear me out here. I need to do this PROPERLY this time. Make that first contact with this alien world called wrestling, and then and only then can everything change. I will NOT need to redebut every time. I will not need another shot and I will NOT be a failure.

Presenter : Yeh yeh yeh, ok. If you say so. To be honest Brian, You're not making a lot of sense. Your links are tenious, your chatter is disjointed, and to be frank. You seem lost. You seem to be trying to justify your existence and your terrible terrible choice to become a wrestler.

Brian O'Haire : Excuse me?

Presenter : Lets be honest, it's pretty poor isn't it. I'm not convinced by you in the slightest and I'm sure there are others that aren't too.

Brian O'Haire: Did you just bring me on here to decry me? look. Let me make it crystal bloody clear. Savage, 14th September, I'll show people JUST what I can do. I'll show the REAL Brian O'Haire and I'll show that I am not just a shmuck who decided he was going to "give it a go". I'll show that I'm the real deal and that the XWF is where I'm meant to be. My first victim, Michael McBride will get to see what I should have shown. THEN, the era of O'Brian will begin in earnest.

Presenter : Is this you trying to prove that you have the resilence that many have said you don't have?

Brian O'Haire : I am resilient, I have determination and mentality to bounce back from anything thrown at me, and again, I really don't understand your line of questioning.

Presenter : Well, I know you don't like to discuss it, but.... Well. Ever since that ....

Brian O'Haire : Ever since what....

Presenter : Well, that ti...

[Brian interrupts angrily]

Brian O'haire : I TOLD YOU. THAT'S OFF FUCKING LIMITS.

[Brian's feed goes black]

[b] Presenter : Hah... I knew he couldn't handle it. Let me hear your thoughts using hashtag #ohaireincident. My thoughts. He's out his depth.

-Fin-

OOC - no idea what’s going on with the formatting on the first part of this! Looks fine in the editor.