Steve Sayors carefully tip-toes through the hallways of Thursday Night Anarchy....

He checks the corner…

Peeks around…

…

Nobody there. He breathes a sigh of relief.

”HAHA! HEY STEVE!”

Steve spins around…

And who’s behind him? None other than…

…Some guy.

That Guy

…Yeah, that one.

Steve eyes him up and down…

And breathes a sigh of relief.

”Oh thank God. It’s just… you.”

”HAHA! THAT’S CERTAINLY A WAY TO GREET AN OLD FRIEND, STEVE!” YKW chuckles heartily. ”JUST ME? AFTER ALL THE GREAT TIMES WE HAD?!?”

”You tricked me into selling you my soul for magic powers, got me married to a toilet paper magnate for money, who then mysteriously died and I was charged for her murder! At which point, you insisted on representing me, got electrocuted by Bulk Logan and then I had to go the whole rest of the trial without a lawyer! I had to serve time in prison because of you!”

…

”HAHA! CLASSIC TIMES!”

…

”Sigh.” Steve shakes his head. ”Well, at least you’re not… Latoya, Razor, or El Landerson… Somehow, they have the strange powers to turn me into a woman… Or a black man.”

”GASP! STEVE! YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT MY BITTEREST ADVERSARIES! THE CREW I’M GOING TO FACE AT BATTLEPLAY!”

”...Wait, do you mean WarGames? Isn’t WarGames typically just for… y’know, the WarGames match?”

”AND BATTLE WE SHALL AT BATTLEPLAY!”

”...Okay, so you just can’t hear me, I guess? I just told you it’s called WarG-”

”I REMEMBER IT LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY! BATTLEPLAY ‘97!”

FLASHBACK FLASHBACK FLASHBACK…

Quote:I was with my old team of classic partners that everyone associates me with…

GERALD “YKW’S LONG-TIME PARTNER” COSGROVE

LELAND “YKW’S MENTOR WHO WAS TWO DAYS FROM RETIREMENT” PENNYWORTH

AND ANDRE “YKW’S BROTHER THAT, TO THIS DAY, YKW DOESN’T REALIZE IS HIS BROTHER” SMITH!

”Wait, your third partner Andre’s your brother?”

GASP! ANDRE WAS MY BROTHER!?!

”...Move on.”

I BATTLED LANDERSON! RAZOR! LATOYA! AND ‘GEEK GODDESS’ DEENA HIXX!

”Are you making up that last person?”

NOPE! SHE’S REAL!

”Sigh… go on, then.”

I WAGED HONORABLE BATTLE ALONGSIDE MY BROTHERS IN ARMS! BUT LANDERSON! RAZOR! LATOYA! AND ‘GEEK GODDESS’ DEENA HIXX!

”You don’t have to say all their names again!”

THEY EXECUTED THE DEADLIEST MOVE IN ALL OF WRESTLING! THE SEVEN-ARMED UKRANIAN TANDEM SUPLEX!

IT KILLED ALL THREE OF MY PARTNERS!

”...Wait, shit, really?”

I MOURNED THEM FOR YEARS! I SWORE ONE DAY I WOULD AVENGE THEIR DEATHS!

AND NOW I HAVE THE CHANCE TO DO JUST THAT!

ONE AT A TIME! BECAUSE I’M TAKING OUT EL LANDERSON! PERMANENTLY!

BECAUSE THIS FOURWAY WE’RE ENTERING? IS FATAL!

”...Wait, hold on. Do y-”

…

”Actually, it sounds like we’re done with the flashback. Can w-”

NO MORE FLASHBACK NO MORE FLASHBACK NO MORE FLASHBACK

Steve straightens his tie. ”Ah, much better. So, do you think Fata Fourway means… fight to the death?”

”HAHA! OF COURSE, STEVE! A SUBMISSION MATCH MEANS A MATCH WHERE THE WINNER IS ONE WHO EARNS A SUBMISSION, YES?”

”...Yes, that is true. B-”

”AND A FALLS COUNT ANYWHERE MATCH MEANS A MATCH WHERE PINFALLS COUNT ANYWHERE, CORRECT?”

”...Correct, b-”

”SO LOGICALLY… A FATAL FOURWAY MATCH IS A MATCH WHERE FOUR COMPETITORS ENGAGE IN COMBAT TO THE DEATH! HENCE FATAL FOURWAY!”

”...See, I don’t think that’s true! Most matches don’t end with people dying!”

”STEVE. YOU’RE TALKING TO SOMEONE THAT LITERALLY GOT ELECTROCUTED IN AN ELECTRIC CHAIR AGAINST BULK LOGAN.”

…

”...Fair point.”

”AND MY OTHER OPPONENTS? JACK DARK-BROWN? HE RUNS WITH THE R.U.F.F.I.A.N.S.! TIMMY DESIRE! AND RONNIE SANGRIA! THEY WHINED AND MOANED ABOUT A TAG-TEAM DIVISION ON DAY-BEFORE-FRIDAY LAWLESSNESS!”

“NOW THERE IS ONE! AND THE RUFFIANS IGNORE IT! THEY’D RATHER HAVE NEW THINGS TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THAN ACTUALLY COMPETING!”

“THEY’D RATHER WHINE ABOUT BEING IGNORED THAN ACTUALLY EARN THE SPOTLIGHT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE!”

”...That’s actually a fair point about the THUGS, who are *not* called what you s-”

”AND HILARIA VALERO OF VALEROSHAPE AND VALERO TECHNICAL INSTITUTE? HER EXERCISE PROGRAM MUST INCLUDE A LOT OF AQUATIC AEROBICS CUZ ALL SHE’S DONE IN THE LAST YEAR IS TREAD WATER!”

”...Huh! Actually kinda biting!”

”SHE STUMBLED INTO AN X-TREME TITLE RUN THAT SHE HAD FIVE TEAM MEMBERS KICKING OUT FOR HER DURING… SOMEHOW, DESPITE BEING THE FITNESS QUEEN, SHE COULDN’T LIFT A FINGER TO HELP HERSELF! SHE HASN’T BEATEN AUTUMN LEAFLET IN OVER A YEAR OF TRYING!”

”AND FINALLY EL LANDERSON.”

”SOMEONE MUST SEE SOMETHING SPECIAL IN YOU. AFTER ALL, THE CRIMSON SUSPENDED SENTENCE CHALLENGED YOU LAST WARFARE.”

“BUT I PLAN ON REVEALING YOU TO THE WORLD FOR THE FRAUD YOU ARE!”

“BECAUSE EL LANDERSON?”

“JUST MEANS THE LANDERSON IN ENGLISH!”

“THIS GUY’S NOT EVEN ACTUALLY SPANISH!”

“AND ON ANARCHY?”

“WHO’S GOING TO WIN THIS FATAL FOURWAY?”

“HAHA! C’MON!”

“Y’ALREADY KNOW!”