"Hey Shane! The way I see it, The Black Circle owns the King of the XWF crown."


"That's an interesting way of looking at it.


But I get to wear it!"


"Yeah, you wear the crown, it looks fucking awesome. But look- we gotta keep these shitheads busy. They all want a shot at the top title, and King of the XWF is the top title."


"What do you suppose we should do about it?"


"Make them work for it. Make them achieve the impossible. At Gauntlet City I was put at a major disadvantage and still walked out with the crown. I beat Ursula Areano while running on fumes. In order to be King of the XWF, then one person should have go through the ENTIRE The Black Circle."


"The entire Black Circle, John?"


"YES! The entire The Black Circle, Shane. I had to go through 32 people, why can't they go through three?"


"Three? You mean four."


"Four? Since when? Flo doesn't count as a member, Shane-"


"Luca Arzegotti."


"Right, right. So four then. They go over all four members of The Black Circle in a gauntlet in one night then they earn the right to be a king!"


"But John, is that even fair?"


"No..."


John and Shane both start laughing.


"Let me think on it. I have a match to prepare for tomorrow night."

:MM 17 31707 1:
Go through the entire Circle? So pretty much you want to just hand the crown to me -- I've already gone through everyone in the Black Circle. Two victories over Sebastian Duke; one victory over N.A.Z.I.; one victory over John madison -- that's the entire club house-

-well, save for Luca but nobody counts him, right? I could easily run through you all in the same night or just watch somebody else try and then cash in on Madison so I'm not repeatedly having to beat you all individually.

Oh shit; I forgot John Madison isn't worth cashing a briefcase in on. My mistake. Forget that last comment then.

I'm already about to beat N.A.Z.I this Saturday!...... And somehow Mystery's in my corner....

How come all the weird kinky stuff in the world reminds you people of me!?

Hmm, out of all that toughness we just heard out of Mister Mystery, is he accepting the handicap match versus The Black Circle or is he just delivering the same old speech from two weeks ago? Come on Mystery... it's just me, Luca, NAZI, and Duke. Maybe I'll even add Benjamin Crane to the mix for old time sake!

By the way, what happened in the gauntlet? You had us convinced that you were capable of stomping through the entire roster!

Don't worry, I made up for your lack of commitment in the end.

I broke all of you that night.