Post by kidcage on Feb 16, 2022 16:38:36 GMT -5
(The camera opens up to the parking lot outside a small arena in Mesa, Arizona. As people file out and head to their cars, the camera finds a small parking area behind the arena where we find the form of Cage leaning up against the wall. Holding an ice pack up to his head and a newly placed bandage, Cage looks like he’s been through a war, covered in blood and bruises beginning to form. It is here where we find Mia Garcia walking up to him, a look of concern on her face. As she walks up, she also runs into Ron Masterson, who is keeping his eye on Cage.)
GARCIA: Ron? What happened here?
RON: Cage had his last match in this arena, that’s what.
GARCIA: (notices the letters WFA on the back door) Wait, there was a show tonight? Why would Cage wrestle a match when he’s go this final challenge from Dare coming in the next week?
RON: He wanted to give the fans of his first promotion one last match.
GARCIA: Isn’t this where you wrestle from time to time, too?
(Ron nods, and Cage looks over, a smile crossing his face.)
CAGE: Hi Mia, how are you?
GARCIA: I feel like I’m doing a lot better then you right now.
CAGE: Nah, not at all. You know, when I started my career twenty years ago, at 17, this was where it started. This little building here has meant the world to me for more then half my life.
GARCIA: Listen, you’ve come off a loss to Cade Byron, you’re now evenly won and lost the challenges that Daniel Dare has handed you. (turns to Ron) And you, for the second time, have come up just short in matches.
RON: I know.
GARCIA: It could be said that there’s a lot of downward spiral connected to you two. Ron, you are an up and coming star, an UP Wrestling original and former champion. And yet, you haven’t been able to get things moving. And Cage…
(Cage looks up, the smile still there.)
GARCIA: This was meant to be your last tour, retiring off as a legend. And there’s no titles to talk about, you’ve got one last match left for UP and your career, and you are standing here, covered in your own blood, because you wanted to wrestle a match for a couple thousand people?
CAGE: (nods) You bet.
GARCIA: Don’t you think both of you have a better way to spend your time?
RON: Someone is sounding like they’ve been talking to Donnie for awhile.
CAGE: I know, right?
GARCIA: But he might be right…
RON: Listen Mia, we’re friends, so I can tell you this. There is one last match in that man’s career. (points at Cage) and I’m going to be in his corner when it happens. Cage helped me get my first shot here, in this building. He’s helped train me, he’s helped me through injuries, and whether people want to see it or not, he’s influenced me in my time with UP.
GARCIA: But does that mean he gets the fairytale ending?
CAGE: (pushes off the wall) Professional wrestling isn’t about fairy tales, Mia. It’s about competing. And Daniel Dare has come to UP Wrestling with the intention of being the one to end my career. He wants to be intimately involved in me heading out. Daniel Dare gave me a chance, almost eighteen years ago, to not only become a nationally recognized wrestler, but worldwide. There’s a lot of professional respect there. Heck, there’s even a friendship there, but that doesn’t change the result of what is going to happen at Blow Your Mind. Daniel Dare is intending that I go off with one last loss in the column. I’m not.
GARCIA: And you think you can leave with the win?
CAGE: When TCE came to UP looking for me, with the same goal in mind of beating me, I overcame that. He has been the roughest opponent I’ve ever had, the one that gets to say he’s always had the better of me. But in our final showdown, I got the win when it mattered. Daniel Dare is no different in that regard. Has Daniel Dare beaten me? Sure. And I’ve beaten him. And this game he’s playing, is just another chance, the final chance, to show I can beat whatever he throws at me.
GARCIA: Well, you don’t really have much of a choice if he proves you wrong, do you?
RON: Cage keeps saying, no matter what, that this is the end.
(Garcia looks doubtful at Ron, then Cage.)
GARCIA: And what do you say?
CAGE: Whatever happens, this is it. So Daniel Dare, I’ll be ready to blow his mind.
(Cage throws the ice pack into the garbage next to him. Fade to black.)
GARCIA: Ron? What happened here?
RON: Cage had his last match in this arena, that’s what.
GARCIA: (notices the letters WFA on the back door) Wait, there was a show tonight? Why would Cage wrestle a match when he’s go this final challenge from Dare coming in the next week?
RON: He wanted to give the fans of his first promotion one last match.
GARCIA: Isn’t this where you wrestle from time to time, too?
(Ron nods, and Cage looks over, a smile crossing his face.)
CAGE: Hi Mia, how are you?
GARCIA: I feel like I’m doing a lot better then you right now.
CAGE: Nah, not at all. You know, when I started my career twenty years ago, at 17, this was where it started. This little building here has meant the world to me for more then half my life.
GARCIA: Listen, you’ve come off a loss to Cade Byron, you’re now evenly won and lost the challenges that Daniel Dare has handed you. (turns to Ron) And you, for the second time, have come up just short in matches.
RON: I know.
GARCIA: It could be said that there’s a lot of downward spiral connected to you two. Ron, you are an up and coming star, an UP Wrestling original and former champion. And yet, you haven’t been able to get things moving. And Cage…
(Cage looks up, the smile still there.)
GARCIA: This was meant to be your last tour, retiring off as a legend. And there’s no titles to talk about, you’ve got one last match left for UP and your career, and you are standing here, covered in your own blood, because you wanted to wrestle a match for a couple thousand people?
CAGE: (nods) You bet.
GARCIA: Don’t you think both of you have a better way to spend your time?
RON: Someone is sounding like they’ve been talking to Donnie for awhile.
CAGE: I know, right?
GARCIA: But he might be right…
RON: Listen Mia, we’re friends, so I can tell you this. There is one last match in that man’s career. (points at Cage) and I’m going to be in his corner when it happens. Cage helped me get my first shot here, in this building. He’s helped train me, he’s helped me through injuries, and whether people want to see it or not, he’s influenced me in my time with UP.
GARCIA: But does that mean he gets the fairytale ending?
CAGE: (pushes off the wall) Professional wrestling isn’t about fairy tales, Mia. It’s about competing. And Daniel Dare has come to UP Wrestling with the intention of being the one to end my career. He wants to be intimately involved in me heading out. Daniel Dare gave me a chance, almost eighteen years ago, to not only become a nationally recognized wrestler, but worldwide. There’s a lot of professional respect there. Heck, there’s even a friendship there, but that doesn’t change the result of what is going to happen at Blow Your Mind. Daniel Dare is intending that I go off with one last loss in the column. I’m not.
GARCIA: And you think you can leave with the win?
CAGE: When TCE came to UP looking for me, with the same goal in mind of beating me, I overcame that. He has been the roughest opponent I’ve ever had, the one that gets to say he’s always had the better of me. But in our final showdown, I got the win when it mattered. Daniel Dare is no different in that regard. Has Daniel Dare beaten me? Sure. And I’ve beaten him. And this game he’s playing, is just another chance, the final chance, to show I can beat whatever he throws at me.
GARCIA: Well, you don’t really have much of a choice if he proves you wrong, do you?
RON: Cage keeps saying, no matter what, that this is the end.
(Garcia looks doubtful at Ron, then Cage.)
GARCIA: And what do you say?
CAGE: Whatever happens, this is it. So Daniel Dare, I’ll be ready to blow his mind.
(Cage throws the ice pack into the garbage next to him. Fade to black.)