The scene opens with Raven sitting in his chair, staring at the corner with bleak eyes. He has a black marker line under his eyes, as he just shakes his head and smirks at the camera. All that is seen is his hands folded in front of his mouth in a dark room. He clears his throat and begins to speak.
Raven:::Here we are, the bird is back. I flew into town for one reason, to stop everybody in the IWF right in their tracks. I asked for a break, a -tiny- break, to rehab injuries to my neck and back, and what does IWF do? They continue to book me. I hobble out to the ring, a broken man, and then I lose. Why? Because I am 30% at what I should be. They take advantage of that, so I come in week in and week out, trying not to croak in the middle of the ring, and I've decided I've had enough. If no one will give -me- a break, I will just have to break everyone else! This week, I am going to go in there as Jay Raven, and come out as Jay Raven #1 Contender to the Intercontinental Championship.
Raven places his hands on his knees and stands up.
Raven:::This means bad news for CMS. You haven't been on such a hot streak yourself if I must say. You're up there with me on account of your number of losses aren't ya? -Have- you won a match yet? I am 0-2 yes, but like I said, I requested leave and was denied. What's your excuse? You've been here the whole time and you just go to the ring to get schooled. What's up with that? Your last match, you had a formidable opponent in Nic Stone, as I would believe. But the CMS I know, the former Rioting Mob Crew leader, the man who was on top of the IWF when I first joined....is gone. You can come to the ring like you are now CMS, and suffer the inevitable beating that awaits you, or you can just pack up and go home.
Raven looks off to the side, rubbing his tongue in cheek before looking back.
Raven:::Scratch that, you have no option to run Carlos. You can either come to the ring and face me with the ability of a former Intercontinental Champion!...Or you can come to the ring and face me like a man who is struggling to make himself known in the IWE. The choice is yours man. Let me warn you however, that this will end the same way your last match did. You see, I bet you had high hopes of going into your match last week, and coming out one step closer to being the IWF Champion. But no, Stone dropped you faster than your hopes could fall, and you were bumped down to the next level. What do you expect now? To reclaim former glory from the old days and become Intercontinental Champion again? I don't see that happening. I know what it's like to be king of the midcard. I know what it feels like to be on top of so many others. And just like you, I know what it's like to fall from grace and land HARD on your back. However, unlike you, I don't plan to stay there lying down. I plan to get up, climb that turnbuckle, and flip my way to the Intercontinental Championship. I don't care who the other man is. My Harrison obsession is over, and I didn't even bother to remember the name of the other guy. You won't need to either Carly, because your not going past me, plain and simple.
Raven laughs to himself before looking with a half serious face to the camera.
Raven:::Oh and CMS, save it, I bet your going to have a million and one ways to try and degrade me right? Been there, heard that. A third from Hayes, a third from Harrison, hell...a third from my own damn brother. Nothing you can tell me could make me waver or lose track of my goal. What are you gonna say you can't stoop to my level, like you did to Nic Stone? Well, I hate to inform ya, but we are on similar...scratch that, you can't drop to my level, because that would require you raising above me. Oh and let me help you with that sense of delusion. Nic didn't steal your name of Mayhem's Shining Star, you forfeited it when you lost your wrestling grace. Nic is on the rise right now, I cannot deny it, but to think you say he -stole- it from you? Your good at making excuses for failing aren't you? Well that pays off for you, because your going to have to make an excuse as to why you were pinned 1...2...3, by the HARDCORE ICON...Jay Raven. So it is said, and so it shall be! I hope you have a happy New Year CMS, because I know I certainly will.
Raven gets up and walks away, the light over the chair he was sitting in fades out, ending the scene.