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  1. RavishingRickRudo
    The Second Biggest Storyline Ever: UFC Invasion
     
    UFC, SPIKETV, and TNA have a synergistic relationship with each other. Currently, SPIKE has grouped TNA and UFC in the same television block on Thursday Nights, with the idea that there is a crossover fan that watches The Ultimate Fighter and will stay around to see Impact. The following storyline will take advantage of this relationship. See, this angle takes place directly after the TUF finale, which means UFC will not have any television aside from UFC Unleashed –which is a collection of fights that already happened- and the odd Ultimate Fight Night Live, so they are able to keep their name and face on TV on a regular basis. And TNA gets the rub off the UFC.
     
    Of course, UFC fans will probably hate it because Pro Wrestling would taint the sport, and TNA fans would hate it because they are not familiar with MMA. But I like this story, and it is a complete rip-off of the NWO invasion… which was a rip-off of the UWF-i/NJPW feud… and UWF-I was a fake shoot group whose head guy – Nobuhiko Takada – was the biggest star in PRIDE during its formative years, and UWF-I also produced one of the greatest fighters ever in Kazushi Sakuraba. The point? Well, there isn’t one… cept that things kinda have a way of coming full circle.
     
     
    In June, The Ultimate Fighter will be having its finale. The TUF 2 finale drew one of the highest ratings for the UFC with a 2.0 and the TUF 1 finale was the first time the UFC was on national television live and will be remembered for the amazing fight between Forrest Griffin and Stephan Bonnar. This is where the angle begins.
     
    The UFC likes to have a main event on the card, along with the two finals (Middleweight and Lightweight division finals). They like to feature interviews with celebrities and whatnot that are in attendance in regards to the main event.
     
     
    *On TUF 3 Finale*
     
    Joe Rogan: I’m here with Samoa Joe from TNA Impact, which will be following this show on SPIKETV at 11pm EST. Joe, how are you likin the fights tonight?
     
    Samoa Joe: It’s been a great night of fights, lots of action, I’m enjoyin it a lot. I’ve got a martial arts background myself, I like to incorporate some MMA stuff into my matches, so I’m havin a blast watching this stuff live.
     
    Joe Rogan: So who do you think is going to win between Fighter X and Fighter Y?
     
    Samoa Joe: Well, Fighter X is this. But Fighter Y is that. It doesn’t really matter, though, I could take them both out.
     
    Joe Rogan: You’ve got to be kidding me.
     
    Samoa Joe: Nah. Put them in a wrestling ring with me, and I’d have them tapping out in no time.
     
    Joe Rogan (with a bewildered look on his face): Ooook, Professional Wrestler Samoa Joe thinks he can beat Fighter X and Y, back to you Goldie.
     
    *later on*
     
    Joe Rogan: So Dana, we had TNA Pro Wrestler Samoa Joe on earlier saying he could beat both X and Y, what are you comments on this?
     
    Dana White: So what? That’s professional wrestling. It’s ridiculous. You will never see a UFC fighter in a TNA ring. That’s all that needs to be said on it.
     
     
    *On the TNA show after TUF 3 finale*
     
    Mike Tenay: Welcome everyone to TNA Impact, your 60 minute adrenaline rush *gets a feed from his headset* Uh huh. Uh huh. WHAT? Ladies and Gentlemen I have just been notified that DANA WHITE – President of the UFC – has just called our producers in response to the shocking comments Samoa Joe made on the live telecast that aired before this show and WILL BE HERE NEXT WEEK to directly and publicly address TNA management on this issue.
     
    Don West: WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW! THAT IS THE MOST AMAZING INCREDIBLE THING I HAVE EVER HEARD! DANA WHITE! PRESIDENT OF THE UFC! HERE IN THE IMPACT ZONE NEXT WEEK!
     
     
    *The next week*
     
    *First segment*
     
    *Dana White comes down to the ring, no music, or anything*
     
    *Mike Tenay is in the center of the ring*
     
    Mike Tenay: Ladies and Gentlemen, UFC president Dana White. Dana, word has it, you called SPIKETV offices immediately after Samoa Joes comments last week and demanded to be on TNA Impact this week to address those comments publicly. The good people at SPIKETV relayed the message to TNA management and producers who, because of the UFC’s relationship with SPIKE, would comply to your request. What do you want to say?
     
    Dana White: … Are you through?... Ok… *Grabs the mic* Now, last week, a wrestler by the name of Samoa Joe came on my television programming and basically insulted my fighters by saying he could take them in a match. Now, the UFC was gracious enough to put that guy on our live show to get over this television show and get exposed to a larger audience, and in return he decides to take advantage of our goodwill and start making open challenges. If you didn’t hear what I said last week, I will say it again tonight. There will not be a UFC fighter, under contract to us, that will be in any TNA match. Our fighters are not professional wrestlers. Our fighters are real. They really hit each other, they really get hurt. UFC is as real as it gets. So I am out here tonight looking for an apology from TNA management, who I assume are not wrestlers themselves and therefore have some brains in their heads and will know how important I am and how important the UFC is to SPIKETV and will come down here and give me that apology or else I’ll go right from this building, fly over to SPIKETV offices, and get this show taken off the air. So who the hell is in charge here?
     
    *Dixie Carter comes down*
     
    Don West: OH MY GOODNESS! DIXE CARTER! TNA PRESIDENT! I’VE ONLY SEEN HER BEHIND THE SCENES! NEVER INFRONT OF A CAMERA BEFORE!
     
    *Dixie steps into the ring*
     
    Dana White: So, uh, you’re the one I should be talking to.
     
    Dixie Carter: Yes. I am President of TNA Wrestling.
     
    Dana White: So you’re the one I should blame for what your wrestler said on my programming? First of all, I want that guy punished. I am holding him and I am holding YOU responsible for his insulting comments and I want some punishment laid down by TNA management.
     
    Dixie Carter: Well, first of all, I don’t really appreciate being called out here on national television. There are better ways, more professional ways, of handling things.
     
    Dana White: Well, I figured that since your guy decided to be unprofessional on my national television show, then I should return the favour.
     
    Dixie Carter: I see. And secondly, after considering your demands and your relationship with SPIKE, I think it would be appropriate to suspend Samoa Joe for 30 days.
     
    Dana White: 30 days? 30 days! You’re kidding me, right? That’s what I hate about professional wrestling. In the real world, if he were one of my guys, he’d be gone for 6 months. But in this fantasy world you have, 30 days is supposed to be enough punishment? I..
     
    Dixie Carter: .. Dana…
     
    Dana White: Don’t interrupt me… I can’t believe this stuff is still popular. This is so stupid. I can’t believe this morons here in Florida come out and eat this stuff up. Well, on second thought, we ran a show here a few years ago and you morons couldn’t have been more useless, so maybe I can believe that you’d like this stuff.
     
    Dixie Carter: Now Dana.
     
    Dana White: I said SHUT UP. And you will keep your mouth shut if you know what’s good for you.
     
    Dana White: This stuff is so fake. 30 days? Ridiculous. Samoa Joe tapping out my guys. You’re in fantasy land. The UFC is real. The real deal. This? This is all pretend. No one really gets hurt. It’s all an act. It’s all..
     
    *Jeff Jarrett sneaks up behind Dana White and as Dana turns around JJ hits him with a guitar. Knocking Dana out.*
     
    Don West: OH MY LORD JEFF JARRETT JUST NAILED DANA WHITE WITH A GUITAR!!!
     
     
    *The next week, after replaying the previous weeks attacks*
     
    Mike Tenay: UFC President Dana White has requested some SPIKE television time for a pre-taped announcement.
     
    Dana White: Last week I was viciously attacked by a TNA wrestler named Jeff Jarrett. Before that I said that no UFC fighter would appear on TNA television. But when I said that, it was strictly on a professional level. A guitar shot and 12 stitches later, and this has become personal. I could go to SPIKETV and get TNA yanked off the air, but instead, instead I want to humiliate TNA. Instead I will be sending two UFC stars next week to attend a TNA Impact show, sit front row in the audience, and if they happen to cause any trouble, then so be it. I feel bad for the security guards who try to stop them.
     
    *To Be Continued>>>*
  2. RavishingRickRudo
    It is very hard to classify Professional Wrestling.
     
    It is very much a unique thing. Beyond the "pseudo-sport" and beyond "low-brow entertainment" that the mainstream would classify it as. Beyond the "art" and "morality play" that wrestling fans try to intellectualize it as. Beyond that. What professional wrestling is, is... well... professional wrestling. There isn't much you can compare it to.
     
    The people who call it a pseudo-sport, the people who call it low-brow entertainment, the people who call it art and a morality play... they all have something there, but it's not the whole story. The goal of sport is to present a competition with winners and losers, which wrestling does present. Wrestling is pretty simple to 'get' and it does pander to the lowest common denominator. Wrestling tells stories and takes a certain amount of skill to perform, so one could see it as an art. And there is the element of good vs. bad and morality in it, and it is put forth before an audience.
     
    But there is one distinct element, and it's the most defining element of professional wrestling, that is not covered by these descriptions.
     
    Wrestling is about the audience. It is about satisfying the audience, it is about connecting with the audience, it is about getting a bigger audience in your next show than the one you have on your last. It is about making money.
     
    Sport is not about making money. It does make money, but the primary goal of the athletes is to win and score points. Art is about conveying a feeling, or a situation, or showing a degree of skill. You can't really compare a painting or a song with wrestling. You can compare some elements of a film or theatre with wrestling, but the goal of film and theatre is not really to make money - that's the goal of producers and studios - but the actors, director, writers, etc. their goals are not to make money, and they don't have the immediacy of the live audience. Those involved in the process may want to be telling a story, or to perform well, or to get an award or critical acclaim, but it's not about making money. I think this is where we start to pervert what wrestling is.
     
    Wrestlers are not actors. They are not artists. There is not an OSCAR that they are looking for. Yet some rate them as if they are out to win one - or at least the wrestling equivalent of an OSCAR - which is unfair. I find it silly to criticize a wrestler for no selling something when that very no selling gets a strong reaction from the crowd - as it is the wrestlers job to get that reaction from the audience. "Selling" is a means of getting a reaction from the audience, just as storytelling is, just as cupping your hand to your ear is, just as doing a really cool move is, or working a sleeper hold, or payback spots, or even no selling. There are many ways to get that reaction, but it's the reaction that matters, not how they get it. Their performances are only as good as the reaction it gets from the live audience. That is what makes wrestling unique.
     
    Which leads me to the most apt comparison I can make to professional wrestling. And that is...
     
    Stand-up Comedy.
     
    Comics are similiar to Wrestlers in this regard: Jokes are moves; There is build and pacing and even selling, and most importantly, there is the audience. A successful comedian, a good comedian, is one who does what?
     
    Get the most laughs. Get's the loudest reaction.
     
    Ditto Wrestlers.
     
    A Comedian doesn't have a script to work from. Neither to wrestlers. Sure, there are preplanned spots for both, but if the audience isn't feeling it, then good Comedians will adapt. When to tell the right joke, to know when the right time to follow-up on a joke, to know how long to let the audience laugh for, to know when to leave the stage. That's what comedy is all about, that is what wrestling is all about. The ultimate goal is to make the audience laugh. It doesn't matter if their stories make sense, it doesn't matter if the Comedian contradicts what he said, it doesn't matter whether it is high brow or low brow, it doesn't matter if the Comedian uses a thousand F-bombs or none... as long as the Comedian gets that audience laughing... it doesn't matter. It only matters when the audience isn't laughing. It's silly to call a Comedian who has an audience eating out of the palm of his hand, to bad Comedian. You may not like it, you may not laugh, but that's where true objectivity comes in - even when it doesn't work for you, you can still admit to it working for others and give the Comedian credit for that.
     
    Ditto Wrestlers.
     
    Yet we don't evaluate Comics on things like logic. Which is a big problem with how fans look at wrestling.
     
    It doesn't matter if the match doesn't make sense, it doesn't matter if someone forgets to sell the leg that was being worked on, it doesn't matter if they used high spots or garbage... as long as the Wrestlers get the audience into it... it doesn't matter. It only matters when the audience isn't into it. THEN you can look at things like no selling, like logic, like high spots and garbage. Bringing up those things to explain why a match doesn't work, when the match did work, doesn't make sense. Why it didn't work _for you_, sure, but then don't claim objectivity when you make those statements in the face of it working for the vast majority of those watching live.
     
    We evaluate Comics on how they made us laugh and how they made the audience laugh. Not by how the story about the baby selling weed on the street doesn't make sense. I think the same should apply to Wrestler. Because the goals of the two are more similar than they are to any other performer out there.
  3. RavishingRickRudo

    SHUFFLE

    By RavishingRickRudo,

    Here is my on-going script for the movie "Shuffle". Which is a combination of Hackers and The Wizard and just about every 80's and 90's movie under the sun dealing with new fads and teenagers. This is inspired by the movie Quicksilver with Kevin Bacon, a movie about riding bicycles really fast. I hope to shop it to Apple and get millions for it.
     
    Shuffle
    Rated PG
     
    Act One:
     
    Scene One:
     
    A taxi is driving down the highway, music is playing. We see the protagonist, Josh Smalls, in the back. He looks uncomfortable and nervous. Several shots of Josh and the taxi, along with shots of the city, as the credits roll. Finally Josh speaks up:
     
    Smalls: Could you change the station, please?
    Driver: What?
    Smalls: The station, could you change it? I’ve heard this song so many times already.
    Driver: No, no change. It is the same thing all over. See? See?
     
    The driver changes the station to reveal the same song playing. Smalls rolls his eyes and continues to look out the window.
     
    The taxi pulls up to a suburban house and Josh gets out and pays the driver. But it is not enough.
     
    Smalls: Sorry, it’s all I have.
     
    The driver leaves, obviously pissed off.
     
    Josh knocks on the door but no one answers. He knocks again. No one answers. He tries to open the door, but it is locked. He looks around and ends up going around the house to the back. He sees a patio door open and he enters to loud music.
     
    Smalls (trying to yell over the music): HELLO?! HELLO???
     
    He walks around the house, trying to move towards the music. He finds a record player and turns it off. Immediately, two people rush in.
     
    Uncle: What happened to the music?
    Aunt: I don’t know; it just stopped.
     
    They see Josh standing there with the plug in his hand.
     
    Aunt: Oh, hello Josh. We didn’t expect you here so soon.
    Josh: Yeah, my flight was a few hours early. Sorry about turning off the music, Aunt Marigold.
    Uncle: Oh it’s no problem Josh.
    Aunt: Your uncle Pete and I were just listening to one of our favourite albums.
    Josh: Why was it so loud?
    Uncle: Well it has to be loud, how else can you take the music with you around the house?
     
    Josh shrugs.
     
    Aunt: Now, you must be hungry and tired after such a long trip from Chicago. We’ll get you some dinner and show you your room. You have a big day tomorrow.
     
    Uncle: First day of school. Big day.
     
    Josh: Yeah… big day…
     
    Scene 2:
     
    Josh is in his new bedroom, unpacking his belongings. He pulls out a framed picture, of himself and his family. He looks down, sadly. He then clutches on to his neck lace that is under his shirt. His aunt comes in and sees him looking at the picture.
     
    Aunt: It is unfortunate what happened to your parents, Josh. They loved you very much. My sister, she…
     
    Josh: If they loved me so much… why did they have to go?
     
    Aunt: I can’t answer that Josh, no one can... no one ever knows… have a good rest, big day tomorrow…
     
    Scene 3:
     
    A school is shown. Students busy, moving around, in groups. Lots of shots of students listening to music w. head phones. Every student, infact. Josh enters the building and looks lost. He tries to ask people for directions.
     
    Josh: Do you know? Do you know where? Science class? Science? Do you?
     
    In the confusion he ends up bumping into a girl, Kate, knocking both of their books down.
     
    Josh: Oh jeez, I’m sorry.
    Kate: What?
    Josh: (louder) I’m SORRY.
     
    Kate takes off her head phones.
     
    Kate: What?
    Josh: I’M.. sorry.
    Kate: Nah, it’s cool. Hey, you’re new here, aren’t you?
    Josh: How can you tell?
    Kate: I’m psychic.
    Josh: Really?
    Kate: Nah, you just have that new kid look.
    Josh: Yeah. Hey, maybe you could help me? Do you know where Mr. Franklins class is? Science?
    Kate: Yeah, I was just headin there, c’mon I’ll show you.
    Josh: Thanks. Here, (picks up her books), your books.
    Kate: Oh, these ain’t books.
     
    They start to move forward. She opens the books to reveal compartments for various accessories.
     
    Kate: I have my pills in there, docks, cases, speakers, socks, camera, av..
    Josh: Then how do you study?
    Kate: I have Science, Algebra, Shakespeare; all the texts in audio format. All loaded up on my 'pod.
    Josh: You’re what?
     
    The last comment gets muted out as they enter the class.
     
    Scene 4:
     
    Class is over and Josh is walking through the halls. Kate catches up to him.
     
    Kate: So, what do you have next?
    Josh: Um, I have this break period.
    Kate: Hey, me too. Here, come on, let me introduce you to the gang.
     
    Scene 5:
     
    They enter the cafeteria where they see a group of people lounging around. There is a black guy, Crafton, a Mexican, Luiz, an Asian chick, Alice, and a crazy white boy, Derrick.
     
    Crafton: I am telling you, the E-30 pills are the absolute best on the market.
    Luiz: The market? Dude, Crafton, those are ILLEGAL.
    Crafton: Hey, the black market is still a market. Are you telling me, Luiz, that just because it’s black it shouldn’t be considered a market?
    Derrick: That’s EXACTLY what he’s saying, man.
    Luiz: I am not saying that at all, Derrick. Listen. It’s illegal. Those pills have really messed some peoples heads up.
    Derrick: Hey, all I know man, is that those things have me ringing man, for days, man. It’s a trip, bros.
    Crafton: That’s what I’m saying, they are the best. Now, you in? Or you going to wuss out AGAIN.
    Kate: What’s goin on, fellas?
    Alice: Crafton and Luiz are arguing over which pills are the best.
    Kate: Come on guys, we all know the E-30’s are the best.
    Crafton: THAT’S WHAT I’M SAYIN!
     
    Crafton hits Luiz.
     
    Josh: Pills?
    Kate: Yeah.
    Derrick: Hey, who’s the bumpkin?
    Kate: Oh, sorry. Guys, this is Josh. Josh, this is the pill heads.
    Josh: Pills as in…
    Alice: Pills that go in the ear, not the mouth.
    Josh: Uh…
    Kate: Headphones, Josh.
    Josh: Ooh.
    Kate: Though sometimes with Derrick, there’s other kind of pills.
    Derrick: Perfectly legal ones Katie. Over the counter and under my tongue.
    Alice: Which ones you on today?
    Derrick: Today is Friday, so that is Purple, Red, Greens, and, uuuh, Orange.
    Crafton: Today is Monday, man.
    Derrick: Oh sh- no wonder everything is in a shade of blue…
    Luiz: What else did you think it was?
    Derrick: I thought they just changed the lighting, man. Oh man… I’m really messed up right now, I’ll see you guys later.
     
    Derrick leaves, but as he is going he bumps into Freeware and his crew.
     
    Freeware: Watch where you’re going burn-out.
    Derrick: Sorry dude, I’m just…
    Freeware: In my way? I know, now get out.
     
    Derrick gets up and leaves.
     
    Freeware: Hey Kate.
    Kate: Get bent, Freebie.
    Freeware: It’s Freeware. You know that.
    Crafton: She also knows your breath smells like old socks. Why you eatin socks anyways, bro?
     
    Freeware ignores Crafton.
     
    Freeware: So, you goin to the dance Friday night, Kate?
    Kate: Yeah. With him.
     
    Kate puts her arm around Josh.
     
    Freeware: And who is him?
    Josh: Uh, Josh Smalls.
     
    Josh puts out his hand for a shake.
    Freeware ignores it.
     
    Freeware: What you doin with this 5-1-2, Kate?
    Kate: None of your business, Freebie..
    Luiz: Oooh.
    Freeware: If I wanted your opinion, Pedro, I’d pay you well under minimum wage for it.
     
    Luiz jumps up.
     
    Kate: Hey, cool it. Listen, Freebie. Why don’t you and your crew go and shine up your 30 gig video pods.
    Freeware: Oh, it’s 60 gigs now.
    Kate: Whatever, get outta here.
    Freeware: You don’t tell me where to go, Kate. I’m not just a song on your playlist that you can shuffle around.
    Kate: And you never will be.
     
    Freeware grabs Kate by the arm
     
    Freeware: Hey..
     
    Josh immediately jumps and pushes him off. The crew moves in as well as the pill heads but before things escalate Principal Taylor enters and breaks things up.
     
    Kate: Hey, thanks.
    Josh: Well, I figured since you’re my girl now, what with this dance and everything, I might as well be chivalrous.
    Kate: Well, that was just for show.
    Josh: You guys went out?
    Kate: Once, in like junior high. He’s been thinking I’m his ever since.
    Josh: What a jerk. Why do you call him Freeware?
    Crafton: The dude gets everything for free. He’s a pirate. He’ll download music off the internet from these pirate sites or upload his own and spreads them around like a virus for a small fee. He doesn’t care, man. He’s in it for the money, not the science.
    Luiz: His stuff is low quality, doesn’t even sound like the original albums.
    Alice: And it’s all traceable. The feds could come down here any day and take all our pods away to see who has illegal music on their player.
    Crafton: I don’t want the man knowin what I got on my shuffle, no way.
    Luiz: Yeah, no one wants to know what you got on your shuffle. There’s only so many John Denver songs out there.
     
    Everyone laughs.
     
    Luiz: L-O-L.
     
    Josh: Pods? Shuffle? Denver? What are you guys talking about?
    Alice: You don’t know?
    Josh: No, what’s a pod?
    Kate: An Ipod. It’s a portable music listening device.
    Crafton: Only the finest creation on the planet, next to myself.
    Alice: It stores digital music. Depending on the pod, you can get hundreds of songs on just one player.
    Luiz: It’s so sleek and sexy, everyone has one. I don’t know how you can live with out it.
    Josh: How do you get the music?
    Kate: Itunes, preferably. They have the most titles, the best sound quality, the easiest access.
    Alice: Plus it’s legal. They have deals set up with the record companies, so the artists can get paid for their work.
    Crafton: But then you have dudes like Freeware who ruin it for us, guys who have us lookin over our shoulder cause the feds be on our backs.
    Luiz: It’s just so wrong.
     
    All of a sudden Joey runs in, huffing and puffing.
     
    Crafton: Joey, my man, what’s goin on?
     
    Kate realizes that Joey is in trouble.
     
    Kate: Joey, what’s wrong?
    Joey: I… it’s…
     
    Joey looks back and sees two guys in suits enter the cafeteria.
     
    Joey: Oh sh- HERE, TAKE THIS. DON’T LOSE IT!
     
    Joey hands Crafton his Ipod and runs out the back door, the men in suits follow him.
     
    Josh: What they heck was that all about?
     
    Kate: With Joey, you never know. He probably was skateboarding outside or something.
    Crafton: Boy done left his pod with us too. Probably didn’t want it to be seized. Must be your lucky day bump, here, you can use Joeys.
    Josh: Uh, thanks. How do you use it?
    Kate: It’s so easy, let me show you.
     
    Before Kate can show him, the principal walks in.
     
    Principal: Josh Smalls, come with me to my office, please.
    Luiz: Oooh.
    Principal: Luiz, zip it.
     
    Scene 6:
     
    Josh is in Principal Taylors office, sitting across from him.
     
    Principal: So, Josh, how has your first day been going.
    Josh: Well..
    Principal: Cause I see you’ve already gotten into a fight with one student, and you’re hanging around a bunch of nogoodnicks.
    Josh: Nogoodnicks, sir?
    Principal: Yeah, those “pill heads”. They do nothing but listen to music all day. In class, in the halls, all over. Those damn pods are so small that it’s hard to detect them, so they can take them anywhere. It distracts from their learning, Josh. And I don’t want them distracting you from yours. I know your situation, your parents. Josh, it’s very unfortunate and I don’t want you heading down that path too, you hear me?
    Josh: Yeah, I hear ya.
    Principal: Good, now I see you have Math now. Better hurry up or you’ll be late.
     
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