[Leo]

A wrestling ring is filled with members of the Maivia and Anoa’I families along with other notable wrestlers with a connection to the islands, such as Ricky Steamboat and Haku. Also present is Rocky Johnson, who married into the Maivia family. In the center of the ring is a pedestal with a large, older looking wrestling title belt.

Stepping forward just to the side of the belt is “High Chief” Peter Maivia.

PM: It was my dream since being a little child to bring honor and glory to the name of Maivia, my family and the Pacific Rim featuring my native Samoa and my adopted home of Hawaii. To that end, I became the first ever King of the Islands Champion (gestures toward belt). Today, that dream is changing. Today my dream is to see my legacy, the legacy of the Maivia and Anoa’I families, to live on. The legacy of professional wrestling in the islands live on. The legacy of the King of the Islands Title live on. And for all that to happen, I present this title belt today to my grandson, Dewey!

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson sheepishly comes forward and speaks to his grandfather under his breath, but it can be heard on the speakers.

DJ: It’s the Rock, grandpa, we discussed this.

PM: Uh…I mean, The Rock!

DJ: Thank you, grandfather. It is my great honor and pleasure to accept my birth right here tonight. And I will strive my best everyday to be the champion that Pacific Rim Wrestling Council and all the people of the islands can be proud of.

Before he speaks further, he is cutoff by an unseen voice calling “hold up, just hold up.” We see emerging out of the entranceway holding a microphone, MVP.

MVP: You just going to hand this fool a title belt because he was born in the right place at the right time to the right family name. Nah, that’s not how this is going to go down. You see the Rock has two legacies (holds up two fingers). He might be Samoan on one side, but he’s black on the other. He seems to have forgotten it and so has his dad, standing there as Peter Maivia’s lapdog.

Rocky balls a fist and wants to jump, but Rock puts a hand on his chest to hold him off. The Rock raises the microphone.

DJ: I will not have you come here and insult my family. Or me. I remember where I came from. I came…

MVP: It doesn’t matter where you came from! You shut your mouth and know your role!

DJ: That’s my line! It’s only because of my grandfather standing here that I haven’t run out there and whip your candy ass right now. You’re a jabroni to think you could walk in here alone and take me on.

MVP: Oh, I know it’s going to take a nation to hold you back, but that’s what I’ve got on my side now, not you. I’ve got a Nation of Domination.

Out of nowhere, a group of black men run into the ring and start attacking those in the ring. Caught off guard, they are able to drive most from the ring. Until the only one left is the Rock, trading fists with “Limitless” Keith Lee. The rest of the guys then start attacking the Rock. This includes Scorpio Sky, Cedric Alexander, Rich Swann, Jay Lethal and New Jack. The Rock is overcome by the numbers and takes a steel chair to the head by New Jack. Lee then picks up Rock and delivers a Rock Bottom. The title belt has been knocked to the canvas. Lee picks it ups, slings it over his shoulder and walks up the aisle to the entrance stage to stand next to MVP along with everyone else.

MVP: You forgot where you came from. You forgot who you really were. You didn’t get anywhere in wrestling because you were a Maivia or a Johnson, it’s because you had a Nation of Domination at your back. A Nation you’ve now turned your back on and works for me. We’re coming for you and all of Pacific Rim Wrestling Council.

[Leo]

In the back, the Rock is getting patched up by medics while sitting on a cat. Rocky Johnson, his dad, is seething mad as he paces up and down in front of Rock.



RJ: I can’t believe they would come in here and do that! They would attack my family! Attack my son on this special day!

DJ: We’ll get them back, dad.

RJ: Damn right we will.

Rocky pulls out a cell phone and goes to his address book. We see names on the phone screen like Tony Atlas, Ron Simmons, Butch Reed and Junkyard Dog.

RJ: They want to play the numbers game. I’ll stack the deck in our favor. This ain’t no new nation. This ain’t no new day. We’re going Black in the Day!

DJ: Did you say Back in the Day or Black or in the Day?

Rocky puts the phone to his ear and walks away from his son to talk.

RJ: Tony, we’re getting the Soul Patrol back together.

[Leo]

Kevin Von Erich sits on his back porch and looks out at the beautiful Hawaiian sunset. Moving to Hawaii and getting away from professional wrestling was the best decision he ever made. He looks down at the invitation on the table next to him. He takes it out and looks at it again. It’s an invite from Peter Maivia for today for a ceremony giving the Rock the King of the Islands Title. Part of him wanted to go, but another part didn’t. He’s left wrestling behind. That’s not his life anymore.

Von Erich stands up and sheds his clothes as he approaches the pool in his backyard. He jumps into the clear, blue water. He swims to the bottom, touches the bottom and comes back up to float at the top of the water. He clothes his eyes and puts his hands behind his head as he floats there…and then he’s yanked to the bottom.

Kevin struggles to break free, air escaping from his lungs. He fights mightily. He finally breaks free and makes it to the side of the pool breathing hard. He pulls himself up on the deck and turns around. He looks to see exploding out of the water…Jimmy Snuka!



Crazed, wet and wild-eyed, Snuka speaks.

JS: Kevin Von Erich! You are a stranger in paradise. You are not of the islands. I am of the islands. You wrestle barefoot as if you are of the islands, like me. You know nothing of the tradition. I challenge you to face me in Pacific Rim Wrestling Council and I will drive you from the islands.

KVE: That’s not my life anymore. I never claimed to be of the islands. I just want to live here in peace.

JS: You will never know peace until you face me, Kevin Von Erich. This was me asking your politely. I will not be so nice next time.

Snuka goes back into the water and just disappears.

KVE: That was him being nice?

[Leo]

High Chief Peter Maivia sits in his office of Pacific Rim Wrestling Council. He’s unsure what he’s going to do about the invading forces of the Nation of Domination, who mainly oppose his grandson the Rock just being handed the King of the Islands Title. His phone rings and he answers it.



EB: Hey, Pete, my man, it’s Eric Bischoff.

PM: Eric Bischoff? I don’t think I’ve ever had the pleasure.

EB: No, but you will. I saw what happened during the belt presentation to the Rock. You’ve got a golden opportunity there and I want in on it.

PM: I don’t much like interlopers coming into my territory.

EB: Pete, man, c’mon, you’ve been handed a license to print money here. You saw what I did with the nWo? An invading force is a hot, hot angle.

PM: I don’t think I want to let them in.

EB: Pete, you’ll kill your reputation and your business if you do that. You control the situation, don’t let the situation control you. I assume you have all faith in your family and the group Rocky Johnson is putting together to squash the Nation from the inside, right?

PM: Of course!

EB: Then let them. I know you’ve been doing your own play by play, but you’ve got much bigger things to focus on now. Let me come in and do that. You know you can’t let Lou Albano just babbly on by himself in a solo booth.

PM: This is true. But what are you getting out of this.

EB: An all expenses paid three month or so vacation in Hawaii. You let me do the play by play, you let me help you guide this little invasion of yours and everyone will be talking about Pacific Rim Wrestling Council. I’ll let your girl talk to my girl, figure out the details and I’ll be on the next jet for Honolulu.

Bischoff hangs up and Maivia just kind of sits with his head in his hands.

[Leo]

Rocky Johnson and Ron Simmons sit across from each other in the study of Ron Simmons’ home on leather love seats.

RJ: This is a nice home you have here, Ron…

RS: Cut the bullshit and say what you need to say.

RJ: Direct, you know I like that. I put out an call for help from my brothers Black in the Day against the Nation of Domination and you didn’t answer.

RS: First of all, I ain’t your brother. Second, we were never anything to each other Black in the Day. Third, your son drove me out of the original Nation of Domination and I don’t much feel like helping him out against a new version now.

RJ: This is bigger than any old beef, Ron. This is about all of our legacies.

RS: Oh, I know what my legacy is.

And with that, Butch Reed pops up from behind the couch and chokes out Rocky with a thick piece of rope. The love seat upends and Rocky is left on the floor struggling for breath. Simmons and Reed stand over him.

RS: You should have never come here Rocky. It will spell your Doom!

[Leo]

Kevin Von Erich sits in his home in Hawaii when he hears a knock on the door. Since the attack by Jimmy Snuka in his pool, he’s been on edge. He jumps, but immediately relaxes when he sees it’s his sons, Marshall and Ross. He leaps up to meet them.

KVE: What are you guys doing here? I thought you were busy on the mainland wrestling.

MVE: We always come when you need us, dad.

RVE: We received this challenge and we weren’t going to say no.

Ross hands his father a sheet of paper. It reads “your father is a coward. The Von Erich legacy is a blight on all of wrestling. The true greatest wrestling family is my son and me. If your father won’t defend your family name, let’s see if you two have the guts. I challenge Ross and Marshall Von Erich to a match in Pacific Rim Wrestling Council against me and my son. Signed, Jimmy Snuka with Jimmy Snuka Jr.”

KVE: I can’t let you do this.

MVE: Dad, you always taught us to stand up for ourselves and for family. That’s what we have to do now.

RVE: We can take care of the Snukas. Don’t you worry. Then it’s back here for a luau.

Ross squeezes his dad’s arm reassuringly, but he’s not so comforted.

[Chris Eco]

This is a lot of fun, Leo - well done.