Camera cuts to a dimly lit corridor backstage. A chain-link fence wall, barbed wire draped over it, casts shadows behind Nick Gage, who stands center frame in a black “MDK All F’n Day” hoodie. His knuckles are taped, a fresh gash still healing on his forehead. He paces like a caged animal, fire in his eyes.
Nick: Yo. Kenny Omega. The so-called “Best Bout Machine.” The dude who wrestles classics in Japan, five stars, seven stars—whatever, man. You ever been in a fight where glass rains from the ceiling? Where light tubes bust across your face? Didn’t think so.
He slams a steel chair against the fence behind him—CLANG!—echoing down the hallway.
Nick: You wanna dance in my world, Kenny? Cool. But understand this Thrill Ride? That ain’t a wrestling match. That ain’t a five-star classic. That’s a f’n funeral march. And you just punched your ticket to the end of the line.
Gage steps closer to the camera, intensity boiling over.
Nick: You see this?
He holds up the SCW Hardcore Championship.
Nick: I bled for this. Fought in barbed wire, broken glass, flames. I’ve been through hell and came out with this strapped around my waist. You think you're gonna walk in, put on a show, and take this from me? Nah.
His tone drops—low, threatening.
Nick: I’m not coming to Thrill Ride to wrestle. I’m coming to hurt you. I'm coming to make sure Thrill Ride is your last ride.
He leans in until his face nearly fills the screen.
Nick: MDK. All f’n day.
The screen cuts to static before the voices of Corey Graves and Excalibur come through.
Excalibur: Well you heard the challenge set up by Nick Gage. Threating to end Kenny Omega.
Corey: And at Thrill Ride he may very well do so, but this is Kenny we are talking about. He's isn't going to go down without a fight.
Excalibur: We will hear from Omega later on tonight. But right now, Aiden Ryker goes one on one with Judgement Day's Joe Gacy.
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Greg: The following contest is scheduled for one fall. Introducing first. Representing The Judgement Day, from Franklinville, New Jersey, weighing in at 249 lbs. JOE GACY!
Joe Gacy, flanked briefly by a shadowy Judgement Day aura but walking to the ring alone tonight—grinning, unsettling, the warped preacher of chaos.
Soon The crowd gets electric as Aiden Ryker makes his entrance through them, still without music.
