Dialed In [I]

[Barry Kemp]

---[The theme to the 'Unclaimed Angel' Ian Brody 'Dialed In' show begins playing on the XM radio channel called 'Sports Central'. Ian Brody is seen once again sitting in his XM Radio broadcast booth. He puts a pair of headphones on and starts to play some music over the air as he gathers his papers and stacks them nicely. He then presses a few buttons on his phone making sure it works as the music ends and Ian starts to speak on the air]---

{Ian Brody}
Here we are once again folks. 'Unclaimed Angel' Ian Brody coming at you on my Sirius Radio show 'Dialed In'. In the past week I've been hired to a new fed as a columnist along with my job at IWL. So this week I have a special guest on the show. Someone I see as a bit of a cheat from what I know of PCW. I'm going to get to the bottom of things though.

---[The phone starts ringing and Ian starts fumbling around with the phone patching system. Ian finally patches A phone call in and hopes it is the right call]---

{Ian Brody}
Hello? Prophet. You are on air? Is that you?

{Prophet}
Yeah Ian, I'm here. What's going on, man?

{Ian Brody}
Not a whole lot man. My first 'Dialed In' show for PCW. You should feel honored.

{Prophet}
Well, it's the only LOGICAL choice if you really think about it. I mean, who has a bigger impact night in and night out for as long as I have?

{Ian Brody}
Perhaps you've forgotten. I wouldn't know. I'm knew around here. I have other reasons for asking you to call in to MY show, not the reasons you seem to think.

{Prophet}
I suppose. I mean, I know you're new around here and all...but I won't hold that against you. In any case....what can I do for you, Ian?

{Ian Brody}
Easy. Where did you hide 'Showtime' Mikey Wryght?

---[laughs a bit on the other end of the line]---

{Prophet}
You know...there are some mysteries that are NEVER to be solved. The riddle of the Sphinx....the true purpose of Stonehenge. I guess this is just one of those things. Safe to say, he's quite unharmed. In fact...I think he's out readying for his match with Grimm at Hostile Takeover.

{Ian Brody}
You must be SOOO proud of yourself. Screwing over Mikey Wryght and somehow still being awarded the win. That's amazing to me. I can't believe the referee would make such a huge blunder as to do that.

{Prophet}
I'll tell you, Ian...and I'm not ashamed to say it: I can honestly recall, that TWO of my title reigns in PCW...I haven't had to lift a FINGER for. First, I was awarded the International Championship when it was discovered that Mrs. Angelica Night-Hunter was a drug addict...and NOW, I'm stepping in as an acting PCW Tag Team Champion, alongside Lantlas. Now, don't get me wrong...everyone in the PCW knows I can hold my own. But it takes great skill, intelligence and cunning to gain such rewards with so little work. In fact, it's a thrill to show off my intelligence and my brute force in such equal proportions.

{Ian Brody}
You know. It's stats like that that really impress a guy like me. Now at first I was a little pissed off about this whole 'Showtime' thing. But now I'm actually impressed. How did you swing conning elf boy into asking you to tag with him?

{Prophet}
Hey...let's not cause any rifts here, Ian. I didn't CON Lantlas into coming to me. First off, he knows talent when he sees it. Lantlas has an eye for things like that, and I respect him for it. And second...well, this is more an intangible concept but go with me here. It's all about IMPACT in this business. IMPACT, and the name you can make for yourself. Lantlas KNOWS, that with Seth Sinn out, and BLADE LIONHEART on his team...that he needed extra firepower. I.E, myself. So, you know...it's not a con, it's a business deal really. There's nothing wrong with having a debt or favor owed to you. And...I'll admit, Lantlas is an asset to have in your back pocket for a time.

{Ian Brody}
Blackmail then? Cause that's all I'm hearing with that pocket comment. And don't take that as a bad thing. Cause I'm down with a good blackmailing from time to time.

{Prophet}
It's...a bit more complicated than blackmail, actually. See...he's not the ONLY one that's making an impact by coming to me for help. I'm actually on the receiving end. Another title reign, for one. And two...the fans seem to be forgetting WHO I AM. With this new influx of talent, you have to stay fresh in people's minds...on the tips of their tongues. And the LAST thing anyone expects...is THE PROPHET to be helping someone out. That's automatic *BAM!*...refreshing the old memory. So...it's not blackmail so much as a symbiotic business deal. Not to mention again: Lantlas is a good guy to owe someone something. So, I say it's pretty much equal.

{Ian Brody}
Understandable. But from a 'New Guy' perspective. You impressed me alot last week. I won't be forgetting your name anytime soon. Your actions out there got you my #8 ranking of the night. And that's not bad at all.

{Prophet}
Well, my job's been done quite well hasn't it? And, as far as your ranking...I don't much care for perfection, in fact I mostly abhor it...but you'll see me at number 1 sooner, rather than later.

{Ian Brody}
Continue conning and blackmailing your way to the top and I'll definitely be moving you higher and higher each week.

{Prophet}
Equal parts Ian, equal parts. One-half intelligence....one-half pure dominance...equals one awesome monster in that ring.

{Ian Brody}
Plan on making a run at the World Title anytime soon? Or is the International title more your scene?

{Prophet}
You know...it's funny. I showed EXTREMELY good character in teaming with Lantlas, considering he was the one that mucked up my World Title shot at the last PCW pay-per-view. It just goes to show, you can't predict what Marcus Murdoc will do next. Who knows? I may stick around the Tag Team scene longer. That's an underrated place to be right now, and once I get into the swing of it again...well, you can look for yourself what happened the LAST time I was teaming with anyone. Domination.

{Ian Brody}
Well mang. Good luck with that. I'd rather see you fighting Ace Anderson at the PPV than Geno. That guy got beat by a girl. Did you see it?

{Prophet}
Hey man, there've been some impressive women in the PCW. You HAVE to be to even BE here. It's not Pure Class Wrestling without some kind of standards. If she's here, hey...she must be doing SOMETHING right. And, as far as I'm concerned, she's just as big a threat as ANYONE on the roster.

{Ian Brody}
Obviously if she is beating people with nicknames like 'Mr HHW'. I meant that's a pretty huge upset from what I can gather.

{Prophet}
Well...I can't speak much on the HHW, I honestly never saw anything from them. But hey....a win is a win.

{Ian Brody}
Yes it is. Especially when it's against a guy fighting the World Champ at the next PPV.

{Prophet}
Yeah. Yeah, this is true. Geno HAS to be feeling that loss. The week before the pay-per-view...and he's beaten. Doesn't look too good. By the way, am I the only one that notices that his match is not ONLY a non-title match...but it's a 'Special Attraction' match? What IS a special attraction match? Is it like the special attractions at carnivals or something?

{Ian Brody}
Possibly. Geno being the freak show and Al Lamen being the ringmaster.

{Prophet}
Maybe. You never know. Maybe they'll face me one day, and they'll go from the SIDE stage to the MAIN stage. They can hope, right?

{Ian Brody}
Only hope. I'm sure it will take a while to bounce back from the Jade loss and the apparent, in my opinion, loss to Ace Anderson.

{Prophet}
Well, it's hard to bounce back from a loss anyways, not minding WHO beats you. I-I mean, it's all in the mind. You get convinced you can't be beat, it's hard to take someone like that down. You get convinced it's hard to BEAT someone...you're looking at stacking the odds even MORE against yourself. It's all head games, Ian.

{Ian Brody}
Understandable. You a head games type of guy? You take that strategy into the ring with you?

{Prophet}
Well, I don't take any STRATEGY into the ring, because you can't really see what someone will do until they're in there with YOU. Everyone tries to scout their opponents. Doesn't work like that. You gotta know what they're gonna do to try and stop YOU. So...as far as mind games, yeah...yeah I enjoyed mucking around in someone's head.

{Ian Brody}
Well good. By the way, you haven't been messing with me during this interview have you?

{Prophet}
OooooOOOooooOOOooh! Hahaha...no, I haven't Ian.

{Ian Brody}
Good thing. Anyways man. I think it's about time we wind things down.

{Prophet}
Hey no problem Ian, it was good being on the show. And you know with me being the first guest, it's a good way to kick things off.

{Ian Brody}
I thought so. And I'm always right. So it can only go downhill from here. Kind of sad isn't it?

{Prophet}
Yeah. Let's just hope it won't be a flash in the pan deal.

{Ian Brody}
Not from my side of things. Til next time mang.

{Prophet}
Take it easy, Ian.

---[ CLICK. Prophet then hangs up the phone and Ian unpatches the phone line that he had hooked him in with. Ian then continued with ending the show as time was about to run out on the XM Radio show]---

{Ian Brody}
Well folks. Another successful show for the always successful 'Unclaimed Angel' Ian Brody. Can I do any wrong? We'll find out as things continue for the winningest column writer in sports entertainment history. As for now, Ian Out!

---[Ian then turns off his microphone and starts to gather up his stuff. The 'On Air' light goes off signalling the next XM Show had started and Ian put his stuff in his messenger bag and started to head out of the studio. The scene then faded to black]---