Surprise

[Cory]

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A shaky, slightly less polished video feed fired up on the screen, showing a selfie style video of Randy walking down the hallway at the FiServ Forum. Randy looked into the eye of the camera and smirked.

Randy Orton: Man, I gotta tell you. Drew better watch his back. Smartphones these days can do video almost as good as that big hulking thing he carries around. I might need that guy anymore.

He shrugged as he continued to walk. The camera made subtle up and down bumps as he proceeded down the hallway.

Randy Orton: Normally, these RNN broadcasts have slightly more to 'em, like my RNN branded card table, some chairs, and that kind of crap. Real high class set design made of stuff I found in my garage. But today is different for two reasons. For one, I wanted this more intimate setting where I'm talking to you, my fans, face to face. Kind of like we're on a Facetime together, y'know? And two, I definitely forgot to bring my set pieces with me, and before you ask, no. Those pieces are not replaceable by all the stuff you can find in any stadium in the US. The RNN set is special and I won't just use whatever.

Randy pointed at the screen.

Randy Orton: Because y'all... are worth it.

Randy flashed a brilliant smile.

Randy Orton: Tonight is the Roy--no, um...The Battle-- no, wait. Tonight is Last Survivor, one of the marquee events in EBWF. Tonight every man and woman, regardless of where they stand on the card, regardless of what's on their win/loss column, has an equal opportunity to fight for the big one. The EBWF World Championship. Or the Women's Championship, if that's your thing. And that's one of the things that makes this time of the year truly special. It's a time of change. A time of growth for EBWF. Wrestlers find themselves with an opportunity at greatness that they never may have experienced before. Myself? I've been here. Many, many times. And to my great shame, I've never been the Last Survivor. Who knows, maybe it's a flaw in my game. Maybe I don't look over my shoulder enough, or maybe I don't pace myself and I wind up gassed and thrown over the top. I'll let the Twitter keyboard warriors let me know what the problem is. But your favorite wrestler Randy Orton has had to find his own ways to the main event. King of the Ring titles, countless wins, amongst other things. The road to greatness for RKO has never run through Last Survivor. Does that change tonight? Time will tell.

It was hard to tell where Randy was, but the feed picked up the creaking sound of a door opening as Randy stepped through the threshold into a new room. He pointed the camera at a space that was clearly the Rated RKO locker room. Hanging from a hook on the wall was the EBWF Tag Team Championship belt. He brought the camera back to his eye level again.

Randy Orton: Don't worry, just making a quick stop at the locker room to get one of my essentials.

Randy grinned as he unhooked the Tag Team title belt from the wall and slung it over his shoulder, holding the phone with his free hand.

Randy Orton: Alright, back on the road.

Title belt in his possession, Randy headed back out of his locker room, and continued to head down the hallway.

Randy Orton: So this is the part of the show where I'm supposed to go person by person, line by line, and cut a promo on every person in the Last Survivor match, and talk about how I'm going to throw them over the top rope. Here's the reality of the situation: I'm the best wrestler in this company for a reason: I'm not waiting for some gimmick like the Last Survivor match in order to scout all of my competition. I've got tape on every wrestler in EBWF. I'm studying their weaknesses before they have their first match in the company, no matter how insignificant they are. That's why I just laugh when some nerd talks about how I mail it in and collect a check. I do more work before 7am than most of these kids do before they go to bed. Just because I make this look easy, doesn't mean I'm not outworking everybody. Tonight I'm going to notch one last accomplishment to my belt, so I can hit 100% achievement in EBWF once and for all. I'm going to become the Last Survivor and punch my ticket to... whatever the PPV event is going to be.

He shrugged softly.

Randy Orton: Maybe it's Bound for Glory or some crap, who knows. The point is this - The Last Survivor match is the last domino to fall for Randy Orton. It's only a matter of time before my arms are raised and my slot is reserved for the EBWF World Championship. Why am I so confident? Easy. Because I'm the best. Because there's only one person that has been able to tie my record EBWF World Championship title reign: Me. Back to back King of the Ring winner. A tag team championship reign that rivals the territory days. I could keep going but there's no need. Y'all know the score. When I step into that ring, the 18 other guys that will have gotten there before me will understand that their superior is here now. And speaking of superiors, we now get to the reason for this little stroll through the stadium.

He winked at the camera and pointed it in front of him. In the distance, Paul Heyman was standing with his back turned. He pointed the camera back at himself and smirked as he snuck up on the EBWF executive. It was hard to see what transpired next as the smartphone camera shook violently during the entire exchange, but Heyman fell to the ground, clutching the back of his head and whimpering in pain. The EBWF Tag Team title belt dropped to the ground in front of him as Randy leaned down, putting the camera into Heyman's face.

Randy Orton: Paul, say hi to the camera.

Heyman winced in agony, but managed to eke out a response.

Paul Heyman: ...Hi.

Randy Orton: Thanks, Paul. Is the back of your head hurting a lot right now?

Paul Heyman: Yes...

Randy Orton: Kind of feels like someone clobbered you in the back of the neck with a flat, heavy metal object, doesn't it, Paul?

Paul had a look of terror and pain in his eyes.

Paul Heyman: Yes.

Randy Orton: I'm sorry that happened to you. It's a shame no one saw it happen.

Randy smirked and patted Heyman on the shoulder.

Randy Orton: Oh, and one thing real quick. I wouldn't recommend allowing the Fiend to get involved in the Last Survivor match tonight. Y'know, in case your head clears up before the curtain. Something tells me that what you're feeling right now would be a hangnail in comparison to the karma you'd get if your trained monkey tries to insert himself into mine and Edge's business again. No, do you need help up?

Paul Heyman: Yes please...

Randy Orton: Alright.

With that Randy stepped over Paul's prone frame, walking away as the smartphone camera recorded him leaving. The scene faded to black.