Suddenly, "Spill Me" by Project 86 hits the speakers and the ring lights glow red as Strife steps out onto the stage wearing his wrestling outfit. The crowd is split between booing and cheering as he walks toward the ring.
Old Mac: "Well, lookie here! It's the old Vice GM Strife with something to say to our new number one tag contender!"
Ted Johnson: "It doesn't look like he's here in a managing capacity, though, Mac! He looks like he's ready to wrestle!"
Strife climbs up into the ring, signalling for a microphone before he walks up to stand next to Big Bill.
Strife: "Well, well, Big Bill. It strikes me that you and I have yet to really meet since I moved here to LPE, even though you came to visit me so many times on Total Advantage. So, I figured I'd come out here so we could chat a little and get to know each other better, now that... as you can see... I'm not wearing my vice GM hat."
Ted Johnson: "I'm not sure I like where this is headed."
Old Mac: "Why not? I think I smell a fight a-cookin'!"
Strife: "First off, let me get this straight. You think that you're one of the number one contenders to the tag title?"
Big Bill: "I know I am! PhantomTA himself -"
Strife: "Whoa, whoa. Now, I like what you're doing there. Slandering PhantomTA by implying that he doesn't know how to pick a proper title contender? That's really smooth. But let's be honest here. You're trying to dodge the fact that you lost your match, plain and simple. Now, far be it from me to judge you for losing a match. I admit that I lost my match against Sash Demon fair and square."
Ted Johnson: "Do my ears deceive me? Did he just say he lost a match fair and square?"
Old Mac: "I think in this case, it isn't just your hearin' goin', Ted! I think Strife is actually showing some humility!"
Strife: "I mean, I think that lasting as long as I did in a cage match against a wrestler who's been in three times as many matches as me was pretty frickin' impressive, but whatever. It's water under the bridge. Now, I can only hope that you can learn to adopt this same attitude for when I beat you in our match tonight. Because nobody likes beating a sore loser."
Ted Johnson: "Whew! For a moment there I thought Strife was trying to be nice!"
Old Mac: "I know, Ted! It's good to see the man hasn't lost his confidence!"
Ted Johnson: "You mean his egotism!"
Old Mac: "Egotism is thinking you're better than you are, Ted! Strife isn't an egotist!"