[Johnny Young is standing backstage in an interview set with Jay Phillips. He is wearing his usual entrance attire, exercise pants, white tank top, and sunglasses.]
Jay Phillips: Johnny Young, at the next event you will be stepping into the ring with five other wrestlers in a TLC match to determine the number one contender for the NRWL Championship. As a former holder of that belt, you must be very excited to get the opportunity.
Johnny Young: Awww yeah! You know Jay, I walked into this season as NRWL Champion. Since then, I've had some distractions but now is the time to get things back the way they should be. I am going to climb that ladder, pull the briefcase holding the contact that holds the contract to the title match at the next event. It's time for The Star Player to carry the gold again.
JP: How do you feel about our current champion, Bruno Kowalski?
JY: Jay, Bruno has proven himself as one of the greatest wrestlers in the NRWL today. There is no denying his skill. He is also a worthy NRWL Champion. As far as I'm concerned, I have a lot of respect for him. However, we are both wrestlers here in the NRWL and there is one thing all of us on the roster have in common. We want to be the best. We want to be the champion. There is only one NRWL Champion. Bruno is that man. I want to be NRWL Champion again. No amount of respect can change the fact that he has a target around his waist and I am gunning for it. Bruno Kowalski is a great face for the NRWL... but I'm better.
JP: Before you can challenge for that title, you have five other men to beat in the TLC match. One of those men is Jacob Washington, your tag team partner in the recent Tag Team Championship Tournament. You two had a very shaky alliance going into the tournament but you seemed to function quite effectively as a team. How does Jacob's involvement in the match affect you?
JY: Jacob Washington? The thing about Jacob Washington is this. When I called him out to be my tag team partner, I told him he reminded me of myself when I started here. That aside, we don't really see eye to eye. Coming out of that tournament, I can say this. [Johnny takes off his sunglasses and looks in the camera] Jacob, any time you need a tag team partner or someone to watch your back, you can count on me......... Except at the next event. There are five guys between me and a shot at the NRWL Championship. I don't care who it is in that ring. Everyone else is going home disappointed that night. The winner of that match is going to be "The Star Player", Johnny Young.
[Johnny looks at Jay and then walks off. Jay watches Johnny walk away.]
JP: A very confident Johnny Young.
