[Jay Phillips opens a dressing room door and finds the room in total darkness. He creeps in.]
Jay Phillips: Fraust? Are you in here?
[Jay looks back at the camera.]
Jay Phillips: He must not be here yet. He was supposed to be in his dressing room for an interview. I guess he's running late. I ---
[Jay is pulled into the darkness. The camera man steps in on instinct alone. After a few moments, a single light bulb overhead clicks on and Jay is standing right underneath it. He appears visibly shaken. A shadowy figure stands just outside the light.]
???: Relax, Jay. You're fine.
[The figure steps into the light, revealing the person to be Fraust.]
Fraust: You wanted an interview.
Jay Phillips: Yes. I wanted to ask you about your feelings going into the NRWL Championship match against Bruno Kowalski.... Why is it so dark in here?
Fraust: Because the lights aren't on.
Jay Phillips: Right. So, at the final event for this season, you are stepping into the ring against Bruno Kowalski, the NRWL Champion. You have earned many accolades over the years. You were the longest reigning NRWL Division 2 Champion, you were a member of the legendary You Suck! stable, you redefined the hardcore match in WFW and IRW. You are even an NRWL Hall of Famer. One thing you never captured was the NRWL Championship. How does it feel to get that opportunity, finally, after all these years?
[There is a long pause. Fraust just stares at Jay with a scowl. Finally, his scowl fades and he takes a deep breath.]
Fraust: I've had a unique career. I've been one of the most famous NRWL wrestlers in history, and yet, I'm also something of a black sheep. In the WFW and IRW, people loved watching my matches. I was one of the most popular guys in those companies. When I came to the NRWL, it was the same thing. I was always near the main event.. but I never really was the main event. You know what I mean? WFW, IRW, NRWL... I never really had a shot at the big one.
Jay Phillips: Why do you think that is?
Fraust: I never played the game. I always did my thing. Guys who catered to the audience, had a larger than life persona, they were the ones who were the focus. Mike Blood pulled me aside, tried to remake me into someone else so I could fit that mold, but it didn't work. So... I walked away.
[Jay is about to speak but Fraust holds his hand up.]
Fraust: Don't. Before you say anything, ask anything, let me be clear. No, I don't feel sorry for myself. Not anymore. I accepted my fate. You really, truly, can't deny that there is any accomplishment higher than the NRWL Hall of Fame. In time, I learned that. I was happy with the career I made for myself.
Jay Phillips: Then... why did you come back?
[Fraust looks at the camera and points into it.]
Fraust: Them. Not for the young, fresh NRWL fans. I don't fight for them. I'm talking about the people who rooted for me in WFW. The ones who paid to see me in IRW. The ones who were let down when I left NRWL after Season Two. After all these years, after simply vanishing, I felt it necessary to come back and keep fighting for them. Was getting an opportunity at the NRWL Championship something I had in mind? Truthfully, no, not really. But that opportunity is here now.
[Fraust lowers his brow and stares deep into the camera.]
Fraust: Bruno, you've done well for yourself in your career. You've been a worthy NRWL Champion. But it's a title reign about to come to an end. For every old school Fraust fan out there in the audience, it's time for them to get the champion they always hoped to have. I look forward to our match... but you shouldn't.
[Fraust turns and walks away from the small bloom of light in the room, leaving Jay standing there alone.]
Jay Phillips: Well, it sounds like Fraust is ready for his match. Fans, I have a feeling this match is going to a memorable finish to Season Five's competition. I'm going to be watching this one closely.
[Fraust's arm appears in view again to click the light bulb off.]
Fraust: Time to go, Jay.
Jay Phillips: ....How do I get out of here...?
