Jim Ross holds up his shirt with a big smile. Heart Attack pulls hers on.
JR: How nice! He gave me an EXTRA LARGE!
Heart Attack: I LIKED Bob the Angry Clown!
JR: I don't think HE liked anybody else, though! We all remember him! We all remember... GOLD-DUST as well! Last week with a big victory. She'll be taking on Venus Victrix here tonight!
Heart Attack: She's going to be an ... interesting.... person.
JR: And I've heard a lot of rumors about her that I'm not going to repeat just yet, too. Luxury against Lady Tyr tonight. Luxury was beat by Lady Tyr some time back.... now Luxury has a chance to even it up!
Sarah: I have to wish Luxury since she is a Network member.
JR: And maybe later on, we'll get Bret Hart's answer to Luxury's challenge... will the Harts accept the match for Championship Raw?
Heart Attack: (to Sarah) You don't know who her team is do you?
Sarah: I have no idea.
JR: Hang on a minute... look at THIS!
Just then, Stone Cold Steve Austin and Brian Pillman come down the aisle, carrying nightsticks. Pillman is also wearing a police officer's hat. He cackles at the fans as he walks down. Austin doesn't look left or right, he just marches to ringside. The two begin to patrol around the ring, looking around.
JR: I don't BELIEVE what I'm SEEIN'!
Heart Attack: This is going to be an interesting event.
JR: Austin and Pillman... PATROLLING ringside instead of TERRORIZING IT?
Heart Attack: This can only be bad.
JR: The only good thing that could come from this is.... well, they know ALL the rules... because they've broke every one of 'em!
Sarah: You got that right.
JR: Hey... don't forget... the DEBUT of Starr Blaze! She made quite a name for herself back at Ladies Night! She'll be taking on the welcoming committe for the women's division... the Terrorist Pali Alizar!
Sarah: Should be a good match!
JR:"Now, to get some idea of how our first match-up of the night shaped up, let's go to the tape of the transmission we received earlier in the week."
Starr Blaze is sitting in the same black, contoured chair as before, but apparently this time the camera is at an opposite angle, showing both her and some of the ship's interior. Numerous panels and monitors adorn the stainless steel walls, including a particularly large circuit bank with a glowing red "eye" and the legend 'H.I.L 6000' stenciled above it in block letters. Blaze is wearing her silver flight jacket, gloves and bandana as before, but also has her legs up casually on one of the panels, showing metallic red boots that link up with kneepads of the same color and silver tights with blue stripes down either leg. She is reading a fax paper, with others in her lap. After a moment a serene, monotone female voice is heard... no indication as to its source except that the red eye on the circuit bank blinks on and off in time to the words. "STARR..."
Starr doesn't look up from the fax. "Hm?"
"AUDIO-VISUAL LINKUP HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED, STARR..."
Starr COUGHS and immediately straightens up, taking her feet off the console and organizing the papers.
Starr: Good evening, citizens! My apologies for the interruption, but there are a few things I thought should be cleared up. First of all, let me introduce my partner and advisor, the High Intelligence Logoprocessor 6000...
HIL: GOOD EVENING. PLEASE, CALL ME HIL.
Starr: HIL and I have been going over some of the communications we've received. First, we have here an offer from citizen James E. Cornette, offering his services as a "manager."
Starr holds up the fax she was reading.
Starr: HIL, what is your opinion of Mr. Cornette?
HIL: PROCESSING...
HIL: JAMES E. CORNETTE... WIDELY REGARDED AS AN EXCELLENT RINGSIDE STRATEGIST AND BUSINESSMAN. HOWEVER, MISSION PARAMETERS MAY BE JEOPARDIZED BY ASSOCIATION.
Starr: Explain...
Video footage begins to play on one of the larger monitors in the background. Cornette swinging his racket at taunting fans, angrily arguing with Miss Elizabeth, etc.
HIL: THOUGH MANY PRAISE HIS SKILLS, CORNETTE IS HIGHLY DISLIKED BY THE GREAT MAJORITY OF THE WRESTLING PUBLIC. THOSE HE MANAGES SEEM TO EVOKE SIMILAR NEGATIVE REACTIONS. ALLYING WITH CORNETTE COULD RESULT IN CRUCIAL LOSS OF SUPPORT AMONG CITIZENS OF THIS TIMELINE AND THUS JEOPARDIZE OUR MISSION.
Starr: I don't understand... how can the man be so respected and yet at the same time so reviled by the populace?
More video footage plays... among the highlights are Demolition attacking the unsuspecting Jeff Jarrett and other such less than noble acts by Cornette and those he advises.
HIL: THE MAN CALLED VADER AND THE TEAM KNOWN AS DEMOLITION ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MANY ILLEGAL ACTS IN RECENT MATCHES AND SEEM TO CARE NOTHING FOR THE SAFETY OF EITHER THEIR OPPONENTS OR THE MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE IN ATTENDANCE.
Starr: Well, it's difficult to be thinking about an opponent's safety while fighting them, but they certainly should keep it in the ring!
HIL: SINCE CORNETTE TAKES NO STEPS TO CURB THESE TRANSGRESSIONS, TWO THEORIES SUGGEST THEMSELVES... ONE, CORNETTE HIMSELF IS NOT RESPONSIBLE, BUT HAS LOST CONTROL OF HIS CHARGES. OR TWO, CORNETTE ACTIVELY ENCOURAGES SUCH METHODS AND ATTITUDES. GIVEN CORNETTE'S REPUTATION AS AN EFFECTIVE MANAGER, THEORY TWO IS WEIGHTED WITH A 93.16 PERCENT PROBABILITY. NO MATTER WHICH SUMMATION IS TRUE, I PREDICT ASSOCIATION WITH CORNETTE WOULD BE A DETRIMENT AT THIS TIME.
Starr: Just what I was feeling, HIL, but always nice to have my hunches backed up by solid logic! Mr. Cornette, I doubt I can make you mend your ways, but I can certainly protest them. The answer is no.
Blaze crumples the fax in her hands.
Starr: HIL, the disintegration bin, please...
With a whirr a slot opens up on a panel. Blaze tosses the crumpled paper inside and it closes. A moment later a flash of light and a hum indicates it did its work.
Starr: Now, on to other matters. HIL, profile of Pali-Alizar please.
The monitor begins to show various footage of Pali, along with text readouts and charts flashing by...