Lawsuit! 1

[Stylin' Kyle Roberts [REBEL]]

(Scene: Kyle Roberts meeting with his lawyer, Michael Greene.)

KYLE ROBERTS: I'll be honest here, I'm pretty desperate. I was looking through the yellow pages and found the biggest ad under "Lawyers."

MICHAEL GREENE: Ah, yes. I went for a colour one. I thought it told people I had class.

KYLE ROBERTS: I actually got that impression from your tag line in the ad - "Michael Greene has class."

MICHAEL GREENE: That too. So, what's up?

KYLE ROBERTS: I want to sue my company.

MICHAEL GREENE: Really? What for? Sexual harassment? Workman's compensation? Unjust termination?

KYLE ROBERTS: My tag team partner's foot was on the ropes, and we lost.

MICHAEL GREENE: I see, I see. No, wait. What?

KYLE ROBERTS: My name is Kyle Roberts. I'm part of the New Alberta Pro Tag Team Champions, The New and Improved D-X. And in my partner's last match, during the pinfall that lost him the match, his foot was on the ropes.

MICHAEL GREENE: And this means?

KYLE ROBERTS: A foot on the ropes, in any other league, means that the pinfall should be broken. The other team, the Decapitators, won under false pretences.

MICHAEL GREENE: Oh, I think I'm getting it now.

KYLE ROBERTS: So, I want to sue the company into NOT giving our opponents a chance to win our belts. We've already beat them for the titles once!

MICHAEL GREENE: So, the first thing I've got to ask you is this: Is there ANY precedent for this match to be won with a foot on the ropes?

KYLE ROBERTS: God, no. Every match I've been in with the Gastown Wrestling Alliance has always honoured a foot on the ropes. It's one of my favourite tricks.

MICHAEL GREENE: I see.

KYLE ROBERTS: Of course, this was the first ever hardcore match the NAPW had.

MICHAEL GREENE: Oh? So there's no precedent for a rope break in a hardcore match in the NAPW?

KYLE ROBERTS: I guess not. Ours was the first time it ever happened.

MICHAEL GREENE: I don't suppose you've got a rulebook for the NAPW on you, do you?

KYLE ROBERTS: Well, no.

MICHAEL GREENE: Can you get one for me?

KYLE ROBERTS: I will. I CAN'T let Bruce down. But how?

MICHAEL GREENE: Well, when you figure out a way, THEN we can talk.

(Fade out on Kyle's thinking face.)