When I went home on Monday, I expected things to be a little easier for myself. What I got...seemed to be one of those moments when your career could be made or broken.

Shane"Tom, I need to talk to you...this is something very big..."

"What do you want, Shane"

Shane"Well, Tom...how would you like to hold the Tag Titles" I knew just then what he meant, but I had to play dumb.

"Well, it sounds cool...could you tell me the angle"

Shane"No angle. I suppose you don't know much about a little problem we've had, right"

"Well, not too much...what's the deal"

Shane"Well, Youthanazia won the belts on Sunday, as you know. Unfortunately, they did it by stiffing Gedo and Jado and basically changed the ending in the ring- something that is a definite problem. To add to our pain, they took the belts and ran, making it so we couldn't really vacate the belts last week for it. They agreed to come Friday- we need a team to beat them for the belts so we can fire them without any potential problems..."

"So, you want me and Steve to go Montreal on them"

Shane"Saying I want you to pull a Montreal on them is so...accurate, please don't use the term." Great. I'm getting the call, and I have to pull off a screwjob.

"So...why don't you use one of the other teams? You and Kev, give Gedo and Jado the belts back, or perhaps give the push to Kakihara and Naruse"

Shane"There's the rub. You see, we need to make this look natural, somewhat. I'm going in knowing that if I, someone those fans know to be the head booker, then turns around and screws the tag champs, those fans will hate this whole federation. I'm already taking a risk asking you as my younger brother to do it, but Gedo, Jado, Kakihara, and Naruse all refused to screw them over. That Japanese code of honor- it can be great sometimes, but a real bitch others...anyway, you and Steve are the most over tag team besides those two."

"I see..."

Shane"All we need you to do is to screw them in the title win. We'll make it through interference, the fans hopefully won't suspect it. The next week, we'll play it by ear..." Yikes. This is it. I knew my family had been helped for years by wOw, and now I get a chance to pay them back. However, pulling off a screwjob seemed unseemly- I knew what I had to do, but I had to buy myself some time to do this stuff...

"Shane..."

Shane"Yeah, bro"

"I've got to talk this through with Steve, so write up a backup plan for this stuff in case it's no go. I'll tell you on Thursday beforehand what the deal is."

Shane"I suppose that's fair. Oh, and Tom..."

"Yeah"

Shane"Sorry I have to lay this on you so soon in your wOw career..."

"That's okay.I know it's the nature of this stuff..."

I decided to head over to Steve's to get his view on what we should do. While I was on the Interstate, Shane called me.

Shane"Hey, Tom- be careful when you go to check this stuff. I heard that rumors of this got through to Prohibition and Cross, and they shot on Brad Richter to get it to come to a halt. Wrecked his ankle pretty bad, from what I saw- he'll probably be out for two months. Remember, if they did that to someone not involved in it, imagine what they'd do to someone who's going to be doing the damn thing..." Yikes. I proceeded to get over to Steve's house, and there, we worked out our plan.

Steve"I think we need to do it, Tom. I mean, come on- like Shane said to you. Gedo and Jado refused, Kakihara and Naruse refused- we're their top option. We have to do it, for wOw's sake. If Youthanazia are going to be fired either way, we need to make sure the titles stay prestigious."

"I know, man. It's the only thing we can do."

Steve"So it's agreed- we're going to screw them over. Now, the only problem is- how can we do this while being careful..."

"I see you've heard about how they stiffed Richter and broke his ankle"

Steve"Hell no! I'm talking about how we manage to do this and still leave you well-liked by the girls, man! I'll tell you what- you work out a plan to do this, and I'll get in touch with the girls you know for their feelings on a screwjob..."

"How do you know them all again"

Steve"Dude, I know EVERY girl in wOw...especially the ones you know..."

"Excellent, man. Oh, by the way- Shane told me to stay here so as to not have to go out much- mind if I crash here the next couple days"

Steve"Of course- what's a tag partner for"

Thursday, November 5.

I woke up early that Thursday to have Steve stand over me.

"Good news, I have the results for the girls you have met..."

What would you say if I ended up screwing a tag team legitimately out of their titles for the good of wOw?

Jocelyn Richter "I would be very pleased- to think that you'd be that willing to do the right thing for my family's business would be extremely sweet."

Jamie Kogyaru "I would be a little wary you wouldn't be able to be trusted, but if it was for wOw, I would possibly see it as a good thing."

Kari "Why...Tommy-kun doesn't need to do that- he's the bestest wrestler in the world! I don't care as long as he can..."

Lori Angel "I'd think it would prove you were a good company guy- things like that are necessary sometimes."

April "I'd think you were scum- is a Regional federation's tag title really that important?"

Adriana Belli "I'd think it was a bad move, and I would be wary around you from there on out."

Steve"So, what's your verdict" I thought it over for most of that day, finally calling Shane around 5:00 p.m...

"Yeah, Shane- it's a go. We're in."

Shane"Excellent. I'll send someone to pick you two up- we've got some shoot holds to teach you..."