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**Tiger Gold puts his hands on his hips and surveys the crowd. He breathes hard and nods toward the cheering crowd. He raises a fist in the air and pumps it rhythmically as the crowd chants “Gold, gold gold…”. Tiger Gold soaks in the reaction of the PWA Armada with a glint in his eye. As the crowd dies down, Gold motions to the timekeeper to hand him a microphone. He takes the microphone in his massive hand and raises it to his mouth.**

GOLD: “PWA Armada… it has been too long.”

**The crowd erupts in cheers again. Gold leans against the ropes and takes in the reaction. There appears to be genuine emotion in his body language.**

GOLD: “As we neared the end of PWA’s fourth season…. I was but a shadow of my former self. Injury and wear had diminished my immortal might. And… following my match with Crusher Sato, I truly questioned if my in-ring career was over. But during the off season… I consulted with the immortals above. I searched deep within my warrior soul… and I realized that… as long as the fighting spirit burns in PWA… there must always be TIGER GOLD.”

**The crowd cheers wildly as Gold stands stoically under the arena lights.**

GOLD: “Using every bit of my resolve, I began training. For weeks, I pushed myself to the extent of my abilities. I dipped deep into my inner-most spiritual reservoir… and found within, a power unlike I have felt in many years. On PWA Battery, I returned… renewed in body and spirit! For the past several weeks, I have tested myself against the best that PWA has to offer. The Spoiler, Richard Pennyworth, Robert MacElroy, Ronnie Lassiter, The Masked Shooter, Armageddon, Kevin Starr, Rhett Holiday… as iron sharpens iron, the gladiators of PWA have honed Tiger Gold into a weapon of destruction and conquest unlike any PWA has ever seen before. Tiger Gold has always been a force in the ring… but for the first time in a long while… I am HUNGRY. I feel a fire that, for a moment, I feared had been extinguished by time. I feel a hunger and a motivation that can only be satiated by glorious combat!”

**Gold begins pacing back and forth in the ring.**

GOLD: “This brings me… to PWA Black. There are nefarious goings on here in this organization. Damion Black and his cohorts threaten to sully the legacy of this glorious organization with their devious machinations. But the ego-driven power-grabs of a megalomaniac cannot overshadow the fighting spirit that dwells within each and every soul on the PWA roster. So with this spirit… I am officially issuing an OPEN CHALLENGE for PWA Black.”

**Tiger Gold flexes in a roaring lion pose and growls into the microphone.*

GOLD: “At PWA Black… Tiger Gold will enter the ring… and I will not leave until my warrior spirit has been satiated. I challenge any and all members of the PWA roster to come to the ring and face off against a warrior born! Show me your fighting spirit on the stage of the immortals! Strike a blow against Damion Black and any man who feels that he stands above the honorable grapplers that define our passion! Prove your worth against me… against the best in the world… on the stage of history. DESTINY AWAITS!”

**Tiger Gold throws down his microphone and climbs to the top turnbuckle. He throws up his hands and roars, as the crowd cheers and the camera fades to black.**