Less than steller results

[Spazz]

"Yes yes yes, I know that they...Yes, I realize that they.....I know the ratings our down!!! I got your invoice in front of me!!" Jack Mathers was currently in a heated argument with the head of Warnertime TV, the television company that ran AWF. SIN's takeover of Meltdown had scored even lower than the WWE showing of RAW on ratings. "No, they did NOT consult me before they took over the show, least Yugo has the decency to knock me out so I didn't have to sit through it, like getting a root canal." Jack drummed his fingers while he listened to the head of the TV station rant. "I assure you, I will get ratings back up. Yes, I promise. Alright, bye. Asshole" Jack hung up before there was time for a response.

Jack groaned and rubbed his temples, having been locked in his office for all of the Meltdown broadcast. He groaned again as his phone rang and answered. "Hello? Yes this is Jack Mathers. Who? James who? I said what? NO I DON'T PRACTICE YOGA!!! WHO TOLD YOU I DID!! A moment of silence. I don't even know who you are, or...WHY ARE YOU CRYING!!!!?? JUST HANG THE FUCK UP, RIGHT NOW, AND NEVER CALL BACK AGAIN!! Frank slammed the phone down with all his might, cracking the phone's stand.

Frank laid his head down on his desk to try and think and gather his thoughts when there was a knock at the door. "Not open, go away." Another knock, more forceful. "Dammit, I said-"

*SMASH*

A hole is punched in the wooden door and a tattooed arm with green tape wrapped around the fingers enters through the door and begins to feel around for the doorknob. "Uh, the door was open you know?" The voice of Lino can be heard to say.

"DUN CARE!!"

There is another smash as the door gives way under a big push from Freaky who topples down onto the floor with the door. His body is promptly used by Melissa as a mat as she walks into the office, followed closely by Yugo, Lino, & Alexander Craine.

[AJ Riles]

"My infinite apologies for the sudden intrusion, Jack." Yugo states, a grin seeming almost TOO optimistic for the current situation on his face. "I'm certainly glad to see that I'm not the only one who views that group of talentless hacks as a nuisance." Yugo states, sitting down in the chair across from Mathers.

"Toldja we shoulda T-boned 'em when we had the chance!" Lino whispers to Melissa, who promptly pie-faces him with a scoff.

"Now, then, what's this I hear about low ratings?" Yugo asks, cocking an eyebrow.

[Spazz]

"Well you can see for yourself," He hands Yugo a copy of the invoice sent to him by the station which has a diagram of the ratings which had been steadily climbing upwards until Meltdown which they took a sharp turn downwards.

"A wrestling company's ratings haven't fallen that far that quick since WCW with the Fingerpoke of Doom incident, or ECW with the Mass Transit incident. Pick your flavor, bottom line is: bigwigs not happy with AWF. That means less promotion time, which means smaller paychecks for you the wrestlers, which means wrestlers unhappy and quitting, which means other companies such as OCW and EWA picking up the shattered pieces of our roster!!" He had said that all on one massive breath and now leaned back in his seat and panted. "We need something big, something to get the ratings back up."

[AJ Riles]

A grin spreads across Yugo's face as he ponders an idea for a moment before speaking.

"Heh, 'something big', you say? I think I've got something in mind..." Yugo's grins grows wider. "Are you familiar with, by any chance, the Genesis Mirage?" Yugo asks.

[Spazz]

"Mirage? Yeah, it's a crackhead, a coffee addict, and a....a whatever, the most patchwork faction in wrestling today. What about them?"

[AJ Riles]

"They most certainly are, but they seem to be on the rise in the way of popularity. Not only that, but despite being essentially a collection of, ah...nutjobs, for lack of a better term, they work very well as a team, and I feel they may be one piece of the remedy for the ratings." Yugo states. He blinks slowly and grins again as he continues.

"Furthermore, I have confidence that they will be able to usurp any forcibly taken power from the hands of those hacks you and I both detest."

[Spazz]

Frank looked at the ratings diagram. "I suppose it couldn't hurt, ratings can't get much lower. Alright, tell them to be here before the next show and we'll see how they look."