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Holiday Inn, room 521, Los Angeles California. The hotel room features one queen bed, three lamps, a small table, and two chairs.
Lying restlessly in the bedone Smokin' Joe Seward. Tossing and turning, Joe tires every possible way to get back to sleep, butnothing seems helpful.
Joe, sitting up in bed, grabs the remote off the night stand. The T.V. creates a dim light throughout the room, causing Joe strain, in order to focus on the television set at this hour of the morning.
After randomly flipping through the channels, Joe shuts the T.V. off and lies back down in bed.
He thinks....still awake.....thought after thought
Joe - Williams! I gots ta face Christian Williams......damn no wonder I ain't got no sleep.
Sitting up again, Joe throws the covers off, and walks over to the window. Tossing the curtains aside, Joe looks down from the fifth floor at his yellow Ford Thunderbird.
Joe - Yellow Bird....yellow Harley....
laughing to himself, Joe takes notice on the sun, slowly peaking through the eastern horizon.
Joe - Sweet Merciful Lord...I be awake most of the darn night....
Joe rubs his eyes, yawns, then gently rests his face on the window.
Joe - Christian Williams....damn man gots me wonderin' and thinkin'.
Joe taking his head off the glass, yawns for the second time
Joe - Williams....never though I'd see the day when I gots ta step in the ring with him.
Stepping away from the window, Joe watches as the curtains fall to their original position.
Joe - .......
Joe slides back into bed, neglecting the covers.
Joe - Need sleep....
Joe, staring in complete silence at the ceiling, wonders about his match with Christian Williams at Stranglehold and what chance, if any, does Smokin' Joe Seward stand, against such a remarkable wrestler?
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