Sleigh bells ring as a still of the classic WWF logo in front of a holiday wreath fades away into a shot of the familiar face of "Mean" Gene Okerlund. Standing on a snow-covered set with the In Your House logo mounted on the wall behind him, Gene raises a hand to the camera and, with a nod, welcomes the viewing audience to the segment.
GENE OKERLUND Ladies and gentlemen, wrestling fans around the world, HAPPY HOLIDAYS...and thank you for joining us for yet ANOTHER exclusive INTERVIEW..as we count down the hours to this Sunday's pay-per-view extravaganza. Before we do THAT, however...GENTLEMEN...if you'll be so glad as to join me here...
The shot widens slightly as a handful of uniformed police officers appear on screen, stoic looks on their faces as they file in behind and on either side of Okerlund.
GENE OKERLUND Now I hope I won't have to REMIND you folks..of the CARNAGE my next two guests have left in their wake over the past several weeks, including but not LIMITED to..putting one of my colleagues and close personal friends, Jim Ross, in the HOSPITAL! Well let me tell ya somethin', fellas...you try any of that nonsense with ME...not only will you have THESE men to answer to...I've got my attorney on SPEED dial, and I'll have every red cent you two goons PILFERED on your little raid down SOUTH!
Finally the subjects of Gene's interview, Scott Hall and Kevin Nash, also step on stage and into view wearing street clothes and sporting their coveted WWF Tag Team Titles; Hall's strapped around his waist, Nash's draped over his shoulder.
SCOTT HALL Goons? GOONS?! That hurts, Gene. I mean REALLY...it's the holiday season. Where's your Christmas SPIRIT?
KEVIN NASH Yeah, calm down old man WINTER. First of all, you're not gettin' a WHIFF of OUR money...besides, don't you think you've ROBBED enough innocent people with that HOTLINE of yours? Secondly, like we've told you before...if the Outsiders wanted to take you out, it would already be DONE by now. We pick our SPOTS to attack and this ain't one of 'em, but you better tell these schmucks to take a step back and get the GLARE out of their STARE...or else we might have to take those nightsticks and start givin' out some surprise SUPPOSITORIES!
SCOTT HALL YEAH!!
Hall puts on an exaggerated look of fright and wiggles his fingers at the officers, but quickly steps behind his larger tag team partner when one of them takes a half-step forward. Nash and the officer engage in a brief standoff before Okerlund intervenes in a desperate attempt to move the interview along.
GENE OKERLUND Now just COOL it a second! HALL and NASH...I think I speak for wrestling fans EVERYWHERE when I say your actions since you've returned to the WWF have been nothing short of DEPLORABLE. Not only have you assaulted Jim Ross, you've strong-armed the Tag Team Championships from the Rhodes' and caused a SPLIT in that family that was...well, it was hard to WATCH to say the least. Now you're acting all CHUMMY with Dustin Rhodes? What are you two doing, trying to poison the WELL? What's the ENDgame?!
SCOTT HALL Yeah, that's what we're gonna do, Gene..we're just gonna stand here and lay out our ENTIRE master plan in front of you, the world..and half the cops in the city. No, ya see...we may be goons...but we're not BUFFOONS! Like my boy said, The Outsiders, we pick our SPOTS. The only people who know are the people who NEED to know, and the only time anybody else is gonna find out...is when it's already too late for anybody to do anything ABOUT it! You want a HOT tip, though, Geno? Tune in to Seasons Beatings...'cause ANYTHING can happen in the World WRUSSLING Federation, HA!
GENE OKERLUND Yes, indeed it CAN, and one thing we know for SURE will happen this Sunday on pay-per-view is that you two will have to DEFEND that ill-gotten gold against The Natural Disasters...what did you call them, Milkshake and Macaroon? Just WHERE DO YOU GET OFF?!
KEVIN NASH Usually in their mou-
SCOTT HALL WOAH, big man, woooah...loose lips sink SHIPS, you know what I'm sayin'? But no, Gene, I came up with better names for those FATural Disasters...Birth'Cake and Thai Food! Gene, these guys sweat more on the way to the JOHN than we do them taking our belts this Sunday...and they'd have to have 'em let out ten FEET just to be able to WEAR 'em, anyway! We're gonna beat those hungry, hungry HIPPOS...smack 'em on their fat ASSES, and send 'em back to whatever WATERING hole they crawled up OUT of!
GENE OKERLUND Oh COME ON now, that's unCALLED for...
SCOTT HALL You know...if Kev' and I didn't know any better, with the supposed CONTENDERS those two GOOFS at Titan Towers have been sending our way...we would swear they WANT us to be the WWF Tag Team Champions...and who could blame them? We're the hottest thing goin' toDAY...and we're the ones that pop all the RATINGS...because everybody KNOWS it's all about the OutSIDERS....it's all about the WOLF PACK... and it's all about the-...wait, we can't say that one yet, can we?
KEVIN NASH Not quite...
SCOTT HALL The POINT ISSS...the Tag Team CHAMPS...Hall and NASH...well, you know what we are, don't ya, Gene?
GENE OKERLUND Yeah, I know, I know, you're "Just Too Sweet"...so sweet, it's SICKENING...
SCOTT HALL Oh, and hey...one more thing...
Hall reaches up and pulls the toothpick from his mouth, but quickly looking around and remembering that they are surrounded by law enforcement, he reconsiders and slowly returns it back between his lips.
SCOTT HALL Merry Christmas...
The Outsiders give Okerlund and his guards one last menacing glance before turning and walking off of the stage. Gene stands looking after them, shaking his head in disgust as the sounds of bells return to play us out of the segment.