{"id":80372,"date":"2019-05-24T22:51:55","date_gmt":"2019-05-25T03:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=80372"},"modified":"2019-05-24T22:51:55","modified_gmt":"2019-05-25T03:51:55","slug":"mcneill-les-midcarders-a-double-or-nothing-musical-number","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/05\/24\/mcneill-les-midcarders-a-double-or-nothing-musical-number\/","title":{"rendered":"McNEILL: Les Midcarders (A Double Or Nothing Musical Number)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1551374972\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2659\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/StaffMcNeill07_120.jpg\" alt=\"StaffMcNeill07_120\" width=\"120\" height=\"138\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>LES MIDCARDERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cONE SHOW MORE\u201d<br \/>\n(to the tune of &#8220;One Day More&#8221; from &#8220;Les Miserables&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>(CUT To: A crowded conference room in Caesar\u2019s Palace in Las Vegas, where THE ELITE and THE AEW ROSTER are gathered together. There is a small stage and a podium at the front of the room. CODY RUNNELS and CHRIS JERICHO are on the stage, facing the crew. CODY starts pacing across the stage. Pacing and singing, that is.)<\/p>\n<p>CODY (singing):<br \/>\nOne show more!<br \/>\nAnother day, another destiny<br \/>\nThis never-ending road to solvency<br \/>\nEven though the stakes have climbed<br \/>\nWe will sell out a second time.<br \/>\nOne show more!<\/p>\n<p>(CUT TO an airport lounge, where young newlyweds MOX and PAQUETTE are huddled close together, surrounded by their luggage.)<\/p>\n<p>MOX:<br \/>\nMy contract expired today<br \/>\nCan you survive when we are parted?<\/p>\n<p>PAQUETTE:<br \/>\nI fear that now that you\u2019ve escaped<br \/>\nThey\u2019ll make me sound like I have farted<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>(CUT TO young MERCEDES KAESTNER-VERNADO, covered in sensors and standing in a motion-capture studio in New York City, taking direction from video game designers. At this point, the scenes start jumping back and forth.)<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1589346632\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>MERCEDES:<br \/>\nOne more day without our belts.<\/p>\n<p>PAQUETTE:<br \/>\nYou will be so far away!<\/p>\n<p>MERCEDES:<br \/>\nOne more day with Vince not caring.<\/p>\n<p>MOX:<br \/>\nI was born to kick some ass.<\/p>\n<p>MERCEDES:<br \/>\nWhat a push I might have known<\/p>\n<p>MOX &amp; PAQUETTE (together):<br \/>\nAnd I\u2019d rather be with you<\/p>\n<p>MERCEDES:<br \/>\nBut the blonde girl got my spot!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>(Back to the AEW stage, where JERICHO is rallying his crew.)<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3799630791\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>JERICHO:<br \/>\nOne more day before the show!<\/p>\n<p>PAQUETTE:<br \/>\nDo I follow where you go?<\/p>\n<p>JERICHO:<br \/>\nFor our money and our freedom!<\/p>\n<p>MOX:<br \/>\nShould I join with The Elite?<\/p>\n<p>JERICHO:<br \/>\nAs our roster starts to grow.<\/p>\n<p>MOX:<br \/>\nMaybe I could work Japan\u2026<\/p>\n<p>JERICHO:<br \/>\nWill you take your place with me?<\/p>\n<p>AEW ROSTER:<br \/>\nThe time is now! The day is here!<\/p>\n<p>(Over to CODY for the big finish.)<\/p>\n<p>CODY:<br \/>\nOne show more!<\/p>\n<p>(We cut to the WWE Performance Center, where TRIPLE H is speaking to his crew of developmental talent.)<\/p>\n<p>TRIPLE H:<br \/>\nThey can have their new promotion.<br \/>\nWe will nip it in the bud.<br \/>\nThen the Khans will hemorrhage money<br \/>\n\u2018Til the red ink flows like blood!<\/p>\n<p>CODY:<br \/>\nOne show more!<\/p>\n<p>(We cut to VINCE McMAHON and STEPHANIE McMAHON-LEVESQUE, in the WWE boardroom in Stamford.)<\/p>\n<p>VINCE &amp; STEPHANIE (together):<br \/>\nWatch them run amuck,<br \/>\nCatch them as they fall.<br \/>\nWithout our competition,<br \/>\nWe can rule them all!<br \/>\nMake them pay hotels,<br \/>\nRental cars and such<br \/>\nThey\u2019re independent contractors.<br \/>\nThey don\u2019t need much!<\/p>\n<p>(JERICHO now joins CODY in the chorus.)<\/p>\n<p>CODY &amp; JERICHO:<br \/>\nOne day to a new beginning!<\/p>\n<p>AEW ROSTER (in response):<br \/>\nRaise the expectations high!<\/p>\n<p>CODY &amp; JERICHO:<br \/>\nAll of you will be Elite!<\/p>\n<p>AEW ROSTER:<br \/>\nAll of us will be Elite!<\/p>\n<p>CODY &amp; JERICHO:<br \/>\nEvery man a main eventer!<\/p>\n<p>BRANDI:<br \/>\nThat goes for the women too!<\/p>\n<p>CODY &amp; JERICHO:<br \/>\nDid you see the people\u2019s tweets?<\/p>\n<p>(A tall man bursts into the AEW room. But it isn\u2019t Mox. It\u2019s DUSTIN RHODES.)<\/p>\n<p>DUSTIN: I made it here. I fight with you!<\/p>\n<p>(CODY and Jericho pull Dustin up on stage with them. The other AEW wrestlers surround them.)<\/p>\n<p>THE ELITE:<br \/>\nOne show more!<\/p>\n<p>(Back in the performance center, we watch a group of several well-known wrestlers walk in to join TRIPLE H\u2019s crew. We see Undertaker, Kurt Angle, Bill Goldberg, Dolph Ziggler, Brock Lesnar\u2026)<\/p>\n<p>TRIPLE H:<br \/>\nIn two weeks, we go to Jeddah<br \/>\nThere we\u2019ll make some real dough.<br \/>\nWe have brought back all their heroes.<br \/>\nWe\u2019ll put on a bigger show.<\/p>\n<p>CODY, JERICHO &amp; THE ELITE:<br \/>\nOne Show More!<\/p>\n<p>MOX (leaving the airport concourse):<br \/>\nTomorrow she\u2019ll be worlds away.<br \/>\nBut over here, the fun has started!<\/p>\n<p>VINCE &amp; STEPHANIE (overlapping):<br \/>\nMasterful McMahons<br \/>\nThink Outside The Box<br \/>\nWe\u2019ll make tons of money<br \/>\nWhen our show\u2019s on FOX!<\/p>\n<p>CODY, JERICHO &amp; THE ELITE:<br \/>\nOne Show More!<\/p>\n<p>PAQUETTE (on a plane, looking out the window):<br \/>\nTomorrow I\u2019ll be far away.<\/p>\n<p>(Back to the Performance Center.)<\/p>\n<p>TRIPLE H:<br \/>\nTomorrow is their Judgment Day!<\/p>\n<p>(Back to a wide shot of the Starrcast crowd at Caesar&#8217;s Palace in Las Vegas, with CODY, DUSTIN, JERICHO, BRANDI and the entire AEW crew surrounded by fans.)<\/p>\n<p>ALL:<br \/>\nTomorrow we&#8217;ll discover<br \/>\nWhat pro wrestling has in store!<br \/>\nOne more card!<br \/>\nOne more show!<br \/>\nOne show more!<\/p>\n<p>(End of Act One.)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Pat McNeill has been a PWTorch Columnist since 2001. He lives in Greenville, South Carolina. He\u2019d take Toronto to beat Milwaukee in tomorrow night&#8217;s basketball playoff game. You know, if gambling were legal.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2391674744\"><div id=\"pwtor-3503507376\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>LES MIDCARDERS \u201cONE SHOW MORE\u201d (to the tune of &#8220;One Day More&#8221; from &#8220;Les Miserables&#8221;) (CUT To: A crowded conference room in Caesar\u2019s Palace in Las Vegas, where THE ELITE and THE AEW ROSTER are <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/05\/24\/mcneill-les-midcarders-a-double-or-nothing-musical-number\/\" title=\"McNEILL: Les Midcarders (A Double Or Nothing Musical Number)\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":80374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opnionandanalysis","category-opinion_stafftakes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2019\/05\/DoubleOrNothing_3x2_600.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80372"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80375,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80372\/revisions\/80375"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}