POST MATCH:
Joe Mama is walking up the ramp as Meeko comes out from the back. She rushes towards the ring, but stops a mere step away from Joe Mama. The two stare at each other. Meeko is clearly begging him to let her pass and go to her man. Joe Mama stares at her, almost uncomprehendingly, and then looks back at the ring. He looks at Meeko and the steps aside. Meekorushes to the ring where Sammitch is finally sitting up as the EMTs try to convinve him to get on the stretcher.
Meeko is by his side and attempts to help Captain Sammitch to his feet, but Sammitch slowly gets up on his own. Without a glance at the EMTs, Sammitch turns and allows Meeko to assist him in leaving the ring. As the pair trudge up the ramp, a few in the crowd begin cheering for him. The few become many, and there's a swell of support for Captain Sammitch as he moves up the ramp.
Monroe: The crowd seems like they're trying to console Sammitch. He may have lost the match, but he clearly won the war for his soul and for their hearts!
Marcum: Even they feel sorry for him!
Sammitch continues up the ramp. A few fans reach out for high-fives. But looking at them, Sammitch merely nods slightly in reply and keeps walking. The fans are shocked, but still they cheer.
Monroe: Captain Sammitch is clearly very distraught after a hard-fought loss in what has to be one of the greatest title matches we've ever seen.
The crowd begins chanting Sammitch's name, at first a few quietly, then more and more.
Marcum: They're still cheering for him even after losing!
Hearing the cheers, Captain Sammitch stops just short of the top of the ramp. He turns, clearly about to acknowledge the crowd.
Monroe: Has the crowd managed to revive Captain Sammitch? Does he understand now how much they love him?
Marcum: Sure, for now. Just like Joe Mama said, they're...
Monroe: Marcum? Shut up. Just shut up!
Sammitch pauses for a long moment, then shakes his head and slowly plods up the last few yards of the ramp. The cheers falter, and a large part of the crowd murmurs uneasily.
Marcum: What's wrong with this crowd? :?!:
Monroe: Something is very wrong with Captain Sammitch. I'm not sure what we're witnessing here, but I for one have never seen Sammitch like this.
With Meeko still following, Sammitch exits the arena. Cameras follow him as Meeko splits off from him and he makes his way to his locker room. He enters, but the door stays open. The cameras stay on the locker room, where Sammitch picks up a duffel bag full of the contents of his locker, slings it over his shoulder, and makes his way alone out a service entrance. Outside, a plain dark green car awaits.
Marcum: Sammitch is leaving!
Monroe: It certainly appears that way. But where? And for how long? This feels like a bad dream I can't wake up from, and I'm sure many in the crowd here feel the exact same way...
Without looking back, Captain Sammitch tosses his duffel bag in the back seat, climbs into the passenger seat, and closes the door as the car turns and makes its way through the Cheesedome parking lot and fades out of sight into the distance.
fade out. . .
