*backstage*

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Joker is seen, dancing in the locker room with the music playing on a radio. He also has a cigarette on his mouth as he dances around, with no care at all, until Renee Young came out of nowhere with a mic in her hand.

Renee: Joker. *sees he didn't listen* Joker!

Joker turns to her, groans and stops the music and goes towards her, while she backs away from him.

Renee: Joker. Earlier tonight you made Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns, and Randy Orton fighting against each other in a Triple Threat elimination match. What are your thoughts on if one of them wins this match?

Joker just gives her a look before blowing smoke on her face.

Joker: Would it really matter, Renee? There's not gonna be any difference if one of them wins. I will fight them, beat them, and keep my title. That's it.

Renee: *a bit upset from the smoke* So, you have nothing planned if one of them wins?

Joker: I do, but...I don't like sharing my secrets with anyone.

Renee: And speaking of secrets, last night, Liv Morgan made her main roster appearance, helping you against the Authority. Do you know where she is now?

Joker: Who?

Renee: Liv Morgan. She was with you last night, right?

Joker: Oh, her. No, haven't seen her. Are you leaving now?

Renee: But-

Joker pulls out a crowbar out of nowhere as he gives Renee a look with a raised brow. Renee gets the message and dismisses herself and quickly walks away.

Joker walks back to the radio and turns it on, as he resumes dancing as the camera watches him, also unintentionally catching something that got the crowd hyped.

*in the ring*

The match between Randy Orton, Roman Reigns, and Dean Ambrose is about to commence as the crowd is ready for who will face the Clown Prince of Crime for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at Payback.

And speaking of the Champion, where is he?

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Oh, there he is. Coming out to the stage, getting a loud reaction from the crowd, though mixed, due to how he blew smoke on Renee Young. He laughs as he dances his way down to the ring, with the three watching him carefully.

Soon, Joker made his way down, hops over the barricade, does a little tap dance, before waving at the three, and grabbing a chair to sit down next to JBL.

Michael: Looks like Joker is joining us on commentary.

Booker: Be careful, John. You know how unstable he is.

JBL: Remind me to get a restraining order against him.

Joker grabs a headset and puts it on his head. He sits down and has his title on his shoulder.

Joker: Hello, guys. It's a pleasure to be here.

Michael: Well, it's a bit of a pleasure to see you, Joker.

Joker: What's wrong? Afraid of little ol' me?

Booker: Obviously.

JBL: Yeah.

Joker: Oh, don't worry, guys. I wouldn't do anything to ya. So...*pulls out a pencil* Would you like to see a magic trick?

Michael: I'm good.

Booker: Me, too.

JBL: Me, three.

Joker chuckles and rolls his eyes as he puts his pencil away. Reigns, Ambrose, and Orton stare at him before looking at each other as the match begins. Soon, all three begin to circle each other, not breaking any eye contact.

Michael: Uhh, Joker, I would like to ask a question.

Joker: And I have an answer. *pulls out a stapler*

Booker: Okay, how do you get these stuff out of your pocket?

Joker: The world may never know...unless you do a lot of digging and finding, but in the end, it's more multiple-choice than the actual answer.

JBL: I would like to say that, Joker, is that you have very genuine care of creativity. Just don't like the violence that comes from it.

Joker: What? My matches are like works of art. It's just unfortunate the opponent has to be the one being the art.

Booker: I think I'm being even more scared with you talking like that, Joker.

Joker shrugs and pulls out a cigarette box and grabs one.

Joker: Like a cigarette?

JBL: No thanks.

Booker: I'm good.

Michael: Me, too.

Joker puts his box away and pulls out a lighter and begins setting the cigarette on and starts smoking.

Booker: You realize you've been smoking a lot, right?

Joker: Well, I got nothing left to lose, so *shrugs* too bad.

*10 minutes later*

Randy and the former Shield Members we through the match, as they try to get one of the other eliminated. Joker and the commentators look on, as Randy goes for an RKO on Dean, who counters it with the Dirty Deeds, and pins him.

Lillian: Randy Orton has been Eliminated!

Michael: Orton's out! Now it's Reigns and Ambrose left in this match!

Joker: *waves a flag* Yippee.

Soon, Roman and Dean stare at each other as the crowd was cheering on, wondering who will win this match now that Randy is out of the match. Joker just continues, smoking his cigarette in boredom.

Soon, both Dean and Roman begin exchanging blows, as the crowd cheers and boos from each shot. Soon, Reigns begins to have the upper hand as he sends Dean to the corner and runs towards him, only for Dean to stop him with a boot to the face.

Dean brings Roman to the corner and starts hitting him with knife-edge chops and forearms strikes. He runs back and heads towards Rodman and hits a forearm smash. He went for the Bulldog but Reigns counters by pushing him away and once Dean turns around, he hits the Superman Punch.

Roman is fired up as goes to the corner and waits for Dean to get up. As soon as Dean finally got to his feet, Roman howls as he charges at Ambrose. Dean dodges it with Reigns stopping himself on the ropes. Ambrose hits a dropkick that made Roman go down to the middle rope.

Suddenly, Joker came out of nowhere and hits Roman with the brass knuckles, stunning him and allowing Dean to grab Reigns and hit Dirty Deeds.

Ref: 1, 2, 3! Ring the bell!

Dean's theme plays as Joker looks on with a smile. Ambrose goes up and celebrates his victory, now that he's the #1 contender for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, as the crowd was delighted to see Dean getting a championship opportunity.

Soon, Joker grabs his title and goes inside the ring as both Lunatics stare at each other. Joker has a confident grin on his face as Dean has a grin as well. He looks at the title and points at it before gesturing how the title will be around his waist after their match.

Joker raised a brow and smiles. He then gets a look of confusion as he looks at what's behind Dean. Dean gets confused and turns around only to be hit in the head with a mallet.

The crowd went into shock as Joker looks at the attacker with a wicked grin, as the attacker is Liv Morgan, sporting a new look that almost made everyone thought she was someone else.

Michael: Liv Morgan!

JBL: What is she dressed as?!

Booker: The better question is, why is she dressed like that?!

Harley looks down at Dean and makes a small pout before looking up at Joker and quickly grinned.

Liv?: Puddin'!

She drops the mallet and runs towards Joker to quickly hug him as he spins her around, getting a loud reaction.

Liv?: You like my new look?

Joker: Yeah. It suits you well...Harley.

Liv, now Harley, makes a happy face and kisses him in the cheek, getting an even louder reaction. Soon, Joker pulls out a gun and holds Harley closer as they stare into the camera in front of them.

Joker: This is going to be a blast.

Both: Hehehahahahahahaha!

Joker shoots the gun as a flag comes out and the two laugh. This is the beginning of the Partners in Crime.