Luke sat behind the bar, Polishing the counter, as his girlfriend, Deonna, picked up the last two remaining glasses from the final customers to leave the Jamison Grill for the night. Luke had earned the nickname "Silver Scorpion" for his veteran experience and Lethal technical prowess. Deonna had established herself as one of the Premier female Submission specialists in the World.

Yet, here they were closing a Bar & Grill at Approximately 1 AM. Luke sighs and sits on a bar stool as he almost headbutts the camera. "Aye, watch it! Why'd we agree to this, Deo? It's One in the Morning."

She rolls her eyes. "You accepted, said as soon as we closed. Not my fault your lazy ass just wanted to stall for time."

The door burst opened. In walked the Cocky-as-ever lil' bro to the Owner of this Bar. Rico grinned and yelled, "AAAAAYOOOO!!! RICO IN THE HOOOOUSE!!!"

Luke smacked himself in the forehead. "And now the human Migraine headache has arrived." Rico retaliated by saying, "Screw you too, Big Bro" Before turning to Deonna. "So Luke said something 'bout reminiscing over Indy scene matches on camera? Sounds like fun! We could make this into a whole thing... like a Network series! Or a YouTube Documentary! Or..." Deonna cut Rico off. "Or a shitty story on some Fanfic writing site by some Nerdy wrestling mark who pulls no Bitches."
(Wink Wink Nudge Nudge Self-Roasting XD)

"Sounds fun! We could get all the boys in here... it could be..." Rico pauses, puts on a pair of sunglasses, then says in a louder, exaggeratedly deep voice, "INDY SCENE STORYTIME... WITH! THE! BOOOOOYSSSS!!!" SHE

Deonna shrugs. "I guess. Luke's right though. You're very extra. But... almost the right kind, I think."

Rico shot a text to his buddies, Daniel, Ethan, and Rowan. Rowan answered almost immediately, Confirming he's In. Kayla Braxton texted Rico from Ethan's phone. He was asleep, but she said she'd talk him into it once he woke up. Daniel took a moment to respond also. He asked if The Zamora siblings could be invited. Aaron was a training partner of Daniel's... oh, and Daniel's got a crush on his sister, Crystal.

Either way...

The stage was set.
The next morning, they'd all get together and Remember the good times. Whether it's some small promotion in Wisconsin, Toronto, Australia, Or anywhere else...
Whether it's TNA, ROH, NJPW...
Even a cup of coffee appearance with AEW?!
Learn where the characters came from.
Learn their rises to fame and glory...

Next time, we go to where Luke Rhodes Began!

The Silver Scorpion takes us back to A Wisconsin Indy show in South Milwaukee, where 19 year old Luke took on a Local Top guy in his first ever match.

Rico recalls his TNA tryout match tagging with Luke against the team of A younger AJ Styles and Desmond Wolfe (AKA Nigel McGuinnus)

Rowan engages in a tale of his first career bout with Luke: which just so happened to be Rowan's first singles title match of his career, Facing Luke for the X-Division title in The latter's 2nd reign as champion.

Luke also recalls the One time he invoked Option C... a chance to Win the TNA world title from Then-Champion Matt Hardy.

Ethan tells of his Iconic Last Man Standing TNA IMPACT World title match against Luke at Bound For Glory.

And lastly, The story of how he and Deonna Purrazzo got thrown together in a pairing for a tournament... and how it just kinda clicked from the start, I guess.

And then, of course, there was the fateful stint of matches that led up to his near-retirement. His brief run as a part of All-Elite wrestling peaked after winning just his 2nd world title at Double Or Nothing in a grueling Ladder match with then-champion Jon Moxley and fellow competitors MJF & Chris Jericho. Only 3 months into his reign... a match Fateful Past rival halted his professional career.

All this and more coming up next chapter!