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A piano key hits as the camera scans past the face of Randy Orton, fading quickly out as the key hits again, this time showing Primal stood in a blue light filled corridor, again the image is with us only a second before fading to one of Shawn Michaels, all of them looking concerned, maybe even scared at whats about to unfold. The piano key hits again, the dark shadow of the Undertaker slowly lifting his arms as that purple lights shines behind him, an unearthly sight thats once again gone in a second, dramatic and almost somber music playing as we now see a young child stood in a full size WWE ring, an old school WWE Championship across his arms, decked out in a Randy Orton T-Shirt
"When we were young...." he says, a child in Michael Shanes DX gear holding aloft an "X" in front of the same ring
"When we were young...." the American Dream adds, the image merging with Shane cutting the same pose
"When we were young...." goes Nightmare, a child crouched down in the blue spotlight, morphing into the full sized Dark Knight as he stands
"We dreamed of this day...." adds the Legendkiller, the camera getting an arial shot of Ford Field again, the music becoming more dramatic as we see Primal roar into the camera
"Of this opportunity...." he says
"Of this chance...." claims Hunter, flexing his muscles and then staring at a casket, bathed in the Undertakers light
"To shine" goes Shane, the picture showing him atop a ladder
"Prove to the World..." growls HBK, down on his knees in prayer
"Prove to myself..." says Forxx, stood behind a wall of mesh as he presses his face against it
"That i'm a Superstar" we hear from Carlito, biting into an apple and spitting it out
"A Diva" goes Melina, posing
"An Athlete" suggests James Steele, placing the Intercontinental Championship over his shoulder
"More than you think" goes Rey Mysterio, surrounded by the LWO
"Be greater than you've heard" spits Ryan Simmons as we see him in the void, staring into the camera
"That i'm a Champion" goes Hulk Hogan, stroking his famous moustache and brown beard around it as his eyes stare into the camera with intensity
"We've dedicated our lives...." begins Ric Flair emotionally, images of the NWA, WCW and old WWF flashing before our eyes before we see Naitch in the present
"Sacrificed...." goes SA, seen atop Hell in a Cell
"Rendered our bodies...." we hear from Cactus Jack, going through a burning table onto thumb tacks
"Sweat...." spits Triple H, laid out on the canvas and staring at the lights
"Bled...." goes Nathan James, blood seen running down his face and clutching a barbed wire 2x4
"Cried..." suggests Michael Shane, sinking to his knees with the World Tag Team Championship
"Healed..." says Shawn Michaels as he sinks down once more in prayer
"And focused our minds...." growls Doomsday from behind the mask as we see him looming over Nightmare
"In the hopes to get here" says Adan Reyes, walking the aisle
"This is where it all comes together" claims Juan Sanchez as we see various pyro shots from the past starting with WrestleMania 18
"WrestleMania" explains HBK as we see XIX and fading into XX
"WrestleMania" spits Nightmare, WrestleMania 21s pyro exploding
"WrestleMania" goes Hogan as we see last years event, fading back to the Randy Orton child, now lifting his Championship aloft
"Now i'm all grown up" claims the Legendkiller
"I'm all grown up" goes Hogan as a child Hulkster cups his hand to his ear, the adult Hogan doing likewise
"I'm all grown up" we hear off Nightmare
"We're all grown up" says Cactus as we see a child clutching a 2x4, fading into Shawn Michaels spinning around in slow motion
"Today is my day" he goes
"Tonight is our night" claims Hunter as we walks the aisle
"The stage is mine" we hear from Randy Orton, stood amidst the gold pyro
"Where i will show the World...." claims Primal with a roar
"I will prove to myself...." goes Blizzard
"That i'm the best" suggests Orton
"The most powerful" says Doomsday, hockey mask filling the screen
"The most extreme" cries Tommy Dreamer, smashing a Singapore Cane into his head
"That the kids still got it" beams Michaels, taking up his traditional pose
"The most intense" goes Nathan James
"Immortal" growls The Undertaker as he looks back into the camera with an evil stare
"That I..." begins The Legendkiller
"That I..." continues Carlito as we see him
"That I..." goes Romeo Vanity
"I..." continues Shawn Justice, JTG and James Steele after each other, the Undertaker giving the final "I..." before we see Primal and Estrada
"Am Champion" goes the Dane
"Am Champion" claims Michael Shane
"Am Champion" says Showtime
"Am Champion" spits Hulk Hogan before the music cuts, a sneering Randy Orton looking into the camera
"Am a Champion" he finishes, the camera lingering on him and his WWE Championship belt before we fade away to complete blackness....
The electric blue animation of the WrestleMania logo begins to appear on our screens, the camera shooting up from underneath it as we hear from the voiceover
"And now..... Raw...." he begins as the relevant logos appear on screen
"SmackDown..... and ECW present....." he adds, the logos flashing before our eyes before being replaced by the WrestleMania one
"The Twenty Third annual WrestleMania...." we hear as the opening chords of Saliva already begin to drift out and the intro quickly fade away into Ford Field....
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