Showtime : The Roy Browne Tribute Show
Genre : Drama / Comedy / Sports
Showrunner: Steven Soderbergh
Writer : Chad Taylor & Mo Buck
Cast: Barry Keoghan, Joe Manganiello, Dacre Montgomery, Nick Offerman, Cooper Andrews, Paul Walter Hauser, Zoey Dutch, Anna Gunn, Clayne Crawford, Tom Hopper, Alan Ritchson and Paul Rust
Plot: Wrestlers are nervous, but the crowd is wild, tonight, in San Antonio, Texas, Texas Championship Wrestling presents the Roy Browne Tribute Show.
Diane Brown (Anna Gunn), gets up on a bench and gets everyone’s attention. Tonight, all the southern United States are watching. This is their time to shine and prove the world that TCW belongs in the big leagues. She announces that Dicky Ray (Paul Rust) will not be appearing tonight, they’ll say he’s suffering from an injury and it needs time to heal. Dicky says it’s bullshit, but Diane reminds him she has the final word. Dicky storms off, but he sees Ricky Santana (Joe Manganiello) standing in the corner. He tells him he needs something from him and Santana refuses, even in Dicky says he has leverage. He then reveals to Ricky he saw him with that groupie in his car and he wants Ricky to stand up for him with Diane, or else, the world is going to know that Ricky Santana is cheating on his wife. Ricky says he’s a sad man to blackmail someone for his own advantage, but he will do it, because he knows that sleeping with Shirley was a mistake.
Brad Wolfe (Clayne Crawford) observes his sister, Sweet Tea (Zoey Dutch) from head to toe. He goes over to Diane to complain about her scantily clad outfit, but she says her decision is final and she will go out like that. TCW has needed eye candy for a while and she reminds him that he was the one who got her hired in the first place and a pretty face like her surely wouldn’t end up in a nun costume. She asks him to get Thunderjack so she can see Sweet Tea and him side-by-side. He goes to the other side of the locker room and he sees Don (Alan Ritchson) and Tom (Tom Hopper) Jackson talking to Thunderjack (Dacre Montgomery). He yells at Haynes Diane wants to see him and he reaches over to the Bruiser Brothers to ask them what that was about. They say they were giving him tips for his upcoming debut and Wolfe says that’s not what they’re supposed to do. They say he’ll become something special and it could be nice to have a powerful friend backstage, besides, it could help him be closer to his sister. They would love to talk about it more, but their match is next. Wolfe slams a chair down and starts yelling that he wants some respect around here and he just wants to be listened to. Thunderjack, caressing Sweet Tea’s back asks her what’s the problem with him and she says he feels like Thunderjack will replace Brad as the cool new guy in the locker room.
Ben Carr (Barry Keoghan) and Bill Gundy (Nick Offerman) are standing right next to the curtains, ready to go out. The Bruiser Brothers pass them by and get out to a raucous reaction. Bill asks Ben if he’s ready to do this and Ben nods. They get a passable reaction and Nick tells Ben to not be bothered by it, they’re going to win them over. The match goes according to plan, with Ben impressing with his innovative moves and Nick with is great knowledge of the fundamentals. The Bruiser Brothers use their brute force to dominate early. When Ben tries to kickstart their rally, Tom doesn’t sell his moves and he hits Ben for real. Ben lies down and looks at Bill confused.
“Slim” Clem Sanders (Paul Walter Hauser) is backstage and wondering how he should dress up for his match against Thunderjack. His latest gimmick failed and all of the last ones too. He desperately needs a win now, he’s tired of being at the bottom of the food chain. Loto (Cooper Andrews) notices it and offers him advice. He thinks Clem is trying too hard and thinks he tone a little. Enough with the crazy gimmicks, he should go out as himself. He’s charming and lovable, that will do. Clem thanks him for the advice and takes off his peacock headgear. Tonight, he goes out as a “Slim” Clem Sanders.
The two tag teams arrive backstage and Don Jackson thanks Gundy for the great match - their best since their brother’s death. Everyone else backstage agrees. Ben is confused to hear this and tells Bill he thought their stiffness ruined the match. Bill reminds him that he’s still a rookie so he’ll need to just take it for now and bite his tongue. As he is walking away, Bill turns Ben around and personally thanks him as he thinks this tag team will revitalize his career. Wanting to maintain his tough guy act, he tells Ben to keep that to himself.
The fans are surprised to see that Clem is just himself tonight. They are not sure how to react. This is detrimental to his match with Thunderjack, who is very green in the ring and Clem is no ring general. The only redeeming quality is Jack’s chemistry with Tea, who takes to the valet role naturally.
Backstage, Brad can’t get himself to watch so he goes outside of the arena for a depressed smoke. He runs into a clan of groupies, including Shirley (Sofia D’Elia Black). They were waiting on Ricky and aren’t too interested in him so they leave. He rolls his eyes and says “of course”. However, he notices that Shirley dropped a small notebook and picks it up. He thumbs through the pages and realizes that she must write some kind of insider newsletter that exposes the backstage secrets of the business. Instead of chasing her down, he puts the notebook in his back pocket.
As the Sanders-Haynes match goes off the rails, there becomes an issue when a group of bikers in the front row start to sexually harass Tea. The wrestlers in the ring ignore it as they try to wrap up their match and she puts a smile on but everyone can hear it. Thunderjack wins the match to a minimal reaction, the opposite intention of Diane’s booking. As they are leaving, one of the bikers (Mark Boone Junior) squeezes Tea’s ass, unbeknownst to Thunderjack. She doesn’t say anything but is holding back tears.
Backstage, the crew looks to disgusted but Brad is nowhere to be found. Bill is angry and says he’s not having it. He goes out to the ring and cuts a promo on the bikers. The bikers heckle him back and the one that touched Tea says he could whoop Bill’s ass. Bill challenges him to come to the ring and the biker obliges. The biker lunges at Bill, who headbutts him - busting the biker’s nose open. Bill, a trained Greco-Roman wrestler, puts him in a real headlock - causing the biker to go limp and piss his pants.
When he comes backstage, Bill is applauded but Diane is red-faced and calls him into her office. Brad reenters and is caught up on what happened. Not only has he lost control of the locker room but he couldn’t even protect his own sister. He doesn’t say anything and straight out for his match with Santana. He channels this anger to have a banger of a match and they tear the house down, with Santana retaining his title of course.
In the locker room afterwards, Diane gives an emotional speech where she thanks them for honoring her husband in the way that they did.
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