In 1985, Sean Donely went up against his best friend, Robert Scorpio. He'd gotten mixed up in a race to steal some Aztec treasure, and Robert followed clues that led him to a mountainous region in Canada. It wasn't long before Donely was upon him, and a spectacular game of cat and mouse ensued. As he chased Robert, the two exchanged gunfire.

Robert escaped in an aerial tramway, but Sean jumped on top of it and entered. Out of breath, the two continue to fight in a vicious hand-to-hand melee inside the tram, beating each other senseless. During the struggle, the controls were struck, causing it to stop and the doors to open. Eventually, Donely got the upper hand and jumped on top of Robert as his head dangled out of the open door. With no recourse, Scorpio used a Pancrase move — slapping both of Donely's ears — causing his foe to release him, but simultaneously knocking himself out of the tram! Horrified that Robert certainly plummeted to his death, Donely screamed, "Scorpio!!" which echoed across the canyon.

While Donely re-engaged the tram to continue on its journey, we saw that Robert wasn't dead at all, because he'd managed to land on one of the aerial lift pylons that supported the tram's cables.