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(CUT TO: A far-angle shot of a nice but unpretentious living room-- white rug, white couch, etc. Various trophies and title belts line the walls, as do different photographs. Dotting the floor are a variety of action figures-- mostly from the NFW-- and toy trucks. The camera turns and zooms in to another couch, perpendicular to the other. Seated in the couch, clad in an all-black singlet with matching moon boots is Wild(5)Star. Seated next to him is his wife, Miss Karen. Seated in her lap, in a karate gei, is "The Little Ninja" Kyle, WildStar's son, who is preoccupied with his Shane Southern doll.)
WILDSTAR: Yeah, it's been a while since I've come out here to talk to all of you... (WildStar pounds his fist on his chest) The millions of people across the nation who tune in weekly to see the greatest athletes in the world compete against each other in an effort to see who the best man is. Y'see, I've been a busy man... (Kyle throws his toy down and Miss Karen picks it up.) For the past, oh, 10 years or so, I've traveled every inch of this globe to do what I love to do best... and that's wrestle. When the lights go down and my music goes up... I can't even begin to explain how I FEEL inside. And that energy and that feeling inside me gets even bigger when I walk down the aisle and step into the squared circle and I square off against my opponent... It's just a feeling that I live for. It's the best feeling in the world.
But you see, the past few years, I've also come to have a similar feeling. When I got married and when we gave birth to The Little Ninja here ('Star pats Kyle on the head.)... well, I don't think I have to explain that to any of you. When you hold your son in the air, when you hear him say the word Dad for the first time... I can't explain what THAT does to you, either. It's the best feeling in the world.
I've had 10 years chasing one feeling... and the past few months, I've decided that it's been time to chase the other. I've wrestled on every continent but Antarctica... I've met world leaders, I've performed in front of kings and queens... and I've been the best in the world on more than one occassion. But now... My wife and my kid are the most important things to me now. The feeling I get when I'm on this couch and Kyle cuddles up next to me and we watch the Phils play... that's what I want more than anything else right now.
(The camera zooms in on 'Star, whose face turns serious.)
But that doesn't mean that I'm not still who I am. You see, I was BORN to be a wrestler. I was MADE to be a wrestler. All my life, this is what I've known. In fact, I wasn't made to just be a wrestler... I was made to be the BEST wrestler in the world... this sport's only (does the FIVE STAR HAND GESTURE) FIVE STAR TALENT. And you can't shake that, no matter how hard you try.
I look at this league, the NFW... it's a great league. I've got a lot of respect for Craig Miles, a man I've done battle with. I've got a lot of respect for Quentin Sullivan. They know how to RUN a league. When I was busy acting up, trying to push my weight around... well, they saw too it that I didn't get too far out of line. I've got a lot of respect for our current world champion, Shane Southern, someone who might also one-day earn my much-coveted ranking. Rick Ryckonic, who despite his advanced age, is determined to be the best. The Showstoppers. Hell Machine. Adrenaline. The list goes on and on of people in this league who are something special.
What I do NOT have any respect for is the list of people who do nothing but make this sport a mockery. You see, I haven't always been a fan favorite. I've come out here and made fun of the fans and I've come out here and tried to embarrass my opponents... I haven't always been the nicest guy in the world. But there hasn't been a day in my life where I haven't busted my tail and given it all I have. I've constantly given a (does the FIVE STAR HAND GESTURE) FIVE STAR EFFORT night in, night out. And there's a host of people getting NFW pay-stubs who DON'T do that... who try and take short-cuts to the top... who don't spend their time in the gyms but spend their times plotting out ways to decieve one another. There's a lot of good in the NFW but there's also a lot of bad... and if this league is going to live up to its potential and become the greatest in the world, than someone has to make sure that the right side wins.
One of those people is a newcomer to the NFW but not a newcomer to half-assing it and trying to cheat his way to the top. "Showtime" Shawn Matthews, you thought you had it allll figured out, right? Calvin Carlton, that scumbag, stooges off to you about me? About how I was going to take some time off to spend with my family? About how I wasn't going to be around much? You thought you could take ME out and get over on me... you thought you could brag and brag and brag about being the one man who destroyed the pound-for-pound greatest athlete this sport has ever seen.
Well, Matthews, you THOUGHT wrong. Y'see, kid, I've got a REAL piece for you now. If I'm going to bring this league to where it belongs, if I'm going to take the New Frontier to the Next Level... than I'm going to have to take some people out along the way. I never liked you, Matthews. You're a loudmouthed punk who can't back up what he says... and I'm just the man who is going to come and stick a moon boot right in your rot-toothed face. You call yourself Showtime? You say you're all there is? Well, punk, you're going to see that not only are you wrong about that... but there's only one man here who is worth... (does the FIVE STAR HAND GESTURE) FIVE STARS. (FTB)
WILDSTAR: Yeah, it's been a while since I've come out here to talk to all of you... (WildStar pounds his fist on his chest) The millions of people across the nation who tune in weekly to see the greatest athletes in the world compete against each other in an effort to see who the best man is. Y'see, I've been a busy man... (Kyle throws his toy down and Miss Karen picks it up.) For the past, oh, 10 years or so, I've traveled every inch of this globe to do what I love to do best... and that's wrestle. When the lights go down and my music goes up... I can't even begin to explain how I FEEL inside. And that energy and that feeling inside me gets even bigger when I walk down the aisle and step into the squared circle and I square off against my opponent... It's just a feeling that I live for. It's the best feeling in the world.
But you see, the past few years, I've also come to have a similar feeling. When I got married and when we gave birth to The Little Ninja here ('Star pats Kyle on the head.)... well, I don't think I have to explain that to any of you. When you hold your son in the air, when you hear him say the word Dad for the first time... I can't explain what THAT does to you, either. It's the best feeling in the world.
I've had 10 years chasing one feeling... and the past few months, I've decided that it's been time to chase the other. I've wrestled on every continent but Antarctica... I've met world leaders, I've performed in front of kings and queens... and I've been the best in the world on more than one occassion. But now... My wife and my kid are the most important things to me now. The feeling I get when I'm on this couch and Kyle cuddles up next to me and we watch the Phils play... that's what I want more than anything else right now.
(The camera zooms in on 'Star, whose face turns serious.)
But that doesn't mean that I'm not still who I am. You see, I was BORN to be a wrestler. I was MADE to be a wrestler. All my life, this is what I've known. In fact, I wasn't made to just be a wrestler... I was made to be the BEST wrestler in the world... this sport's only (does the FIVE STAR HAND GESTURE) FIVE STAR TALENT. And you can't shake that, no matter how hard you try.
I look at this league, the NFW... it's a great league. I've got a lot of respect for Craig Miles, a man I've done battle with. I've got a lot of respect for Quentin Sullivan. They know how to RUN a league. When I was busy acting up, trying to push my weight around... well, they saw too it that I didn't get too far out of line. I've got a lot of respect for our current world champion, Shane Southern, someone who might also one-day earn my much-coveted ranking. Rick Ryckonic, who despite his advanced age, is determined to be the best. The Showstoppers. Hell Machine. Adrenaline. The list goes on and on of people in this league who are something special.
What I do NOT have any respect for is the list of people who do nothing but make this sport a mockery. You see, I haven't always been a fan favorite. I've come out here and made fun of the fans and I've come out here and tried to embarrass my opponents... I haven't always been the nicest guy in the world. But there hasn't been a day in my life where I haven't busted my tail and given it all I have. I've constantly given a (does the FIVE STAR HAND GESTURE) FIVE STAR EFFORT night in, night out. And there's a host of people getting NFW pay-stubs who DON'T do that... who try and take short-cuts to the top... who don't spend their time in the gyms but spend their times plotting out ways to decieve one another. There's a lot of good in the NFW but there's also a lot of bad... and if this league is going to live up to its potential and become the greatest in the world, than someone has to make sure that the right side wins.
One of those people is a newcomer to the NFW but not a newcomer to half-assing it and trying to cheat his way to the top. "Showtime" Shawn Matthews, you thought you had it allll figured out, right? Calvin Carlton, that scumbag, stooges off to you about me? About how I was going to take some time off to spend with my family? About how I wasn't going to be around much? You thought you could take ME out and get over on me... you thought you could brag and brag and brag about being the one man who destroyed the pound-for-pound greatest athlete this sport has ever seen.
Well, Matthews, you THOUGHT wrong. Y'see, kid, I've got a REAL piece for you now. If I'm going to bring this league to where it belongs, if I'm going to take the New Frontier to the Next Level... than I'm going to have to take some people out along the way. I never liked you, Matthews. You're a loudmouthed punk who can't back up what he says... and I'm just the man who is going to come and stick a moon boot right in your rot-toothed face. You call yourself Showtime? You say you're all there is? Well, punk, you're going to see that not only are you wrong about that... but there's only one man here who is worth... (does the FIVE STAR HAND GESTURE) FIVE STARS. (FTB)