New Breed, Old Result

[TWhitefield]

(Fade in to the locker room area of Fish Fund Arena. Tom Adler makes his way out of his locker room in street clothes with a duffle bag draped over his left shoulder. Rudy Seitzer approaches him as the door swings shut)

Seitzer: Tom, a moment of your time, I could.

(Adler looks at his watch and sits the diffle bag down)

Adler: Ok, but just a few minutes. I've got a plane to catch.

Seitzer: First, your thoughts on your successful, although controversial title defense tonight.

Adler: Well, Rudy, you and I have both been around this business long enought to know that one man's controversy is usually another man's success. This one just happened to be mine. Cruise? before you come out here whining and crying.. and let's be realistic, if he says anything[/b] about the match, that's what he'll do. I want you to remember something. I warned you after Oklahoma City that I didn't have a problem playing by somebody else's rules. Like it or not, I started playing by yours the second you thought parting my skull with a chair was an easy way to get a leg up in this match. Well, Cruise, maybe it's finally sunk it. Maybe it hasn't. But the bottom line is that you couldn't out wrestle me. You couldn't out fight me. And you damn sure couldn't out think me. Executive decision gave you a reprieve on your promise. Don't count on getting another one.

Now, as for Stankley. I didn't have any issues with the guy before the match. I don't have any now. And, truth be told, I can relate to wondering where one's career is going. But, Stanley, a match with Tom Adler is not the place to go when you wanna find yourself. Unless, of course, you wanna find yourself on the losing end. You came close. But you took your eye off the ball. And I make no appologies for taking advantage of it. Especially when the match would have been over ten minutes earlier if it had been something other than some pathetic tree climbing contest.

Seitzer: Your criticisms of the match seem to echo those of somebody else who ultimately played a part in the match... Eric Wright. Bill Buckley speculated that the two of you could have been in cahoots prior to the match. Any truth to that?

Adler: Bill Buckley wouldn't know the truth if I stapled it to his underwear.

Seitzer: So, there was no collusion

Adler: Why Wright does what what Wright does is his business. If you have some pressing need to know, maybe you should ask him.. But, if you're looking for an educated guess, I'm sure I could come up with one. Probably because Chad Merritt is playing the same childish games with people he's always played, and Wright has always been quick to point it out And, frankly, this time, he's right on the mark.

Merritt, maybe you've missed it, but it appears to me and most of the rest of the world that the CSWA is in a lot of trouble. You've got one group of wrestlers trying to stake out a claim for another federation. And, you've got another who can't decide whether destroying the place is worth cutting down on their camera time.

Now, maybe you don't think this is worth your time. But, I suggest you take a little look around. Who, exactly, do you think you've got around here that's goiong to defend this place? Aho? He barely got past Mayfield a couple of weeks ago.. and he MIGHT not even get past Windham.

Southern? Please. And Hornet's too wrapped up in his own little world to even beat him.

The fact is, Merritt, that there's only one man in this federation who's focused enough to save your ungrateful neck... and talented enough to survive it. And you're looking at him.

Well, to answer your question, I didn't ask Wright to get involved, and I don't see a need to start in the future. But, Merritt, you've got a choice. You can either stop jerking me around, or I can start stocking up on purple crayons. The choice is yours.

(moments later, Eric Wright appears from around the corner. He stops as Adler turns in his direction, the two standing face to face. A moment passes, and Wright reaches into his case, pulls out an envelope and stuffs it into Adler's duffle bag)

Wright: Read that, then see if you think differently.

(Wright walks off as Adler looks on with a raised eyebrow)

Fade To Black

 

[SouthernBoy]

Old Breed, New Result

{{...Shane Southern, US Champion...}}

SHANE SOUTHERN: " Whoa' there Tommy boy, better watch who's name ya' just THROW out there without thinkin'. I'm glad you fancy yerself some sorta' CSWA saviour, but come on Adler, we BOTH know that you've never been tha' MODEL employee. Yer only our fer yerself, only out ta' add justa' few more trophies on yer wall b'fore it's time ta' call it a career. There IS a new breed in TOWN, n' it ain't all about ME...ME...ME...n' it damn sure ain't all 'bout YOU...YOU...YOU. "

" I've got big plans fer tha' future Adler, n' maybe they include takin' down over-rated, big-headed, past-thier-prime superstars who need so-called journalist ta' win matches for 'em. Yeah, Wicked Sight may have thrown a wrench in mah' plans n' messed up tha' works a bit, but if ya' feel like testin' just how TIGHT this machine is put ta'gether, COME GET SOME. Party's OVER. "

FADE OUT

 

[TWhitefield]

Already Had Some

[updated:LAST EDITED ON Aug-15-02 AT 03:47 PM (EDT)]Ya know, Shane, you and the rest of the so called young elite of this company really ought to get together and chip in for a new spot writer. Because yours are starting to sound an awful lot like Cruise's.

And, for the record, Shane, you're right, I am in this for me. Always have been. Unlike some people, I don't have a need to deny that. Nor do I feel the need to justify the way I win my matches any more than you need to justify beating a third rate hack from another league rather than the champion to win yours.

Frankly, I don't much care what happens to this federation other than the fact that I've been jerked around so much by OTHER leagues closing right around the time that I start hitting my stride that I really don't have a desire to see it again. But then again, I'm only IN one federation, unlike seemingly every OTHER champion this place has to offer. So, I guess I lack your worldly perspective on things.

But, just in case you've forgotten, I've already seen how "TIGHT" the machine is. As I recall, I ousted the machine and listened to him spend the next two weeks tryin to figure out how it happened.

-Adler

 

[SouthernBoy]

RE: Already Had Some

{{...Southern, US Title...}}

SHANE SOUTHERN: " Maybe if ya' keep hearin' somethin' OVER n' OVER Adler, maybe...just MAAAABE, it's <BLEEP>in' TRUE! THAT thought ever cross yer mind? {{...laughs...}} Of course not, look who I'm talkin' too. "

" I'll tell ya' Tommy, I'm so <BLEEP>in' SICK of guys like you that talk outta' both sides of thier mouth, I could puke. On one side ya' offer ta "save" tha' CSWA by doin' whatever it is you THINK you can DO, then on tha' other side, ya' say yer only in it FER you and you can care less what happens to it? Somehow, those two "goals" don't MIX Tommy boy. "

" But I fogot, YER Tom Adler. You can ALWAYS make things "fit" 'eh? Always gotta' out ... always gotta' way back IN."

" You can rag on me all ya' want Tommy boy, but somehow tha' "I'm in only 1 league" argument doesn't carry much weight. Ta' me ... takes more uva' man ta' succeed in TWO places rather than in just ONE... but that's just me. I've never ONCE brought up tha' NFW, never once USED IT assa' claim ta' fame...nah', I just let mah' actions speak fer themselves ... somethin' alotta' guys 'round here seem ta' havva' problem doin'... "

{{...Southern goes to walk away, then turns back to the camera...}}

" One last thing TOM...I'd hardly qualify tossin' mah' ass over tha' top rope inna' battle royal as "ousting tha' machine", but then again, we're talkin' bouta' guy who thinks that it's more honerable ta' winna' match by havin' somebody interfere on his behalf than actually PINNIN' a man to tha' mat...but again, whadda' I know? "

" You wanna' stake yer claim Tom? You'll find out real quick that THIS "new breed" ain't just chopped liver. Test me. I'm BEGGIN' ya."

" Party's Over"

{{...FADE OUT...}}

 

[TWhitefield]

RE: Already Had Some

Have I ever thought it was true? (ponders the notion for a second) Well, given the fact that I was ready to walk away from here not all that long ago, I suppose that would be an affirmative to that question. But, unlike some people, I came to my senses and thought better of it.

As for whether my goals and those of the CSWA can mix. Sorry, but as usual, you're wrong. You see, I've played the role of blinded by company loyalty before. I've got a belt sitting at home that looks an awful lot like yours with a nice coating of purple crayon on it that'll verify that. But, I learned the hard way that being loyal to a company that isn't loyal to you is a huge waste of time.

So, no, getting on Merritt's A Christmas list isn't exactly a big priority in my life. Sorry if that bothers you. But, seeing as how I've already done the title defection gig, I doubt I'm gonna gain much mileage out of doing it again. So, regardless of my personal thoughts about Merritt or anything else about this league, as long as I'm the only champion that's content to continue to wrestle here and nowhere else, it's still makes me far less of a risk than you. Now, maybe you're too dense to grasp the concept of that, but, I can assure you that Merritt isn't.

And, by the way, when you win world titles in seven different federations, then you can lecture me about what it takes to succeed in multiple leagues, ok? I wrote the book on it.


As for your heart warming plea for a match. I'll take it under consideration. I'm sure it'll happen sooner or later.

I will, however, be sure to give your advice on match strategy the proper credence it deserves. Of course, one can guess how much that'll be, considering that I'm the one here who actually BEAT the champion to win my belt. And, you, well... didn't.

See ya around... champ.

-Adler