jayshort
Long Live THE KING
EDITOR'S NOTE: READ AGGRESSION 38 BEFORE YOU READ THIS
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]Applause with echo.[/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]"Are you surprised, JA?"[/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]FADE: The scene opened up in a dark dressing room. No flash, no backdrop, no reporters – just Sean "Triple X" Stevens.[/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]No aches, no bruises, no scars, no pain ... reputation in tact, still UNSTAINED.[/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]TRIPLE X: Well, you're not alone. Dave Thomas is surprised, Dean Matthews will never be the wrestler that I am, and because of that, he always feels the need to call matches against me, but even he is surprised. And, Mike Neely probably swallowed his tongue, at the result of our – well ... the match that I piggy-backed you through. [/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]"But, let me tell you who else is just as surprised as you are. All of those millions and millions of fans, that tune into Aggression each week – not to see you, because you hardly ever come – but, to see someone knock me off of my throne, are shocked. Yeah, they got their 'go home happy' moment, they got to see their here today, gone tomorrow," finger quotes "'hero' finally win a big match, and walk out of the arena with the big belt. [/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]"But, those same people saw me verbally annihilate you promo after promo, as you tripped up on facts(or lack thereof), and so called 'points' designed to put me in my place more than that idiot that cost me the match trips on his own shoe laces when he walks to the ring."[/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]Trip shut his eyes, silently counting to ten, before calmly continuing. [/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]TRIPLE X: Those same people saw me physically dominate you for twenty minutes, as you laid around in the ring a sorry, sad, busted open, defeated slash destroyed shell of a man. And, those same people know that the only reason you're champ at the moment has less to do with your talent, and more to do with circumstance. [/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]"But, you were never able to break through the glass ceiling anyway, so I guess you'll take it how you can get it, right? Well, I was right all along about you, you're desperate. [/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]"So enjoy your little reign on top, JA. Enjoy the cheers, the first class flights, and the photo shoots. But, before you do all of that, I want you to do me one small favor. When there's no one around, take off your mask, and look yourself in the mirror. This is the greatest night of your life, dare I even say, the biggest match of your career, yet it didn't even break my top ten. Your face? ...it's scarred, it's bruised, and your body is experiencing pain it's never known, yet I'm able to attend fashion shows, parties, and rub elbows with Fortune 500 bigwigs, with no discomfort, or awkward stares, because it doesn't even look like I wrestled. [/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]"You're the champion. You're this companies," a second set of finger quotes "top guy, yet you accomplished it by getting slapped around, dropped on your head, and for lack of a better description? Beat the f[BLEEP]k up for twenty minutes. The only reason why you were even able to get in the position to beat me was because somebody else snuck up from behind me and knocked me unconscious. You know it, *I* know it...[/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]"... And, the entire world saw it. [/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]"So, if what you went through is what I have to go through in order to be champion in this place – y'know, verbally decapitated, physically annihilated, while playing the role of the Little Engine That Could? You can keep that bullsh[BLEEP]t title, because I don't want it. [/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]"I want my crown, and I want Ice Tre in a casket. I don't want the respect of my peers anymore, because I am peerless. I'm the best that this industry has to offer, hands down. And, the fact that you had to jump through hoops to compete with me, only to need an extra assist because your midcard buddies weren't enough to slow me down, proves it."[/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]FADE TO BLACK[/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]Applause with echo.[/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]"Are you surprised, JA?"[/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]FADE: The scene opened up in a dark dressing room. No flash, no backdrop, no reporters – just Sean "Triple X" Stevens.[/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]No aches, no bruises, no scars, no pain ... reputation in tact, still UNSTAINED.[/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]TRIPLE X: Well, you're not alone. Dave Thomas is surprised, Dean Matthews will never be the wrestler that I am, and because of that, he always feels the need to call matches against me, but even he is surprised. And, Mike Neely probably swallowed his tongue, at the result of our – well ... the match that I piggy-backed you through. [/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]"But, let me tell you who else is just as surprised as you are. All of those millions and millions of fans, that tune into Aggression each week – not to see you, because you hardly ever come – but, to see someone knock me off of my throne, are shocked. Yeah, they got their 'go home happy' moment, they got to see their here today, gone tomorrow," finger quotes "'hero' finally win a big match, and walk out of the arena with the big belt. [/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]"But, those same people saw me verbally annihilate you promo after promo, as you tripped up on facts(or lack thereof), and so called 'points' designed to put me in my place more than that idiot that cost me the match trips on his own shoe laces when he walks to the ring."[/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]Trip shut his eyes, silently counting to ten, before calmly continuing. [/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]TRIPLE X: Those same people saw me physically dominate you for twenty minutes, as you laid around in the ring a sorry, sad, busted open, defeated slash destroyed shell of a man. And, those same people know that the only reason you're champ at the moment has less to do with your talent, and more to do with circumstance. [/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]"But, you were never able to break through the glass ceiling anyway, so I guess you'll take it how you can get it, right? Well, I was right all along about you, you're desperate. [/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]"So enjoy your little reign on top, JA. Enjoy the cheers, the first class flights, and the photo shoots. But, before you do all of that, I want you to do me one small favor. When there's no one around, take off your mask, and look yourself in the mirror. This is the greatest night of your life, dare I even say, the biggest match of your career, yet it didn't even break my top ten. Your face? ...it's scarred, it's bruised, and your body is experiencing pain it's never known, yet I'm able to attend fashion shows, parties, and rub elbows with Fortune 500 bigwigs, with no discomfort, or awkward stares, because it doesn't even look like I wrestled. [/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]"You're the champion. You're this companies," a second set of finger quotes "top guy, yet you accomplished it by getting slapped around, dropped on your head, and for lack of a better description? Beat the f[BLEEP]k up for twenty minutes. The only reason why you were even able to get in the position to beat me was because somebody else snuck up from behind me and knocked me unconscious. You know it, *I* know it...[/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]"... And, the entire world saw it. [/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]"So, if what you went through is what I have to go through in order to be champion in this place – y'know, verbally decapitated, physically annihilated, while playing the role of the Little Engine That Could? You can keep that bullsh[BLEEP]t title, because I don't want it. [/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]"I want my crown, and I want Ice Tre in a casket. I don't want the respect of my peers anymore, because I am peerless. I'm the best that this industry has to offer, hands down. And, the fact that you had to jump through hoops to compete with me, only to need an extra assist because your midcard buddies weren't enough to slow me down, proves it."[/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]FADE TO BLACK[/FONT]
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