Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2011 17:05:23 GMT -6
Gunpowder, treason and plot. I see no reason, why gunpowder treason, should ever be forgot.
English Nursery Ryhme
English Nursery Ryhme
Don’t worry about Todd Williams, he won’t be an issue. Just uphold your end of the deal and everything will work out just as we planned it.
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We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it; all that matters is this weekend. When I put Williams in his place everything will continue to fall into place.
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Nobody will get in the way, their far too busy fawning over their own self-importance to pay any attention. The fact they are ignoring me will be their downfall, they won’t see anything coming.
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Just stay on schedule, I am waiting for the right time to strike. All we have to do is bide our time and eventually the opening I’ve been waiting for will emerge, and then they will not know has hit them.
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Leave it to me, once I am through with Williams I will meet you again, this weekend is just a formality. I will see you after Trauma, don’t be late; we can’t afford for anybody to uncover our plot.
End Call Session
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National Historical Park, Massachussets
The scene opens up alongside a river bank, twisting and turning along the lush greens of the National Historical Park fields. A traditional wooden bridge, supported by a foundation of stonework, straddles either side of the river, a small cluster of trees overhanging the far side of the structure. As the sun begins to set in the sky a shadowed figure can be seen leaning over the railings of the bridge, their hands clutched together and their head bowed solemnly, looking into the water as it swirls to and fro as it trickles gently downstream. As the figure raises its head it becomes apparent that the figure is Roberto Verona, dressed in a grey suit and a pair of black leather clothes. Sighing, he looks up and begins to speak.
Roberto Verona : Sometimes the weight of the whole world can push a man down. The humongous expectations on one person’s shoulder can be far too much to bear and they achieve nothing except abject failure. When one man is tasked with the single most important thing in the world it can be far too much too handle alone…
Suddenly Roberto begins to smirk, an air of cockiness exuding from his very expression.
Roberto Verona : Luckily for nCw I aren’t such a weak and pathetic excuse for a human being. The less said about my opponent on the other hand the better in that respect. No, I am fully prepared to fulfil my duty, to rid the nCw of the total inadequacy that festers away on its rosters, clinging tightly to their unjustified reigns as “champions” and enjoying the praise of a horde of imbeciles who know no better. This company needs a saviour, a man who has the charisma, talent and prestige to be truly called a champion and a man who will rid their archaic organisation of the utterly useless “talent” it currently showcases weekly onto the television sets of naïve society. They can at least be forgiven, because they lack the mental capacity to know any better but there are people on the roster who are too wrapped up in their own worlds to realise that in reality, I can count on one finger the amount of people who are really worth as much as they think they are in this company.
Roberto stands up and begins to walk along the bridge, continuing his speech as he gets progressively closer to the pathway that winds alongside the trees.
Roberto Verona : So many people in this business like to run their mouth and in reality they haven’t got the goods to back up their outrageous claims. nCw is no different to every company in this respect and I must be frank, so far I have yet to encounter a single person here who measures up to their claims. Demetrious talked a bold game but just didn’t bring the goods, Scotty Havok to his credit kept his mouth shut and got his just desserts for bothering to stand in my way. Jack Manson proved that he was nothing but a complete coward, considering his past words he just proved that in truth, he was a complete nobody. This week I will step into the ring with Todd Williams. The same Todd Williams who has signed over part of his massively profitably organisation to his wife, despite the fact she would rather spend time with Zelda Knite than him. Todd has talked a big game for the past few weeks and I just haven’t seen any evidence that he is capable of doing anything but being left to swallow his words at Trauma. The truth is that so far, the only man I have met who can really back up his claims is me. I haven’t said anything I do not believe utterly. Every single thing I have said has come true, nobody has stopped me and this weekend my predictions will not be getting proved incorrect by Todd, or anybody else for that matter.
As Roberto continues to walk along he begins to approach a statue of a Minuteman, a rifle grasped in his right hand. Standing beside the monument Roberto places a hand on it, pausing in thought for a moment before turning and continuing to speak.
Roberto Verona : I am sure you are asking where am I and why am I here? Welcome to a monument for the “shot that was heard around the world”, the site of the first battle of your countries “revolution” against the British crown. I thought it was apt that as I finally being to make waves in the nCw, I should speak to you all from the site of the birth of your revolution. It occurred to me, that despite the true birth of my own revolution being at Crossroads it isn’t until this weekend that finally it will begin to get the recognition it deserves. Todd Williams, for all his obvious and quite glaring flaws, is a hot topic at nCw this month, everybody is talking about his victory over Paul Star and in truth, I suspect many people will be predicting that he will put me in my place and truly be the “solution to the revolution”, just like they have every week.
However, this weekend, I will beat Todd Williams black and blue and if he comes back for more I will shed his blood on our metaphorical battlefield, because as far as I am concerned my victory over him will truly be the first shot that is heard. Everybody has just accepted my victories over Demetrious and Scotty, but this weekend they will not be able to continue to ignore the revolution. The French aristocracy made the mistake of ignoring the aspirations of their people, and like them the nCw will be forced to rue the day they thought I was just a gobby little upstart from Italy. I would call Todd my “Bastille” but no doubt he would make some childish quip about me wanting to “storm his walls”. Though the point still stands, despite his complete and utter irrelevance in reality, Todd has built up a reputation for himself in nCw and by crushing him; I will be sending the first major message of my revolution and just like your patriots at Lexington and Concord it will mark the beginning of the end of the old regime, the old order and usher in a new dawn that will be unstoppable.
Pushing himself away from the statue Roberto walks back towards the river bank, looking up as he begins to speak, gesticulating with his hands as he continues to speak passionately.
Roberto Verona : However, enough has been said about my revolution and I concede, talking is all well and good but until Saturday I cannot prove anything but the fact remains that on Saturday I will stare across the ring at Todd Williams and all the bravado he has when he swaggers down to ringside will wash away before I unleash a beating he will never forget. You know Todd, I have pushed your buttons by opening up your eyes to the truth about you and your wife, and whilst you may never admit it I don’t think I need to cover old ground because you know what, this isn’t between me and your wife. This is between you and me. This weekend you and I will clash in the ring at Trauma and you will learn a valuable lesson. Do not run your mouth about Roberto Verona and do not step in my way because you do not deserve to grace the same ring as me. You know I am sure you have plenty to say about what I said about your wife, your emasculation and your quirky little gimmicks Todd and I am sure I will catch up with whatever garbage has landed in the landfill that surrounds you, but you know what I really couldn’t care less what you think about me.
Make fun of my country of birth, hell even pretend to not know who I am because this Saturday the joke is on you. I will make sure you never forget who I am and I will teach you a valuable lesson about knowing your limits. I could poke fun at your eccentric demeanour, your odd little raps and your goofy catchphrases but you know what, the time for taking personal digs is over Todd. All that is left to talk about is just exactly what will happen if you even think about putting up a fight this weekend. I admire your bravery, your ring style and your confidence Todd but it will not help you at Trauma. You see, it is all well and good when you are facing opponents who are on your level, who are packed with the same lack of talent as you but you are not facing an equal in that ring, your facing somebody who is unquestionably better than you. Cling to the fact that so far I have only ever put away Scotty Havok, Demetrious Young and Tommy the Cat but you know what, you can laugh all you want but when you wake up on Sunday you’ll have to come to terms that you have been added to a list of complete jokes. I will no longer have defeated a bunch of nobodies in your eyes, because you will have to accept that if they truly are worthless then so are you.
There is an old saying in sport, that you can “only beat what is put in front of you” and you know what Todd, I have done just that. You may well slouch around at home playing you games consoles, thinking that you needn’t worry about facing me because of my record thus far, but let me remind you that regardless of my opponents I am still undefeated, I have still never been proven wrong and no matter what jokes nCw have put in front of me I have ploughed my way through each one of them. You are not as good as you think you are Todd, all you have to your name is a shot at the X-Championship, and I will prove to you that despite the low calibre of my opponents I am still the most top draw talent this company has got and you will be just another chump who goes to proves that very fact.
So dance around like a buffoon, crawl onto your X-Box, continue to pander to your wife, but get used to the fact that after you face me on Saturday you will no longer be able to think yourself as my superior because I will prove to you, and the world, that you are my inferior and there will be nothing anybody can say to the contrary. Think of it as doing you a favour Todd because when you waltz down to that ring to face Rob Diamond you will finally understand that your dreams alone are not good enough and even more importantly, that you can be beaten. It is better that you realise now that your arrogance and self-confidence is misguided so you can prepare to truly take a shot at that belt and go in there with a chance of prying it from Rob’s grip. So make sure you listen and learn Todd, because the lesson I will give you this Saturday will hold you in good stead for the future. Sure, your future is to be destined to be beneath me, just another also-ran as I hold aloft the ultimate prize in nCw thinking of what might have been, what if you had beaten me back when I was just a fresh faced rookie? That is your role Todd, mine is to be better than you. The sooner that you just accept that this is the way of the world the better because I will smack the confidence right out of you. The dream is over for you Todd, all you have got left is to ask yourself when will I let you wake up from the nightmare I will unleash upon you at Trauma.
Hey…at least you have still got your wife….that is unless Zelda Knite hasn’t whisked her away for a civil ceremony… Best keep an eye on them, because if the truly are Every Man’s Fantasy, she’ll soon wake up and realise you are anything but a man…
With that Roberto heads off back over the bridge chuckling to himself with self-satisfaction as the scene begins to fade to black once again.