Post by Joe Ragnal on Sept 16, 2010 23:35:25 GMT -6
Joe: Well, here we are, boys. San Diego.
It was a long flight in, but Joe, Jayden, and Brandon made it safely, just leaving the airport in a taxi cab.
Joe: All that's left to do is drop you off at Freya's house and I'll be waiting for you over the weekend. Stupid judge's decision decided that was gonna fly, and...
Ragnal made sure to watch his words in front of the younguns. He took a look at the surroundings, overseeing what scenarios were awaiting him in the new city.
Joe: But, here's a good way to look at it, boys. It's a new start for everyone. Your mom and Dex get to start their new marriage...gag...you boys get to make new friends and experience travelling...and me...I get to find a new woman.
He grins, slicking his hair back in the macho-est way possible.
Joe: I mean...I guess if you want to get technical? Lindsey and I never dated, we just said we love each other. We'll write and all, but there's nothing that actually made us an official couple, right?
The boys just look at their dad, confused.
Joe: Yeah, you dunno. Once you're older, you might get it. I'm just hoping she doesn't decide to come stateside when I'm in the middle of..."relations" with some other girl. I mean, Freya? That's one thing. She'd prolly just laugh at whatever other girl I'm with, aside from Lindsey. But she's different. We SAID we love each other, and-
Driver: 'EY, buddy! Ya wanna stop monologuing for a few minutes before I cost you extra on the meter?
The Innovator of FUN looks up from his sons, a little annoyed that he was interrupted.
Joe: Well, 'scuse me, bucko! If I wanted you to listen, I'd talk to you instead of my sons! SHEESH!
With that, Joe rolls the window up between him and the driver, rolling his eyes at the annoying interruption.
Joe: Anyway. I'm just avoiding hilarity and hijinx. But, if I know myself too well, that's bound to follow me around. Just like trouble. And THAT happens a lot, at least every other time I get in the wrestling ring. But that's part of the business, right? Sure. But guys pouring beer in your girlfriend's mouth? Guys paying off fines for whatever reason? It's a different agenda. I wish I could figure it out myself, but who knows.
A monologue to his kids and fifteen minutes after that, the taxi arrives at the new Kane family estate. Joe picks his boys up out of the cab, and carries them up to the porch. He brings them inside, kissing them goodbye before handing them to Freya. He left as quickly as he came, assuring the Kanes he'd talk to them later once he was unpacked and settled in. Once the cab started moving, he looked out the window, smiling at the future ahead of him.
*****
When I first saw the lineup for the Battle Grounds show, I was a little confused. I had a match, title match even, thank gods, but it was for the 'X title'. How very vague. But someone later told me it wasn't for the X-Division belt, or even the X-treme title. Apparently now they're merging both of the belts into this one belt, that seems to mold the two titles into one division.
I love it already.
Here's the part I love best, where I get to talk about what makes me a likely candidate for winning this match, or at least why I was chosen for this. I mean, aside from getting a win over JFK. You have the hardcore extreme aspect of the X-Treme title matches, and everything that makes the X-Division what it was; no limits. High flyers, guys that impressed, and just excited the crap out of the crowd. Heck, apparently if you're a huge dude that can't even get a good grip on some wiring, if you wowed the crowd enough, you're an X-Division guy.
Fully Unrehearsed Nuttiness, or FUN for the late-comers, is what this X Championship is about. Heck, I don't know why they didn't just name it the FUN Championship. Except that they might have to pay me royalties for the usage and what have you, but who knows.
I have a history of being a high-flyer in the ring. That shouldn't surprise anyone, of course, given my moveset. Heck, one of the moves I use is a rare 450 into a spear. Try to do THAT sometime, JFK! Took me five years and six broken bones just to get it down right. I can do whatever those guys in Florida can do, only better and less botchy.
Hardcore matches? I've been in matches that deal with more than cookie sheets, chairs, and thumbtacks. I've gone through worse hells than the stuff you'd see on TV or other wrestling PPVs these days. Hell, I actually MADE a match that's all about pain and torture, with a bit of a chuckle on the side. Oh, how I wish to relive those days...
But this here's a ladder match, no limits. Just the way I love it. As we've seen in recent years, there's still more tricks that a person can do with a ladder. And trust me, I love schooling those people with a few tricks of my own. I'm not an Innovator for nothing, and I don't just use that moniker cuz it's awesome. If people didn't like it, I'd stop using it by now.
Tempestad, JFK, Evan...I'm sure you guys are all well-crafted in Ladder matches. This is why we're here, after all. Though JFK and Temp are just here by default, champs and all. But if we weren't crafted for this, then the guys running the show wouldn't trust us to entertain the crowds. But most importantly, what this match decides is who gets to be #1.
Think about it. Two belts, unified into a fusion division. This match will determine who gets to call themselves the last champion, but also who gets to crown themselves the first X Champion. And who wouldn't want that? Who wouldn't want to get that claim? I know I would. Out of my siblings, my sister Linda's the only one to break such moments in her all-women's promotion, but I won't bore you with the details there. Her firsts aren't for holding a title, just to say she was the first two-time champion or whatever.
I'd love just this once to call myself the first X Champion. I know others prolly want that opportunity just as well. But at Battle Grounds? The first man to grab that belt is the first man to wear it. And that guy is me.[/i]
It was a long flight in, but Joe, Jayden, and Brandon made it safely, just leaving the airport in a taxi cab.
Joe: All that's left to do is drop you off at Freya's house and I'll be waiting for you over the weekend. Stupid judge's decision decided that was gonna fly, and...
Ragnal made sure to watch his words in front of the younguns. He took a look at the surroundings, overseeing what scenarios were awaiting him in the new city.
Joe: But, here's a good way to look at it, boys. It's a new start for everyone. Your mom and Dex get to start their new marriage...gag...you boys get to make new friends and experience travelling...and me...I get to find a new woman.
He grins, slicking his hair back in the macho-est way possible.
Joe: I mean...I guess if you want to get technical? Lindsey and I never dated, we just said we love each other. We'll write and all, but there's nothing that actually made us an official couple, right?
The boys just look at their dad, confused.
Joe: Yeah, you dunno. Once you're older, you might get it. I'm just hoping she doesn't decide to come stateside when I'm in the middle of..."relations" with some other girl. I mean, Freya? That's one thing. She'd prolly just laugh at whatever other girl I'm with, aside from Lindsey. But she's different. We SAID we love each other, and-
Driver: 'EY, buddy! Ya wanna stop monologuing for a few minutes before I cost you extra on the meter?
The Innovator of FUN looks up from his sons, a little annoyed that he was interrupted.
Joe: Well, 'scuse me, bucko! If I wanted you to listen, I'd talk to you instead of my sons! SHEESH!
With that, Joe rolls the window up between him and the driver, rolling his eyes at the annoying interruption.
Joe: Anyway. I'm just avoiding hilarity and hijinx. But, if I know myself too well, that's bound to follow me around. Just like trouble. And THAT happens a lot, at least every other time I get in the wrestling ring. But that's part of the business, right? Sure. But guys pouring beer in your girlfriend's mouth? Guys paying off fines for whatever reason? It's a different agenda. I wish I could figure it out myself, but who knows.
A monologue to his kids and fifteen minutes after that, the taxi arrives at the new Kane family estate. Joe picks his boys up out of the cab, and carries them up to the porch. He brings them inside, kissing them goodbye before handing them to Freya. He left as quickly as he came, assuring the Kanes he'd talk to them later once he was unpacked and settled in. Once the cab started moving, he looked out the window, smiling at the future ahead of him.
*****
When I first saw the lineup for the Battle Grounds show, I was a little confused. I had a match, title match even, thank gods, but it was for the 'X title'. How very vague. But someone later told me it wasn't for the X-Division belt, or even the X-treme title. Apparently now they're merging both of the belts into this one belt, that seems to mold the two titles into one division.
I love it already.
Here's the part I love best, where I get to talk about what makes me a likely candidate for winning this match, or at least why I was chosen for this. I mean, aside from getting a win over JFK. You have the hardcore extreme aspect of the X-Treme title matches, and everything that makes the X-Division what it was; no limits. High flyers, guys that impressed, and just excited the crap out of the crowd. Heck, apparently if you're a huge dude that can't even get a good grip on some wiring, if you wowed the crowd enough, you're an X-Division guy.
Fully Unrehearsed Nuttiness, or FUN for the late-comers, is what this X Championship is about. Heck, I don't know why they didn't just name it the FUN Championship. Except that they might have to pay me royalties for the usage and what have you, but who knows.
I have a history of being a high-flyer in the ring. That shouldn't surprise anyone, of course, given my moveset. Heck, one of the moves I use is a rare 450 into a spear. Try to do THAT sometime, JFK! Took me five years and six broken bones just to get it down right. I can do whatever those guys in Florida can do, only better and less botchy.
Hardcore matches? I've been in matches that deal with more than cookie sheets, chairs, and thumbtacks. I've gone through worse hells than the stuff you'd see on TV or other wrestling PPVs these days. Hell, I actually MADE a match that's all about pain and torture, with a bit of a chuckle on the side. Oh, how I wish to relive those days...
But this here's a ladder match, no limits. Just the way I love it. As we've seen in recent years, there's still more tricks that a person can do with a ladder. And trust me, I love schooling those people with a few tricks of my own. I'm not an Innovator for nothing, and I don't just use that moniker cuz it's awesome. If people didn't like it, I'd stop using it by now.
Tempestad, JFK, Evan...I'm sure you guys are all well-crafted in Ladder matches. This is why we're here, after all. Though JFK and Temp are just here by default, champs and all. But if we weren't crafted for this, then the guys running the show wouldn't trust us to entertain the crowds. But most importantly, what this match decides is who gets to be #1.
Think about it. Two belts, unified into a fusion division. This match will determine who gets to call themselves the last champion, but also who gets to crown themselves the first X Champion. And who wouldn't want that? Who wouldn't want to get that claim? I know I would. Out of my siblings, my sister Linda's the only one to break such moments in her all-women's promotion, but I won't bore you with the details there. Her firsts aren't for holding a title, just to say she was the first two-time champion or whatever.
I'd love just this once to call myself the first X Champion. I know others prolly want that opportunity just as well. But at Battle Grounds? The first man to grab that belt is the first man to wear it. And that guy is me.[/i]