Post by Alex Jones on Jun 19, 2011 23:13:22 GMT -6
Part 1-The Locust...
"The young guns..."
"The name strikes fear ionto the hearts of men..."
"A legacy of gang mentality....."
"Mind games..."
"Destruction..."
"All headed by a pair of men..."
"Men like brothers..."
"They'd do anything..."
"Destroy and humiliate anyone..."
"Become anything..."
"They infected one company and destroyed it from the inside out..."
"...The inside out...."
"The name strikes fear ionto the hearts of men..."
"A legacy of gang mentality....."
"Mind games..."
"Destruction..."
"All headed by a pair of men..."
"Men like brothers..."
"They'd do anything..."
"Destroy and humiliate anyone..."
"Become anything..."
"They infected one company and destroyed it from the inside out..."
"...The inside out...."
"Last week you decided to talk about respect after Doc and I did..."
I sit alone. My hands clasped together.The sun shines through the half open blinds making the light dance witrh dust particles floating through the air.
"At first I thought it was your ignorance that stopped you from showing me respect. After all Andrew I once had a reputation for being an arrogant bastard. But you see the last few months I earned my respect, I earned admiration and honor. Truth is, it's not your ignorance..just your stupidity..."
"You see it's not that you wont respect me it's that you don't know what respect is. You "respect" a man like Doc because after you beat him he showed you some approval. He gave you a big ol pat on the back. Like a child begging for approval from daddy. I have faced men better than you could ever hope to be Andrew. World Champions, Hall of famers, all have fallen before me. I have had four NCW title reigns including one thast started by defeating you. I've won tournaments and earned everything I've been given..."
"This alone should force repect from you. Men like Doc, Venom, Charlie Velez, Falcon even Rob Diamond may not like me, but they respect me and you Mr Jacobsen are not fit to lace their boots...."
I sit forward and smirk. Yes I'm cocky, yes I'm arrogant but hey you can't argue with the liogic..even though someone will try....
"But you arwe right the week after I beat you I gave you a glimmer of respect, but that was the Andrew Jacobsen who had potential, that was the Andrew Jacobsen who stood on his own two feet. Not a man who plays general at war with his cronies....."
"Thing is Andrew, I used to think maybe, just maybe you were going to be someone that demanded people look at him. I was wrong. You turned into the complete opposite. You now rely on the men around you. Lex Sense, Roberto Verona, even hired gun Jimmy Zane. You hide behind them like a shield. But this Sunday there will be no running, no hiding. You'll face me one on one......"
"And as we know from past experiance, one on one gainst me for a titler...you don't have a good track record...."
I let out a hearty laugh and raise an eyebrow.....
"A past revealed.."
"Remembered"
"Then denied..."
"I watch two different men..."
"A different time."
"But the same outcome..."
"A fool would disagree."
"A desperate man bargains.."
"Cheats..."
"Reasons."
"But one day will accept the truth.."
"There will be no choice..."
"No running..."
"No hiding.."
"No excuses..."
"Just a realisation..."
"That I am simply..."
"...better..."
"Remembered"
"Then denied..."
"I watch two different men..."
"A different time."
"But the same outcome..."
"A fool would disagree."
"A desperate man bargains.."
"Cheats..."
"Reasons."
"But one day will accept the truth.."
"There will be no choice..."
"No running..."
"No hiding.."
"No excuses..."
"Just a realisation..."
"That I am simply..."
"...better..."
"Let me take you back..."
A condesending smile.
"Let me take you back to when I became X-Division champion.....No Andrew not THAT time, Not the time I....you know...beat you. I want you to go back to August 17th 2008. An Assault X match for the NCW X-Division title. A belt that was being held by Xavier Williams, a future world champion. After that match, that belt. It was around my waist....."
"Now Xavier and Angel had been trading that belt back and forth for months. I went on to defend the title against Jack Hammond another man who would go on to be world champion, and then Jack Hammond and Fate at the same time in a three way match. But I wanted real competition. I wanted to defend the title against the man who had handed me one of my only losses to date, I wanted Angel..a man everybody feared...."
"I asked for the match..I craved it. I begged, and pleaded and threatened untill they wrote up the contract and handxed it to me. In the end I lost but I had gained so much more. Knowledge. I gained the knowledge and foresight I needed to continue my career......."
I laugh and shake my head.
"Then after my "fall from grace" I returned, I returned to find everyone talking about a new AJ, the new X-Division star. Then I realised I needed to test you out, see if you were worthy of holding a title that Angel, Xavier and I built up to be a staple of the compasny....."
"Long story short May 2nd 2010 I got my answer. You weren't. See I watched when you beat Rob Diamond and I was impressed. I was impressed by what you did and how good you were. Untill you lost to Paul Star.....really?...REALLY?......Paul Star?.....so after you beat him to recapture the title I decided to test you out..and Andrew...you flunked out...."
"You weren't the man people wanted you to be, but that was the last time you were relevant in any way, shape or form. Meanwhile what have I done?. I had a fued with Angel that took years odff our careers, I thern formed a tag team with him out of respect and beat Venom and Doc two men who you have such high opinions of. Then I had world title matches, beat fotrmer champions and became national champion......"
"What have YOU done?..."
I tilt my head asking the obvious question.....
"Well?. Wait don't answer that. You watched Steve Awesome nail your mother, you joined the Young Guns, you waited till Venom and Velez packed up their nuts and left and then you became the leader of a group that has no right even using the name."
"Face it Andrew, NCW is giving you this shot for two reasons. Because I want it, and because I needed someone to defend the title against......"
"And this Sunday it happens. This Sunday you get your shot. Now I suppose only time will tell if the Andrew Jacobsen who had potential turns up, or the one we've come to know, the boring bootlicker who rose through the ranks to become head jackass of his own group of forgotten "wannabe's".......I'll be waiting Andrew..."
I wink and smirk, again the arrogance shines through...but hey...it's good to be champ....