Post by Todd Williams on Jun 24, 2011 7:57:56 GMT -6
Wow I can’t believe that I am even talking to all of you beautiful people out there. It has been what? One long month since I actually had something to say and the last time I did say something was shortly before my title defense at a Night to Remember when I would go on to lose to Roberto Verona in the Leather Strap match. However when I fought Roberto I just wasn’t myself. I was going through some deep stages of depression and no matter how much people would try to reach me to get me out of my depression I just didn’t want to hear it. I knew that A Night to Remember would be the night that Roberto proved to the world that he was better than me. I knew it would be the night that my dreams would be crushed and Roberto would deliver the killing blow putting me out of my misery. Roberto did exactly that and I didn’t know what to feel.
As if that wasn’t enough there was always the thought of my wife, my Crystal running around with another guy and I honestly didn’t know how to take it all. So instead of dealing with all of these problems head on I decided to ask for a week off in hopes that I could regain my composure but even that didn’t go the way that I wanted too. I lingered in the three different stages of depression. I would go from shock to denial, all the way to denial but I never allowed myself to go acceptance, the whole time it was just a back and forth game between denial and anger. Yet I tried to not let it get to me. I tried to put everything that was going on in my life behind me as I waited in anticipation for my next match which would be against my best friend Chris Gardner.
I really didn’t want to wrestle Chris but the two of us seemed to be going through the same stuff. Chris just recently lost his Honor Championship and I recently lost my X Championship. On top of that he has been having troubles with Alysson while I have had my fair share of problems with Crystal. I thought that maybe that this match would be the night I would get my groove back. However that wasn’t the case. Of course the Young Guns found their way into interfering in the match and I was ready for it. Finally I had Roberto lined up in my sights and all I had to do was deliver that Farewell Lullaby super kick to his face. I went for it and of course I missed….. I did hit something but it wasn’t Roberto…. It was my sister Jennifer….. I honestly didn’t know what to think at that point but Roberto once again would finish the deed as he bashed the X Championship over my skull…
In that short time period I knew I ****ed up….
I knew that the spirit that was Todd Williams was broken and I needed to do something to kill this state of depression that I was in. If I didn’t there is no telling where my career was bound to go…..
Two Weeks Ago, T-Will Royal Suites, Manhattan New York….
We seem to be in the hotel that Todd owns and to be more precise we find ourselves in the manager’s office. CEO of Williams Enterprises Jennifer Williams, Todd’s sister has a very upset expression on her face as she holds an icepack to her face. She stares daggers right into Todd as she can’t do anything but shake her head in disgust at him. She takes a long deep breath as she yells at her brother.
Jennifer: “Todd what the hell is your problem? You are such a jerk. Why in the hell would you kick me in the face for? First it was losing your X Championship now you put your hands on your older sister. What is next? You are going to accidentally do something harmful to Brittany? It’s bad enough that she a drunk of a mother she doesn’t need to have this depressed and careless father on top of it. She is way too young to be forced to go through any of this…”
Todd doesn’t even know what to say as he knows exactly where Jennifer is coming from. She gave him nothing but the truth and he knew that she only meant well by trying to reach out to him. He looks back at her sighing as he replies back.
Todd: “I know Jenny you are absolutely right… This state of depression has caused me to not be myself. It has gotten to the point that I don’t even know who I am as a person anymore but the person that is front of you is not Todd Williams. He is just a shell of his former self. In order to get back into being my cheerful attitude I need to kill the person that I am right now…”
Jennifer: “Whoa what do you mean kill the person that you are right now? What do you have planned Todd; I hope you don’t plan to go suicidal on me. It’s bad enough that you sit down playing Emo songs on a guitar at the edge of your bed. What’s next? You going to take a razor and start cutting yourself screaming out how you miss Crystal?”
Todd: “…”
Jennifer can’t help but giggle as she looks back at her brother. She smiles replying back to him.
Jennifer: “Hey you know I am telling the truth…”
Todd however isn’t laughing. Instead he just forms a serious expression as he replies back to his sister.
Todd: “Listen Jennifer in all seriousness for the next couple of weeks I am going to need to you take care of Brittany. I know what I need to do in order to get back to my senses. Just please promise to make sure that my little daughter doesn’t get in trouble…That’s all I really ask of you….Please do that much for me….”
With that being said Todd walks over to the hotel computer and he opens the draw pulling out a blank hotel key. He presses a couple of buttons on the computer and swipes the card. He places the keycard into his pocket and Jennifer leans over staring at the screen. She seems a little taken back as she looks at her brother.
Jennifer: “Todd what do you think you are doing? That room is off limits. The Television doesn’t work, the lights are broken, and the air conditioning doesn’t even work. Not to mention we haven’t even put a window in that room yet. What do you think you are doing?”
Todd sighs as he grabs his backpack and places it onto his back. He looks deeply into his sister’s eyes as he replies back to her.
Todd: “Listen Jennifer I know it seems crazy but that’s where I plan to stay for next couple of weeks. I need some time to myself and need time to get away from the outside world. The only thing I need from you in addition to taking care of Brittany is to make sure that room service delivers a turkey sandwich and three bottles of water every day to the door. That’s all I need from you other than that do not disturb me. I just need the time to myself, and I really need to focus on breaking this feeling of depression that I am in…. I hope you understand. When I am ready and I think I broke that depressing state that’s when I will emerge out of the room but for now I ask that you leave me to be….”
Jennifer stares at her brother and she instantly runs over to him giving him a long passionate hug. She sighs as she looks up into his eyes.
Jennifer: “Todd…. Just be careful…. I hope you can beat this….I really do….”
Todd nods his head in agreement as he stares back at Jennifer.
Todd: “Me too Jenny….Me too…”
With that Todd takes his back pack and he heads for the worst room in his entire establishment….Jenny is left there with a worried look on her face as she stares at her brother.
So I know the question everyone and their mothers probably want for me to answer. They all want to know why I haven’t been seen on television that much. Well it is simple I had force myself to go through some intense training. I had booked myself into perhaps the worst hotel room in my entire establishment. Where I was no person would dear want to sleep there for a night in a hotel but I forced myself to be there for two weeks. A room that was in nothing but pure darkness, a room where I was closed off from the world and it was a safe haven of some sorts. That is what this room appeared to me as. However as much as it was a safe haven it also was pure hell. Imagine being in a closed off room when the summer weather calls for 90 degree plus weather every day. Imagine the amount of heat that was being generated in that room.
As I said before it felt like pure hell but I knew I needed to endure that if I was to kill that sad emotional mess of a person that I was. Not only did the room serve as a place of solitude but it also place as a place of training. It goes hand and hand with one of my favorite Anime cartoon shows where a bad presence would come to Earth and there was no one strong enough to take on that presence. So in order to prepare for that evil presence, fighters would lock themselves up in a room where they could get all of a year’s training done in one day.
That’s how I felt this time was like. Except that evil presence was no mere mortal but it was a fight within my own body. It was a fight named conflict. How could I dare go out and continue my preaching about the Solution to Roberto’s Revolution? How could I dare try to step up into leading the fight against the Young Guns when I couldn’t even get over my own denial and own self pity. For me to go charging out there would be foolish. It would be the same as someone playing Horde mode on Gears of War on wave 9 wanting to run away from teammates half way across the map just to get the special weapon. Where is the logic in that? What is the logic of trying to get something so special if it means that you would give your own life up in the process?
It’s ridiculous and it’s something that never should be done. Yet all my life I have always lived on the edge. I have always tried to play risky and every time I would go all in before I even glanced at my cards. It didn’t matter to me. It has always been about to big outcome. However all along I know that has been part of my problem. Sometimes you have to sit back and think before you react. Sometimes you have to just read the situation before rushing into things and that’s what the short 2 week period did for me. I finally started to do that and that’s why I decided to take the two week sabbatical.
What did I do during this time period? I honestly did nothing but doing pure pushups in the dark and pure meditation. Not to mention watching some countless black movies on my portable DVD Player. Boyz in the Hood, Menace to Society, Dead Presidents, Undercover Brotha, and even Friday, I literally went through everything I possibly could trying to find an identity for myself, and finally I found it. I found that piece of me that was missing all along. That piece of me that is called confidence…I now have it back and I know nothing can stop me. Not even you Roberto…. You can mark my words of that….
1 Day Before Collision
The door to the hotel room opens up and as it does so we can see a man emerging from that room. That person stepping out is none other than Todd Williams. He seems to look much different than from how we are used to seeing him. His cornrows are completely undone and his afro is just puffed out into a complete mess.
However despite Todd’s hair that seems to be out of control, his arms look kind of big as there is some signs of tone and definition from all of the pushups that he has been doing. He is kind of built and he smirks as the light blinds him. It isn’t long that he is standing in the blinding light because from at the other end of the corridor we are able to see Todd’s daughter Brittany running towards him at full speed. She jumps into his arms and she smirks as she yells at him in pure happiness.
Brittany: “Daddy!!!!!!”
Todd swings his daughter around and lifts the eight year old girl off of the ground. He greets her with a loving kiss as he places her down on the ground and stares into her eyes. He smirks as he can only reply with the only thing that is on his mind.
Todd: “Hey pumpkin long time no see….”
However Brittany isn’t the only one to greet Todd and we are able to see Todd’s sister Jennifer walking down the hallway as well. She greets him with a hug, and she can’t help but smile as she looks at her brother.
Jennifer: “Long time no see baby bro… I truly did miss you… OH Todd I have good news for you. It seems like the company has approved for your request at a rematch with Roberto Verona. Now is your chance at redemption… now this is your chance to show the world that you are a totally different person when you aren’t depressed. You did fight those demons that were haunting you did you not Todd?
Todd just looks at Jenny with a shocked expression on his face. He can’t help but chuckle as he replies back to her.
Todd: “Me fight my demons? Find my identity? Jenny you do realize who you are talking to right? Or did you forget who I was in the time that I have been gone…”
Jenny just shakes her head as she really doesn’t know how to answer. Instead she is very sincere as she replies back to her brother.
Jennifer: “I don’t know Todd who are you? Are you still that same depressed individual that went into the little sabbatical or are you the brother that I have grown to love so much? Are you the father who vows to be there all the time for little Brittany? Or you the man that will tell the world about making dreams become a reality? Who are you Todd? Which Todd is it that I am speaking to?”
Todd smirks as he looks at Jennifer. He throws his backpack against the wall. He does a complete 360. He is very energetic and he looks at Jennifer and begins to scream at the top of his lungs.
Todd: “You really want to know who I am Jenny? Is that what you want to know? Well it’s simple. I’M TODD WILLIAMS!!!!!!!!!! DID YOU HEAR THAT? LET ME SAY IT AGAIN I’M TODD WILLIAMS!”
Todd does a back flip in the hallway, and he can’t help but bang on the other hotel rooms. People are opening the doors not really understanding what is going on and all they see is a crazy black man with an afro running down the hallway screaming out as loud as he possibly can.
Todd: “LOOK AT ME I’M TODD WILLIAMS!!!!!! OPEN YOUR DOORS EVERYONE BECAUSE I’M TODD WILLIAMS!!!!!!!”
We are able to hear some of the frustrations of the other guests as they seem disgusted by what’s going on.
Guest #1: “You know this hotel really needs to do something about who they let in through the doors. I don’t think I want to stay here if they are going to let any hood rat into this hotel…”
Guest #2: “I think I am going to file a complaint to the owner”
All of the guests in the hallway shut their doors and Todd is still there running like a lunatic. Jennifer just shakes her head as she really doesn’t know what to think but she can’t help but smile as she knows that her brother is back. Todd stops running as he reaches his sister. He breathes heavily and Jennifer giggles just staring at him.
Jennifer: “Are you done yet?”
Todd: “Actually no….”
Todd takes a long deep breath, a huge breath, an amazing breath, did I mention a super duper amazing long breath the type that you can’t even breathe for? Yes that type of breath and he exhales screaming out at the top of his lungs…
Todd: “LOOK AT ME!!!! LOOK AT ME!!!!! I’M TODD WILLIAMSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Todd is really tired as he leans over breathing heavily. He looks like he is about to pass out but he doesn’t give out. Instead he is on his two feet as he looks back at Jennifer. His daughter Brittany is forever giggling and Todd smiles back as he replies back to the both of them.
Todd: “Man it feels good to be back…”
Jennifer: “I can see….you missed a lot by being gone….Seems like the Young Guns have expanded to being more then just Jacobsen and Verona, and on top of that there seems to be this group who are aiming to take the young guns down… the only question that remains is what is Todd Williams going to do about this. The Young Guns, Roberto, and even Crystal….”
Todd smirks as he looks over at Jenny. He throws up one finger and just grins as he looks at her.
Todd: “Listen Jennifer let’s take one thing at a time… For now I am going to sit back and pick and choose my fights. I think working on getting my X Championship back would be a good start. Roberto got the best of me before but now that I am back I won’t let him parade around with a title that belongs to me. This is my match to win and I will be damn if I let Roberto beat me… When he defeated me before they were under different circumstances but now I am focused I am not depressed and nothing can break me… It’s time to go out there and make my dreams become a reality…”
Todd can’t help but smirk at his sister and she just smirks back. All of a sudden a loud “Ding” sound can be heard from the elevator down the hallway. Todd smirks as he looks at Jenny and she quickly shakes her head no not wanting him to do it. He can’t help it as he takes off running as fast as he can. The doors open up and standing in the elevator is a group of about 7 men all wearing suits. He reaches the elevator and jumps on top of them screaming at the top of his lungs.
Todd: “I’M TODD WILLIAMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
The men catch Todd, and the door finally shuts as he is in their arms. He can’t help smirk and it is apparent. Todd seems to have gotten his mojo back…With that being said it is on this image that we fade out on.
So guess what everyone yours truly is officially back. The man who could easily be dubbed as perhaps the most immature man in NCW today, not only am I back but I get that long awaited rematch with Roberto Verona. The match where I can see if I have what it takes to be a champion again. Now on paper it seems like everyone seems to pick Roberto as the person to walk out as the winner of this match. All the latest voting polls have been pointing to the fact that Mr. Verona is going to beat me in what a four one on one encounter?
Now the first time we fought as I was the person that I am now and I managed to defeat Roberto. I beat him and I proved to the world that Todd Williams is indeed the one and only solution to the Revolution. Yet Roberto I will be honest you got into my head by helping me win the X Championship, and you showed the world that you could beat me in not one but in two occasions and not only did you beat me but you took away the one thing that made me important. So I can see the logic in why the fans all think that you are just going to Roflstomp me again but that would require that I be that same depressed Todd Williams. I think that’s what people are assuming when they see my name on paper or they see that I haven’t been around for a while so they go with the person who has been around instead of someone like me.
I know I should be offended that they would even think that but you know what? It’s actually not phasing me, you do know why right?
Because I’M TODD WILLIAMS!
I don’t need a damn poll to tell me how much I am going to win or lose, I am just going to go out there and do what I do best. You see Roberto at the end of the day you are still the same person that I envisioned you to be since day one. You are still that Italian queer. Yes a queer, tired of the gay jokes? Don’t worry because I got so much more coming your way and you do know why right?
It’s because I’M TODD WILLIAMS!
I can say whatever I want to say and you can’t do a damn thing to stop me. Consider the name Todd Williams like the new version of Chuck Norris so let all the jokes and what not begin.
Did you know that when Todd Williams eats a turkey sandwich he puts 10 spoonfuls of mayo on it? You know why he does it right? Because I’M TODD WILLIAMS!!!!
I can do whatever the hell I please and you can’t stop me!
The way I see it Roberto you always have a knack for making me hurt the females that I love the most in my life, at first it was Crystal when I was talking to her backstage which followed by that blindsiding assault from you and Trish Newborn. The next time I had you in my sight yet you moved and I ended up hitting my sister Jennifer in the face. Do you love watching me make a fool out of myself? Do you love watching me crown myself in my own self pity? Well guess what Roberto no more sad emotional Todd because now the fight against you Young Guns scum isn’t my own but I have backup now….
So I see how you are, just like a Young Gun you have me focused you been picking me off through your iron sights and you been taking shot after shot after me hoping you can finish off the man that is TODD WILLIAMS. However despite the screen flashing red, despite the controller vibrating furiously telling me it’s about over, that’s when I pull out the secret weapon, that’s when I hit the left bumper and that’s when it hits you…..
BOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
You know what that sound is Roberto? It’s a flash bang! So are you stunned? Are you blinded?
Are you seeing stars? Well you should be because now it’s just not one Todd Williams versus the Young Guns but now there is back up to aid me in taking you and the rest of the guns down. So with an even playing field and none of the sliders adjusted in your favor do you really think you have a chance at beating me?
I don’t think so….
You see Roberto, my life was happy in NCW. I was happy being the great family man acting like nothing could phase me but you had to make your presence known you had to enter the scene like you were a PHANTOM MENACE… It’s all good though because as much as you preached about me being an idiot and the what not. I kicked your ass in the first encounter. That is when I launched THE ATTACK OF TODD WILLIAMS on you… Yet you kept your cool. In your mind you were cheated and not defeated so that’s when you launched THE REVENGE OF ROBERTO VERONA, and you made my life miserable by placing that X Championship that I wanted so much around my waist. It was because of you and only you that I was able to be a champion. I wasn’t broken as a matter of fact I was pretty happy that you gave me A NEW HOPE… A New Hope of silencing you and once again putting you into your place yet that wasn’t meant to be as ROBERTO VERONA STRUCK BACK when he defeated not once but in two separate occasions. Not only did you beat me but you took my X Championship in the process.
I know you think that you won this war, I know you think that you have killed the spirit that is Todd Williams and you are probably happy about what you did, but here we are walking into a pay per view that is named Reborn, and what a fitting name because with Reborn comes my rematch for the X Championship. So brace yourself Roberto because you do know what that means right? Reborn means it’s THE RETURN OF TODD WILLIAMS!!!! I am about to crush you like I am Luke Skywalker in this bitch and there isn’t a thing you can do about it. This is what I live for and I am destined to rise back to the pedestal of greatness and obviously you must know right?
It’s because I’M TODD WILLIAMS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh yeahhhhhhh brother…. Let me tell you something brother… are you ready for a new and refreshed Todd? Are you ready for Todd A Mania to run wild on you brother? Oh brother Roberto what you don’t understand brother.
Is that I been eating my WATERMELON, drinking my GRAPE DRINK, and I been saying my prayers to the almighty and beautiful ROSE GODDESS. Oh Brotherrrrrrrrrrrrrr
At Reborn you are going to get a dosage of Todd Williams and he is going to run wild on youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…
And just remember Roberto just in case you forgot who I am or name. It really is simple…..
I’M TODD WILLIAMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Time to face your worst nightmare biatch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As if that wasn’t enough there was always the thought of my wife, my Crystal running around with another guy and I honestly didn’t know how to take it all. So instead of dealing with all of these problems head on I decided to ask for a week off in hopes that I could regain my composure but even that didn’t go the way that I wanted too. I lingered in the three different stages of depression. I would go from shock to denial, all the way to denial but I never allowed myself to go acceptance, the whole time it was just a back and forth game between denial and anger. Yet I tried to not let it get to me. I tried to put everything that was going on in my life behind me as I waited in anticipation for my next match which would be against my best friend Chris Gardner.
I really didn’t want to wrestle Chris but the two of us seemed to be going through the same stuff. Chris just recently lost his Honor Championship and I recently lost my X Championship. On top of that he has been having troubles with Alysson while I have had my fair share of problems with Crystal. I thought that maybe that this match would be the night I would get my groove back. However that wasn’t the case. Of course the Young Guns found their way into interfering in the match and I was ready for it. Finally I had Roberto lined up in my sights and all I had to do was deliver that Farewell Lullaby super kick to his face. I went for it and of course I missed….. I did hit something but it wasn’t Roberto…. It was my sister Jennifer….. I honestly didn’t know what to think at that point but Roberto once again would finish the deed as he bashed the X Championship over my skull…
In that short time period I knew I ****ed up….
I knew that the spirit that was Todd Williams was broken and I needed to do something to kill this state of depression that I was in. If I didn’t there is no telling where my career was bound to go…..
Two Weeks Ago, T-Will Royal Suites, Manhattan New York….
We seem to be in the hotel that Todd owns and to be more precise we find ourselves in the manager’s office. CEO of Williams Enterprises Jennifer Williams, Todd’s sister has a very upset expression on her face as she holds an icepack to her face. She stares daggers right into Todd as she can’t do anything but shake her head in disgust at him. She takes a long deep breath as she yells at her brother.
Jennifer: “Todd what the hell is your problem? You are such a jerk. Why in the hell would you kick me in the face for? First it was losing your X Championship now you put your hands on your older sister. What is next? You are going to accidentally do something harmful to Brittany? It’s bad enough that she a drunk of a mother she doesn’t need to have this depressed and careless father on top of it. She is way too young to be forced to go through any of this…”
Todd doesn’t even know what to say as he knows exactly where Jennifer is coming from. She gave him nothing but the truth and he knew that she only meant well by trying to reach out to him. He looks back at her sighing as he replies back.
Todd: “I know Jenny you are absolutely right… This state of depression has caused me to not be myself. It has gotten to the point that I don’t even know who I am as a person anymore but the person that is front of you is not Todd Williams. He is just a shell of his former self. In order to get back into being my cheerful attitude I need to kill the person that I am right now…”
Jennifer: “Whoa what do you mean kill the person that you are right now? What do you have planned Todd; I hope you don’t plan to go suicidal on me. It’s bad enough that you sit down playing Emo songs on a guitar at the edge of your bed. What’s next? You going to take a razor and start cutting yourself screaming out how you miss Crystal?”
Todd: “…”
Jennifer can’t help but giggle as she looks back at her brother. She smiles replying back to him.
Jennifer: “Hey you know I am telling the truth…”
Todd however isn’t laughing. Instead he just forms a serious expression as he replies back to his sister.
Todd: “Listen Jennifer in all seriousness for the next couple of weeks I am going to need to you take care of Brittany. I know what I need to do in order to get back to my senses. Just please promise to make sure that my little daughter doesn’t get in trouble…That’s all I really ask of you….Please do that much for me….”
With that being said Todd walks over to the hotel computer and he opens the draw pulling out a blank hotel key. He presses a couple of buttons on the computer and swipes the card. He places the keycard into his pocket and Jennifer leans over staring at the screen. She seems a little taken back as she looks at her brother.
Jennifer: “Todd what do you think you are doing? That room is off limits. The Television doesn’t work, the lights are broken, and the air conditioning doesn’t even work. Not to mention we haven’t even put a window in that room yet. What do you think you are doing?”
Todd sighs as he grabs his backpack and places it onto his back. He looks deeply into his sister’s eyes as he replies back to her.
Todd: “Listen Jennifer I know it seems crazy but that’s where I plan to stay for next couple of weeks. I need some time to myself and need time to get away from the outside world. The only thing I need from you in addition to taking care of Brittany is to make sure that room service delivers a turkey sandwich and three bottles of water every day to the door. That’s all I need from you other than that do not disturb me. I just need the time to myself, and I really need to focus on breaking this feeling of depression that I am in…. I hope you understand. When I am ready and I think I broke that depressing state that’s when I will emerge out of the room but for now I ask that you leave me to be….”
Jennifer stares at her brother and she instantly runs over to him giving him a long passionate hug. She sighs as she looks up into his eyes.
Jennifer: “Todd…. Just be careful…. I hope you can beat this….I really do….”
Todd nods his head in agreement as he stares back at Jennifer.
Todd: “Me too Jenny….Me too…”
With that Todd takes his back pack and he heads for the worst room in his entire establishment….Jenny is left there with a worried look on her face as she stares at her brother.
So I know the question everyone and their mothers probably want for me to answer. They all want to know why I haven’t been seen on television that much. Well it is simple I had force myself to go through some intense training. I had booked myself into perhaps the worst hotel room in my entire establishment. Where I was no person would dear want to sleep there for a night in a hotel but I forced myself to be there for two weeks. A room that was in nothing but pure darkness, a room where I was closed off from the world and it was a safe haven of some sorts. That is what this room appeared to me as. However as much as it was a safe haven it also was pure hell. Imagine being in a closed off room when the summer weather calls for 90 degree plus weather every day. Imagine the amount of heat that was being generated in that room.
As I said before it felt like pure hell but I knew I needed to endure that if I was to kill that sad emotional mess of a person that I was. Not only did the room serve as a place of solitude but it also place as a place of training. It goes hand and hand with one of my favorite Anime cartoon shows where a bad presence would come to Earth and there was no one strong enough to take on that presence. So in order to prepare for that evil presence, fighters would lock themselves up in a room where they could get all of a year’s training done in one day.
That’s how I felt this time was like. Except that evil presence was no mere mortal but it was a fight within my own body. It was a fight named conflict. How could I dare go out and continue my preaching about the Solution to Roberto’s Revolution? How could I dare try to step up into leading the fight against the Young Guns when I couldn’t even get over my own denial and own self pity. For me to go charging out there would be foolish. It would be the same as someone playing Horde mode on Gears of War on wave 9 wanting to run away from teammates half way across the map just to get the special weapon. Where is the logic in that? What is the logic of trying to get something so special if it means that you would give your own life up in the process?
It’s ridiculous and it’s something that never should be done. Yet all my life I have always lived on the edge. I have always tried to play risky and every time I would go all in before I even glanced at my cards. It didn’t matter to me. It has always been about to big outcome. However all along I know that has been part of my problem. Sometimes you have to sit back and think before you react. Sometimes you have to just read the situation before rushing into things and that’s what the short 2 week period did for me. I finally started to do that and that’s why I decided to take the two week sabbatical.
What did I do during this time period? I honestly did nothing but doing pure pushups in the dark and pure meditation. Not to mention watching some countless black movies on my portable DVD Player. Boyz in the Hood, Menace to Society, Dead Presidents, Undercover Brotha, and even Friday, I literally went through everything I possibly could trying to find an identity for myself, and finally I found it. I found that piece of me that was missing all along. That piece of me that is called confidence…I now have it back and I know nothing can stop me. Not even you Roberto…. You can mark my words of that….
1 Day Before Collision
The door to the hotel room opens up and as it does so we can see a man emerging from that room. That person stepping out is none other than Todd Williams. He seems to look much different than from how we are used to seeing him. His cornrows are completely undone and his afro is just puffed out into a complete mess.
However despite Todd’s hair that seems to be out of control, his arms look kind of big as there is some signs of tone and definition from all of the pushups that he has been doing. He is kind of built and he smirks as the light blinds him. It isn’t long that he is standing in the blinding light because from at the other end of the corridor we are able to see Todd’s daughter Brittany running towards him at full speed. She jumps into his arms and she smirks as she yells at him in pure happiness.
Brittany: “Daddy!!!!!!”
Todd swings his daughter around and lifts the eight year old girl off of the ground. He greets her with a loving kiss as he places her down on the ground and stares into her eyes. He smirks as he can only reply with the only thing that is on his mind.
Todd: “Hey pumpkin long time no see….”
However Brittany isn’t the only one to greet Todd and we are able to see Todd’s sister Jennifer walking down the hallway as well. She greets him with a hug, and she can’t help but smile as she looks at her brother.
Jennifer: “Long time no see baby bro… I truly did miss you… OH Todd I have good news for you. It seems like the company has approved for your request at a rematch with Roberto Verona. Now is your chance at redemption… now this is your chance to show the world that you are a totally different person when you aren’t depressed. You did fight those demons that were haunting you did you not Todd?
Todd just looks at Jenny with a shocked expression on his face. He can’t help but chuckle as he replies back to her.
Todd: “Me fight my demons? Find my identity? Jenny you do realize who you are talking to right? Or did you forget who I was in the time that I have been gone…”
Jenny just shakes her head as she really doesn’t know how to answer. Instead she is very sincere as she replies back to her brother.
Jennifer: “I don’t know Todd who are you? Are you still that same depressed individual that went into the little sabbatical or are you the brother that I have grown to love so much? Are you the father who vows to be there all the time for little Brittany? Or you the man that will tell the world about making dreams become a reality? Who are you Todd? Which Todd is it that I am speaking to?”
Todd smirks as he looks at Jennifer. He throws his backpack against the wall. He does a complete 360. He is very energetic and he looks at Jennifer and begins to scream at the top of his lungs.
Todd: “You really want to know who I am Jenny? Is that what you want to know? Well it’s simple. I’M TODD WILLIAMS!!!!!!!!!! DID YOU HEAR THAT? LET ME SAY IT AGAIN I’M TODD WILLIAMS!”
Todd does a back flip in the hallway, and he can’t help but bang on the other hotel rooms. People are opening the doors not really understanding what is going on and all they see is a crazy black man with an afro running down the hallway screaming out as loud as he possibly can.
Todd: “LOOK AT ME I’M TODD WILLIAMS!!!!!! OPEN YOUR DOORS EVERYONE BECAUSE I’M TODD WILLIAMS!!!!!!!”
We are able to hear some of the frustrations of the other guests as they seem disgusted by what’s going on.
Guest #1: “You know this hotel really needs to do something about who they let in through the doors. I don’t think I want to stay here if they are going to let any hood rat into this hotel…”
Guest #2: “I think I am going to file a complaint to the owner”
All of the guests in the hallway shut their doors and Todd is still there running like a lunatic. Jennifer just shakes her head as she really doesn’t know what to think but she can’t help but smile as she knows that her brother is back. Todd stops running as he reaches his sister. He breathes heavily and Jennifer giggles just staring at him.
Jennifer: “Are you done yet?”
Todd: “Actually no….”
Todd takes a long deep breath, a huge breath, an amazing breath, did I mention a super duper amazing long breath the type that you can’t even breathe for? Yes that type of breath and he exhales screaming out at the top of his lungs…
Todd: “LOOK AT ME!!!! LOOK AT ME!!!!! I’M TODD WILLIAMSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Todd is really tired as he leans over breathing heavily. He looks like he is about to pass out but he doesn’t give out. Instead he is on his two feet as he looks back at Jennifer. His daughter Brittany is forever giggling and Todd smiles back as he replies back to the both of them.
Todd: “Man it feels good to be back…”
Jennifer: “I can see….you missed a lot by being gone….Seems like the Young Guns have expanded to being more then just Jacobsen and Verona, and on top of that there seems to be this group who are aiming to take the young guns down… the only question that remains is what is Todd Williams going to do about this. The Young Guns, Roberto, and even Crystal….”
Todd smirks as he looks over at Jenny. He throws up one finger and just grins as he looks at her.
Todd: “Listen Jennifer let’s take one thing at a time… For now I am going to sit back and pick and choose my fights. I think working on getting my X Championship back would be a good start. Roberto got the best of me before but now that I am back I won’t let him parade around with a title that belongs to me. This is my match to win and I will be damn if I let Roberto beat me… When he defeated me before they were under different circumstances but now I am focused I am not depressed and nothing can break me… It’s time to go out there and make my dreams become a reality…”
Todd can’t help but smirk at his sister and she just smirks back. All of a sudden a loud “Ding” sound can be heard from the elevator down the hallway. Todd smirks as he looks at Jenny and she quickly shakes her head no not wanting him to do it. He can’t help it as he takes off running as fast as he can. The doors open up and standing in the elevator is a group of about 7 men all wearing suits. He reaches the elevator and jumps on top of them screaming at the top of his lungs.
Todd: “I’M TODD WILLIAMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
The men catch Todd, and the door finally shuts as he is in their arms. He can’t help smirk and it is apparent. Todd seems to have gotten his mojo back…With that being said it is on this image that we fade out on.
So guess what everyone yours truly is officially back. The man who could easily be dubbed as perhaps the most immature man in NCW today, not only am I back but I get that long awaited rematch with Roberto Verona. The match where I can see if I have what it takes to be a champion again. Now on paper it seems like everyone seems to pick Roberto as the person to walk out as the winner of this match. All the latest voting polls have been pointing to the fact that Mr. Verona is going to beat me in what a four one on one encounter?
Now the first time we fought as I was the person that I am now and I managed to defeat Roberto. I beat him and I proved to the world that Todd Williams is indeed the one and only solution to the Revolution. Yet Roberto I will be honest you got into my head by helping me win the X Championship, and you showed the world that you could beat me in not one but in two occasions and not only did you beat me but you took away the one thing that made me important. So I can see the logic in why the fans all think that you are just going to Roflstomp me again but that would require that I be that same depressed Todd Williams. I think that’s what people are assuming when they see my name on paper or they see that I haven’t been around for a while so they go with the person who has been around instead of someone like me.
I know I should be offended that they would even think that but you know what? It’s actually not phasing me, you do know why right?
Because I’M TODD WILLIAMS!
I don’t need a damn poll to tell me how much I am going to win or lose, I am just going to go out there and do what I do best. You see Roberto at the end of the day you are still the same person that I envisioned you to be since day one. You are still that Italian queer. Yes a queer, tired of the gay jokes? Don’t worry because I got so much more coming your way and you do know why right?
It’s because I’M TODD WILLIAMS!
I can say whatever I want to say and you can’t do a damn thing to stop me. Consider the name Todd Williams like the new version of Chuck Norris so let all the jokes and what not begin.
Did you know that when Todd Williams eats a turkey sandwich he puts 10 spoonfuls of mayo on it? You know why he does it right? Because I’M TODD WILLIAMS!!!!
I can do whatever the hell I please and you can’t stop me!
The way I see it Roberto you always have a knack for making me hurt the females that I love the most in my life, at first it was Crystal when I was talking to her backstage which followed by that blindsiding assault from you and Trish Newborn. The next time I had you in my sight yet you moved and I ended up hitting my sister Jennifer in the face. Do you love watching me make a fool out of myself? Do you love watching me crown myself in my own self pity? Well guess what Roberto no more sad emotional Todd because now the fight against you Young Guns scum isn’t my own but I have backup now….
So I see how you are, just like a Young Gun you have me focused you been picking me off through your iron sights and you been taking shot after shot after me hoping you can finish off the man that is TODD WILLIAMS. However despite the screen flashing red, despite the controller vibrating furiously telling me it’s about over, that’s when I pull out the secret weapon, that’s when I hit the left bumper and that’s when it hits you…..
BOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
You know what that sound is Roberto? It’s a flash bang! So are you stunned? Are you blinded?
Are you seeing stars? Well you should be because now it’s just not one Todd Williams versus the Young Guns but now there is back up to aid me in taking you and the rest of the guns down. So with an even playing field and none of the sliders adjusted in your favor do you really think you have a chance at beating me?
I don’t think so….
You see Roberto, my life was happy in NCW. I was happy being the great family man acting like nothing could phase me but you had to make your presence known you had to enter the scene like you were a PHANTOM MENACE… It’s all good though because as much as you preached about me being an idiot and the what not. I kicked your ass in the first encounter. That is when I launched THE ATTACK OF TODD WILLIAMS on you… Yet you kept your cool. In your mind you were cheated and not defeated so that’s when you launched THE REVENGE OF ROBERTO VERONA, and you made my life miserable by placing that X Championship that I wanted so much around my waist. It was because of you and only you that I was able to be a champion. I wasn’t broken as a matter of fact I was pretty happy that you gave me A NEW HOPE… A New Hope of silencing you and once again putting you into your place yet that wasn’t meant to be as ROBERTO VERONA STRUCK BACK when he defeated not once but in two separate occasions. Not only did you beat me but you took my X Championship in the process.
I know you think that you won this war, I know you think that you have killed the spirit that is Todd Williams and you are probably happy about what you did, but here we are walking into a pay per view that is named Reborn, and what a fitting name because with Reborn comes my rematch for the X Championship. So brace yourself Roberto because you do know what that means right? Reborn means it’s THE RETURN OF TODD WILLIAMS!!!! I am about to crush you like I am Luke Skywalker in this bitch and there isn’t a thing you can do about it. This is what I live for and I am destined to rise back to the pedestal of greatness and obviously you must know right?
It’s because I’M TODD WILLIAMS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh yeahhhhhhh brother…. Let me tell you something brother… are you ready for a new and refreshed Todd? Are you ready for Todd A Mania to run wild on you brother? Oh brother Roberto what you don’t understand brother.
Is that I been eating my WATERMELON, drinking my GRAPE DRINK, and I been saying my prayers to the almighty and beautiful ROSE GODDESS. Oh Brotherrrrrrrrrrrrrr
At Reborn you are going to get a dosage of Todd Williams and he is going to run wild on youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…
And just remember Roberto just in case you forgot who I am or name. It really is simple…..
I’M TODD WILLIAMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Time to face your worst nightmare biatch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!