Post by Lance "The Icon" Ryan on Nov 25, 2011 4:13:22 GMT -6
~*~*~In every facet of life there are people that carry a tag. People that are called something that is looked down upon. It has been around for generations really. Whether these portions of society were shunned because of prejudice or because of a lack of understanding, these things have always existed. Recently this has been seen with homosexuals, African Americans, Women and certain sects of religion within our culture. These are examples of people being looked down on because they were “different” in appearance and people were afraid of embracing difference of belief, color and gender equality. However, throughout modern history there has been the same issues with people who are simply misunderstood. We have seen this with emo, goth and punk sub cultures for a few generations now. These people are often referred to by one tag that seems to encompass them all. Enigma. An enigma is a person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand. ~*~*~[/i]
Lance Ryan: Let’s be honest here Trent. Nobody needs to set a scene. Nobody needs to lay out what this match is about. This match is simple. It is about two men that have proved a lot in this business and two men that genuinely couldn’t give a **** about one another. Grudge match sums it all up fairly well I would say. I don’t like you. I never have, I never will. I don’t like what you do in the ring, you never impressed me. I don’t like who you pretend to be. You are nothing but a guy that beats to a different path. That much I can accept. It is the holier than thou attitude that you have that drives me insane. I am entirely sick and tired of seeing you come out for years and run people down, insult them and act like they are lesser than you. I have had enough and win or lose, I am going to ensure one thing. If nothing else, I am going to shut you up for a short amount of time. I am going to kick you so hard in your jaw that you are going to feel it for weeks. I am going to do nCw a favor that someone should have done a long time ago…something that I have failed at before… I am going to shut up the egomaniac that is Trent Helms.
Trent, I’ve seen your little promos. I witnessed the little jabs that I am sure you came up with, with ease. You are so clever Trent. I mean, you definitely put me into my place by saying that I am not the crusader for nCw that I say that I am. You were oh so quick to try and put me down with your little history lessons, but let me as you something…you are supposedly so clever and you are definitely a guy that doesn’t respect the tradition that comes with this business, so since when do you live behind the “walls” of professional wrestling? Let’s break free of the walls Trent. I hate you as a human being because as far as I am concerned, no matter what you say your motives have been on screen, you have always been about destroying and mocking everything that nCw ever was.
I on the other hand have always been about EXACTLY what I said when I last directed words at you. I have been about making nCw a better place, about putting this company on the map and about entertaining anyone that watches the product. Has my career been filled with ups and downs? Have I made mistakes along the way? The answer is yes. But everything that I ever did was for the best of this company. Everyone needs a hero and whether you want to admit it or not, a lot of times I was that hero. On the flip side, every hero needs an anti-hero and Trent there were times that I had to do what was right for business and be that anti-hero. What would batman be without the iconic villains that opposed him? What would any super hero be if they didn’t have a larger than life being to oppose them? That’s right. I did have a lot to do with Age of the Revolution. I have done a lot of things inside and outside that ring that people have cheered me for and booed me for…but let’s be honest. Do you hear the buzz these people have when I grace them with my presence? How do you think that the people are going to react when I walk down to that ring for the first time in a long long time? They are going to cheer me. They are grateful for every moment that I have given them in my career. They respect what I have done in the business. Is that the real issue here? Does Trent Helms begrudge the fact that those people do not love you? Does it hurt to know that you will never be held in the same regard as people that you feel are beneath you? Is that what this chase for the Hall of Fame is about? Is this your way of trying to make a name for yourself in your last moments in the ring?
You know Trent, I studied psychology when I went to school and what you are portraying is classic. You feel that you should be a part of the Hall of Fame conversation, but let’s be honest here, you are the only one that feels that way. Who brought up Trent Helms and The Hall? You did. Nobody else did. You are doing something yet again that you have done way too many times before, ****ting on something that is hollowed in this and every other sporting business. The Hall of Fame is an honor. You don’t ask for it, it is given. That is what you are missing here. Whether you are truly a Hall of Famer or not, you will never know. You know why? You won’t shut your mouth long enough for everyone else to think about whether you deserve to be there. This isn’t a title, this isn’t a “push”. The Hall of Fame is not something that you fight for Trent, it is something given to those that deserve it.
I am not really sure what you are expecting on Sunday night, but I am here to tell you that on Sunday you are going to have something given to you…a beating. I am tired of watching nCw television to see you run down the people that frankly ensured that you still had a place to work. I am not one to judge because I had my moments as well, but you came and went from this company more than anyone else that I can think about. You were the classic case in all of the time that I was here of a man that would give it his all one night, and mail in a performance the next. Inconsistent. But now you want to stand here and tell everyone where you deserve to be and what they should think of you. That isn’t how it works. That isn’t how life works Trent. Things are earned in life.
Let me level with you here, I have no idea what I can give in that ring anymore. You and I both know that my best days have come and gone, I can admit that. But what I do know is that I am going to bring a hell of a lot of fight to this match and I will not go down without you beating me within an inch of my life. This match is now a casket match and I know that you would love to bury my career symbolically into that casket, but really, even if you win this match, you will not bury anything. These people will always love me and you cannot undo the things that I have done in my time here. Sunday night, we will have a fight. It will be one of the last members of the original guard taking on a man with no respect for it. Drop the shenanigans Trent, it’s time to put up or shut up, put your money where your mouth is…use whatever tired cliché you feel is proper, but rest assured I am going to lace up my boots, put on my tights and grease back my hair once more and I am going to take up the fight for everything that nCW once stood for. Honor, respect, entertainment and a level of class that you have never held. I am here to fight for all of the legends that I went to war with and for all of the kids in the back that are watching you and getting the wrong idea of what a veteran is in this business. Trent, the stars are aligning and this is going to be a night to remember. Your star however is about to stop shining. Your path of destruction is going to come to an end when I hit YOU with The End of an Era.
~*~*~It’s a tired world around us. Everything seems to get destroyed and forgotten over time. Building crumble, streets fall apart and legends die. Things will always change and pass away, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Sometimes someone needs to stand up and remind people about the way that things used to be. Generations need to learn that things weren’t and won’t always have to be this way. People need to take charge of reminding people of our past. Sunday Night is my war in that regard. I am going to try and remind people what a Hall of Famer used to be…~*~*~[/i]
Lance Ryan: Let’s be honest here Trent. Nobody needs to set a scene. Nobody needs to lay out what this match is about. This match is simple. It is about two men that have proved a lot in this business and two men that genuinely couldn’t give a **** about one another. Grudge match sums it all up fairly well I would say. I don’t like you. I never have, I never will. I don’t like what you do in the ring, you never impressed me. I don’t like who you pretend to be. You are nothing but a guy that beats to a different path. That much I can accept. It is the holier than thou attitude that you have that drives me insane. I am entirely sick and tired of seeing you come out for years and run people down, insult them and act like they are lesser than you. I have had enough and win or lose, I am going to ensure one thing. If nothing else, I am going to shut you up for a short amount of time. I am going to kick you so hard in your jaw that you are going to feel it for weeks. I am going to do nCw a favor that someone should have done a long time ago…something that I have failed at before… I am going to shut up the egomaniac that is Trent Helms.
Trent, I’ve seen your little promos. I witnessed the little jabs that I am sure you came up with, with ease. You are so clever Trent. I mean, you definitely put me into my place by saying that I am not the crusader for nCw that I say that I am. You were oh so quick to try and put me down with your little history lessons, but let me as you something…you are supposedly so clever and you are definitely a guy that doesn’t respect the tradition that comes with this business, so since when do you live behind the “walls” of professional wrestling? Let’s break free of the walls Trent. I hate you as a human being because as far as I am concerned, no matter what you say your motives have been on screen, you have always been about destroying and mocking everything that nCw ever was.
I on the other hand have always been about EXACTLY what I said when I last directed words at you. I have been about making nCw a better place, about putting this company on the map and about entertaining anyone that watches the product. Has my career been filled with ups and downs? Have I made mistakes along the way? The answer is yes. But everything that I ever did was for the best of this company. Everyone needs a hero and whether you want to admit it or not, a lot of times I was that hero. On the flip side, every hero needs an anti-hero and Trent there were times that I had to do what was right for business and be that anti-hero. What would batman be without the iconic villains that opposed him? What would any super hero be if they didn’t have a larger than life being to oppose them? That’s right. I did have a lot to do with Age of the Revolution. I have done a lot of things inside and outside that ring that people have cheered me for and booed me for…but let’s be honest. Do you hear the buzz these people have when I grace them with my presence? How do you think that the people are going to react when I walk down to that ring for the first time in a long long time? They are going to cheer me. They are grateful for every moment that I have given them in my career. They respect what I have done in the business. Is that the real issue here? Does Trent Helms begrudge the fact that those people do not love you? Does it hurt to know that you will never be held in the same regard as people that you feel are beneath you? Is that what this chase for the Hall of Fame is about? Is this your way of trying to make a name for yourself in your last moments in the ring?
You know Trent, I studied psychology when I went to school and what you are portraying is classic. You feel that you should be a part of the Hall of Fame conversation, but let’s be honest here, you are the only one that feels that way. Who brought up Trent Helms and The Hall? You did. Nobody else did. You are doing something yet again that you have done way too many times before, ****ting on something that is hollowed in this and every other sporting business. The Hall of Fame is an honor. You don’t ask for it, it is given. That is what you are missing here. Whether you are truly a Hall of Famer or not, you will never know. You know why? You won’t shut your mouth long enough for everyone else to think about whether you deserve to be there. This isn’t a title, this isn’t a “push”. The Hall of Fame is not something that you fight for Trent, it is something given to those that deserve it.
I am not really sure what you are expecting on Sunday night, but I am here to tell you that on Sunday you are going to have something given to you…a beating. I am tired of watching nCw television to see you run down the people that frankly ensured that you still had a place to work. I am not one to judge because I had my moments as well, but you came and went from this company more than anyone else that I can think about. You were the classic case in all of the time that I was here of a man that would give it his all one night, and mail in a performance the next. Inconsistent. But now you want to stand here and tell everyone where you deserve to be and what they should think of you. That isn’t how it works. That isn’t how life works Trent. Things are earned in life.
Let me level with you here, I have no idea what I can give in that ring anymore. You and I both know that my best days have come and gone, I can admit that. But what I do know is that I am going to bring a hell of a lot of fight to this match and I will not go down without you beating me within an inch of my life. This match is now a casket match and I know that you would love to bury my career symbolically into that casket, but really, even if you win this match, you will not bury anything. These people will always love me and you cannot undo the things that I have done in my time here. Sunday night, we will have a fight. It will be one of the last members of the original guard taking on a man with no respect for it. Drop the shenanigans Trent, it’s time to put up or shut up, put your money where your mouth is…use whatever tired cliché you feel is proper, but rest assured I am going to lace up my boots, put on my tights and grease back my hair once more and I am going to take up the fight for everything that nCW once stood for. Honor, respect, entertainment and a level of class that you have never held. I am here to fight for all of the legends that I went to war with and for all of the kids in the back that are watching you and getting the wrong idea of what a veteran is in this business. Trent, the stars are aligning and this is going to be a night to remember. Your star however is about to stop shining. Your path of destruction is going to come to an end when I hit YOU with The End of an Era.
~*~*~It’s a tired world around us. Everything seems to get destroyed and forgotten over time. Building crumble, streets fall apart and legends die. Things will always change and pass away, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Sometimes someone needs to stand up and remind people about the way that things used to be. Generations need to learn that things weren’t and won’t always have to be this way. People need to take charge of reminding people of our past. Sunday Night is my war in that regard. I am going to try and remind people what a Hall of Famer used to be…~*~*~[/i]
