Deja Vu

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Trouble in paradise?

It seems that the only man in the world you trusted has swiftly betrayed that trust.

How ironic.

You may not like me Kelly, but I would never lie to you about my motives.

I want you to choose the right path for everybody’s benefit, not to keep myself on top.

If a petite blonde was the key to power, I’d have stuck it to Hannah a long time ago.

I can make my own opportunities for glory, I don’t need you to achieve that.

I need you to ensure that everybody gets a fair shot at attaining the same.

I am an open book, maybe it is time to stop trying to figure out the riddles your supposed friends keep sending your way.

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Karl Ludwig Borne once said that ridding ourselves of a delusion makes us wiser than simply obtaining the truth. So allow me to endear myself to satirical Frankfurter by doing you a favour Jimmy, before you end up swallowing that foot in your mouth.

When you categorically state that you remember something “as clear as day”, make sure you don’t get lost in a swirling mist as you frantically search for the facts that suit your desired argument.

I never once stated that you and Lex were the “weak links” of the Young Guns.

I stated that you and Andrew were.

Don’t believe me? You’re welcome to re-watch my video from two weeks ago if you see fit, but don’t expect your poorly researched declaration to be proven correct no matter many times you watch it. I know what I said Jimmy, perhaps next time you will at least confirm your sources before making such bold statements.

You don’t want to play the part of the fool forever, do you?

In the interests of not preying on your faux pas for too long, after all I needn’t point out your inaccurate claims for the rest of this broadcast to “best you” as we could be here forever, let me refresh your memory further as to thrust of the arguments I presented two weeks ago, seen as you clearly have neglected to absorb them.

I told you then, and I will tell you now, that for all the God given talent you possess Jimmy, you will never achieve anything in New Championship Wrestling until you build on the momentum you engineer for yourself. Let me ask you this question Zane, a week after pinning Adam Knite where did you find yourself?

Was it another rung up the over-populated ladder to the World Championship, or was it flat on your back staring up at the rafters asking yourself what went wrong?

We both know the answer, but yet only one of us seems capable of grasping the concept.

Every single week you stand there, your chest puffed out and your ego inflated, as you waffle on about how you’ve been out of the picture for too long, that you’re really a genuine contender and that you will once again rise towards the summit of NCW…

And every single week everybody else in the locker room reaches for the remote.

It isn’t because you’re a bad wrestler Jimmy, far from it. It is because we are sick to death of hearing you tell us that you’re going to be a big deal, and trust me it has nothing to do with “hearing it”, “learning it” or “getting the **** over it”.

The reason nobody takes you seriously anymore is because for every victory over Spike Kane and Adam Knite, there is some god awful embarrassment waiting around the corner to erase any of the momentum you have toiled away to achieve. We’ve learn to not buy into the Jimmy Zane title challenge because we’ve been stung in the past when we’ve put faith in your career.

Ask yourself this Jimmy, if you do win on Sunday, do you honestly think that Lex even remotely considers you a genuine threat, or do you think he will go after Xander and resign you to being nothing more than a mere after thought?

We both know he’d be lying if he told you he was going to treat you with the same respect he is going to afford Xander, because like everybody else he knows that whilst you can beat anybody in this company on your day, you have this bizarre ability to be beaten by anybody in this company. What separates you from guys like me, Jimmy, is that I do not get egg on my face after I drape myself in glory and until you stop stinking out the joint as much as you light it up you will never find yourself on my level.

You can kid yourself into believing that I genuinely have gotten to where I am today by politicking and aligning myself to the most powerful faction I can find if you want, but don’t blame me when you fail to emulate my success by blinding yourself from what the lessons of my meteoric rise could teach you.

I sunk to my lowest point when I lost my X-Championship to Famularo, but instead of mirroring your career I dusted myself off and a month later, independent of any “power that be” I became the National Champion. When I lost my National Championship, I entered the Riot at number 9, eliminated the most people and was moments away from occupying the spot Todd finds himself in on Sunday.

What have you done since Lex dropped you and started his pursuit of Angel and the World Title?

Feel free to continue living this fallacy Jimmy, if it suits you to do so, but don’t expect me to be passing you on the way down any time soon. Even if you do manage to beat me this weekend, I will recover and there isn’t a damn thing you can do to stop me inserting myself into the World Title picture in the coming months.

I’ve paid my dues, bided my time and proven myself worthy.

It isn’t a matter of if anymore, merely a matter of when.

I will enter that ring on Sunday and do whatever it takes to win and if lose, I will regroup and come back next week even stronger to make sure that I am not filed away into obscurity.

That is what separates the Veronas from the Zanes.

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Hannah Reed : Do you really think you can convince her to betray her husband? Love makes us blind Roberto, even you.

Roberto smiles.

Roberto Verona : He has already betrayed her, so has everybody else she trusted absolutely. What I ask is for her to not betray her employees, her duty is to them, not him.

Hannah Reed : Perhaps. But whatever their motives, they genuinely believe they’ve done the right thing for her.

Roberto Verona : Only because it is also the right thing for them, as long as she plays ball. They crave absolute power, and they want to use Kelly as a vessel to achieve that and they are banking on her emotional attachment to them all will keep her sweet. It is just a shame that she inherited her father’s stubborn refusal to bow to the whims of others.

Hannah Reed : Don’t underestimate love Roberto, it may persuade her to ignore her DNA in the end.

Roberto Verona : Maybe, but until somebody offers her another option then there was never any hope of ensuring we haven’t replaced one corrupt hierarchy with another. If they succeed, all that will have changed is the furniture; the same festering bile will be rotting the bones of the company.

Hannah Reed : Let’s just hope she listens to her head. God knows us girls have made enough stupid decisions listening to our hearts that always come back to bite us in the ass.

Roberto Verona : You didn’t mind been bitten last night….

Hannah smacks him playfully on the shoulder.

Hannah Reed : I never said we didn’t enjoy it! Maybe it’s the danger

Roberto Verona : Well these are dangerous times, if Kelly is an adrenaline junky she’s in for a rollercoaster ride. Whether she makes the right choice or not.

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Do you ever feel that we’re treading the very same road Lex?

Week after week you and I seem to tantalisingly find ourselves inside that squared circle, treading the same path as we march down the road to the exact same prize.

The NCW World Championship Belt.

Oh sure, our motives and our methods vary, I would never deny that you or I have ever pursued the same paths to meet the same ends, but ultimately you and I seem unavoidably bound to the same route.

I have no doubts that as much as you’d like to see me end up in a wreck this weekend, you and I will reach the same goal one way or another, whether either of us reaches that same goal before the other seems much of a muchness in the grand scheme of things.

I struggle to think of what to say to you Lex that you haven’t heard already in the past month, we’ve spent so many weeks sharing the same ring that is almost feels like we’re just going through the motions but ultimately, after all the matches, we finally find ourselves in one with a tangible prize attached to it.

An opportunity to take a step ahead of one another.

Whilst we tussled in the Riot, fought in a “showcase” Triple Threat and ultimately rolled into town with the Champion in tow in a Contendership Contest bar the Riot none of them ultimately had a legitimate prize waiting at the end of it.

After all, I beat you and Ricky and yet here I am, forced to compete for a number one contenders spot again and we both walked away winners from the six man tag match, yet it earned us nothing, except this match arguably.

Now is the time to step up to the plate and show what we can do, it seems a little cruel that we will stare across a ring at one another but then let’s face it, the issue of Xander’s next opponent should always have been decided by a match between yourself and me. Gjenrei and Jimmy Zane are just side attractions who will earn a golden ticket to the big time by association, or if they bring their A-Game perhaps they’ll earn it on the night, but ultimately neither have “earnt” a shot at Xander whether they like to admit it or not.

You and me though Lex, we’ve torn this company apart for a year and what have we gotten for our troubles?

Nothing.

We’ve had to sit and watch has beens grasp tightly to the biggest prize in the game and occupy ourselves as we bided our time for the changing of the guard that has been a long time coming in this company. I’ve had a target painted on my back since day one and have gotten nothing unless I scraped and clawed my way towards it, you’ve had to settle for Tag Titles and the glory of putting away a legend.

I wouldn’t do anything differently, and nor I wager would you, but now it is time for us to reap the rewards of paying our dues for so long.

It is just a shame one of us will have to go back to the hotel to twiddle our thumbs again for the next few months. Although if I know you Lex, because I sure as hell know me, neither of us will rest on our laurels and win or lose, we will be looking across that ring into Xander’s eyes sooner or later.

Lord knows you must fancy your chances, you’ve long held the honour of been one of the only men who has been able to put away the man on the biggest streak of form in years. Xander has made men like Adam Knite and Spike Kane look like green as grass amateurs at times yet you’ve put him away on two separate occasions, either side of a run that not even I could stop.

Some would say that you have to be the favourite to rip that belt from his grasp based on your form against him, but I have no desire to give you that opportunity Lex.

I know you and Jimmy have previous, you’re ability to work as a team is no doubt requiring a mere quick polish before it is ticking over like clockwork once again, but whether me and Gjenrei have chemistry or not, I will be doing whatever it takes to make sure that when I celebrate my first anniversary in NCW I will be fighting Xander Famularo, or Todd Williams, for the biggest prize in the game.

You’ll both be confident of getting the job done, but whilst Jimmy let’s his heart rule his head you have proven you have what it takes on numerous occasions. I have no desire to end up a loser for two pay-per-views running and if beating the former Tag Team Champions in an environment that suits them is what it takes to get a shot at tearing the crown from the top dog, then so be it.

I’ve been in tighter spots than this and I have come out smelling of roses and this weekend will be no different because rest assured Lex, even if I lose this weekend, I will be wrapping that belt around my waist in the coming months, whether I have to wait a little longer or not.

That is a promise.

Viva La Révolution

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Feeling the pressure yet Kelly?

We both knew that Adam, Gib, Zelda and Xander wouldn’t let you rest on your laurels.

Sooner or later they were always going to start turning the screw until you give them exactly what they want.

Total domination through you.

Perhaps in this situation it really is better the enemy you know.

You know that I am being honest with you, there is no love lost between you or I because Lord knows if they hadn’t taken your father out, I would have done so sooner or later.

I have no reason to mince my words or dress them up to be something they are not.

Can the same be said of your loved ones?

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