Post by Adam Knite on Sept 29, 2012 10:04:08 GMT -6
[Adam lays his head back, closing his eyes as he rests against the seat of the limo after the show, his body aches, his head is throbbing and the hundred little pinholes that cover his chest and back are stinging from the anticipant and he just wants to rest. However, he doesn’t get much time to reflect before the door to the limo pulls open and Kelly slides in next to him. He looks down at her and half smiles at her looking just about as tired as he does.]
Adam: Where’s Syd?
Kelly: *grrrr* She threw her mask in my face and stormed off.
Adam: *smiles* Good for her.
[Kelly’s head spins around and she glares at her husband, who just laughs at her reaction, one of the few people who can get away with that.]
Kelly: Whose side are you on here?
Adam: You know my life revolves around you... doesn’t mean I can’t be happy for my sister when she doesn’t something good for herself. I’m proud of her.
Kelly: She’ll regret it... I’ll...
Adam: Hey take it easy on her.
Kelly: *ugh* Whatever.
[Kelly turns her head and stares forward waiting for the driver to get moving, but Adam isn’t done with her yet, he grabs her around the shoulder and pulls her close to him, and briefly winces when she presses against some of the more raw pinholes in his body.]
Adam: Well we always knew there’d be nights like these.... can’t win ‘em all. *smirks* But hey, you can just hand pick somebody to get the belt off Jacobsen now, so you can get it back whenever you like.
Kelly: *laughs* They just don’t understand do they? If it was about control of who was the champion... I would have had you, my husband, run out there and take it from Ricky Johnson.
Adam: Someday they’ll appreciate all that you’ve done, they will all see where this was for the best.
[Kelly smiles at her husband before she lays her head on his chest and wraps her arms around him tightly. Adam grimaces again, but doesn’t let Kelly know, instead he just puts his hand on her head and gently runs his fingers through her hair.]
What is it now Kyle?
What valiant crusade are you waging this time?
That’s what this spiel was about right? You’ve found something else to take offense to, something else to whine about, complain about until our ears bleed. You’re always waging a holy war for the little guy, representing all that is good in the world of professional wrestling. So come on, let me have it, what did I do wrong this time? What noble cause do you have this time Kyle? Just spit it out, just let us all hear it and spare us the long drawn out convoluted reasoning you’re eventually going to spew... and we can all pretend to care and all just go on living our lives without your holier than thou pretentiousness.
You’re always judging, you’re always looking for a reason to point your finger, scream at the top of your lungs about the moral high ground you’re taking and then vanish into the shadows. You’re only forgotten because everybody is sick of listening you to ramble on for hours on end about nothing of importance, about how you’re so much better than they are.
And before you try to argue that point...
Remember: I know you better than most...
This time, you’re wrong Kyle.
There’s no smoking gun, there’s not big conspiracy going on, there’s no Revolution, and there sure has hell isn’t any corrupt mastermind at play. What you’re saying is my wife taking over a company that was in complete disarray because of the bumbling power trips of her father and turn it around in just a matter of a few short months. Look at the inspiration she inspired in Verona, in Jacobsen, in Nathan Webb.... look how they all stood up and fought for this company, look at how they all stepped up their game. Do you really think the Andrew Jacobsen that gave us six months of uninspired performances losing to Joe Everyman and Will Washington constantly would have won the WarFare match? Your match? Do you really think he would be champion right now if Kelly hadn’t given him a reason to step up?
She kept that World title alive, Kyle. She kept this company afloat when it could have spiraled into the abyss.
She should be praised for what she did... not ridiculed.
She showed bravery, courage, honor in putting her feelings to the side and doing what was best for this company. Be it from making sure Ricky Johnson didn’t walk out the door with the title on his waist to appointing Steve as head of the Starlets to breathe some life into the division... she did what people like you could never do. When she stood up and yelled that something wasn’t right... she tried to fix it, instead of demanding things stay the same. Demanding that nothing change.
What would you have done Kyle? Vacate the belt... have a tournament to crown a champion and immediately turn around to do a Road to the Gold? Have the title vacant for two months until Road to the Gold, put it up for grabs there again.... or maybe even start the tournament earlier? Come on Kyle.. you’ve got all the answers right? Just like you always do? Whatever my old friend, we know that’s where your mind would have went. Instead she took a man who never was pinned for the title. She took the man who lost the belt in a four way and was never given a rematch clause a chance to hold the belt again, a champion for people to thrive for, a man who was just a few short weeks of breaking our record for longest title run.... a shot to breathe life into the World title scene.
You would have sat back and down nothing and you know it. You would have let the pieces fall into place and hope for the best. Like you did with Sydney, hoped that she would see things your way, like you did with Velez... hoped he would come around. You’re all about hope... yet you do little to achieve it.
Think about it... would Alysson, Emma, and Ayla have paired up for BWA 2.0 to show the world how great NCW’s Starlets wrestlers were if not for Steve Awesome trying to trash things up? Would they have given 150% to prove their talents to the world if not for Steve driving them to not be sex puppets? The division was stagnant Kyle. Ever since Z left, ever since Kelly lost to Ashlie... it lost the tag titles it once had, the world title was becoming a joke... insert Steve and look at all the media attention our wrestlers were getting...
Look how Alysson has become a champion of Starlets wrestling around the world...
It’s not a coincidence! It’s not luck, it’s not hope...
It’s by design.
all of it.
Kyle. What did we preach in the Revolution? What was our mantra? You know what i’m talking about, I can see the gears in your head turning right now.... you know I’m right... “somebody has to be the bad guy.”
You knew that once Kyle. You lived that once. You know sometimes you have to take one for the team, you have to be the villian for the better good. Long before The Dark Knight or the The Dark Knight Rises came out.... we lived the movie storyline. We believed in what we felt was right, and now you’ve turned completely against it...
You’ve lost your way Kyle.
Somewhere down this road, you took a different path...
and now you’re a shell of the man I once trusted with my life. The man who stood by his Revolution ideals until the bitter end... even with Angel and Burns abandoned them.
You’re a lifeless cookie cutter form of Falcon... one I cannot respect.
Don’t try and look good for the mindless sheep who don’t bother to see the bigger story. Don’t try and act like this hasn’t been an incredible success for this company. Just look at the inspirationg that has gripped the roster, just look at how many people have stood up and took on this challenge head first. Look at Xavier Cross and what he went through to beat me! He fought ME with broken ribs! You think just some idiot who wanted to be National champion would have done that!? He had a reason to fight...
We gave him that reason.
Don’t take that away from these people Kyle.
Don’t try and pull away the one thing that has them rallying together, just because you’ve grown cynical in your old age. You should enjoy the passion these kids are showing, you should swoon over the fire your protege Simon Daye has shown in his pursuit of Sydney... You of all people who have claimed so many times that you’re about the future of this business, that you want to leave this world a better place than how you found it...
should appreciate all that’s been done.
Me and Kelly will make this a better NCW, a stronger NCW...
even if we have to tear it down again... brick by brick...
Believe in me Kyle...
Trust your King.
This is what’s best.
Adam: Where’s Syd?
Kelly: *grrrr* She threw her mask in my face and stormed off.
Adam: *smiles* Good for her.
[Kelly’s head spins around and she glares at her husband, who just laughs at her reaction, one of the few people who can get away with that.]
Kelly: Whose side are you on here?
Adam: You know my life revolves around you... doesn’t mean I can’t be happy for my sister when she doesn’t something good for herself. I’m proud of her.
Kelly: She’ll regret it... I’ll...
Adam: Hey take it easy on her.
Kelly: *ugh* Whatever.
[Kelly turns her head and stares forward waiting for the driver to get moving, but Adam isn’t done with her yet, he grabs her around the shoulder and pulls her close to him, and briefly winces when she presses against some of the more raw pinholes in his body.]
Adam: Well we always knew there’d be nights like these.... can’t win ‘em all. *smirks* But hey, you can just hand pick somebody to get the belt off Jacobsen now, so you can get it back whenever you like.
Kelly: *laughs* They just don’t understand do they? If it was about control of who was the champion... I would have had you, my husband, run out there and take it from Ricky Johnson.
Adam: Someday they’ll appreciate all that you’ve done, they will all see where this was for the best.
[Kelly smiles at her husband before she lays her head on his chest and wraps her arms around him tightly. Adam grimaces again, but doesn’t let Kelly know, instead he just puts his hand on her head and gently runs his fingers through her hair.]
What is it now Kyle?
What valiant crusade are you waging this time?
That’s what this spiel was about right? You’ve found something else to take offense to, something else to whine about, complain about until our ears bleed. You’re always waging a holy war for the little guy, representing all that is good in the world of professional wrestling. So come on, let me have it, what did I do wrong this time? What noble cause do you have this time Kyle? Just spit it out, just let us all hear it and spare us the long drawn out convoluted reasoning you’re eventually going to spew... and we can all pretend to care and all just go on living our lives without your holier than thou pretentiousness.
You’re always judging, you’re always looking for a reason to point your finger, scream at the top of your lungs about the moral high ground you’re taking and then vanish into the shadows. You’re only forgotten because everybody is sick of listening you to ramble on for hours on end about nothing of importance, about how you’re so much better than they are.
And before you try to argue that point...
Remember: I know you better than most...
This time, you’re wrong Kyle.
There’s no smoking gun, there’s not big conspiracy going on, there’s no Revolution, and there sure has hell isn’t any corrupt mastermind at play. What you’re saying is my wife taking over a company that was in complete disarray because of the bumbling power trips of her father and turn it around in just a matter of a few short months. Look at the inspiration she inspired in Verona, in Jacobsen, in Nathan Webb.... look how they all stood up and fought for this company, look at how they all stepped up their game. Do you really think the Andrew Jacobsen that gave us six months of uninspired performances losing to Joe Everyman and Will Washington constantly would have won the WarFare match? Your match? Do you really think he would be champion right now if Kelly hadn’t given him a reason to step up?
She kept that World title alive, Kyle. She kept this company afloat when it could have spiraled into the abyss.
She should be praised for what she did... not ridiculed.
She showed bravery, courage, honor in putting her feelings to the side and doing what was best for this company. Be it from making sure Ricky Johnson didn’t walk out the door with the title on his waist to appointing Steve as head of the Starlets to breathe some life into the division... she did what people like you could never do. When she stood up and yelled that something wasn’t right... she tried to fix it, instead of demanding things stay the same. Demanding that nothing change.
What would you have done Kyle? Vacate the belt... have a tournament to crown a champion and immediately turn around to do a Road to the Gold? Have the title vacant for two months until Road to the Gold, put it up for grabs there again.... or maybe even start the tournament earlier? Come on Kyle.. you’ve got all the answers right? Just like you always do? Whatever my old friend, we know that’s where your mind would have went. Instead she took a man who never was pinned for the title. She took the man who lost the belt in a four way and was never given a rematch clause a chance to hold the belt again, a champion for people to thrive for, a man who was just a few short weeks of breaking our record for longest title run.... a shot to breathe life into the World title scene.
You would have sat back and down nothing and you know it. You would have let the pieces fall into place and hope for the best. Like you did with Sydney, hoped that she would see things your way, like you did with Velez... hoped he would come around. You’re all about hope... yet you do little to achieve it.
Think about it... would Alysson, Emma, and Ayla have paired up for BWA 2.0 to show the world how great NCW’s Starlets wrestlers were if not for Steve Awesome trying to trash things up? Would they have given 150% to prove their talents to the world if not for Steve driving them to not be sex puppets? The division was stagnant Kyle. Ever since Z left, ever since Kelly lost to Ashlie... it lost the tag titles it once had, the world title was becoming a joke... insert Steve and look at all the media attention our wrestlers were getting...
Look how Alysson has become a champion of Starlets wrestling around the world...
It’s not a coincidence! It’s not luck, it’s not hope...
It’s by design.
all of it.
Kyle. What did we preach in the Revolution? What was our mantra? You know what i’m talking about, I can see the gears in your head turning right now.... you know I’m right... “somebody has to be the bad guy.”
You knew that once Kyle. You lived that once. You know sometimes you have to take one for the team, you have to be the villian for the better good. Long before The Dark Knight or the The Dark Knight Rises came out.... we lived the movie storyline. We believed in what we felt was right, and now you’ve turned completely against it...
You’ve lost your way Kyle.
Somewhere down this road, you took a different path...
and now you’re a shell of the man I once trusted with my life. The man who stood by his Revolution ideals until the bitter end... even with Angel and Burns abandoned them.
You’re a lifeless cookie cutter form of Falcon... one I cannot respect.
Don’t try and look good for the mindless sheep who don’t bother to see the bigger story. Don’t try and act like this hasn’t been an incredible success for this company. Just look at the inspirationg that has gripped the roster, just look at how many people have stood up and took on this challenge head first. Look at Xavier Cross and what he went through to beat me! He fought ME with broken ribs! You think just some idiot who wanted to be National champion would have done that!? He had a reason to fight...
We gave him that reason.
Don’t take that away from these people Kyle.
Don’t try and pull away the one thing that has them rallying together, just because you’ve grown cynical in your old age. You should enjoy the passion these kids are showing, you should swoon over the fire your protege Simon Daye has shown in his pursuit of Sydney... You of all people who have claimed so many times that you’re about the future of this business, that you want to leave this world a better place than how you found it...
should appreciate all that’s been done.
Me and Kelly will make this a better NCW, a stronger NCW...
even if we have to tear it down again... brick by brick...
Believe in me Kyle...
Trust your King.
This is what’s best.