Post by Alex Jones on Oct 27, 2012 16:31:40 GMT -6
“It’s all the same..”
“Only the names will change.”
“Everyday, it seems we’re wasting away.”
“Another place, where the faces are so cold.”
“I drive all night just to get back home.”
“Did I just open with a bon jovi reference?. “
“In this case it’s an apt choice.”
“I face an uncertain future....”
“And a dark past....”
“Oh Gib.....your words cut me deep...”
I sigh and fold my arms.
“So deep, deeper than any man has ever gone. But the last few weeks since I lost my road to the gold match I’ve been reflecting on my career. People talk about me and tell me that I whine too much, that I complain, that it’s never my fault, that I blame others and for the most part they’re right. But I can recognise when I have been beaten. Not when I’ve lost, when someone has beaten me, and your son certainly beat me. See I wanted to prove that Jacobsoen was not the guy to beat Xander and be the new champ. And in the end I was right....”
“Let’s face it Gib, Andrew Jacobsen is not a champion, he’s a pretender to the throne. If he can beat Roberto Verona he will earn legitimacy, but the fact that son of a bitch can claim to be world champ all because Xander lot the belt in a tag match makes me sick. But I had my chance to earn a shot, until I ran into Adam Knite. Adam beat me, that’s what Adam does, he’s one of the best and has a track record to prove it. He’s held major singles titles, he was a great world champion and has won the tag team titles with many partners, there is no shame in losing to men like Adam and Xander.”
“Just like there’d be no shame in losing to you and Simon. A mix n match team of a young up and comer and a legend who have held the tag team belts with honor and respect. Hell you two took those titles and made them mean something again. And now they are titles people want to hold. Ken and I got thrown together as a team but over the last few weeks we’ve gelled quickly and I can see us being successful. But are we good enough to beat you and Simon?. Honestly, I have no idea.”
A smile comes across my face as I sit forward nodding my head in self understanding.
“That may be a rare moment of honesty in a business that is usually so obsessed with chest beating and testosterone fuelled comments. But that is who I am and I lost that Gib. I lost that and became just like everyone else. I looked around and I told the world I was the best and I said it so much because I had to believe it. But I’m not the best Gib, I can’t say I am the best because I’ve never been a world champion. I wasn’t always like this Gib, I wasn’t always an arrogant idiot blinded by his own ambition and what the world apparently owed me....”
“After Adam beat me again, after I realised my chance was done, I looked at myself in the mirror and I hated what I saw. So here you are telling me to look at myself and fix it. And I have already started, but the growth needs to continue. I need to rediscover who I am and let that man out.”
“I’m coming out Gib, I’m going into my closet and finding my old clothes and then I will burst out, right out of that close-.....”
I stop and realise what I’m doing.
“Um, moving on. I heard what you had to say to my tag team partner and I have to say I’m impressed with what you said, I didn’t understand half of it but I was still impressed. And I know first hand what kind of guy Ken is. See I haven’t spoken about it but Ken Davison is a methodical wrestling machine...and a big sorry to Nighthawk for infringing on his machine schtick but he is. I talk to Ken and the way he talks about matches and things we should do has inspired me. The reason why I’m saying this and the reason why I want Gib and Simon to know this is because I want them and the world to know that we are a real team....”
“We aren’t just two random guys thrown together, like Dexter and Curtis, we are a team. And the scary part that in a very short time he and I have developed a chemistry. Obviously not as bonded as Gib and Simon but still impressive. I don’t want us to be underestimated, I want Ken and I to face the best team in NCW, I want us to face you and get the best....”
“And I have no doubt in my mind, you two are the best Tag team in NCW today. You may not started off that way but that is how you and Simon have ended up....”
I shoot a quick smile.
“And speaking of Simon, last time we saw him he was pinning the world champion, then again who doesn’t pin that loser?. Jacobsen’s title reign ends on Sunday and honestly our match will be alot more exciting and competitive and truth is Simon, you could be world champion, and that’s why I’m so excited for this match, we have the legend Gib, the young lion Simon Daye who has become a great name in this business and this company, and being partnered with Ken is exciting as I look toward the future, and on Sunday may the best team win.....”
“Only the names will change.”
“Everyday, it seems we’re wasting away.”
“Another place, where the faces are so cold.”
“I drive all night just to get back home.”
“Did I just open with a bon jovi reference?. “
“In this case it’s an apt choice.”
“I face an uncertain future....”
“And a dark past....”
“Oh Gib.....your words cut me deep...”
I sigh and fold my arms.
“So deep, deeper than any man has ever gone. But the last few weeks since I lost my road to the gold match I’ve been reflecting on my career. People talk about me and tell me that I whine too much, that I complain, that it’s never my fault, that I blame others and for the most part they’re right. But I can recognise when I have been beaten. Not when I’ve lost, when someone has beaten me, and your son certainly beat me. See I wanted to prove that Jacobsoen was not the guy to beat Xander and be the new champ. And in the end I was right....”
“Let’s face it Gib, Andrew Jacobsen is not a champion, he’s a pretender to the throne. If he can beat Roberto Verona he will earn legitimacy, but the fact that son of a bitch can claim to be world champ all because Xander lot the belt in a tag match makes me sick. But I had my chance to earn a shot, until I ran into Adam Knite. Adam beat me, that’s what Adam does, he’s one of the best and has a track record to prove it. He’s held major singles titles, he was a great world champion and has won the tag team titles with many partners, there is no shame in losing to men like Adam and Xander.”
“Just like there’d be no shame in losing to you and Simon. A mix n match team of a young up and comer and a legend who have held the tag team belts with honor and respect. Hell you two took those titles and made them mean something again. And now they are titles people want to hold. Ken and I got thrown together as a team but over the last few weeks we’ve gelled quickly and I can see us being successful. But are we good enough to beat you and Simon?. Honestly, I have no idea.”
A smile comes across my face as I sit forward nodding my head in self understanding.
“That may be a rare moment of honesty in a business that is usually so obsessed with chest beating and testosterone fuelled comments. But that is who I am and I lost that Gib. I lost that and became just like everyone else. I looked around and I told the world I was the best and I said it so much because I had to believe it. But I’m not the best Gib, I can’t say I am the best because I’ve never been a world champion. I wasn’t always like this Gib, I wasn’t always an arrogant idiot blinded by his own ambition and what the world apparently owed me....”
“After Adam beat me again, after I realised my chance was done, I looked at myself in the mirror and I hated what I saw. So here you are telling me to look at myself and fix it. And I have already started, but the growth needs to continue. I need to rediscover who I am and let that man out.”
“I’m coming out Gib, I’m going into my closet and finding my old clothes and then I will burst out, right out of that close-.....”
I stop and realise what I’m doing.
“Um, moving on. I heard what you had to say to my tag team partner and I have to say I’m impressed with what you said, I didn’t understand half of it but I was still impressed. And I know first hand what kind of guy Ken is. See I haven’t spoken about it but Ken Davison is a methodical wrestling machine...and a big sorry to Nighthawk for infringing on his machine schtick but he is. I talk to Ken and the way he talks about matches and things we should do has inspired me. The reason why I’m saying this and the reason why I want Gib and Simon to know this is because I want them and the world to know that we are a real team....”
“We aren’t just two random guys thrown together, like Dexter and Curtis, we are a team. And the scary part that in a very short time he and I have developed a chemistry. Obviously not as bonded as Gib and Simon but still impressive. I don’t want us to be underestimated, I want Ken and I to face the best team in NCW, I want us to face you and get the best....”
“And I have no doubt in my mind, you two are the best Tag team in NCW today. You may not started off that way but that is how you and Simon have ended up....”
I shoot a quick smile.
“And speaking of Simon, last time we saw him he was pinning the world champion, then again who doesn’t pin that loser?. Jacobsen’s title reign ends on Sunday and honestly our match will be alot more exciting and competitive and truth is Simon, you could be world champion, and that’s why I’m so excited for this match, we have the legend Gib, the young lion Simon Daye who has become a great name in this business and this company, and being partnered with Ken is exciting as I look toward the future, and on Sunday may the best team win.....”
