Post by Steve Awesome on Jan 26, 2013 23:59:40 GMT -6
We open up on the inside of some giant corporate chrome type of headquarters. Everything working through another cycle of it’s routines. Secretaries, filers, people running here, people running there all in suits and uniforms. They barely talked, just mumbles and the hum of a hundred computer monitors. That is, until The Face of the Franchise…..
Not that hard to remember Laszlo.
Idiot.
….walked into the door looking all cool and sexy and stuff. He stops and looks around at everything around him with utter pride.
“HERE WE ARE!”
He said, not even flinching to help his fiancé struggling with the door and getting the baby stroller through at the same time.
“Steve….can I get a little-”
All of a sudden, Jayson Matthews comes squeezing through Mandi and the door frame.
“LEO!!!!!!”
Jayson finally shoves Mandi out of the way enough to get all the way into the office. Jayson dusts off his Titanic t-shirt and adjusted his Mickey Mouse ears cap. Steve just looks at him in disgust.
“Dude, I told you, Leonardo isn’t here! And why are you wearing that hat? I already told you this isn‘t Disney World!”
Jayson doesn’t even pay attention to Steve and keeps looking around the room.
“I wanted Leo to sign my hat for me.”
“Why wouldn’t you have him sign the shirt?”
Jayson stares at him indignantly.
“And ruin a perfectly good t-shirt? Why don’t you let him just write all over your shirt if you just wanna ruin shirts like that.”
Jayson stares at Steve in disappointment. Steve is just stunned by the stupidity that he’s just witnessed to speak. Mandi calls out from behind them.
“Will you two stop arguing and help me?”
Mandi is still caught in the door with the stroller. Got the front tire caught on the frame. She has the diaper bag strapped over his arm and she just can’t seem to juggle the door and the bag at the same time. Steve quickly runs over and quickly scoops up his daughter and holds her close.
“Come on Lauren, this is where Daddy works…..”
Steve and Jayson walk off into the office leaving Mandi still struggling as we fade out.
“Thunderstruck?”
……..
“Stuffed pikachus?”
…………
“Rectal cavities?”
Fade up on the complete and utterly disgusted face of Steve Awesome.
“Mike Laszlo…..you are one sad strange demented little man. You may be one hell of an athlete inside that ring, but that right there…..that’s probably why you don’t have many friends. Because you think of completely ridiculous scenarios like me being in a porno where I stuff pikachus into people.
Steve just shakes his head….but then shrugs.
“That whole thing sounded more stupid then putting and S before a Z. Your not saying anything of value and really you just end up sounding like your spitting all over yourself. But its okay Mikey, I get it. You were trying to be funny, by playing out some weird sexual fantasy involving myself and the only other personal hobby you have aside from wrestling. But it really didn’t work, unless that’s the kind of stuff that passes for entertainment around these parts these days. But back to the point, I get it Mike, I really do. You’re a…
Finger quotes.
“…big shot now…..”
“You went out and you won some accolades. You impressed a few people won, a couple beginner belts, and now you talk a big game but you’ve mainly just been Verona’s bitch as far as I can tell. I guess that makes you a “main eventer”….I guess that makes you somebody around here. And now your gonna question me? Question wether or not I can just “pop” back in here and take the spotlight from the people who have been busting there asses day in and day out for the what….
Looks at his watch. Expensive watch.
“ a year?”
He does the jerk off motion.
“Back when you were still begging people to spell your last name right, I was a world champion. For the second time. And for FOUR YEARS prior I was carrying this company on my back as The FACE of the Franchise. The only reason guys like you and Verona are even fighting for the championship is because I wanted time off. So yeah Laszlo….I DO think I can waltz back into this company and steal the spotlight. I DO think that I can take it from chumps like you and Verona, because that spotlight was made for me.”
He smirks.
“The real question is…..what are you going to do about it?”
Steve just shakes his head.
“And then there is Will Washington. A personal friend of mine in this business. He’s a guy that I can go to and discuss my problems with. He’s a guy that will support me. A guy that I know is going to to go out to his local theatre and watch “Pretty Boy Badasses” starring myself an Leonardo Dicaprio when it comes out in theatres this spring. Just like all of you should too.”
Steve shrugs.
“But again I’m not worried about Will or Laszlo. I know what they are capable of and I know what I gotta do when I go out there on Collision this week. Still I’m thinking about A Night to Remember. I’m thinking about the one match that will bow the roof off this place. Who is it going to be? Who wants to accept my open challenge? I’m not hard to find. You can locate me on twitter, like me on face book, visit my own website. Call me on the telephone. It doesn’t matter.”
He just shakes his head.
“C’mon NCW……who has the balls?”
He throws them up.
“Deuces.”
We open to Steve holding his daughter and pointing at a video camera on an empty set.
“See honey, this is a video camera. People point it at Daddy and it magically makes the whole world do whatever I say. But I will never use my power for evil.”
Steve looks up behind his daughter at a guy carrying a stack of t-shirts with Steve’s face advertising cigarettes and Steve quickly shakes his head no and the guy turns and walks away. That’s when another guy dressed in a suit comes walking up.
“Steve, glad you came, I wanted to speak with you in person.”
Steve looks a little nervous.
“If this is about the porno I did in Japan, I swear the pikachu was eighteen!”
The suit shakes his head.
“No….I don’t know what your talking about.”
The suit raises an eyebrow.
“Should I know what your talking about?…..Actually I don’t want to know again. Anyways, your our client and we represent your movie career. We respect your wishes to go back to wrestling, but we don’t want it to effect your movie career.”
Steve smiles.
“Don’t worry dude, nothing bad will happen to me. I’m the Face of the Franchise.”
The suit smiles.
“Good….now I want to talk to you about a new look…..”
Fade.
Not that hard to remember Laszlo.
Idiot.
….walked into the door looking all cool and sexy and stuff. He stops and looks around at everything around him with utter pride.
“HERE WE ARE!”
He said, not even flinching to help his fiancé struggling with the door and getting the baby stroller through at the same time.
“Steve….can I get a little-”
All of a sudden, Jayson Matthews comes squeezing through Mandi and the door frame.
“LEO!!!!!!”
Jayson finally shoves Mandi out of the way enough to get all the way into the office. Jayson dusts off his Titanic t-shirt and adjusted his Mickey Mouse ears cap. Steve just looks at him in disgust.
“Dude, I told you, Leonardo isn’t here! And why are you wearing that hat? I already told you this isn‘t Disney World!”
Jayson doesn’t even pay attention to Steve and keeps looking around the room.
“I wanted Leo to sign my hat for me.”
“Why wouldn’t you have him sign the shirt?”
Jayson stares at him indignantly.
“And ruin a perfectly good t-shirt? Why don’t you let him just write all over your shirt if you just wanna ruin shirts like that.”
Jayson stares at Steve in disappointment. Steve is just stunned by the stupidity that he’s just witnessed to speak. Mandi calls out from behind them.
“Will you two stop arguing and help me?”
Mandi is still caught in the door with the stroller. Got the front tire caught on the frame. She has the diaper bag strapped over his arm and she just can’t seem to juggle the door and the bag at the same time. Steve quickly runs over and quickly scoops up his daughter and holds her close.
“Come on Lauren, this is where Daddy works…..”
Steve and Jayson walk off into the office leaving Mandi still struggling as we fade out.
“Thunderstruck?”
……..
“Stuffed pikachus?”
…………
“Rectal cavities?”
Fade up on the complete and utterly disgusted face of Steve Awesome.
“Mike Laszlo…..you are one sad strange demented little man. You may be one hell of an athlete inside that ring, but that right there…..that’s probably why you don’t have many friends. Because you think of completely ridiculous scenarios like me being in a porno where I stuff pikachus into people.
Steve just shakes his head….but then shrugs.
“That whole thing sounded more stupid then putting and S before a Z. Your not saying anything of value and really you just end up sounding like your spitting all over yourself. But its okay Mikey, I get it. You were trying to be funny, by playing out some weird sexual fantasy involving myself and the only other personal hobby you have aside from wrestling. But it really didn’t work, unless that’s the kind of stuff that passes for entertainment around these parts these days. But back to the point, I get it Mike, I really do. You’re a…
Finger quotes.
“…big shot now…..”
“You went out and you won some accolades. You impressed a few people won, a couple beginner belts, and now you talk a big game but you’ve mainly just been Verona’s bitch as far as I can tell. I guess that makes you a “main eventer”….I guess that makes you somebody around here. And now your gonna question me? Question wether or not I can just “pop” back in here and take the spotlight from the people who have been busting there asses day in and day out for the what….
Looks at his watch. Expensive watch.
“ a year?”
He does the jerk off motion.
“Back when you were still begging people to spell your last name right, I was a world champion. For the second time. And for FOUR YEARS prior I was carrying this company on my back as The FACE of the Franchise. The only reason guys like you and Verona are even fighting for the championship is because I wanted time off. So yeah Laszlo….I DO think I can waltz back into this company and steal the spotlight. I DO think that I can take it from chumps like you and Verona, because that spotlight was made for me.”
He smirks.
“The real question is…..what are you going to do about it?”
Steve just shakes his head.
“And then there is Will Washington. A personal friend of mine in this business. He’s a guy that I can go to and discuss my problems with. He’s a guy that will support me. A guy that I know is going to to go out to his local theatre and watch “Pretty Boy Badasses” starring myself an Leonardo Dicaprio when it comes out in theatres this spring. Just like all of you should too.”
Steve shrugs.
“But again I’m not worried about Will or Laszlo. I know what they are capable of and I know what I gotta do when I go out there on Collision this week. Still I’m thinking about A Night to Remember. I’m thinking about the one match that will bow the roof off this place. Who is it going to be? Who wants to accept my open challenge? I’m not hard to find. You can locate me on twitter, like me on face book, visit my own website. Call me on the telephone. It doesn’t matter.”
He just shakes his head.
“C’mon NCW……who has the balls?”
He throws them up.
“Deuces.”
We open to Steve holding his daughter and pointing at a video camera on an empty set.
“See honey, this is a video camera. People point it at Daddy and it magically makes the whole world do whatever I say. But I will never use my power for evil.”
Steve looks up behind his daughter at a guy carrying a stack of t-shirts with Steve’s face advertising cigarettes and Steve quickly shakes his head no and the guy turns and walks away. That’s when another guy dressed in a suit comes walking up.
“Steve, glad you came, I wanted to speak with you in person.”
Steve looks a little nervous.
“If this is about the porno I did in Japan, I swear the pikachu was eighteen!”
The suit shakes his head.
“No….I don’t know what your talking about.”
The suit raises an eyebrow.
“Should I know what your talking about?…..Actually I don’t want to know again. Anyways, your our client and we represent your movie career. We respect your wishes to go back to wrestling, but we don’t want it to effect your movie career.”
Steve smiles.
“Don’t worry dude, nothing bad will happen to me. I’m the Face of the Franchise.”
The suit smiles.
“Good….now I want to talk to you about a new look…..”
Fade.