Post by Nathan Webb on Feb 1, 2013 22:56:43 GMT -6
I honestly couldn’t be surprised by everything that did happen on Sunday.
First Rose getting a God awful match…by the hands of the esteemed Starlets Division head. A match where I felt like I was allowing Rose to be a sheep on its way to be slaughtered…I was the one that brought her here…I was the one who allowed her to take part in this war with me and I am the one that caused us to have that order to where she was handcuffed…not able to do a damn thing…UNLESS it was within the confines of the match…
Then there was what happened with my match with Xander…a perfectly good opportunity to at the very least put myself into serious contention and consideration for some sort of title…I had it done…I had Xander pinned…but Roberto and Jake Conway obviously wanted to say otherwise.
If there was ever a moment of doubt creeping up in my mind…This would be it.
If there was ever a time when I should question something…anything…everything…This would be it.
I guess the thing totally keeping this from overwhelming me was the fact that in the grand scheme of things I knew what I was doing was right. I was taking a stand…taking responsibility for the mess I helped to create and actually trying to do something instead of only talking about it.
The unfortunate thing in all of this was that it wasn’t me getting hurt in all of this…it was the one person I truly cared about. If I could trade her spot…if I could be the one in the match with the likes of Roberto…or Jake…or Xander…anyone…I would give anything to trade spots with her.
With that said though as much as I cared for her…as much as I loved her like she was my own family I couldn’t help but feel like we were drifting apart. I had almost wished that we were back to the days where she was the clingy sister after we had left the mental institution…the one that was always perky and ready to soak up any and all things pro wrestling…and the little sister who was busy causing trouble. I had to admit those days were a stark difference from the more somber person that Rose was today…and the little sister who I was honestly missing today.
I brought my concerns our trainer Lou as I tried to prepare myself for my match against Xander.
Lou nodded…with a sense of sorrow himself. “Yeah, I can’t say I didn’t see this coming myself.”
“What do you mean?”
“It’s just the way it is….that’s what I mean.” Lou came to my side and put his hand on my shoulder as we both peered off looking at the awesome mountain-view that surrounded us. “It’s life, people change…sometimes in ways we love and in this case in ways we couldn’t dream of.”
“So what do we do?”
In my periphery I could see Lou shaking his head…obviously not liking what he had to say. “Nothing…you can’t do anything. There is a natural course at work and whether you like it change is inevitable. Accept…and move on…and believe me you both will be better off for it.”
“I just don’t want to see Rose hurt.”
“You obviously don’t have a lot of faith in her…don’t worry about her I know she can take care of herself even after what happens happens…you just got to trust in her to make those right decisions.”
He was telling me out loud the things I was suppressing in my head…I really wanted to trust her…but me being a big brother, wanting to protect her was only suppressing her. I hated the feeling of not being able to control what was happening but I guess I had to agree that I just had allow things to happen…and accept the results that came to be.
Some would say that last Sunday on Collision was not shocking for what Roberto Verona and The Ace during my match.
Some would say that the actions of Xander, joining the sides of Roberto Verona’s stable was shocking.
I would just say that it was all pretty predictably unpredictable.
So Xander has joined the side of Roberto Verona. I have to admit it did take me aback. Here was a man that made a name for himself, was essentially the man of the year of 2011 and rightfully so…taken the side of Roberto Verona…or someone who I would like to refer as Leonard Fox lite. You know the same person whom Roberto complained about taking liberties with his position of power only to be doing the same thing himself or allowing those liberties to take place…
I am sure you saw that personally with your father and his tag team partner being sent to see a psychiatrist because one man and one man only thought it was “necessary.”
Oh and of course his manipulating the rules and people so that he could keep his title…I am sure Mike Lazlo would love to talk about that…
Then of course when he isn’t personally manipulating the rules he is turning a blind eye to other things when it is convenient to him…yeah when Kathy is taking advantage of her position of power to do what she is doing to Rose…for a bull crap excuse no less…
Oh yes…the man who complained about Leonard Fox is becoming what he has hated…only with a hipster vibe to it.
The reason I brought was to go into you and your future on this path. You see you may be Xander and you may still have that magic that you had in 2011 but now and in the long run all you will be is whatever Roberto Verona wants you to be.
There will be no Mike Lazlo who will reach the stars…no there will be the Mike Lazlo now doing the bidding of Roberto Verona…the second fiddle to Roberto Verona…
Yeah you may be getting a bone tossed your way by Roberto…a title shot at the x Title…or the National…but if you think you are getting a World Title shot…well I wish you good luck at getting anything close to Roberto’s title while being on his leash…and don’t tell me you’re not all you have to do to validate that point is talk to Lex Sense and I am sure he will have something to say about that.
But I guess I should digress I mean we have a match after all…a match that could not mean more to the two different people in it…
On my side I have a chance to beat former world champions in back to back pay per views. I have a chance to beat members of two of NCWs first families. I have a chance to prove that I not only can fight with the best but deserve to be recognized that I am among the best in this business today.
Yes I do have a philosophic reason that stands in stark contrast to Roberto Verona for which I fight for but the whole reason I came in this business, the whole reason I love this business DESPITE the political theater that takes place on a weekly basis is pure an unadulterated competition…competition like the match that is going to take place on Sunday between you and me…and competition which I love REGARDLESSS of whether I win or lose….
So yes I am bringing my best and I am looking to make a statement that no matter the handcuffs put on me I will continue to show who I am PERIOD end of story…
And yes I do know that you are ready…probably readier than you are ever going to be…and yes as ready in your life to take on a so called scrub…curtain jerker…never was like me. I see it in your eyes…the passion and the desire…I know you want to show the world and your peers that you never left…I see it…the thing that I differ on you on…is the type of person you are going to be in this match…
You claim that while I am going to be this big ball of fire of emotion….that you will easily take advantage of a person like me with you cold calculated approach to the ring…but I say not so fast.
I think you are going to be the exact opposite of what you claim when you enter that ring…and while it is true that I am a man who wears his thoughts and emotions more on his sleeve then in the past and that I do have a lot to prove…you are the one that has the most to prove….
You have the most to prove because of what you did do in most of 2012…which was nothing…especially after losing your World Title match, to Todd Williams, or whatever he goes by nowadays…or was it after you started being pussy whipped by his sister…I don’t recall…either way…2012 sure as hell wasn’t your year was it….I mean come on your father had a better year than you…
Now I am not knocking Gibford…but let us be honest…you were the Coliseum winner of…2011…you were the Road to the Gold winner…of 2011….you were one of the longest reigning World Title period…in 2011….and of course you were man of the year…in 2011….so if anyone was supposed to have the momentum in 2012 it was you and not your father…
Okay I am probably over stating things…you did end the career of Ricky Johnson…but let’s face Xander as a whole in comparison was a complete shell of himself in 2012…and if you need proof of that just look at the year end awards…I mean the audience didn’t place you in the top two of any category…and don’t try talking about me…I kind of missed a few months there so I had an excuse…
Which brings me to this point…if there is anyone who is NOT going to be cold and calculated it is going to YOU. You want this win….Hell…You NEED this win more than anybody on this roster…myself included…so despite what you are saying, I am not buying and am willing to bet big that you going to bring just as much emotion into this match as I am…
Believe me when I say that I am ready for this match….and I have been this way for a long time…I have represented this company proudly…disagreements with management aside…I have always gone to the beat of my own drum…and done things my way for better or for worse…and while I didn’t get the victory over you last week on Collision…I was one second away…until your handlers decided to interfere.
So crack all the old jokes you want…but this so called old man is going to be kicking your ass…and on Sunday at metamorphosis I will be completing the job that I didn’t do last Sunday…1….2….3…