Post by Andrew Jacobsen on May 18, 2013 22:04:03 GMT -6
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NCW Star Signs Contract With IWF
May 18, 2013
A source with the new Imperial Wrestling Federation promotion has confirmed that NCW wrestler Andrew Jacobsen has signed a talent contract with the promotion. Seen by many as the successor to New Championship Wrestling, the Dallas-based promotion whose six-year run comes to a close with their A Night To Remember pay-per-view this Sunday, IWF has been acquiring talent contracts left and right as part of a buyout of the company’s properties. When contacted for comment, Jacobsen’s agent, Danielle Chase, had the following to say:
”Andrew is excited to see the next phase of his career begin, and signing his IWF contract is the first step on what we all hope will be a long and prosperous journey. However, just because the ink’s on the paper, that doesn’t mean he’s forgotten about NCW. There’s still one more match, and I know for a fact he’s hard at work training to beat Jackhammer. NCW or IWF, Andrew Jacobsen is all about the fans, and he’s going to give them one hell of a match at A Night To Remember this Sunday. If I were you, I’d tune in. It’s going to be the end of one era and the beginning of another.”
Jacobsen, who debuted in 2009 with NCW, has been a mainstay of the promotion’s midcard since his signing. This move was expected, as Jacobsen had openly discussed the possibility of signing with a potential successor organization to NCW for several weeks. One NCW source described Jacobsen as “emotional” at the announcement of the company’s closing, adding that he “didn’t seem to want to believe that it was happening.” As always, we will have the latest coverage available to our readers as it comes in.
I didn’t know where I would be until a few days ago. I didn’t know if I was going to have to watch from a skybox while the company I loved came to an end. I asked around, I said “does anyone know why I’m being left off of A Night To Remember?” I heard all sorts of responses. Some people said I just wasn’t good enough to warrant a match. Some said that I should have been lobbying with management earlier. I had time, after all. I should have done something, shown some initiative. I wonder if those people had been willingly blinding themselves to everything I’ve done over the last month-plus.
I’ve been lobbying for a shot at the X Title. I was begging with management, calling out James Warren. I beat him in a non-title match two weeks ago, for Christ’s sake! And what happens? Joe Everyman, right out of the blue, gets a title shot on the last Collision. And he beats Jimmy. Good for him. But then A Night To Remember rolls around…and he’s left wrestling Curtis Kanyon. That’s me, shut out in the cold because of the whims of management. Joe Everyman gets thrown one last bone at my expense. But why should I be surprised?
That’s really the legacy of Andrew Jacobsen in NCW. I’ve been screwed over and jerked around and had my face shoved in the dirt more times than I can count. I gave my blood, my sweat and my tears to this company. I had my family ripped apart for the sake of Steve Awesome’s adolescent sense of humor and Will Washington’s predatory opportunism. Nothing I did mattered. Nothing I said changed anything. Nobody I beat would shake that perception that I just wasn’t supposed to be where I was.
I wanted to be something NCW sorely lacked. I wanted to be a teacher, a role model, someone that the fans could truly look up to. In a world where the best options are men like Steve Awesome and Brad Kane, men like Falcon and Adam Knite, I wanted to be something more. I wanted to be someone BETTER. But instead of becoming that mentor, that role model, I was made into a laughingstock! I was mocked and pilloried because I DARED believe in something greater than myself! I held myself to a moral code, and that made me a target of ridicule! Because, after all, this is wrestling. And in this business, the only one that matters is the guy you look in the mirror. The only things that matter are how many pounds of gold you’ve worn around your waist and how big your bank account is.
This isn’t competition for the sake of competition. This isn’t the same, saccharine scenario they drilled into your head as a kid when you would play football. There’s no handshake, no “good match.” There’s only mockery and derision for even thinking you could dare challenge their might. I’ve been played for a fool because I didn’t want to be just another in the parade of people who think that it’s still the 1990s. Spawn came and went, the Punisher was a flash in the pan…but kids, there’s a reason Superman’s always been there. Now the man who would be a hero has his last stand…and I guess you could call this David versus Goliath.
Jackhammer. The last match I’m ever going to have in this company, and it’s against Jackhammer. Kind of a letdown. I’m sure the big guy is thrilled to even be on the card, don’t get me wrong. But I could have had it so much better. There’s that voice in the back of my head telling me I should have. After all, what the hell has Mark Evil done for NCW? Show up for two months at a time and promptly piss off again? The flipping Internationals are here, and I have to beg and plead for a match with JACKHAMMER? BULL!
I’ve spent far too long caring about what others thought of me. I’ve focused on them, their demands, their desires, and it’s about damn time I did something because I WANTED to do it. I mean, what’s the worst anyone will do? Is Adam Knite going to throw a fit? How about it? Are you going to fire me? Are you going to look down at me from atop your throne and have me cast out, oh King of NCW? You make me sick. You destroyed the livelihoods of everyone in this company because you and Kelly wanted to focus on your family. That’s really what you think of NCW. It’s not something you poured your heart and soul into, it was a plaything that you threw away when you got bored with it. You can lie and try to distort reality all you want, but that’s the cold truth.
I’m not going to let myself go out on my back against Mike Laszlo. I can’t let it end like that. I need that one last moment. I need to be able to look at A Night To Remember and see something that’s…that’s mine. Not mine with help, not Alex Jones’s, and not against Jayson Matthews, buried on the webshow so nobody can see it. I want to have my night to remember, my moment of success…and I want to remind the world that maybe, just maybe heroes haven’t gone out of style. I’m old school, yeah. I’m proud. And even at the end of the line...I’m not backing down. NCW will be gone…but I promise you, she will always be remembered. Showtime.
NCW Star Signs Contract With IWF
May 18, 2013
A source with the new Imperial Wrestling Federation promotion has confirmed that NCW wrestler Andrew Jacobsen has signed a talent contract with the promotion. Seen by many as the successor to New Championship Wrestling, the Dallas-based promotion whose six-year run comes to a close with their A Night To Remember pay-per-view this Sunday, IWF has been acquiring talent contracts left and right as part of a buyout of the company’s properties. When contacted for comment, Jacobsen’s agent, Danielle Chase, had the following to say:
”Andrew is excited to see the next phase of his career begin, and signing his IWF contract is the first step on what we all hope will be a long and prosperous journey. However, just because the ink’s on the paper, that doesn’t mean he’s forgotten about NCW. There’s still one more match, and I know for a fact he’s hard at work training to beat Jackhammer. NCW or IWF, Andrew Jacobsen is all about the fans, and he’s going to give them one hell of a match at A Night To Remember this Sunday. If I were you, I’d tune in. It’s going to be the end of one era and the beginning of another.”
Jacobsen, who debuted in 2009 with NCW, has been a mainstay of the promotion’s midcard since his signing. This move was expected, as Jacobsen had openly discussed the possibility of signing with a potential successor organization to NCW for several weeks. One NCW source described Jacobsen as “emotional” at the announcement of the company’s closing, adding that he “didn’t seem to want to believe that it was happening.” As always, we will have the latest coverage available to our readers as it comes in.
I didn’t know where I would be until a few days ago. I didn’t know if I was going to have to watch from a skybox while the company I loved came to an end. I asked around, I said “does anyone know why I’m being left off of A Night To Remember?” I heard all sorts of responses. Some people said I just wasn’t good enough to warrant a match. Some said that I should have been lobbying with management earlier. I had time, after all. I should have done something, shown some initiative. I wonder if those people had been willingly blinding themselves to everything I’ve done over the last month-plus.
I’ve been lobbying for a shot at the X Title. I was begging with management, calling out James Warren. I beat him in a non-title match two weeks ago, for Christ’s sake! And what happens? Joe Everyman, right out of the blue, gets a title shot on the last Collision. And he beats Jimmy. Good for him. But then A Night To Remember rolls around…and he’s left wrestling Curtis Kanyon. That’s me, shut out in the cold because of the whims of management. Joe Everyman gets thrown one last bone at my expense. But why should I be surprised?
That’s really the legacy of Andrew Jacobsen in NCW. I’ve been screwed over and jerked around and had my face shoved in the dirt more times than I can count. I gave my blood, my sweat and my tears to this company. I had my family ripped apart for the sake of Steve Awesome’s adolescent sense of humor and Will Washington’s predatory opportunism. Nothing I did mattered. Nothing I said changed anything. Nobody I beat would shake that perception that I just wasn’t supposed to be where I was.
I wanted to be something NCW sorely lacked. I wanted to be a teacher, a role model, someone that the fans could truly look up to. In a world where the best options are men like Steve Awesome and Brad Kane, men like Falcon and Adam Knite, I wanted to be something more. I wanted to be someone BETTER. But instead of becoming that mentor, that role model, I was made into a laughingstock! I was mocked and pilloried because I DARED believe in something greater than myself! I held myself to a moral code, and that made me a target of ridicule! Because, after all, this is wrestling. And in this business, the only one that matters is the guy you look in the mirror. The only things that matter are how many pounds of gold you’ve worn around your waist and how big your bank account is.
This isn’t competition for the sake of competition. This isn’t the same, saccharine scenario they drilled into your head as a kid when you would play football. There’s no handshake, no “good match.” There’s only mockery and derision for even thinking you could dare challenge their might. I’ve been played for a fool because I didn’t want to be just another in the parade of people who think that it’s still the 1990s. Spawn came and went, the Punisher was a flash in the pan…but kids, there’s a reason Superman’s always been there. Now the man who would be a hero has his last stand…and I guess you could call this David versus Goliath.
Jackhammer. The last match I’m ever going to have in this company, and it’s against Jackhammer. Kind of a letdown. I’m sure the big guy is thrilled to even be on the card, don’t get me wrong. But I could have had it so much better. There’s that voice in the back of my head telling me I should have. After all, what the hell has Mark Evil done for NCW? Show up for two months at a time and promptly piss off again? The flipping Internationals are here, and I have to beg and plead for a match with JACKHAMMER? BULL!
I’ve spent far too long caring about what others thought of me. I’ve focused on them, their demands, their desires, and it’s about damn time I did something because I WANTED to do it. I mean, what’s the worst anyone will do? Is Adam Knite going to throw a fit? How about it? Are you going to fire me? Are you going to look down at me from atop your throne and have me cast out, oh King of NCW? You make me sick. You destroyed the livelihoods of everyone in this company because you and Kelly wanted to focus on your family. That’s really what you think of NCW. It’s not something you poured your heart and soul into, it was a plaything that you threw away when you got bored with it. You can lie and try to distort reality all you want, but that’s the cold truth.
I’m not going to let myself go out on my back against Mike Laszlo. I can’t let it end like that. I need that one last moment. I need to be able to look at A Night To Remember and see something that’s…that’s mine. Not mine with help, not Alex Jones’s, and not against Jayson Matthews, buried on the webshow so nobody can see it. I want to have my night to remember, my moment of success…and I want to remind the world that maybe, just maybe heroes haven’t gone out of style. I’m old school, yeah. I’m proud. And even at the end of the line...I’m not backing down. NCW will be gone…but I promise you, she will always be remembered. Showtime.