Post by The Ace on Jul 17, 2008 21:44:03 GMT -6
*The scene opens in the nCw canteen as The Ace walks in dressed in a smart shirt and trousers, he has white rimmed orange shades on and his hair tied back into a pony tail...he spots his long time friend and former Tag Team partner Perry Hewitt at a table, eating a steak...The Ace walks over and grins as he sits down*
Told you, Kole would pull some strings for me, to get you in here...normally this place is for contracted talent only but thow enough money at the right people and -
Perry: Indeed, but you might have warned me that the steak here is terrible though...
I wouldn't know, I don't eat it...got to keep in shape, you know...
Perry: Such are the luxuries of retirement my friend, I don't have to bother anymore...
*Perry smirks before shovelling some steak from the end of his fork into his mouth, eating not because he necessarily enjoyed it, but because he was hungry...*
So I guess you wont be coming out of retirement anytime soon? Even though I've been trying to persuade you for months to sign a contract here...
Perry: Quite so...anyway you don't need me anymore, you have Steve Awesome to watch out for you...
Ah yes, Steve...
*The Ace sighs*
Perry: Besides if I come back, who is going to care for little Solitaire whilst both of her parents are on the road, eh? No, Jake you entrusted me with your daughter's safety, and as a friend I must honour that responsibility...
I know, I know, I just don't know if I can trust Steve anymore, he blew up at me for no reason, he said he's sick of carrying me to victory and that I'm slipping...Me! I am The Ace, I am the Xtreme Champion, I carry myself to victory...
Perry: Most of the time, at least...
How dare he say I'm slipping? If anyone's slipping, its him...he blew his shot at the World Heavyweight Championship and now he thinks he can take a shot at me? He needs to remember that The Smokin' Aces is my vision, I created it, I am the Devil leading the dance, see that's what ignorant people like Trent and Adam don't understand, Steve did not nor will he ever be the one to carry the team...he just can't shoulder the responsibility...
*The Ace smirks at his own quip, knowing of Steve's rumoured shoulder injury*
Perry: I thought he said he was just joking about that...
I don't buy it, I mean did it sound like a joke to you?
Perry: Quite frankly, no...
Steve needs to remember just who the Hell I am...and if he doesn't, I may just have to remind him...
Perry: But he is Solitaire's Godfather, moreover he is your friend...
He may not have pulled the trigger to shoot me just yet, but I will anticipate it, and if he really wants to play Russian Roulette with me, then I shall have a bullet ready with his name on it...
Perry: And to think, some people think family has softened you...
*Perry laughs as he eats, The Ace simply raises an eyebrow*
You know what I find funny though? Management apparently jumped all over Spike Kane for mentioning another company in one of his promos here, now granted I don't know exactly why...but when you consider that both Trent and Adam were mentioning other companies last week, you have to wonder why Kelly would not discipline either of them...
Perry: I thought that much was obvious...
*Both men laugh*
Perhaps...still it is hypocritical to say the least, not that I particularly care what Trent and Adam did in the old nCw or what hehas achieved to date in NMW, though I suppose I can't expect anything else from a has been than to reminesce about his glory days...I've busted my ass ever since I got here and Knite has the gall to say I don't work? That I just ride coat tails? The fact is, I'm the only one in the Corporate Empire worth a damn right now, I'm its only Champion, JFK is out, Steve blew it and Kaos is just the money...so I'm not ridding coat-tails, I am the damn coat itself...
Perry: Yes...a turncoat...
A mink coat more like, I actually epitomise everything the Corporate Empire stands for, style, class...
Perry: A big mouth...
*Perry chuckles, but The Ace ignores him*
But I suppose I should give Knite some credit for realising that I am bulletproof, so many men before you Adam have tried to end my career and all have failed, just like you've spent the last month trying to beat me but each and every time you failed...it didn't matter who your partner was, the best you managed was a draw last week...so in the end, it comes down to one really simple question - what makes you think you can beat me on your own, if you couldn't beat me even with the help of far superior men than yourself Adam?
*The Ace grins*
You say you have a job to do this Sunday, well for once I agree with you, it is not my job to beat you at Last Stand, but your job to survive...because I assure you, I will be making a lot of loud noises by cracking you repeatedly in the head with steel chairs, and all will pay attention not only to me, but also your demise, Knite...if nCw is your life, I am your death, if my antics have grown old, your empty threats have grown that much older...whether they've been directed to me, my tag partner or my wife...you want to hurt and take everything away from me, but Adam you need to realise there is a world of difference between having the desire to do something and being able to live up to it...I will not wait upon death because I am already your final destination...I am that world of pain you promised me...you want to make me pay for twisting Kelly's mind by administering a punishment I can't comprehend...well here's something I'm sure you wont comprehend either Knite, your wrath - it pales in comparison to the wrath of God and Satan, for they are both one and the same...
Perry: Have you seen Knite's latest promo, because you haven't addressed it yet?
I was getting to that, Perry...
Perry: Oh sorry...my mistake...
*Perry sets to work on finishing his steak as The Ace just sighs*
Adam, I guess I've been hearing different things to you, it all depends what sources one chooses to listen to, because all I've been hearing is the fairy tale notion that you will somehow finally get your revenge on me, well Adam, as I've said before, revenge is a dish best served by the cold hearted - and judging by the way you and Kelly still make googoo eyes at each other, I know that you just cannot be as cold hearted as one would need to be to trump The Ace...
Perry: Isn't that a little hypocritical Jake, I mean you love your wife and daughter...
That's different, nobody understands our love, whereas Knite is just yearning to recapture the old flame he had with Kelly, and the glory of a career that should have died out with the dinosaur he imagines himself to be - besides I don't allow my feelings to cloud my judgment in that ring, or be a motive for a match, a driving force like Knite does...I'll admit I used to be just like him, yearning for a woman I had once but lost, and that made me the longest running joke of XHF - but this is nCw, and I've grown as a man and an athlete since then...see Adam, I don't care if you are an eight time world champion, you will fall because you're doing this for the love of a woman who deserves so much better than you, and further more you're doing this to prove those idiot fans who don't give you credit and say Trent carried you to those belts, that you are still as good as you once were...
*The Ace laughs*
Funny isn't it? It hurts you when people don't respect all you've accomplished, yet there you are not respecting all I have accomplished, I've talked alot about hypocrisy lately, and so it shall continue I guess, because just like you criticise people for not doing their homework on you, I hardly think you fully understand just who it is that you're facing this Sunday, in an environment where have already been proven to thrive - an environment with no rules...and in the end, I will prove, that just like The Corporate Empire itself, I am simply...better than you, any day...any...Knite...
*The Ace smirks as Perry finishes off the last of his steak and groans at the word play*
See Adam, whilst my past accolades may not be as grandeous as yours, I too am a multi-time World Heavyweight and Tag Team Champion, so maybe that puts me on par with the Adam Knite in his prime, but I know as well as you do Knite, that that isn't the man I'll be defending my belt against at Last Stand...no, you're not even close to what you once were, no matter how much you sing about your past accomplishments, they have no bearing on the future that is this Sunday...if you don't leave the past behind, I'll have no choice but to bury you and your accomplishments with it at Last Stand...
*The Ace grins as he steals Perry's glass of water to refresh himself before continuing*
Excuse me, I was feeling a little parched...now where was I? Oh yes...you want everybody to respect you Adam, yet you so obviously disrespect me...so in my eyes, you certainly don't deserve my respect...why should I respect a man who goes all weepy eyed that he isn't the favourite to win in some half baked internet poll? I don't care what these people think or what they say, that is what makes me the success I am, the success that you, Knite, are so envious of...
*Just then Kathy walks over and licks her husband on the lips, before sitting in his lap*
Kathy: I jusssst watch Knite ppprrromo...I find funny he ssssay you do nothing memorrable, yet he rrrefuse to forrget what you did him two monthsss ago....
Yes, it is rather ironic...
Kathy: He ssay alssso that my brrrain cellsss not click...yet he in sssplit ppperrrsssonality think himself exxxtinct dinosssaurrr....
*The couple laugh at this*
Yes...he even said I was the Empire lap dog...I think he meant to say big dog, that at least would be more accurate...and yes Adam, I know I have an ego, because that's what it takes to get ahead in this game, now I'm sure we can go back and forth trading insults, and for every time you say Steve carried me, I'll say Trent carried you and Punisher carried you, but that too grows stale after a while...you call me a waste of space and a filler, yet you want something I possess - the Xtreme Championship - why? So you can take my place? Be the waste of space and the filler? I guess you'll say that you just want to raise the prestige of a belt I've done nothing with - I know you'd love to see me go down as some pathetic paper champion, like Reckoning was before me, you'd love my first defence to be my last, and maybe a lesser champion and a lesser man would drop the ball simply to free himself to go onto bigger and better things, but I am not that champion, I am not that man - I am simply The Ace...and that's no delusion, if my life means nothing, yours means even less, and if the world where I am a superstar doesn't exist, then a world where you are a champion at my expense has no chance of ever coming to be...
*Perry gets up to go get himself a drink*
Perception, Knite, is not always reality, you scoff at my 'ignorance' and 'delusions', all whilst being blissfully unaware of your own...I have never been Steve's lackey, even if I would give him the shirt off my back doesn't mean I'd carry him or his clothes...and as for my life having no meaning and no sense of accomplishment, that is your perception, however the reality is quite different, you see my beautiful wife is all I need to give my life meaning, and there is no greater accomplishment than being a father to my gorgeous little daughter, but I can understand your jealousy and envy, after all I have everything with Kathy that you only wish you had with Kelly...
*The Ace and Kathy kiss, maybe as a little mind game to offset Adam, they grin at each other and return their focus to the camera*
I don't know who you've been talking to Knite, but I have been earning my way, the Xtreme title is a little proof of that, I haven't whined about not being respected to anybody because I'd much rather beat it out of them, much like I will beat it out of you this Sunday, and I really have to wonder who is wearing the rose tinted spectacles here, especially when you consider that I have had more main event spots than you here Knite, so how can you say I'm not a main eventer and a top draw, I mean who really is looking at this through distortions to come up with some crass quip about a half eaten bologne sandwich pulling in ratings?
*The Ace raises an eyebrow*
But I digress, maybe people don't see me as a big star yet, but that soon will change, maybe they do laugh behind my back, but do you know what that says to me? That they're too afraid to laugh to my face, as well they should be...for they, unlike you, are wise enough to accept that it is not my head I bury, but their careers...
Kathy: My worrrld...my rrreality not do without Ace...SSSolitairrre's worrrld, herrr rrreality not do without herrrr daddy...we care Ace...I not ppprrrossstitute Adam, I not sssell myssself to anybody, maybe you wish I did because you know that only way you everrr get clossse my body...I know husssband name, you do well learrrn it Knite...
Adam, you credit my intelligence, but I don't use weapons because I can't win, I use them because they provide a ruthless efficiency to getting the same job done in only a fraction of the time, but I don't even know why you're criticising me, weaponry is the bread and butter of Xtreme, and our match will be an Xtreme match where anything goes, be it sledgehammers or rakes...and then you make mention of why I brought a steel rake into play when a sledgehammer served much the same purpose, it wasn't because I didn't realise the connection, more a point of redefining my identity with a weapon as unique and original as I am, there is no harm in reinventing oneself before...learning and evolving as you put it...
Kathy: I help Ace because I want ssshow nCw that I not typical weak woman, I love him, but that not make me weak...you sssay I brrrainwassssh Adam, I sssuppossse love is brrrainwasssh in way, but it ssso sssweet I not have it any otherrrr way...
All that matters to me is the victory, not the way it is won, its no secret that I will often use all I have at my disposal to win, be they women or weapons - that is what makes me the champion and you the challenger Knite, that is why I have the Xtreme title in the first place and it is also the reason why I shall retain it...
*The Ace laughs*
You think the end is so obvious don't you Knite? But even the greatest tragedies seldom have a happy ending, you think this will be some fairly tale ending where you will avenge all that I have done to you and take my title in one fell swoop, but you see the problem with that sunshine is, life isn't a fairy tale, for you there will be no happy ever after where you live on as the King of Xtreme with Queen Kelly by your side...or should that be Knight? No matter, The Ace trumps them all...if indeed Sunday is to be my final chapter in this pathetic little novel of yours, then the least I can do is ensure that it is penned in your own blood...you see it doesn't matter to me who you have on your side, fans, management, even God Himself...none of them shall deliver you from the Face of Satan...I took you out of the game once Knite, but that was just a suspension, and whilst it did work for a time, now it seems that you are trying to force my hand, do you really want me to put you on the shelf? You flatter yourself rather duly Knite, if you think you are mystic enough to have seen the journey end, ah but then who's journey was it that ended? I haven't avoided you Knite, I was a part of all those tag matches, it wasn't my fault you always came in as I tagged myself out...
*The Ace smirks*
Maybe I shall be exposed for what I am at Last Stand, a true Xtreme Champion, living in not so much a fairy tale as in the land of Xtreme, on paper, this match looks good, but in reality, you will know that my reign was not destroyed, but rather you were, as the first execution of The Empire's Xtreme Executioner...then we shall see if you truly are a better man than I, one man's lie is another man's truth Knite, I am competent in my craft, the title I currently hold proves that as well as the fact that I'm a champion...so then you question my manhood saying real men don't hide behind women or weapons and perhaps they don't, but the smart men do, the ruthless, the sadistic...
Kathy: I neverrr help Ace win belt, you wrrrrong just like you sssay SSSteve carrrry him to tag titlesss, he not coward, he not pathetic, he not ssshell of man, but he leave you like one SSSunday...
Adam, like any true hypocrite, you do the very same thing you accuse me of, by spreading unsubstatiated lies about how I whine to the management and somehow try and play backstage politics, granted it is the skill of a great politician, not a parrot or a plagiarist, to turn things around on his opposition, a skill you so obviously hate me for...but I shall not shy away from you, I shall stand before you as a man and you will fall before me as a broken soul, ravaged by all the sins of the Hell in which I revel...you endeavour to take everything from me at Last Stand because I fired the first shot, all the while ignorant to the fact that it is I who shall fire the last shot too, the first was to your heart, this one shall be to your head...I have never lay down for anyone in that ring, and I don't ever intend to...one way or another, Knite, this week I will once again get my way and once again it will not end well for you...
*The Ace laughs*
Dreams and Knitemares, wow, it seems that I'm not the only one adept at such clever word play, but don't flatter yourself Knite, I didn't attack you to make a name for myself, I did it simply because I could, you and Trent may have stolen our belts from us, but rather than slap us back into reality as you claim, it is clear now that that fluke victory over Steve and myself only heightened your delusions...I've already made clear that perception is not always reality, you perceive that you will twist my reality, knock me from dream clouds into some nightmarish Hell, but what you fail to realise is that no one knows eternal Hell better than the Face of Satan himself, the flames you want to burn me in shall infact be the flames of your own demise...the death, destruction, and pain you wish upon me will infact be your own...you want to corrupt my hopes and dreams - a bold ambition considering you know not what they are and can only guess at them...you want me to suffer, to be punished, and to die before you...yet I know that a man as delusional as yourself can never live up to that kind of responsibility, no matter how wild he dreams, how pure his motive or how strong his resolve...you don't want the title, that's fine, because honestly I have no intention of giving up the worthless piece of gold to a man who believes himself to be the new and improved Barney of nCw anyway...a sixty five million year old fossil is not going to get the better of me...no matter how red his eyes glow...the blood I spill will be even more striking in shade this Sunday...
*Perry returns with a half empty bottle of water in hand, Kathy whispers something to The Ace before getting up and leaving...*
I wouldn't count on your happiness coming to fruition quite yet sunshine, see I will not cower or beg for death in the company of my beastly dog woman...quite the contrary infact, I will not be condemned to tha annals of history as you claim, nor will I pay for my sins, I will not be forgotten, in fact you know my name...and after this Sunday you'll never forget it...
Perry: Are you done?
Pretty much...
Perry: So you still want me to watch over Kathy and Solitaire, just in case Knite tries anything funny?
Yes...but do it discreetly, you never know what kind of stunt that nutball might try and pull, besides I don't want Kathy thinking I can't take care of my family...the belt I could stand to lose, but not her and Solitaire...that's the last thing I want...
*The Ace takes off his shades and blinks hard as if trying to control his emotions, Perry just nods earnestly towards his friend as the camera fades...*
Told you, Kole would pull some strings for me, to get you in here...normally this place is for contracted talent only but thow enough money at the right people and -
Perry: Indeed, but you might have warned me that the steak here is terrible though...
I wouldn't know, I don't eat it...got to keep in shape, you know...
Perry: Such are the luxuries of retirement my friend, I don't have to bother anymore...
*Perry smirks before shovelling some steak from the end of his fork into his mouth, eating not because he necessarily enjoyed it, but because he was hungry...*
So I guess you wont be coming out of retirement anytime soon? Even though I've been trying to persuade you for months to sign a contract here...
Perry: Quite so...anyway you don't need me anymore, you have Steve Awesome to watch out for you...
Ah yes, Steve...
*The Ace sighs*
Perry: Besides if I come back, who is going to care for little Solitaire whilst both of her parents are on the road, eh? No, Jake you entrusted me with your daughter's safety, and as a friend I must honour that responsibility...
I know, I know, I just don't know if I can trust Steve anymore, he blew up at me for no reason, he said he's sick of carrying me to victory and that I'm slipping...Me! I am The Ace, I am the Xtreme Champion, I carry myself to victory...
Perry: Most of the time, at least...
How dare he say I'm slipping? If anyone's slipping, its him...he blew his shot at the World Heavyweight Championship and now he thinks he can take a shot at me? He needs to remember that The Smokin' Aces is my vision, I created it, I am the Devil leading the dance, see that's what ignorant people like Trent and Adam don't understand, Steve did not nor will he ever be the one to carry the team...he just can't shoulder the responsibility...
*The Ace smirks at his own quip, knowing of Steve's rumoured shoulder injury*
Perry: I thought he said he was just joking about that...
I don't buy it, I mean did it sound like a joke to you?
Perry: Quite frankly, no...
Steve needs to remember just who the Hell I am...and if he doesn't, I may just have to remind him...
Perry: But he is Solitaire's Godfather, moreover he is your friend...
He may not have pulled the trigger to shoot me just yet, but I will anticipate it, and if he really wants to play Russian Roulette with me, then I shall have a bullet ready with his name on it...
Perry: And to think, some people think family has softened you...
*Perry laughs as he eats, The Ace simply raises an eyebrow*
You know what I find funny though? Management apparently jumped all over Spike Kane for mentioning another company in one of his promos here, now granted I don't know exactly why...but when you consider that both Trent and Adam were mentioning other companies last week, you have to wonder why Kelly would not discipline either of them...
Perry: I thought that much was obvious...
*Both men laugh*
Perhaps...still it is hypocritical to say the least, not that I particularly care what Trent and Adam did in the old nCw or what hehas achieved to date in NMW, though I suppose I can't expect anything else from a has been than to reminesce about his glory days...I've busted my ass ever since I got here and Knite has the gall to say I don't work? That I just ride coat tails? The fact is, I'm the only one in the Corporate Empire worth a damn right now, I'm its only Champion, JFK is out, Steve blew it and Kaos is just the money...so I'm not ridding coat-tails, I am the damn coat itself...
Perry: Yes...a turncoat...
A mink coat more like, I actually epitomise everything the Corporate Empire stands for, style, class...
Perry: A big mouth...
*Perry chuckles, but The Ace ignores him*
But I suppose I should give Knite some credit for realising that I am bulletproof, so many men before you Adam have tried to end my career and all have failed, just like you've spent the last month trying to beat me but each and every time you failed...it didn't matter who your partner was, the best you managed was a draw last week...so in the end, it comes down to one really simple question - what makes you think you can beat me on your own, if you couldn't beat me even with the help of far superior men than yourself Adam?
*The Ace grins*
You say you have a job to do this Sunday, well for once I agree with you, it is not my job to beat you at Last Stand, but your job to survive...because I assure you, I will be making a lot of loud noises by cracking you repeatedly in the head with steel chairs, and all will pay attention not only to me, but also your demise, Knite...if nCw is your life, I am your death, if my antics have grown old, your empty threats have grown that much older...whether they've been directed to me, my tag partner or my wife...you want to hurt and take everything away from me, but Adam you need to realise there is a world of difference between having the desire to do something and being able to live up to it...I will not wait upon death because I am already your final destination...I am that world of pain you promised me...you want to make me pay for twisting Kelly's mind by administering a punishment I can't comprehend...well here's something I'm sure you wont comprehend either Knite, your wrath - it pales in comparison to the wrath of God and Satan, for they are both one and the same...
Perry: Have you seen Knite's latest promo, because you haven't addressed it yet?
I was getting to that, Perry...
Perry: Oh sorry...my mistake...
*Perry sets to work on finishing his steak as The Ace just sighs*
Adam, I guess I've been hearing different things to you, it all depends what sources one chooses to listen to, because all I've been hearing is the fairy tale notion that you will somehow finally get your revenge on me, well Adam, as I've said before, revenge is a dish best served by the cold hearted - and judging by the way you and Kelly still make googoo eyes at each other, I know that you just cannot be as cold hearted as one would need to be to trump The Ace...
Perry: Isn't that a little hypocritical Jake, I mean you love your wife and daughter...
That's different, nobody understands our love, whereas Knite is just yearning to recapture the old flame he had with Kelly, and the glory of a career that should have died out with the dinosaur he imagines himself to be - besides I don't allow my feelings to cloud my judgment in that ring, or be a motive for a match, a driving force like Knite does...I'll admit I used to be just like him, yearning for a woman I had once but lost, and that made me the longest running joke of XHF - but this is nCw, and I've grown as a man and an athlete since then...see Adam, I don't care if you are an eight time world champion, you will fall because you're doing this for the love of a woman who deserves so much better than you, and further more you're doing this to prove those idiot fans who don't give you credit and say Trent carried you to those belts, that you are still as good as you once were...
*The Ace laughs*
Funny isn't it? It hurts you when people don't respect all you've accomplished, yet there you are not respecting all I have accomplished, I've talked alot about hypocrisy lately, and so it shall continue I guess, because just like you criticise people for not doing their homework on you, I hardly think you fully understand just who it is that you're facing this Sunday, in an environment where have already been proven to thrive - an environment with no rules...and in the end, I will prove, that just like The Corporate Empire itself, I am simply...better than you, any day...any...Knite...
*The Ace smirks as Perry finishes off the last of his steak and groans at the word play*
See Adam, whilst my past accolades may not be as grandeous as yours, I too am a multi-time World Heavyweight and Tag Team Champion, so maybe that puts me on par with the Adam Knite in his prime, but I know as well as you do Knite, that that isn't the man I'll be defending my belt against at Last Stand...no, you're not even close to what you once were, no matter how much you sing about your past accomplishments, they have no bearing on the future that is this Sunday...if you don't leave the past behind, I'll have no choice but to bury you and your accomplishments with it at Last Stand...
*The Ace grins as he steals Perry's glass of water to refresh himself before continuing*
Excuse me, I was feeling a little parched...now where was I? Oh yes...you want everybody to respect you Adam, yet you so obviously disrespect me...so in my eyes, you certainly don't deserve my respect...why should I respect a man who goes all weepy eyed that he isn't the favourite to win in some half baked internet poll? I don't care what these people think or what they say, that is what makes me the success I am, the success that you, Knite, are so envious of...
*Just then Kathy walks over and licks her husband on the lips, before sitting in his lap*
Kathy: I jusssst watch Knite ppprrromo...I find funny he ssssay you do nothing memorrable, yet he rrrefuse to forrget what you did him two monthsss ago....
Yes, it is rather ironic...
Kathy: He ssay alssso that my brrrain cellsss not click...yet he in sssplit ppperrrsssonality think himself exxxtinct dinosssaurrr....
*The couple laugh at this*
Yes...he even said I was the Empire lap dog...I think he meant to say big dog, that at least would be more accurate...and yes Adam, I know I have an ego, because that's what it takes to get ahead in this game, now I'm sure we can go back and forth trading insults, and for every time you say Steve carried me, I'll say Trent carried you and Punisher carried you, but that too grows stale after a while...you call me a waste of space and a filler, yet you want something I possess - the Xtreme Championship - why? So you can take my place? Be the waste of space and the filler? I guess you'll say that you just want to raise the prestige of a belt I've done nothing with - I know you'd love to see me go down as some pathetic paper champion, like Reckoning was before me, you'd love my first defence to be my last, and maybe a lesser champion and a lesser man would drop the ball simply to free himself to go onto bigger and better things, but I am not that champion, I am not that man - I am simply The Ace...and that's no delusion, if my life means nothing, yours means even less, and if the world where I am a superstar doesn't exist, then a world where you are a champion at my expense has no chance of ever coming to be...
*Perry gets up to go get himself a drink*
Perception, Knite, is not always reality, you scoff at my 'ignorance' and 'delusions', all whilst being blissfully unaware of your own...I have never been Steve's lackey, even if I would give him the shirt off my back doesn't mean I'd carry him or his clothes...and as for my life having no meaning and no sense of accomplishment, that is your perception, however the reality is quite different, you see my beautiful wife is all I need to give my life meaning, and there is no greater accomplishment than being a father to my gorgeous little daughter, but I can understand your jealousy and envy, after all I have everything with Kathy that you only wish you had with Kelly...
*The Ace and Kathy kiss, maybe as a little mind game to offset Adam, they grin at each other and return their focus to the camera*
I don't know who you've been talking to Knite, but I have been earning my way, the Xtreme title is a little proof of that, I haven't whined about not being respected to anybody because I'd much rather beat it out of them, much like I will beat it out of you this Sunday, and I really have to wonder who is wearing the rose tinted spectacles here, especially when you consider that I have had more main event spots than you here Knite, so how can you say I'm not a main eventer and a top draw, I mean who really is looking at this through distortions to come up with some crass quip about a half eaten bologne sandwich pulling in ratings?
*The Ace raises an eyebrow*
But I digress, maybe people don't see me as a big star yet, but that soon will change, maybe they do laugh behind my back, but do you know what that says to me? That they're too afraid to laugh to my face, as well they should be...for they, unlike you, are wise enough to accept that it is not my head I bury, but their careers...
Kathy: My worrrld...my rrreality not do without Ace...SSSolitairrre's worrrld, herrr rrreality not do without herrrr daddy...we care Ace...I not ppprrrossstitute Adam, I not sssell myssself to anybody, maybe you wish I did because you know that only way you everrr get clossse my body...I know husssband name, you do well learrrn it Knite...
Adam, you credit my intelligence, but I don't use weapons because I can't win, I use them because they provide a ruthless efficiency to getting the same job done in only a fraction of the time, but I don't even know why you're criticising me, weaponry is the bread and butter of Xtreme, and our match will be an Xtreme match where anything goes, be it sledgehammers or rakes...and then you make mention of why I brought a steel rake into play when a sledgehammer served much the same purpose, it wasn't because I didn't realise the connection, more a point of redefining my identity with a weapon as unique and original as I am, there is no harm in reinventing oneself before...learning and evolving as you put it...
Kathy: I help Ace because I want ssshow nCw that I not typical weak woman, I love him, but that not make me weak...you sssay I brrrainwassssh Adam, I sssuppossse love is brrrainwasssh in way, but it ssso sssweet I not have it any otherrrr way...
All that matters to me is the victory, not the way it is won, its no secret that I will often use all I have at my disposal to win, be they women or weapons - that is what makes me the champion and you the challenger Knite, that is why I have the Xtreme title in the first place and it is also the reason why I shall retain it...
*The Ace laughs*
You think the end is so obvious don't you Knite? But even the greatest tragedies seldom have a happy ending, you think this will be some fairly tale ending where you will avenge all that I have done to you and take my title in one fell swoop, but you see the problem with that sunshine is, life isn't a fairy tale, for you there will be no happy ever after where you live on as the King of Xtreme with Queen Kelly by your side...or should that be Knight? No matter, The Ace trumps them all...if indeed Sunday is to be my final chapter in this pathetic little novel of yours, then the least I can do is ensure that it is penned in your own blood...you see it doesn't matter to me who you have on your side, fans, management, even God Himself...none of them shall deliver you from the Face of Satan...I took you out of the game once Knite, but that was just a suspension, and whilst it did work for a time, now it seems that you are trying to force my hand, do you really want me to put you on the shelf? You flatter yourself rather duly Knite, if you think you are mystic enough to have seen the journey end, ah but then who's journey was it that ended? I haven't avoided you Knite, I was a part of all those tag matches, it wasn't my fault you always came in as I tagged myself out...
*The Ace smirks*
Maybe I shall be exposed for what I am at Last Stand, a true Xtreme Champion, living in not so much a fairy tale as in the land of Xtreme, on paper, this match looks good, but in reality, you will know that my reign was not destroyed, but rather you were, as the first execution of The Empire's Xtreme Executioner...then we shall see if you truly are a better man than I, one man's lie is another man's truth Knite, I am competent in my craft, the title I currently hold proves that as well as the fact that I'm a champion...so then you question my manhood saying real men don't hide behind women or weapons and perhaps they don't, but the smart men do, the ruthless, the sadistic...
Kathy: I neverrr help Ace win belt, you wrrrrong just like you sssay SSSteve carrrry him to tag titlesss, he not coward, he not pathetic, he not ssshell of man, but he leave you like one SSSunday...
Adam, like any true hypocrite, you do the very same thing you accuse me of, by spreading unsubstatiated lies about how I whine to the management and somehow try and play backstage politics, granted it is the skill of a great politician, not a parrot or a plagiarist, to turn things around on his opposition, a skill you so obviously hate me for...but I shall not shy away from you, I shall stand before you as a man and you will fall before me as a broken soul, ravaged by all the sins of the Hell in which I revel...you endeavour to take everything from me at Last Stand because I fired the first shot, all the while ignorant to the fact that it is I who shall fire the last shot too, the first was to your heart, this one shall be to your head...I have never lay down for anyone in that ring, and I don't ever intend to...one way or another, Knite, this week I will once again get my way and once again it will not end well for you...
*The Ace laughs*
Dreams and Knitemares, wow, it seems that I'm not the only one adept at such clever word play, but don't flatter yourself Knite, I didn't attack you to make a name for myself, I did it simply because I could, you and Trent may have stolen our belts from us, but rather than slap us back into reality as you claim, it is clear now that that fluke victory over Steve and myself only heightened your delusions...I've already made clear that perception is not always reality, you perceive that you will twist my reality, knock me from dream clouds into some nightmarish Hell, but what you fail to realise is that no one knows eternal Hell better than the Face of Satan himself, the flames you want to burn me in shall infact be the flames of your own demise...the death, destruction, and pain you wish upon me will infact be your own...you want to corrupt my hopes and dreams - a bold ambition considering you know not what they are and can only guess at them...you want me to suffer, to be punished, and to die before you...yet I know that a man as delusional as yourself can never live up to that kind of responsibility, no matter how wild he dreams, how pure his motive or how strong his resolve...you don't want the title, that's fine, because honestly I have no intention of giving up the worthless piece of gold to a man who believes himself to be the new and improved Barney of nCw anyway...a sixty five million year old fossil is not going to get the better of me...no matter how red his eyes glow...the blood I spill will be even more striking in shade this Sunday...
*Perry returns with a half empty bottle of water in hand, Kathy whispers something to The Ace before getting up and leaving...*
I wouldn't count on your happiness coming to fruition quite yet sunshine, see I will not cower or beg for death in the company of my beastly dog woman...quite the contrary infact, I will not be condemned to tha annals of history as you claim, nor will I pay for my sins, I will not be forgotten, in fact you know my name...and after this Sunday you'll never forget it...
Perry: Are you done?
Pretty much...
Perry: So you still want me to watch over Kathy and Solitaire, just in case Knite tries anything funny?
Yes...but do it discreetly, you never know what kind of stunt that nutball might try and pull, besides I don't want Kathy thinking I can't take care of my family...the belt I could stand to lose, but not her and Solitaire...that's the last thing I want...
*The Ace takes off his shades and blinks hard as if trying to control his emotions, Perry just nods earnestly towards his friend as the camera fades...*