Post by Philip Burns on Dec 5, 2008 3:25:56 GMT -6
Our scene opens today with a fade in on a seated Philip Burns. He is poised and ready to speak, dressed very sharp, and seemingly in a pensive state of mind. His red and black dress shirt is very form fitting; only the top button is left undone. The aviator shades he is wearing do much to hide the piercing stare and the lack of satisfaction for his opponent in his eyes. Clipped to his lapel is a small microphone. There will be no interviewer for this peace. The room is lit in a way to suggest an intimate atmosphere. The viewer is almost a part of a conversation with Burns, rather than watching him on their screens.
Good evening nCw, I have taken this time to speak both candidly and at length about Resistance, my match at Transgression, and my opponent Jimmy Zane.
Burns removes his glasses
First off I offer my apologies to Spike Kane. I know that as far a Resistance goes we have not held together very well. We never had much of an official forming and we haven’t been there to help out each other much. This doesn’t mean that my resolve to counteract Age of the Revolution has grown any weaker; it simply means that I am a bit off track. We have all sunken into our individual feuds and it just so happens that mine has nothing to do with our mission and is keeping my attention elsewhere. For this I offer my most sincere regrets. When you were being beaten down and were at your most defenseless I was not there. When you needed me the most, I was not there. I cannot speak for the rest of Resistance, and honestly I can’t say that I trust any of them just yet, but from Philip Burns you have my word that this is the last of these occurrences.
I have not forgotten that you looked to me when forming this group. Nobody knows you like a man who has kicked your ass, and Spike you know me. You picked me because of something you saw in me. You have my respect and allegiance.
Burns replaces his glasses, gains a more focused composure and decides he has put off addressing his opponent, the impressive Jimmy Zane, for long enough.
Fresh off of suffering a Tag Team loss to “Mr. Gimmick” Jimmy Zane is can honestly say that I am relieved to see this feud come to a head and hope to put an end to this once and for all. Jimmy and I are no strangers to each other in the ring or outside. Often I am reminded of his first night in nCw. As I am sure he will repeat nonstop it was I and The News who personally “welcomed him to the company one fateful night. While in hindsight I must admit that the tact and delivery of this welcoming were both in the wrong I cannot agree with the direction he has since taken that little scuffle. But honestly I can’t remember if we attacked Jimmy Zane, Voodoo Child, Clown Boy, Punisher JR or some random dude fresh out of wrestling school. Jimmy is so cookie cutter nowadays I just have trouble separating the man from the label.
Burns now seems to be addressing Zane directly, seeming more focused on his words, emphasizing every bit of discontent with every sentence uttered.
What began as an unprovoked altercation in which I attacked a newcomer to this company has since multiplied itself and grown into an out of control being hell bent on relieving me of my championship. I have heard threats of war, talks of me getting maimed and the ever present danger of being “destroyed”. Fans know this is the tired lingo that we have been force fed in this business for years. Your rhetoric is parallel with all the forgettable names in wrestling history. You just want to spout of your threats about this and that but there is something lacking, something that your father had. Substance. Yes it was substance that made him” great” and your lack thereof that prevents you from reaching Punisher-like success (whatever that is).
Why is that just because I have a belt that you want and there is some bad blood between us you are out for destruction? I will tell you, compensation. You have not been able to prove your worth one bit in this company and maybe just maybe if you put Philip Burns on the shelf you will be respected. If at the end of the night you manage to send me out on a stretcher you will get noticed, work your way up, or even be somebody. Jim, have you even taken time to go back and listen to the things you are saying or are you talking just to hear yourself? This cut and dry bad guy berserker murder-death-kill routine may have worked in the eighties, which you must have learned from Gib, but it doesn’t fly today.
Why do you bother? What are you going to prove with all these words? After Transgression, Philip Burns will still be alive. Whether bloodied or not I will still be perfectly fine. I will live to wrestle another day and we will see each other again. Spreading your propaganda and wearing out those tired expressions have not earned you my respect, or anyone else’s that I know of. You are so desperate to find your place in this world without your father it’s like you are throwing paint at the wall to see what sticks.
Remember when you were a clown for a little while? (Philip chuckles and shakes his head at the hilarity, this is one of his favorite memories) Didn’t you roll with a carnival that was a little on the dark side? I remember you calling everyone "kiddies". Little kid fetish much? Is that what you thought would earn you some respect… being a carnie? Really man? Oh and now you’re a maniac. James you are so impressive. Your ability to rapidly change who you are just too please people is astounding. Here I am coming into my own but apparently you are settling for everyone else’s own but yours. I appreciate that you want to be like your dad. I really do. But...
Burns pauses for a steady moment, cocks his head to the side as though drawing on some sort of inspiration to deliver his next line. His temper is obviously spiking up a significant amount. He removes the aviator sunglasses, letting the discontent behind them show through. It is obvious that he is not impressed by Jimmy Zane in the slightest, and is almost certainly annoyed by him. This inspiration finally comes to him; he has chosen the perfect phrase to sum up all his feelings about his opponent.
But Jimmy… some people are just wrestlers.
He said it. “Just a wrestler”. Those simple words were so satisfying to hear out loud. Where there was previous a hint of anger only coolness now resides. Philip Burns knows he himself is a champion, he is accomplished, and he has worth. But to him Jimmy Zane is just a wrestler. Just a wrestler. This is something he has wanted to say since seeing Jimmy in the clown makeup. Just a wrestler. Quit trying too hard Jimmy. You, are just. a. wrestler.
You’re not a clown, you are not a “voodoo child”, you’re not demonic, you are not a sadistic bad ass, and most importantly you are NOT Punisher. You aren’t. Not now, not ever. Zane, you are just a wrestler. You are just Jimmy Zane: a decent wrestler who has potential to be more than that. And no amount of planted fans posing as hotel employees for your little theatrical productions will change it. Clinging on to a win/loss record won’t change it. In this business it isn’t how many you win, it’s which ones you win, man, and lately all the important ones have me with my hand raised. So praise yourself for beating me, discount my win against you if you want to. I'm not worried about it because I have the gold. The only thing that will change your outlook is for you to just drop this bullsh*t and act like a person with a future.
Holding my title isn’t going to help you to the nCw championship. I will admit that it isn’t helping me any. I took this title and am trying to elevate it. This title has been passed around to more people than you have gimmicks and I am going to do all I can to protect it from you. Being Xtreme champion isn’t as great an accomplishment as you are making it out to be. Not yet. But when I am done with this belt it will mean infinitely more than it does now. This should be the goal of any champion, to make his belt matter.
Why does it matter so much to you to prove yourself to your deceased daddy? I hate to break it to you man but nobody here cares about Punisher. I have never heard somebody say “you keep working hard and you will be just like Jimmy Zane’s dad”. It hasn’t happened and it won’t. I met him a few times; he was a decent enough guy. But I would not want to be like him. And frankly nobody else on this roster wants to be like your no-name daddy.
Philip looks like he will finally get to say what it is he has been wanting to put out there this whole time. As though this entire address were leading up to his next words, he gets a very smug grin on his face and lays out his idea.
You are so worried about other people making you into a joke but look in the mirror here. Who is making whom a joke? Who is the big man who is going to do things to me that should be illegal? Who is the little boy with daddy issues? It’s all you Jim. But since I know you hate being ridiculed I cannot help myself. What if through all you threats of brutality I made a vow not to use a single weapon? Wouldn’t it be humiliating if you lost an Xtreme rules match to a man who did not wield one single object against you? Oh I bet it would. Better yet I know it would. I exposed you for the fake you were when you were wearing the makeup and now I will pull the curtain back a little more and let the world see just how hollow your threats are Jimmy Zane. This Sunday at Transgression I will not use one single weapon against you in our match. So I guess when my hand gets raised with the 1, 2, and 3 the joke will be on you.
After all, what is more Xtreme that a clean win over someone who is wielding every weapon available?
The Burning stands up and walks to his left, the camera follows him. He comes up on a chair. Nope, don't need this. He kicks the chair, send it flying across the room. He treks on, encountering a ladder. He pushes it over. Not a chance of me wielding that. His journey continues, bringing him to barbed wire. Is someone fencing in some cattle? Not me, so I don't need it! He tosses it aside.
All weapons have been discarded and Burns looks as confident as ever that he doesn't need them.
Im not a purist, and I am certainly not against using weapons. I am just refusing to use a crutch to get my job done like you are.
Give your recycled promos a rest, Zane. I don’t have time for your threats, for your gimmick of the week, or for your family legacy. I don’t have time to “reap the whirlwind”. F**k the whirlwind! Try reaping what you sow, Jimmy. I will get mine this Sunday.
Burns unclips his microphone, throws it on the ground and walks out. He has a lot to say and has challenged himself to defeat Jimmy Zane using no weapons in their Xtreme Rules match for the Xtreme Championship. Only time will tell how this pans out. We fade on the image of Burns leaving.
Good evening nCw, I have taken this time to speak both candidly and at length about Resistance, my match at Transgression, and my opponent Jimmy Zane.
Burns removes his glasses
First off I offer my apologies to Spike Kane. I know that as far a Resistance goes we have not held together very well. We never had much of an official forming and we haven’t been there to help out each other much. This doesn’t mean that my resolve to counteract Age of the Revolution has grown any weaker; it simply means that I am a bit off track. We have all sunken into our individual feuds and it just so happens that mine has nothing to do with our mission and is keeping my attention elsewhere. For this I offer my most sincere regrets. When you were being beaten down and were at your most defenseless I was not there. When you needed me the most, I was not there. I cannot speak for the rest of Resistance, and honestly I can’t say that I trust any of them just yet, but from Philip Burns you have my word that this is the last of these occurrences.
I have not forgotten that you looked to me when forming this group. Nobody knows you like a man who has kicked your ass, and Spike you know me. You picked me because of something you saw in me. You have my respect and allegiance.
Burns replaces his glasses, gains a more focused composure and decides he has put off addressing his opponent, the impressive Jimmy Zane, for long enough.
Fresh off of suffering a Tag Team loss to “Mr. Gimmick” Jimmy Zane is can honestly say that I am relieved to see this feud come to a head and hope to put an end to this once and for all. Jimmy and I are no strangers to each other in the ring or outside. Often I am reminded of his first night in nCw. As I am sure he will repeat nonstop it was I and The News who personally “welcomed him to the company one fateful night. While in hindsight I must admit that the tact and delivery of this welcoming were both in the wrong I cannot agree with the direction he has since taken that little scuffle. But honestly I can’t remember if we attacked Jimmy Zane, Voodoo Child, Clown Boy, Punisher JR or some random dude fresh out of wrestling school. Jimmy is so cookie cutter nowadays I just have trouble separating the man from the label.
Burns now seems to be addressing Zane directly, seeming more focused on his words, emphasizing every bit of discontent with every sentence uttered.
What began as an unprovoked altercation in which I attacked a newcomer to this company has since multiplied itself and grown into an out of control being hell bent on relieving me of my championship. I have heard threats of war, talks of me getting maimed and the ever present danger of being “destroyed”. Fans know this is the tired lingo that we have been force fed in this business for years. Your rhetoric is parallel with all the forgettable names in wrestling history. You just want to spout of your threats about this and that but there is something lacking, something that your father had. Substance. Yes it was substance that made him” great” and your lack thereof that prevents you from reaching Punisher-like success (whatever that is).
Why is that just because I have a belt that you want and there is some bad blood between us you are out for destruction? I will tell you, compensation. You have not been able to prove your worth one bit in this company and maybe just maybe if you put Philip Burns on the shelf you will be respected. If at the end of the night you manage to send me out on a stretcher you will get noticed, work your way up, or even be somebody. Jim, have you even taken time to go back and listen to the things you are saying or are you talking just to hear yourself? This cut and dry bad guy berserker murder-death-kill routine may have worked in the eighties, which you must have learned from Gib, but it doesn’t fly today.
Why do you bother? What are you going to prove with all these words? After Transgression, Philip Burns will still be alive. Whether bloodied or not I will still be perfectly fine. I will live to wrestle another day and we will see each other again. Spreading your propaganda and wearing out those tired expressions have not earned you my respect, or anyone else’s that I know of. You are so desperate to find your place in this world without your father it’s like you are throwing paint at the wall to see what sticks.
Remember when you were a clown for a little while? (Philip chuckles and shakes his head at the hilarity, this is one of his favorite memories) Didn’t you roll with a carnival that was a little on the dark side? I remember you calling everyone "kiddies". Little kid fetish much? Is that what you thought would earn you some respect… being a carnie? Really man? Oh and now you’re a maniac. James you are so impressive. Your ability to rapidly change who you are just too please people is astounding. Here I am coming into my own but apparently you are settling for everyone else’s own but yours. I appreciate that you want to be like your dad. I really do. But...
Burns pauses for a steady moment, cocks his head to the side as though drawing on some sort of inspiration to deliver his next line. His temper is obviously spiking up a significant amount. He removes the aviator sunglasses, letting the discontent behind them show through. It is obvious that he is not impressed by Jimmy Zane in the slightest, and is almost certainly annoyed by him. This inspiration finally comes to him; he has chosen the perfect phrase to sum up all his feelings about his opponent.
But Jimmy… some people are just wrestlers.
He said it. “Just a wrestler”. Those simple words were so satisfying to hear out loud. Where there was previous a hint of anger only coolness now resides. Philip Burns knows he himself is a champion, he is accomplished, and he has worth. But to him Jimmy Zane is just a wrestler. Just a wrestler. This is something he has wanted to say since seeing Jimmy in the clown makeup. Just a wrestler. Quit trying too hard Jimmy. You, are just. a. wrestler.
You’re not a clown, you are not a “voodoo child”, you’re not demonic, you are not a sadistic bad ass, and most importantly you are NOT Punisher. You aren’t. Not now, not ever. Zane, you are just a wrestler. You are just Jimmy Zane: a decent wrestler who has potential to be more than that. And no amount of planted fans posing as hotel employees for your little theatrical productions will change it. Clinging on to a win/loss record won’t change it. In this business it isn’t how many you win, it’s which ones you win, man, and lately all the important ones have me with my hand raised. So praise yourself for beating me, discount my win against you if you want to. I'm not worried about it because I have the gold. The only thing that will change your outlook is for you to just drop this bullsh*t and act like a person with a future.
Holding my title isn’t going to help you to the nCw championship. I will admit that it isn’t helping me any. I took this title and am trying to elevate it. This title has been passed around to more people than you have gimmicks and I am going to do all I can to protect it from you. Being Xtreme champion isn’t as great an accomplishment as you are making it out to be. Not yet. But when I am done with this belt it will mean infinitely more than it does now. This should be the goal of any champion, to make his belt matter.
Why does it matter so much to you to prove yourself to your deceased daddy? I hate to break it to you man but nobody here cares about Punisher. I have never heard somebody say “you keep working hard and you will be just like Jimmy Zane’s dad”. It hasn’t happened and it won’t. I met him a few times; he was a decent enough guy. But I would not want to be like him. And frankly nobody else on this roster wants to be like your no-name daddy.
Philip looks like he will finally get to say what it is he has been wanting to put out there this whole time. As though this entire address were leading up to his next words, he gets a very smug grin on his face and lays out his idea.
You are so worried about other people making you into a joke but look in the mirror here. Who is making whom a joke? Who is the big man who is going to do things to me that should be illegal? Who is the little boy with daddy issues? It’s all you Jim. But since I know you hate being ridiculed I cannot help myself. What if through all you threats of brutality I made a vow not to use a single weapon? Wouldn’t it be humiliating if you lost an Xtreme rules match to a man who did not wield one single object against you? Oh I bet it would. Better yet I know it would. I exposed you for the fake you were when you were wearing the makeup and now I will pull the curtain back a little more and let the world see just how hollow your threats are Jimmy Zane. This Sunday at Transgression I will not use one single weapon against you in our match. So I guess when my hand gets raised with the 1, 2, and 3 the joke will be on you.
After all, what is more Xtreme that a clean win over someone who is wielding every weapon available?
The Burning stands up and walks to his left, the camera follows him. He comes up on a chair. Nope, don't need this. He kicks the chair, send it flying across the room. He treks on, encountering a ladder. He pushes it over. Not a chance of me wielding that. His journey continues, bringing him to barbed wire. Is someone fencing in some cattle? Not me, so I don't need it! He tosses it aside.
All weapons have been discarded and Burns looks as confident as ever that he doesn't need them.
Im not a purist, and I am certainly not against using weapons. I am just refusing to use a crutch to get my job done like you are.
Give your recycled promos a rest, Zane. I don’t have time for your threats, for your gimmick of the week, or for your family legacy. I don’t have time to “reap the whirlwind”. F**k the whirlwind! Try reaping what you sow, Jimmy. I will get mine this Sunday.
Burns unclips his microphone, throws it on the ground and walks out. He has a lot to say and has challenged himself to defeat Jimmy Zane using no weapons in their Xtreme Rules match for the Xtreme Championship. Only time will tell how this pans out. We fade on the image of Burns leaving.