Post by Lance "The Icon" Ryan on Dec 5, 2008 4:34:20 GMT -6
~*~*~It’s truly amazing how an injury can give you so much perspective. How a few weeks away from in ring action can cause you to ponder where you are really going, and what you are really doing. I have to believe that it is like this in any industry really, any walk of life even. You are chugging along at a pace, working your ass off and not really paying attention to your surroundings, then suddenly something happens that causes you to take a step back and you have epiphanies left, right and center. You come to realize that perhaps things aren’t exactly how they seem, maybe you aren’t headed the right away anymore, maybe some bad decisions have been made.~*~*~[/i]
Lance Ryan: You see Spike Kane, you are not the only man alive that has been doing some thinking, some soul searching, some self discovery. Ever since I ended up with this minor injury that sidelined me for a couple of weeks, I have had nothing else to do but stand by and watch and think. That is what has brought me to the point that I am at today.
~*~*~We all take turns in life. Inevitably we reach crossroads along our travels, our paths always lead to a decision, do we turn left or do we turn right? This is something that I have reached many times in my long and illustrious career. I reached one of those crossroads a few months back. I was sitting at home and trying to figure out why I had lost my passion for nCw. I was struck with the fact that the place that has given me such a re-birth suddenly disinterested me. That was when I realized that this “home” was no longer home for me. Things were changing, people were changing. Faces left, more arrived, but the entire way that business was done actually did a one hundred and eighty degree turn.~*~*~[/i]
Lance Ryan: That is when I called up some friends that seemed to be feeling the same way that I did. That is the point in time when it all became a little more clear to me, and that is when I decided to go to war with the machine that was nCw. Age of the Revolution has never been about me. Contrary to what people have said, what people have been thinking, and what people think they have seen, I have nothing left to accomplish in wrestling anymore. The reality is that I wanted to make sure that there was an industry still alive when I left. Unlike the many names that came and went before me, I wanted to give something back, I wanted to re-instill in the people what professional wrestling was all about.
Perhaps it’s all a load of bull**** in the end. The world changes, and other than ancient beliefs and stories, everything else changes with it. Maybe wrestling is evolving too. Maybe my mistake was in thinking that I could bring things back to how they once were. Maybe I was wrong to think that I could save an entire line of business from going by the wayside, perhaps the hill is insurmountable.
But then again, maybe that is the load of bull****. It seems to be working. Around me I see people hungering to get their names on the marquees again, I see it being about the gold and about the success that is there to be had by anyone that is willing to take the chances necessary. Perhaps this hasn’t been a failure.
It was while I was sitting at home that I realized the most important part of what the Age of the Revolution has accomplished. It has already started to reform friendships that previously existed and it has started to form alliances and friendships that perhaps could never have been there before. Take for example, Trent Helms. I never thought that I would see the day that we would be on the same side of a war. For a long time now I held ill will against this man because I sincerely felt that he was the biggest piece of **** to ever be in this business. But at the end of the day he turned out to be a business man just like myself. He is in this for the right reasons. He realizes that this is indeed our fifteen minutes of fame, and we need to take full advantage of those minutes because at any moment our time could be up.
The same can be said for Spike Kane. While I feel that he is a foolish man for fighting against us, he still is standing up for something that he believes in, and he stood up at a time when nobody else would. Spike Kane proved that he is a man and that he is willing to do whatever it takes to take down what he sees to be the enemy. It is because of this that I struggle at times. Every time I kick in his skull, every time that I lay him out, it does tear a little bit at me. After all, it doesn’t matter which side of a war that one is on, because both sides often have a little bit of right in them, and both sides are fighting for what they believe in.
~*~*~Regrets. Often times regret is a huge point of conversation. Some people will tell you that they regret many things that they have done in life, and that they would change a lot if they could. Others still will tell you that they don’t live with regret because there is a reason behind any decision that is made. I don’t live with regrets, I have done many things in my lifetime, both good and evil, and I will tell you that I learned something from each and every one of them. No regrets.~*~*~[/i]
Lance Ryan: This is why I had such a hard time with Spike Kane and what he had to say recently. Spike, if I could speak to you for one moment putting all of this war aside, I would like to tell you something.
For over a year now we have found ourselves at war. On the same side at times, but more often than not on the opposite side; however, all along people, including ourselves, have told us that we are so much alike that we could be brothers. Two men cut from the exact same mould.
It’s true. We both fight for our convictions, we both are passionate in everything that we do, we both strive to be the best in everything, but one thing holds us apart. You fear for making mistakes, I on the other hand am willing to live with whatever decisions that I make without looking back. My past is a contentious issue. I have done just about everything to piss off opponents, to play mind games with people on the other side, hell, I swerved everyone in my life not that long ago. That led to an epic battle with a man that I consider to be my best friend on this planet. Fact is Spike, we really are a lot the same, and that is why it pains me to always have the line drawn between us.
This Sunday it happens again. You will be standing across the ring from Adam and myself in a tag team match for our tag team titles, you will be teaming with a man that quite frankly is on our side. The cards are again stacked against you, and yet the will is strong within you to fight. I actually fear for you in your current state Spike. You have so much more to offer the world with your ideals, your emotions and most of all your convictions and yet I feel that you are standing there mired in self doubt. Stop doubting yourself. You have made decisions along the way that perhaps haven’t always been the best, but that doesn’t mean that you cant fight the ship. Look at you now. The fact is that nCw never really did come to stand at your side for this war, yet the war raged on. Do you not see that this is what I speak of when I say that this company is broken? These kids do not care one iota for what came before them, nor do they seem to care for what lies around the next corner. Realize the errors of your ways and take the nest turn to right your ship. I am going to lay all of the cards right on the table for you to see. The Age of the Revolution needs you and the reality is that I want you on my side. We will have your back, we will fight alongside you, something that nobody on the other side is willing nor able to do. Think about it Spike. Lance Ryan and Spike Kane on the same side of a real war. Think about the problems that I have right now, I think you will find that we are again really on the same page, you however needed to learn this the hard way.
Don’t let Sunday be about your wrong turns, don’t let Sunday be the day that Spike Kane becomes akin to a hole in the ground. Fight with your brothers in the Revolution. We can bring change to this company, we already have. Spike, I pledge to you with any semblance of friendship that we once had…use your head bro.
If you choose to soldier on in the direction that you are currently headed and not ponder over what I have said, I am warning you, you will be destroyed. You stand between us and our goal, and I stated many times in the past that you are either with the Revolution or against it. I am giving you another chance to choose your decision. Choose wisely, or our next meeting will be much more unpleasant than all of those that preceded it. You are right, you fought hard to become a hall of famer and a former champion, it’s time you made another wise decision. Allow me to extend the hand of friendship to you once more.
~*~*~Lance Ryan walks into the empty locker-room that will hold the entire nCw roster once again this weekend as nCw takes to the pay per view airwaves. He walks up to the locker that has Spike Kane’s name written above it and unravels an Age of the Revolution hoody. He hangs the sweater on one of the hooks within Spike’s locker and steps back as the scene fades on the former champion and leader of the Revolution.~*~*~[/i]
Lance Ryan: You see Spike Kane, you are not the only man alive that has been doing some thinking, some soul searching, some self discovery. Ever since I ended up with this minor injury that sidelined me for a couple of weeks, I have had nothing else to do but stand by and watch and think. That is what has brought me to the point that I am at today.
~*~*~We all take turns in life. Inevitably we reach crossroads along our travels, our paths always lead to a decision, do we turn left or do we turn right? This is something that I have reached many times in my long and illustrious career. I reached one of those crossroads a few months back. I was sitting at home and trying to figure out why I had lost my passion for nCw. I was struck with the fact that the place that has given me such a re-birth suddenly disinterested me. That was when I realized that this “home” was no longer home for me. Things were changing, people were changing. Faces left, more arrived, but the entire way that business was done actually did a one hundred and eighty degree turn.~*~*~[/i]
Lance Ryan: That is when I called up some friends that seemed to be feeling the same way that I did. That is the point in time when it all became a little more clear to me, and that is when I decided to go to war with the machine that was nCw. Age of the Revolution has never been about me. Contrary to what people have said, what people have been thinking, and what people think they have seen, I have nothing left to accomplish in wrestling anymore. The reality is that I wanted to make sure that there was an industry still alive when I left. Unlike the many names that came and went before me, I wanted to give something back, I wanted to re-instill in the people what professional wrestling was all about.
Perhaps it’s all a load of bull**** in the end. The world changes, and other than ancient beliefs and stories, everything else changes with it. Maybe wrestling is evolving too. Maybe my mistake was in thinking that I could bring things back to how they once were. Maybe I was wrong to think that I could save an entire line of business from going by the wayside, perhaps the hill is insurmountable.
But then again, maybe that is the load of bull****. It seems to be working. Around me I see people hungering to get their names on the marquees again, I see it being about the gold and about the success that is there to be had by anyone that is willing to take the chances necessary. Perhaps this hasn’t been a failure.
It was while I was sitting at home that I realized the most important part of what the Age of the Revolution has accomplished. It has already started to reform friendships that previously existed and it has started to form alliances and friendships that perhaps could never have been there before. Take for example, Trent Helms. I never thought that I would see the day that we would be on the same side of a war. For a long time now I held ill will against this man because I sincerely felt that he was the biggest piece of **** to ever be in this business. But at the end of the day he turned out to be a business man just like myself. He is in this for the right reasons. He realizes that this is indeed our fifteen minutes of fame, and we need to take full advantage of those minutes because at any moment our time could be up.
The same can be said for Spike Kane. While I feel that he is a foolish man for fighting against us, he still is standing up for something that he believes in, and he stood up at a time when nobody else would. Spike Kane proved that he is a man and that he is willing to do whatever it takes to take down what he sees to be the enemy. It is because of this that I struggle at times. Every time I kick in his skull, every time that I lay him out, it does tear a little bit at me. After all, it doesn’t matter which side of a war that one is on, because both sides often have a little bit of right in them, and both sides are fighting for what they believe in.
~*~*~Regrets. Often times regret is a huge point of conversation. Some people will tell you that they regret many things that they have done in life, and that they would change a lot if they could. Others still will tell you that they don’t live with regret because there is a reason behind any decision that is made. I don’t live with regrets, I have done many things in my lifetime, both good and evil, and I will tell you that I learned something from each and every one of them. No regrets.~*~*~[/i]
Lance Ryan: This is why I had such a hard time with Spike Kane and what he had to say recently. Spike, if I could speak to you for one moment putting all of this war aside, I would like to tell you something.
For over a year now we have found ourselves at war. On the same side at times, but more often than not on the opposite side; however, all along people, including ourselves, have told us that we are so much alike that we could be brothers. Two men cut from the exact same mould.
It’s true. We both fight for our convictions, we both are passionate in everything that we do, we both strive to be the best in everything, but one thing holds us apart. You fear for making mistakes, I on the other hand am willing to live with whatever decisions that I make without looking back. My past is a contentious issue. I have done just about everything to piss off opponents, to play mind games with people on the other side, hell, I swerved everyone in my life not that long ago. That led to an epic battle with a man that I consider to be my best friend on this planet. Fact is Spike, we really are a lot the same, and that is why it pains me to always have the line drawn between us.
This Sunday it happens again. You will be standing across the ring from Adam and myself in a tag team match for our tag team titles, you will be teaming with a man that quite frankly is on our side. The cards are again stacked against you, and yet the will is strong within you to fight. I actually fear for you in your current state Spike. You have so much more to offer the world with your ideals, your emotions and most of all your convictions and yet I feel that you are standing there mired in self doubt. Stop doubting yourself. You have made decisions along the way that perhaps haven’t always been the best, but that doesn’t mean that you cant fight the ship. Look at you now. The fact is that nCw never really did come to stand at your side for this war, yet the war raged on. Do you not see that this is what I speak of when I say that this company is broken? These kids do not care one iota for what came before them, nor do they seem to care for what lies around the next corner. Realize the errors of your ways and take the nest turn to right your ship. I am going to lay all of the cards right on the table for you to see. The Age of the Revolution needs you and the reality is that I want you on my side. We will have your back, we will fight alongside you, something that nobody on the other side is willing nor able to do. Think about it Spike. Lance Ryan and Spike Kane on the same side of a real war. Think about the problems that I have right now, I think you will find that we are again really on the same page, you however needed to learn this the hard way.
Don’t let Sunday be about your wrong turns, don’t let Sunday be the day that Spike Kane becomes akin to a hole in the ground. Fight with your brothers in the Revolution. We can bring change to this company, we already have. Spike, I pledge to you with any semblance of friendship that we once had…use your head bro.
If you choose to soldier on in the direction that you are currently headed and not ponder over what I have said, I am warning you, you will be destroyed. You stand between us and our goal, and I stated many times in the past that you are either with the Revolution or against it. I am giving you another chance to choose your decision. Choose wisely, or our next meeting will be much more unpleasant than all of those that preceded it. You are right, you fought hard to become a hall of famer and a former champion, it’s time you made another wise decision. Allow me to extend the hand of friendship to you once more.
~*~*~Lance Ryan walks into the empty locker-room that will hold the entire nCw roster once again this weekend as nCw takes to the pay per view airwaves. He walks up to the locker that has Spike Kane’s name written above it and unravels an Age of the Revolution hoody. He hangs the sweater on one of the hooks within Spike’s locker and steps back as the scene fades on the former champion and leader of the Revolution.~*~*~[/i]