Post by Xavier Williams on Feb 15, 2009 7:35:33 GMT -6
We open to the final day of preparation for our hero. He is standing in the bathroom, steam engulfing the room. He wipes his hand across the mirror allowing to see himself better. The camera has that over the shoulder view of the mirror, as Xavier looks deep into his reflection. We hear some heavy music coming from the background
The music in the background hits as he stands in the mirror still, his gaze not even breaking. He looks down and runs some hot water, he reaches down into the sink and splashes his face he looks up
Gloves are off… and now it is time to fight. Now, you must awaken. Now, you must become a new… a new person, a new identity, a new Xavier. You must break those chains keeping you bound… it is time for you rise and TAKE what is your. It is YOUR destiny, not theirs. Don’t let others dictate what will happen to you. You’ve sat back and you’ve taken their best, now give them yours… show them what a warrior is. Show them why you have survive 10 of the most hellish years in this business. Every drop of blood… every bead of sweat. It is time to cash it in… It is time for YOU to rise to the top.
Ascend… warrior.
Ascend.
Xavier looks into the mirror, his eyes remain focused…
Contest the lies
We cannot be so blind
Hear their cries
Don't wait till daylight dies.
He walks out of the bathroom and into his room.
Why are you holding back. Why? Is it because you don’t BEILEVE in yourself? Is it because you are afraid? It can’t be. You are facing two other men who would love nothing more than to bash your brains in to become nCw World Heavyweight Champion, but you… you’ve been doing it longer. You know what it is like to sell your soul and do what it takes to win. That is how you always did things, no point into hiding it now, NOW you have to go out and take it. IT is out there. There is no denying you this time, but you must wake up that demon inside of you. You must be the same Xavier the nCw feared. The same that went to hell in back with Angel. A man who survived getting tossed of the cage through a table. The same who was entangled in barbed wire, that is the man who must be standing in the room tonight.
Xavier emerges out from his room. Wearing some black basketball shorts, and some black Nike's. He throws on a nCw shirt. He walks over to the Radio and turns off the CD player. He takes the Killswitch Engage CD and places it in its proper case and returns it to his bag. He steps out of his hotel room. He sees Bishop standing across the hall, leaning up against the wall. He he dressed in a black wifebeater and some black ADIDAS sweat pants. He tosses Xavier his gym back and Xavier throws it over his shoulder and they make their way to the elevator.
Are you sure about this?
Yes. Just remember what I said… no holding back…
Listen, I’m cool with me sparring with you, but you want to go full on? The title match is tonight? And you want to go full on?
I’m not asking for a 5 star classic. I’m asking for 20 mins. I figure even you can give me 20 mins.
Whatever bro. If this is what you want… you’re gonna get it.
The elevator pings as it reaches the floor. The two Williams’s walks inside, Xavier hits the button for the lobby and door closes.
I’m just saying, what if you tweak something? You cant go into a title match with an injury.
All that doesn’t matter don’t hold back for nothing… you go full blast.
But…
FULL BLAST!
Xavier says, he doesn’t even make eye contact with Bishop, he is focused on the future. The door opens and the two walks out into the lobby and out of the door.
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We come back to the gym, we see Xavier and Bishop on opposite sides of the ring.
I know you hear their talk. I know you hear the words. Those words they use to chop you down… they use them to fade away your hopes, your dreams… they look to side swipe you from your mission, how DARE they attempt to stop them.
Xavier reaches down and tightens his kicks pads on his boots, after a few moment he steps into the middle of the ring as Bishop finishes taping up his right hand, heavily. He walks to the middle of the ring with Xavier.
Are you sure you want this?
Ring the bell
Bishop points to the side of the ring and a bell rings and the two circle around each other.. Xavier comes in for the lockup and Bishop catches him with a punch to the gut and he doubles up, Bishop starts to club the back of Xavier. Bishop throws Xavier into the ropes and Bishop catches him with a big boot to the face. Xavier is down, cover by Bishop. Quick kick out, he lifts Xavier and nails him with a standing clothesline, Bishop walks around Xavier, waiting for him to get to his feet. Bishop comes off the ropes and goes for another boot, and Xavier catches his foot and takes him down. Xavier gets up and starts to mount punch Bishop, Xavier stops the punches. Xavier grabs Bishop, and just muscles him over with a belly-to-belly suplex. He starts to trash talk Bishop. Xavier throws Bishop into the ropes and KILLS Bishop with a clothesline, cover. Another quick kick out. Xavier starts to stomp Bishop he goes off the ropes and catches Bishop with an elbow. Xavier lifts Bishop and starts to hit Bishop with punches, numerous punches by Xavier, catching Bishop, he drops to a knee and Xavier comes for another clothesline. Bishop catches Xavier, EXPLODER SUPLEX FROM BISHOP! Bishop nails Xavier with a hard left, he picks Xavier up and tosses him into the ropes, and Bishop bounces of another set of ropes and KILLS Xavier with a thunderous lariat. Bishop pulls Xavier into the center of the ring, cover by Bishop. Xavier SOMEHOW gets the shoulder up. Bishop can't believe it! He is shocked! Bishop argues bout the count and ref said he got up before three. Bishop spins around and Xavier catches him with a European Uppercut, and he knees him in the gut and lifts him into the Air and Xavier quickly shifts his weight taking Bishop down with a head scissors Bishop rolls out of the ring and Xavier hits the ring and flies out of the ring TOPE CON HILO… MISSES and Xavier crashes to the hardwood floor. Xavier’s back arches in pain. Bishop rolls into the ring and Xavier soon follows, still favoring his back. Bishop charges STO takedown, Bishop hits the ropes and hits a quick drop elbow. He goes for an armlock, but Xavier rolls backwards and makes it to his feet, Bishop seems to be caught off guard as Xavier just LIGHTS his chest up with a harsh kick and Bishops rolls to the floor.
WHAT THE ****! God DAMMIT!
I said full speed
No… no… **** THAT KICKING ****!
Bishop grabs his chest, still trying to catch his breath
IF you’re that pissed I suggest you find a ****ing punching bag who isn’t your cousin.
Why are you bitching?
Bitching?
Let me hit you with a ****ing brick and see if you’re still smiling.
Xavier exhales deeply as he hits the mat and rolls under the bottom rope.
It hurt that bad?
I’ve been hit with 2x4s, dropped through barbed wire, and I’ve been shot...
I’d rather be shot again… ****!
Maybe that means you should get back into fighting shape. Just in case somebody gets froggy.
Aint no chance in hell… I keep Mr. Dot by my side.
Mr. Dot?
Red dot, nigga. I stay strapped.
Really?
After the **** that went down a few months ago… I aint getting caught like that again, aint nobody running up in my house, **** that.
Listen to him, he’s afraid… one kick and he wants no more… think of it, if you were to bring just a fraction more of that anger to the table. Just a tiny bit…
Xavier gets up off of the bench. And he makes his way to the ring again and sits on the apron. A slight smirk on his face as he opens a bottle of water.
I guess not better time than now huh?
Look at me, I shouldn’t be here, I should be in be, resting… but as they say, ‘No rest for the wicked.’
I did some soul searching today, or as some sat, I did some looking on YouTube and I caught some of my old promos from a few months back. Most notably, my stuff vs Angel. Because during that time, I was different. I was a new Xavier… err… and old Xavier. I’ve never been the type to hold a grudge, but damn… I held that one with a death grip. And when I begin to think about it was all about justification. Why we did what we did. I simply said because I do what is necessary to win. Either that means taking a short cut or not… sneaking a grab on the ropes when the ref is not paying attention. That might mean just putting a little more ‘pow’ in my strikes. Do whatever was necessary to inflict, just a slight bit more pain, Because in the end, the only thing that mattered was that I was the winner. I didn’t care what people thought of it… all I knew that I was the winner and I accomplished what I wanted.
I used to say that ‘a win is a win as long as my hands were raised it didn’t matter’ and once you let that kind of mentality sink in… you start to get cold. But in that shell, you see everything for what it truly is… you see that the people around you, can’t be trusted and all you really have is yourself… and that is what this is. No teams, no stables, no second, just 3 men all vying for a chance to be the top dog in this company. And you know what?
I wouldn’t want it any other way.
Ace you can take every bit of my speech and twist it and turn it, and make until it is even English anymore. You twist it until it is that Ace language in which everything ends in a bad card pun. The ‘story’ of this match is how I got screwed over, but Hammond GAVE me this chance You see, as a man, came out and said that he wanted to face me again. And I obliged him… but then here comes Ace, ‘Wah, I had to wrestle twice, because I CLEARLY forgot those were the rules of the tournament I was in’ and you wanted a ‘do over’. I don’t care if I .01% chance of winning, as long as I have a CHANCE then that is all that matters, that is what being hungry is all about. The odds mean nothing… flip f the card, roll of the dice, that is fate… you can’t control fate… but wrestling doesn’t boil down to fate… it boils down to, do you want it more?
THAT is what wrestling is, one big, I have more than you fest.
And I refuse to think that you have more than me. I refuse to accept that fact that you want this more than me.
While many men have said the same.. they are not me. While many have tried, they are not me. While many have tried to break you down…. They are NOT me. Like I’ve said many times, the pot is too damn big for another slip up, another roll up. No, Ace if you pin my shoulders to the mat, I BETTER be dead. And I mean that, I better not be moving if you are pinning me. Ace, I WANT to crush you dreams
Xavier starts to develop a smile…
I want to be the reason why you go home to little Solitaire empty handed. And tell her that Daddy wouldn’t get the job done when it mattered the most. I want you to look at your daughter and have her see a man, who FAILED, who came so close… Ace you were GIVEN a second chance… and I’m, here to make sure you **** up beyond all reason.
Xavier starts to laugh, and he is still speaking, his words now having just a devilish tone to them.
I want to you to go home to Kathy and look at her and right before you turn off the lights, I want you to see me, holding that title, I want you to hear the glass shattering as your dreams flush down the drain and go where they belong…
In the trash with the rest of the rubbish.
Xavier hops off the ring apron.
You’ve beaten me SO many times, I’m SURE this time will be the SAME! Yes, because HISTORY matters, because HISTORY predicts what will happen in wrestling matches… you sound a bit CRAZY! Everytime you beat me, I want to KILL you a bit more and what better way to do so, but crushing your dreams, by RAPING your destiny and watching you fall. Yes, your bright dreams… will run into a DARK nightmare.
Xavier’s grin vanishes, as he seems to compose himself…
Hammond. The underdog story happened last month and you’re right… this isn’t Rocky. It wont be a sequel. You’ve proved that you DESERVE to be here, but no over me… oh no. No sir, not over me. It may sound assholish, but I call it honesty. Jack Hammond…
You are NOT READY to be the main on the mountaintop. You are not ready to carry that burden, you are not ready to carry that cross and be that Martyr. I thank you for giving me another chance to return to my post at the top of the mountain… but you will really regret that decision when that bell rings and I a standing over you.
I just hope that whatever happens, we can shake hands and still remain friends… but from bell to bell, you better duck boy, because I’m going for kill shots…
Let the anger feed you… let it drive you, let it free…
LET IT FREE
Xavier walks off screen, bringing an impromptu ending to this promo
Slowly, we watch the degradation of the civilization
The rise and fall of all we are stands before us
The rise and fall of all we are stands before us
The music in the background hits as he stands in the mirror still, his gaze not even breaking. He looks down and runs some hot water, he reaches down into the sink and splashes his face he looks up
Gloves are off… and now it is time to fight. Now, you must awaken. Now, you must become a new… a new person, a new identity, a new Xavier. You must break those chains keeping you bound… it is time for you rise and TAKE what is your. It is YOUR destiny, not theirs. Don’t let others dictate what will happen to you. You’ve sat back and you’ve taken their best, now give them yours… show them what a warrior is. Show them why you have survive 10 of the most hellish years in this business. Every drop of blood… every bead of sweat. It is time to cash it in… It is time for YOU to rise to the top.
Ascend… warrior.
Ascend.
Xavier looks into the mirror, his eyes remain focused…
Contest the lies
We cannot be so blind
Hear their cries
Don't wait till daylight dies.
He walks out of the bathroom and into his room.
Why are you holding back. Why? Is it because you don’t BEILEVE in yourself? Is it because you are afraid? It can’t be. You are facing two other men who would love nothing more than to bash your brains in to become nCw World Heavyweight Champion, but you… you’ve been doing it longer. You know what it is like to sell your soul and do what it takes to win. That is how you always did things, no point into hiding it now, NOW you have to go out and take it. IT is out there. There is no denying you this time, but you must wake up that demon inside of you. You must be the same Xavier the nCw feared. The same that went to hell in back with Angel. A man who survived getting tossed of the cage through a table. The same who was entangled in barbed wire, that is the man who must be standing in the room tonight.
We will not die this way (this is absolution)
Death claims us no more (no more)
Do not grieve, end the suffering
We will live, live eternal
Death claims us no more (no more)
Do not grieve, end the suffering
We will live, live eternal
Xavier emerges out from his room. Wearing some black basketball shorts, and some black Nike's. He throws on a nCw shirt. He walks over to the Radio and turns off the CD player. He takes the Killswitch Engage CD and places it in its proper case and returns it to his bag. He steps out of his hotel room. He sees Bishop standing across the hall, leaning up against the wall. He he dressed in a black wifebeater and some black ADIDAS sweat pants. He tosses Xavier his gym back and Xavier throws it over his shoulder and they make their way to the elevator.
Are you sure about this?
Yes. Just remember what I said… no holding back…
Listen, I’m cool with me sparring with you, but you want to go full on? The title match is tonight? And you want to go full on?
I’m not asking for a 5 star classic. I’m asking for 20 mins. I figure even you can give me 20 mins.
Whatever bro. If this is what you want… you’re gonna get it.
The elevator pings as it reaches the floor. The two Williams’s walks inside, Xavier hits the button for the lobby and door closes.
I’m just saying, what if you tweak something? You cant go into a title match with an injury.
All that doesn’t matter don’t hold back for nothing… you go full blast.
But…
FULL BLAST!
Xavier says, he doesn’t even make eye contact with Bishop, he is focused on the future. The door opens and the two walks out into the lobby and out of the door.
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We come back to the gym, we see Xavier and Bishop on opposite sides of the ring.
I know you hear their talk. I know you hear the words. Those words they use to chop you down… they use them to fade away your hopes, your dreams… they look to side swipe you from your mission, how DARE they attempt to stop them.
Xavier reaches down and tightens his kicks pads on his boots, after a few moment he steps into the middle of the ring as Bishop finishes taping up his right hand, heavily. He walks to the middle of the ring with Xavier.
Are you sure you want this?
Ring the bell
Bishop points to the side of the ring and a bell rings and the two circle around each other.. Xavier comes in for the lockup and Bishop catches him with a punch to the gut and he doubles up, Bishop starts to club the back of Xavier. Bishop throws Xavier into the ropes and Bishop catches him with a big boot to the face. Xavier is down, cover by Bishop. Quick kick out, he lifts Xavier and nails him with a standing clothesline, Bishop walks around Xavier, waiting for him to get to his feet. Bishop comes off the ropes and goes for another boot, and Xavier catches his foot and takes him down. Xavier gets up and starts to mount punch Bishop, Xavier stops the punches. Xavier grabs Bishop, and just muscles him over with a belly-to-belly suplex. He starts to trash talk Bishop. Xavier throws Bishop into the ropes and KILLS Bishop with a clothesline, cover. Another quick kick out. Xavier starts to stomp Bishop he goes off the ropes and catches Bishop with an elbow. Xavier lifts Bishop and starts to hit Bishop with punches, numerous punches by Xavier, catching Bishop, he drops to a knee and Xavier comes for another clothesline. Bishop catches Xavier, EXPLODER SUPLEX FROM BISHOP! Bishop nails Xavier with a hard left, he picks Xavier up and tosses him into the ropes, and Bishop bounces of another set of ropes and KILLS Xavier with a thunderous lariat. Bishop pulls Xavier into the center of the ring, cover by Bishop. Xavier SOMEHOW gets the shoulder up. Bishop can't believe it! He is shocked! Bishop argues bout the count and ref said he got up before three. Bishop spins around and Xavier catches him with a European Uppercut, and he knees him in the gut and lifts him into the Air and Xavier quickly shifts his weight taking Bishop down with a head scissors Bishop rolls out of the ring and Xavier hits the ring and flies out of the ring TOPE CON HILO… MISSES and Xavier crashes to the hardwood floor. Xavier’s back arches in pain. Bishop rolls into the ring and Xavier soon follows, still favoring his back. Bishop charges STO takedown, Bishop hits the ropes and hits a quick drop elbow. He goes for an armlock, but Xavier rolls backwards and makes it to his feet, Bishop seems to be caught off guard as Xavier just LIGHTS his chest up with a harsh kick and Bishops rolls to the floor.
WHAT THE ****! God DAMMIT!
I said full speed
No… no… **** THAT KICKING ****!
Bishop grabs his chest, still trying to catch his breath
IF you’re that pissed I suggest you find a ****ing punching bag who isn’t your cousin.
Why are you bitching?
Bitching?
Let me hit you with a ****ing brick and see if you’re still smiling.
Xavier exhales deeply as he hits the mat and rolls under the bottom rope.
It hurt that bad?
I’ve been hit with 2x4s, dropped through barbed wire, and I’ve been shot...
I’d rather be shot again… ****!
Maybe that means you should get back into fighting shape. Just in case somebody gets froggy.
Aint no chance in hell… I keep Mr. Dot by my side.
Mr. Dot?
Red dot, nigga. I stay strapped.
Really?
After the **** that went down a few months ago… I aint getting caught like that again, aint nobody running up in my house, **** that.
Listen to him, he’s afraid… one kick and he wants no more… think of it, if you were to bring just a fraction more of that anger to the table. Just a tiny bit…
Xavier gets up off of the bench. And he makes his way to the ring again and sits on the apron. A slight smirk on his face as he opens a bottle of water.
I guess not better time than now huh?
Look at me, I shouldn’t be here, I should be in be, resting… but as they say, ‘No rest for the wicked.’
I did some soul searching today, or as some sat, I did some looking on YouTube and I caught some of my old promos from a few months back. Most notably, my stuff vs Angel. Because during that time, I was different. I was a new Xavier… err… and old Xavier. I’ve never been the type to hold a grudge, but damn… I held that one with a death grip. And when I begin to think about it was all about justification. Why we did what we did. I simply said because I do what is necessary to win. Either that means taking a short cut or not… sneaking a grab on the ropes when the ref is not paying attention. That might mean just putting a little more ‘pow’ in my strikes. Do whatever was necessary to inflict, just a slight bit more pain, Because in the end, the only thing that mattered was that I was the winner. I didn’t care what people thought of it… all I knew that I was the winner and I accomplished what I wanted.
I used to say that ‘a win is a win as long as my hands were raised it didn’t matter’ and once you let that kind of mentality sink in… you start to get cold. But in that shell, you see everything for what it truly is… you see that the people around you, can’t be trusted and all you really have is yourself… and that is what this is. No teams, no stables, no second, just 3 men all vying for a chance to be the top dog in this company. And you know what?
I wouldn’t want it any other way.
Ace you can take every bit of my speech and twist it and turn it, and make until it is even English anymore. You twist it until it is that Ace language in which everything ends in a bad card pun. The ‘story’ of this match is how I got screwed over, but Hammond GAVE me this chance You see, as a man, came out and said that he wanted to face me again. And I obliged him… but then here comes Ace, ‘Wah, I had to wrestle twice, because I CLEARLY forgot those were the rules of the tournament I was in’ and you wanted a ‘do over’. I don’t care if I .01% chance of winning, as long as I have a CHANCE then that is all that matters, that is what being hungry is all about. The odds mean nothing… flip f the card, roll of the dice, that is fate… you can’t control fate… but wrestling doesn’t boil down to fate… it boils down to, do you want it more?
THAT is what wrestling is, one big, I have more than you fest.
And I refuse to think that you have more than me. I refuse to accept that fact that you want this more than me.
While many men have said the same.. they are not me. While many have tried, they are not me. While many have tried to break you down…. They are NOT me. Like I’ve said many times, the pot is too damn big for another slip up, another roll up. No, Ace if you pin my shoulders to the mat, I BETTER be dead. And I mean that, I better not be moving if you are pinning me. Ace, I WANT to crush you dreams
Xavier starts to develop a smile…
I want to be the reason why you go home to little Solitaire empty handed. And tell her that Daddy wouldn’t get the job done when it mattered the most. I want you to look at your daughter and have her see a man, who FAILED, who came so close… Ace you were GIVEN a second chance… and I’m, here to make sure you **** up beyond all reason.
Xavier starts to laugh, and he is still speaking, his words now having just a devilish tone to them.
I want to you to go home to Kathy and look at her and right before you turn off the lights, I want you to see me, holding that title, I want you to hear the glass shattering as your dreams flush down the drain and go where they belong…
In the trash with the rest of the rubbish.
Xavier hops off the ring apron.
You’ve beaten me SO many times, I’m SURE this time will be the SAME! Yes, because HISTORY matters, because HISTORY predicts what will happen in wrestling matches… you sound a bit CRAZY! Everytime you beat me, I want to KILL you a bit more and what better way to do so, but crushing your dreams, by RAPING your destiny and watching you fall. Yes, your bright dreams… will run into a DARK nightmare.
Xavier’s grin vanishes, as he seems to compose himself…
Hammond. The underdog story happened last month and you’re right… this isn’t Rocky. It wont be a sequel. You’ve proved that you DESERVE to be here, but no over me… oh no. No sir, not over me. It may sound assholish, but I call it honesty. Jack Hammond…
You are NOT READY to be the main on the mountaintop. You are not ready to carry that burden, you are not ready to carry that cross and be that Martyr. I thank you for giving me another chance to return to my post at the top of the mountain… but you will really regret that decision when that bell rings and I a standing over you.
I just hope that whatever happens, we can shake hands and still remain friends… but from bell to bell, you better duck boy, because I’m going for kill shots…
Let the anger feed you… let it drive you, let it free…
LET IT FREE
Xavier walks off screen, bringing an impromptu ending to this promo
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