The Shining Baka

UNAIRED FOOTAGE
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
SEPTEMBER 7TH, 2021

It was strange being back in Los Angeles, California after spending so much time in Olso, Norway. Lance Williams had been with his lover Astrid Sorensson and training out there with the Wolves Of Óðinn MC. The charter they had out there was full of Viking looking vicious guys and believe it or not, Lance actually managed to fit in well. Yes, Lance has a personal life too, one that he feels he doesn’t have to share every aspect of for all to see.

After all, Lance was in Project: Honor to wrestle not be in a soap drama. It was bad enough on Twitter sometimes for all that soap drama shit. Anyway, Lance was in his home gym putting in some more training. The training was a big part of his life just as much as the wrestling was. This was serious for Lance, he wasn’t in wrestling for the money but to show everyone he was the best at what he did.



This was just part of Lance’s Cardio workout. Lance’s outlook in life was the harder you train, the more rewarded you become. He knew that it wasn’t always about size but his size had come in handy. Not only was he powerful but even for someone of his size, Lance was quick and able to do things most big guys could ever have a wet dream of doing. Even though Lance had faced MYOJIN four times in total and only lost the one time against him, he wasn’t taking this match lightly. Lance might brush off people and piss them off but that’s just who he is. He likes to get people off their game especially when they allow him to do so.

Lance was making sure that he did everything he could to make sure after Night Of Honor it was four times he had beaten MYOJIN. Lance knew deep down that MYOJIN would be training hard too but he knew that he’d been able to beat him three times previously, so surely he could do it again. When he was done with his workout, Lance took his gloves off and put them into his gym bag. Just as he’d done that his phone started ringing so Lance grabs his phone from the chair it was resting on. Looking at the phone screen, he could see who it was before he answered it.

“Mason. Just the man I wanted to talk to. I have a job that needs doing.”

As Lance listens to what Mason Kane has to say, he reaches into his gym bag and grabs out a ready made protein shake. Flicking the cap off, he starts to drink from it until Mason is done talking. As soon as Mason was done talking, Lance flicked the cap back on the protein shake that was in a plastic protein cup.

“That is unfortunate that you broke your wrist. I have a job that needs to be done and it’s what I pay you for. So either stop being a fucking pussy or use your connections and get someone else to do it.”

This was all Lance wanted to hear. The man he was paying good money to fix the shit he needed doing breaking his wrist. He was going to easily be out of action for six to eight weeks.

“I don’t care how you did it, what happened or whether you sort this out or one of your connections does. Just know that I want it done and if I want something, I get it. I’m capable of a lot of things, even you know that money talks and that I could quite easily have you replaced. So do us both a favor and get it sorted or you and I will have problems.”

Lance doesn’t even give Mason a chance to reply as he ends the call and tosses his phone into his gym bag.

“I swear to God that assholes really are testing me lately.”

That’s all Lance Williams says before throwing the half of the protein shake he has left at the wall of his home gym. The protein shake splatters against the wall as liquid flies everywhere. Lance just grabs his gym bag and storms off out of his home gym clearly angry. As he walks out of the home gym he doesn’t see his cleaner there, almost bumping into her and knocking her flying.

“I’m sorry Fran, there’s been an accident in the home gym. Can you go clean it for me?”

“Of course Mr. Williams. Please tell me that it’s not blood again.” Fran the cleaner doesn’t even bat an eyelid when she says that to him like it was something she expected.

“Not this time.” Lance just smirks.

Fran just heads off to get cleaning products as Lance heads off to go shower and clean up for a meeting he has later.

Looking a lot different and more relaxed than a couple of hours ago. Lance stands there in a three-piece navy suit with a tie and smart shoes to go along with the outfit. Whatever the meeting was for, he sure wanted to make a good impression with the way he was looking. He stands there admiring himself in the mirror because this is “The Essence Of Egotism” and that’s just what he did. Lance is only taken away from checking himself out in the mirror when his phone starts to ring again. Moving away from the mirror, he heads over to the desk where his phone is. Picking it up, he looks at the screen to see that it is Mason Kane again.

“Sorted?”

As Lance listens to Mason, he sits down at his desk and grabs the bottle of whiskey from the draw of it along with a glass. Lance unscrews the cap of the whiskey and pours himself a glass.

“This guy you’ve got to do this, I’m going to have to meet him. Set something up for after Night Of Honor. I need to see if he is up to the job before I say it’s okay for him to do the job. If he isn’t okay to do it, then broken wrist or not you’re doing it, understood?”

Picking up the glass of whiskey, Lance just gulps it down in one without any sort of reaction and then pours himself another.

“I’m glad we’re on an understanding. I’m busy for the rest of the day. You’re going to have to get in contact with me tomorrow. Before I go, you better pray that this guy you’ve got to cover you doesn’t fail if I give him the okay. I hate failure!”

Just like earlier, Lance doesn’t give Mason a chance to answer as he puts the phone down on him again. Lance screws the cap back onto the whiskey before drinking what was in his glass down in one again. This time pulling a little face as he does. Once he was done, he puts the bottle and glass back in the draw of his desk just as the person he was about to meet makes their way into his office.

AIRED FOOTAGE
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2021

Santa Monica beach, such a lovely place to just sit and chill after a long workout. Something that “The Essence Of Egotism” Lance Williams enjoyed doing. The soft and sandy beach was just perfect. Lance’s favorite spot wasn’t far from the amusement pier and the beach had an amazing beachfront boardwalk too. One of the many good things about Santa Monica beach too was the seriously good restaurants that it had to offer. Lance was laying on a towel on the beach in just a pair of blue shorts and a pair of black sunglasses too.

“The Shining Baka.”

An egotistical grin appears on Lance’s face.

“MYOJIN.”

The same grin is on his face as he shakes his head.

“Baka sums up MYOJIN perfectly. It means crazy, foolish, and downright stupid. Anime and manga fans in the West have adopted the use of Baka as a usually joking insult. Anime and manga though are fucking pathetic. I’m not using Baka in a joking way MYOJIN, I’m using it to degrade you as a person. I hate everything about you MYO, especially when I see your shit on Twitter. All you do is complain about anything and everything. You’re a whiny and pathetic scumbag. I’ve seen things recently like I’ve had enough and I’m so sick of this, of everyone and blah, blah, fucking blah. Not only that but your logic, well is nonexistent for fuck sake. You and I work in the same company, on the same show and you still are moronic enough to try and say I’m stalking you on Twitter. I wouldn’t flatter yourself at all MYO. You shit pops up on my Timeline, that’s how Twitter works. I’m sure that someone needs to educate you in not only how Twitter works but what stalking means too.”

Pausing for a moment, Lance opens the cooler next to him and grabs a bottle of water from it. Lance then puts the lid back on the cooler before unscrewing the cap of the water bottle. After he takes a couple of swigs, Lance screws the cap back on keeping hold of the bottle in his hand.

“The only reason I follow you is that I know how much of a bitch you are. You’d be talking shit because you know I wouldn’t be able to see it if I didn’t follow you. You’re scared of me, it’s alright to be scared of someone better than you that has proved it numerous times too. I’m happy to go out there and prove myself against you yet again. I have the X-Factor Championship and I’m not about to let you or anyone else take it from me. You saw what I did to Indy Darling but that’s just a small example of what I’m capable of. I will be walking out of Night Of Honor as the X-Factor Champion and I’m going to make sure everyone knows damn well about it too. People are quick to slate me but I’m where I am today because I’ve earned it. I don’t care if people like the way I’ve gone about things. Would I have preferred to have fought for the X-Factor Championship? Of course, I would’ve preferred that but it’s not my fault my opponent walked away. No one else had earned the chance to go for the X-Factor Championship either. I’d earned my right to be in that match, so I earned my right to be awarded the X-Factor Championship. I don’t care if no one else sees it like that. After Night Of Honor, everyone will see that I’m X-Factor Champion for a reason because I deserve it!!!”

To calm himself down a bit, he once again goes through the steps of opening the water bottle and taking a couple of more swigs from it before once again screwing the cap back on.

“Everyone looks at me as the bad guy but when you think about it, am I though? Just for a few moments, take a step back and see what I’ve said. Most of what I’ve said I’ve done and I haven’t hidden the fact that I am who I am. I also don’t hide the fact that if I see something that’s not right, I’m gonna talk up about it. Not once have I refused to fight anyone, when it comes to the X-Factor Championship, I’ll fight anyone who earns the right to face me for it. As for a non-title match, I’ll face you anytime I can. You see I’m not the one who makes the bookings, I’m just the one who faces whoever is put in front of me. Which seems to have been nothing but MYO the last few shows, in which I won every one of those against him. Deep down MYO is annoyed and upset with himself that I’ve proved I’m better than him. MYO’s jealous that I’ve not been here as long as him but yet I’m a Champion here and he isn’t. Talking about Championships, what happened with them Tag Titles bitch face? You and Ain’t No Sunshine when she’s around lost them. How does that feel? How does it feel to add to the fact that no matter how hard you try, you just aren’t good enough MYO. You better have no excuses when you face me. I’m not going to accept any at all. So you better make sure you’re at one hundred percent. If you come into that match with anything less I’m just going to end your career. So save the excuses and that goes for your hype woman too on Twitter. You know the one who by your logic is stalking me.”

Once again Lance shakes his head. Opening the bottle of water, he tips it over his head to cool himself down.

“MYO, The Shining Baka.”

Thankfully no one is around as Lance can’t help but burst out laughing. He just couldn’t take MYOJIN seriously when he come out with failed logic like that.

“Let’s go back to Proving Ground Three. Where you were in an X-Factor Tournament Match only to lose that. Next is Bloodbath last year where you failed to win the Grand Championship. Look what we have next, Unbreakable Resolution last year where you failed yet again, this time going for the Tag Team Championship. Then this year at Proving Ground Sixteen: The Final Four, you lost another X-Factor Tournament Match. This one was against me though, do you remember that one? I know I remember it sweet cheeks. I have to add this one to my list because this one is just for me to brag about. Proving Ground: A Year In The Making, you were on the team of the Originals versus the Champions and you lost that because I got the pin for Team Lance, the Champions. Just know that at Night Of Honor, after I’ve won the thirty-minute Ironman Match, walking away still as the X-Factor Champion, that’ll get added to the list of your failures. It’s a list of failures here in Project: Honor that’s longer than mine. You see, unlike you, I learn from my mistakes. I adapt to the situation and do whatever I have to do to succeed in life. It’s quite depressing being you though isn’t it? I almost feel sorry for you, only almost because given the chance I’d break your back if I could.”

Getting up to his feet, Lance stretches a bit making the orgasmic type noise you do when you stretch. Lance just wanted to stretch his legs for a bit too so decides to go on a little stroll. Not too far away though because of his belongings.

“I almost forgot to mention. All the failures of that list I just mentioned are all just in Project: Honor alone. There are enough failures on there without me having to go and look for more. I did mention that Tag Title you lost too so I can put that down as a failure outside of Project: Honor too. While we’re on the subject of failing, you must enjoy it so much. I saw that you had signed up for the IWS Heavyweight Championship Tournament too. That’s just setting yourself up for more failure. There’s no way you’re winning that but at least you dream big. I guess one day your dreams may come true, I wouldn’t hold your breath though, you’d die before achieving any of your dreams. There’s also that cruise ship thing you signed up for too. You know, the one where you’ll be facing off against your Twitter hype woman. I suggest if you employed her that you should just go ahead and fire her as she is failing miserably. I guess failure comes with being associated with you though. That match on the cruise ship between the both of you is gonna be so miserable to watch. I advise that you have the coastguard on speed dial or at least enough safety boats available. People will be so damn bored they’ll be jumping overboard just to get away from the excuse of a match. I know as soon as this gets seen, you’ll both be on Twitter. MYO will be bitching about not being good enough. Then about how he’s sick of stuff and how he is going to change things. That’s the thing though MYO, you’re never going to change and you’re never going to get a Championship here in Project: Honor. As for Tara Fenix, she’ll be on Twitter hyping you up and jumping in my notifications all because she has a crush on me and can’t help but beg for my attention. It’s as if she is infatuated with me.”

Now down at the water, Lance walks in far enough for the water to come up to above his knees. Lance just stands there looking out at the beautiful sky.

“The X-Factor Championship belongs with me and over my dead body am I going to allow a Baka to take it from me. At Night Of Honor, it’s a thirty minute Ironman Match but I lasted nearly double that in the Opportunity Knocks Battle Royal. I entered at number three and lasted fifty minutes and thirty three seconds. So do you think I’m not going to be able to do a thirty minute Ironman Match? Hmm. With your track record with logic, I probably shouldn’t ask you that question cause you’d say I wouldn’t last. I wish our match had been made a sixty minute one because I know full well I’d last, whereas I don’t think you would. It’s funny that even though I do a lot of training someone would be dumb enough to say it’s all for nothing. That you’re going to take this match by a landslide. She is just another one who went to the same school of logic as you MYO. Don’t worry, when I walk out as the X-Factor Champion, I will be reminding them of how wrong they were. I’ve beaten you three times and you’ve only beaten me once. That right there proves just in the statistics that I’m better than you. I’m happy to go and prove it again at Night Of Honor though. I enjoy it when people are having to eat their words because they were wrong. You see, I’m used to having to put up with people like that, plenty of people are like that in Project: Honor. Not one of them is good enough to step up and apologize for being wrong though. As I’ve said, I’m not the bad guy, it’s just the way I’m made out to be. When I have to deal with the stupidity that I do, you can understand the things that I do. They might not always be the way people agree with but they’re the way that gets things done. If you don’t like what I do, don’t be stupid and it won’t have to happen. I’m better off just walking up to a brick wall and talking to that. I’m more likely to get more common sense out of it than most of the people in Project: Honor.”

After taking in the beautiful view again, Lance heads back to where his belongings are. Once he is there, he lays back down on the towel again to enjoy the sunshine.

“I’m guessing I’ll probably get slated and slandered just for taking some time to myself to chill on the beach. I always go above and beyond when it comes to training. Wrestling isn’t a joke to me like it is to most of you. Wrestling is my life, and I’m not about to let anyone make a mockery of what I put into it. I’m one of the hardest working wrestlers in the company. I know it isn’t all about strength, why do you think I’m quick too? It’s because I focus on more than just one aspect of my training. Just because I have big muscle and I’m tall, it doesn’t mean I can’t run rings around most of you. Just because I have the muscle doesn’t mean I take steroids either. If that’s the best you got, you’re better off not stepping up to me because I will not only verbally murder you but physically in that ring too. I will not have my hard work shit on by people that’d rather slob out on burgers and masturbate for three seconds. It’s tough luck that I’m a Greek God compared to all of you. I put in the work in the gym to be what I am today. I’ve never touched drugs and I never will. Project: Honor can piss test me all they like but every time it’ll be negative like most of MYO’s tweets on Twitter.”

Pausing for a moment, Lance gets himself in a comfortable position. Once he was comfortable again on the towel, he gets back to taking care of business.

“Prince of Negativity”, “The Shining Baka”, “The Failing Aristocrat”, “Osucka’s Coward”, MYOJIN. That’s how you should be introduced at Night Of Honor. Just know that there is no honor between you and me. I’m not going to show any to someone who still has a lot of growing up to do like yourself. Have you ever thought that maybe there is a reason that you earn these Title Shots only to fail at the last hurdle? Maybe it’s a test to see how you’ll deal with it. Only if it was a test you’re clearly failing at that too. It must suck to be you though. MYO, the one with Peter Pan syndrome because he’ll never grow up. He’ll always throw his toys out of his pram. Always cry and bitch about things on Twitter. That isn’t improving who you’re as a person, that’s just proving to everyone why you’re a failure. Word of advice for you MYO, when you stop caring what other people think about you, life is so much easier. When life becomes easier, everything around you does too. Your biggest failure is that you’re inside your own head too much. You allow people to use that against you and make you feel like you’re not good enough. I’ve managed to do that again and again and after Night Of Honor, it’s up to you whether you take my advice or just go back to proving yourself as a failure. I know people hate me because of my methods but it doesn’t mean I’m not going to do it. All I care about is number one and until you start doing that MYO, you’re going to be stuck in that vicious loop you’re in. Deep down you know I’m right, you’re just too stubborn to listen because it’s me who is saying it. Remember that everyone you surround yourself with isn’t a friend and any chance they get they will stab you in the back.”

Now sitting up on the towel, Lance takes his glasses off and for the first time, you can see his eyes. You could see how serious he was and that he meant every word he was saying.

“It’s going to be even worse for you at Night Of Honor. We’re in Japan and failure for you here would be more heartbreaking than it would be if it was back in Florida. Just because I do feel slightly sorry for you it doesn’t mean I’m going to go easy on you at all. I’m going out there prepared for WAR. I hope you’re ready MYO. There will be no excuses, no trickery, just me showing not only you but everyone else, I’m a damn WAR MACHINE. I’m built for this, I’ve earned this and I damn well deserve it. As much as I enjoy kicking your ass MYO, I need another challenge. We’ve been there and done that, I don’t want to find out that you’ve been given yet another chance only for you to go and blow it. I want someone else to step up and earn their shot at the X-Factor Championship. I don’t just want some challenger who decided to try and call me out or whatever. I will only fight those that earn their shot and if they can’t do that, they don’t get a shot at my X-Factor Championship. Enough is enough. People will have to accept me as the X-Factor Champion whether they like it or not. I’m X-Factor Champion for a reason and at Night Of Honor, they’ll see it’s because I deserve to be. So at Night Of Honor, “The Shining Baka” MYOJIN will just be another example of what “The Bulldozer”, “The Essence Of Egotism” Lance Williams is capable of. So until Night Of Honor, I look forward to seeing your hype woman pestering me, you claiming things that aren’t true but most of all seeing you realize that my advice really is good advice.”

The sarcasm was clear to hear in Lance’s tone of voice when he said “I look forward to seeing your hype woman pestering me, you claiming things that aren’t true -” He was extremely serious though when he said the last bit which was “- but most of all seeing you realize that my advice really is good advice.” Lance was done now. He’d said what he needed to say and now it was time to enjoy some chill time. Soon enough he’d be back training, he always trained hard and that was never going to change. The last thing we see before the camera goes to static is Lance Williams putting his sunglasses back on before laying down on the towel again.