Post by darkcircle on Dec 17, 2020 11:17:50 GMT -5
{The screen brightens and we find ourselves looking at none other than Alex Slayer and Devon Slayton, both men are standing in an old abandoned and partially destroyed church somewhere}
Devon: It was here, almost a lifetime ago it seems, that I cut my first promo with a man named Ethan Stryfe as to why I formed a tag team with him and why we were going to be the most dominant force in that particular promotion.
{The former "Sandman" lets a bitter chuckle escape him as he shakes his head}
Devon: But time passes for all people and eventually that promotion and it's people faded into both time and shadow. But you see, I've seen it all before and I've been there as I've seen my hopes and dreams lying there on the ground.
Have I made mistakes in my past, you are damned sure that I have and I am man enough to admit to them. Did I wrestle while hurt in the Omega Wrestling Alliance, yes. Did I do so because I wanted to prove my worth to my fellow wrestlers, yes. Did I pay for my sins in the end, yes.
But you see, people like Alex here and myself, we are constantly paying for not only our own mistakes but everyone else's as well and for no other reason than the misdeeds of other people's pasts.
{Devon motions for the camera to follow them as the two men walk towards the front of the ruined church in silence until they reach the chancel, the space around the altar, where there is an old oil drum sitting there dead center where the two men move to stand next to it on either side}
Devon: Now, I want to address a couple of things first. Let's start with you Euan Hill. You say that this is <does air quotes> "the way" and you claim to be some kind of holy man...buddy boy, how many times do you think that I've seen that before in my career? It seems like every promotion in existence has this sick and tired need of a dark holy man to try and be a big bad or something. It's nothing that hasn't been done before again and again before you and it will keep going after you.
My father has done it at some points in his career, Alex's own stepfather made a career about it and with it.
But you, you're just being cliché' about it. But you call Alex a journeyman and that is true, but he does more than just seek glory and gold as you put it. He also seeks to challenge himself against the biggest, brightest, and most importantly of all toughest that this sport has to offer.
And you, Euan, you've yet to show me or him any real proof of that.
But don't you ever dare to call me Alex's "master", you half-witted half-a-fuck. In terms of devils and angels speaking to people on their shoulders, I am the guy who stands there right in front of Alex and lets him know when he's doing something stupid as fuck.
{Devon then points at the camera and then raises his finger to waggle it in a "no no" motion}
Devon: You want to know exactly how far Alex will go, Euan. How about a lot further than you are willing to go? You sit there and try to get into the head of a man who has sat at the knee of the Apocalypse himself and you think that you can get into *his* head?
Oh the jokes that you are making shows that you must be taking a few hard tokes.
Alex Slayer has busted his ass to start trying to make a name for himself in this industry, I know more about him than you'll ever know about yourself, Euan, and at Unbreakable we will be more than happy to introduce you to those facts.
{Alex smiles as he picks up a picture of Euan and then tosses it into the barrel}
Alex: There is no "master" in this duo, Euan. I'm sorry but everyone that we know were cracking jokes about that part of your promo and we just had to address it because it honestly made you sound like a bigger joke on a toke than you already are.
But now we go from a walking bad joke to just a joke, right TJ?
Seeing your work elsewhere, I had this sneaky feeling that if I didn't say anything about you, you'd probably would just sit in your little cubby hole and wait till it was the last moment to cut a promo for our match at Unbreakable like an asshole camper on ebay that waits till the very last second to make a bid on item to steal it away from everyone.
I mean you're the one who would probably buy William Shatner's toupee.
Devon: I hate those buggers.
Alex: The point of the matter is with you, TJ, you like to make joke after joke after joke and yet when the time comes to actually go out there and get the job done, you fold and break like a really crappy piece of bubblegum that comes in a pack of baseball cards.
You see TJ unlike you, I take this sport very seriously. It's in my very DNA for fuck's sake. Yes, everyone in my family is a wrestler and I can't escape it..but I enjoy professional wrestling because how many sports do you know that you can escape into and watch guys dress up like different types of ants to try and wrestle for championships.
Devon: Hudson River Wrestling.
{Alex stops and then looks at his manager}
Alex: Wait, seriously?
Devon: Yeah, HRW back in twenty eleven had a bunch of guys doing the whole ants thing. Mental mind fucks man.
Alex: I was actually trying to make a joke there...
Devon: Well this is professional wrestling. Anything is possible.
{Alex nods and then shrugs before turning look back at the camera}
Alex: The point being is I fully encourage you to make all of the jokes that you want and can, TJ, because it's not going to help you in the slightest when you realize that none of this is no laughing matter...but as much as I hate to admit it, you did make one valid point recently to me.
One that has nothing to do with this match at all.
So while you're utterly crap at wrestling, it must be good to know that you're good for at least some advice right?
{Alex starts to laugh as he picks up another picture, TJ's this time, and tosses it into the barrel}
Alex: Daniel, I'm not going to stand here and insult you. Devon and I, we respect where you're coming from...and you will have to admit that is a hell of a lot more respect than you're getting from anyone else in this company, but the question is at Unbreakable, will you focus more on the suffering of others or will you finally give in and take something that you desire?
We're looking forward to seeing if you'll be following my example in this, Daniel.
{Alex then tosses Daniel's picture into the barrel}
Devon: Legion...I wonder if this is the same person from NFW or WWH?
Alex: Honestly, I don't know. I know the one over in WWH is zombie hot though.
Devon:...I did not need to know that about you, dude.
Alex: Why? I know that Vergil has that thing for Minerva...
{Devon shoots a look over at Alex for a moment before rolling his eyes and turning to look back at the camera}
Devon: The point is that all we have here is speculation. Everyone else can go the whole route of the whole MPD thing, but we are more curious as to why you haven't spoken up or even blinked to let us know that you are there, Legion.
Is the Many too busy to respond to this match or what exactly? Let us all know soon or you'll just be another foot not like Euan will be in this match.
Alex: Perhaps or perhaps this is an attempt by Legion to trick me and the rest of our opponents into underestimating her? She has so many choices, so many directions that it has got to be kind of distracting, true?
Devon: Eh, you got a point there. Especially on the whole not counting her out part considering what happened the last time that you did that, my brother.
{Devon tosses Legion's picture into the barrel}
Devon: And speaking of which...
Alex: Ah, Sarah. You know to be completely honest I would love to be as confident as you are. I mean here we are, a mere couple of days before the pay per view and you’re being completely silent...safe in your belief that you’re so incredibly skilled at what you do that you don’t have to say a single word in order to retain your title.
The truth of the matter is that while I was wrong in underestimating you the last time you and I were in a match against each other...this time I do honestly think that you’re the one doing the underestimating because each and everyone of the wrestlers in this match are just as hungry to rip through your flesh to take that title from you as you are to keep it.
Only problem is that there is a difference from being hungry like they are and how being *ravenous* like I am.
You see Sarah, I don’t think that I’m entitled because I’m a part of wrestling royalty, no.
I also don’t think that I’m entitled to winning all of my matches or being booked high up against the top stars of this company right out of the gate because I have wrestling in the very DNA that makes up the very building blocks of my gorgeous body, no.
What I do believe that I am entitled to is not being fucking thrown in so many multiman matches and to be given a chance to prove myself in one on one matches against a large score of opponents, yes.
But you. You’ve got “I’m an entitled bitch” written all over that face of yours.
Just look at that sneer on your face and that swagger in your walk, you believe that just because you’re a champion means that you run this dog house.
{Alex gives the camera one of his signature, confident smiles}
Alex: Hate to be the one to spoil it for you but come Unbreakable Resolution, after I walk through the flames unscathed of Euan Hill, throw away the weak sauce of TJ Thompson, dispel the horde that is Legion, and defrock the fright fest that is Daniel Horror...I'm coming to play a little Bohemian Rhapsody all over your head and then I'm going to shatter your senses by leaving Denver Colorado with the Warrior Rising championship.
And why do I believe this?
I mean you've heard everyone, I reach too high...I don't have the most stellar of win to loss records here in this company, blah blah blah...
The reason why I'm going to do this is simple, Ladies and Gentlemen, because I fucking *CAN*. It's sad but it's true because when you live by the sword, you die by that sword and come Unbreakable Resolution, I'm going to break every goddamn sword in that ring with me until only one person remains standing with their sword held high;
Me.
{Alex then tosses Sarah's picture into the barrel at which point Devon bends down and picks something else up, revealing it to be a small gym bag}
Devon: The contents of this bag is the "Gawd Damned Man"...oh, Alex is still the eater of worlds because that is more of a metaphor for someone who is willing to walk through whatever fires and razor wire to be considered the best. But for what exists in this bag...
{Devon tosses that into the barrel as well}
Devon: That is the aspects of his past that will serve to fuel the fire to come for my charge here. Because this isn't just the "Rated R Reaper" and a member of the Shinigami Foundation. This is a man who is a halfbreed, a halfbreed that makes all the girls with any real taste around the world can see.
I wouldn't be here in Project Honor, supporting this man if I didn't have faith in him as not only a wrestler...but also as a PERSON!
And as such.
{Devon reaches out of the camera's view and when he stands back up, he has another bag in his hands which brings a look of confusion to Alex's face}
Devon: Euan...you brought up a very valid point recently to me. Yes, I struggled because I was carrying my own demons on my back...ones that caused me many troubles throughout my entire time in the Omega Wrestling Alliance. I couldn't stem my own river of faults and it nearly cost me my career.
It took me finding a very special person, a true angel in a trillion as a matter of fact, to show me the right way back and to give whatever guidance and wisdom that I possess to Alex here to make sure that he never makes those kinds of mistakes as well.
{Devon then pats the bag that he holds, opening it to reveal his old Dominion themed gear that he wore during his time across promotions like the OWA and others}
Devon: We all make mistakes, but very rarely are we man enough to admit them. Let alone...
{Devon tosses his bag into the barrel as Alex pulls a bottle of lighter fluid and starts to douse everything in the barrel as Devon pulls out a small box of matches, lights one, and then after Alex is done with the prep work, tosses the match into the barrel of stuff which it quickly catches alight}
Devon: ...do they try to improve on themselves for it.
Alex: See you all at Unbreakable Resolution.
{The screen fades to black}
Devon: It was here, almost a lifetime ago it seems, that I cut my first promo with a man named Ethan Stryfe as to why I formed a tag team with him and why we were going to be the most dominant force in that particular promotion.
{The former "Sandman" lets a bitter chuckle escape him as he shakes his head}
Devon: But time passes for all people and eventually that promotion and it's people faded into both time and shadow. But you see, I've seen it all before and I've been there as I've seen my hopes and dreams lying there on the ground.
Have I made mistakes in my past, you are damned sure that I have and I am man enough to admit to them. Did I wrestle while hurt in the Omega Wrestling Alliance, yes. Did I do so because I wanted to prove my worth to my fellow wrestlers, yes. Did I pay for my sins in the end, yes.
But you see, people like Alex here and myself, we are constantly paying for not only our own mistakes but everyone else's as well and for no other reason than the misdeeds of other people's pasts.
{Devon motions for the camera to follow them as the two men walk towards the front of the ruined church in silence until they reach the chancel, the space around the altar, where there is an old oil drum sitting there dead center where the two men move to stand next to it on either side}
Devon: Now, I want to address a couple of things first. Let's start with you Euan Hill. You say that this is <does air quotes> "the way" and you claim to be some kind of holy man...buddy boy, how many times do you think that I've seen that before in my career? It seems like every promotion in existence has this sick and tired need of a dark holy man to try and be a big bad or something. It's nothing that hasn't been done before again and again before you and it will keep going after you.
My father has done it at some points in his career, Alex's own stepfather made a career about it and with it.
But you, you're just being cliché' about it. But you call Alex a journeyman and that is true, but he does more than just seek glory and gold as you put it. He also seeks to challenge himself against the biggest, brightest, and most importantly of all toughest that this sport has to offer.
And you, Euan, you've yet to show me or him any real proof of that.
But don't you ever dare to call me Alex's "master", you half-witted half-a-fuck. In terms of devils and angels speaking to people on their shoulders, I am the guy who stands there right in front of Alex and lets him know when he's doing something stupid as fuck.
{Devon then points at the camera and then raises his finger to waggle it in a "no no" motion}
Devon: You want to know exactly how far Alex will go, Euan. How about a lot further than you are willing to go? You sit there and try to get into the head of a man who has sat at the knee of the Apocalypse himself and you think that you can get into *his* head?
Oh the jokes that you are making shows that you must be taking a few hard tokes.
Alex Slayer has busted his ass to start trying to make a name for himself in this industry, I know more about him than you'll ever know about yourself, Euan, and at Unbreakable we will be more than happy to introduce you to those facts.
{Alex smiles as he picks up a picture of Euan and then tosses it into the barrel}
Alex: There is no "master" in this duo, Euan. I'm sorry but everyone that we know were cracking jokes about that part of your promo and we just had to address it because it honestly made you sound like a bigger joke on a toke than you already are.
But now we go from a walking bad joke to just a joke, right TJ?
Seeing your work elsewhere, I had this sneaky feeling that if I didn't say anything about you, you'd probably would just sit in your little cubby hole and wait till it was the last moment to cut a promo for our match at Unbreakable like an asshole camper on ebay that waits till the very last second to make a bid on item to steal it away from everyone.
I mean you're the one who would probably buy William Shatner's toupee.
Devon: I hate those buggers.
Alex: The point of the matter is with you, TJ, you like to make joke after joke after joke and yet when the time comes to actually go out there and get the job done, you fold and break like a really crappy piece of bubblegum that comes in a pack of baseball cards.
You see TJ unlike you, I take this sport very seriously. It's in my very DNA for fuck's sake. Yes, everyone in my family is a wrestler and I can't escape it..but I enjoy professional wrestling because how many sports do you know that you can escape into and watch guys dress up like different types of ants to try and wrestle for championships.
Devon: Hudson River Wrestling.
{Alex stops and then looks at his manager}
Alex: Wait, seriously?
Devon: Yeah, HRW back in twenty eleven had a bunch of guys doing the whole ants thing. Mental mind fucks man.
Alex: I was actually trying to make a joke there...
Devon: Well this is professional wrestling. Anything is possible.
{Alex nods and then shrugs before turning look back at the camera}
Alex: The point being is I fully encourage you to make all of the jokes that you want and can, TJ, because it's not going to help you in the slightest when you realize that none of this is no laughing matter...but as much as I hate to admit it, you did make one valid point recently to me.
One that has nothing to do with this match at all.
So while you're utterly crap at wrestling, it must be good to know that you're good for at least some advice right?
{Alex starts to laugh as he picks up another picture, TJ's this time, and tosses it into the barrel}
Alex: Daniel, I'm not going to stand here and insult you. Devon and I, we respect where you're coming from...and you will have to admit that is a hell of a lot more respect than you're getting from anyone else in this company, but the question is at Unbreakable, will you focus more on the suffering of others or will you finally give in and take something that you desire?
We're looking forward to seeing if you'll be following my example in this, Daniel.
{Alex then tosses Daniel's picture into the barrel}
Devon: Legion...I wonder if this is the same person from NFW or WWH?
Alex: Honestly, I don't know. I know the one over in WWH is zombie hot though.
Devon:...I did not need to know that about you, dude.
Alex: Why? I know that Vergil has that thing for Minerva...
{Devon shoots a look over at Alex for a moment before rolling his eyes and turning to look back at the camera}
Devon: The point is that all we have here is speculation. Everyone else can go the whole route of the whole MPD thing, but we are more curious as to why you haven't spoken up or even blinked to let us know that you are there, Legion.
Is the Many too busy to respond to this match or what exactly? Let us all know soon or you'll just be another foot not like Euan will be in this match.
Alex: Perhaps or perhaps this is an attempt by Legion to trick me and the rest of our opponents into underestimating her? She has so many choices, so many directions that it has got to be kind of distracting, true?
Devon: Eh, you got a point there. Especially on the whole not counting her out part considering what happened the last time that you did that, my brother.
{Devon tosses Legion's picture into the barrel}
Devon: And speaking of which...
Alex: Ah, Sarah. You know to be completely honest I would love to be as confident as you are. I mean here we are, a mere couple of days before the pay per view and you’re being completely silent...safe in your belief that you’re so incredibly skilled at what you do that you don’t have to say a single word in order to retain your title.
The truth of the matter is that while I was wrong in underestimating you the last time you and I were in a match against each other...this time I do honestly think that you’re the one doing the underestimating because each and everyone of the wrestlers in this match are just as hungry to rip through your flesh to take that title from you as you are to keep it.
Only problem is that there is a difference from being hungry like they are and how being *ravenous* like I am.
You see Sarah, I don’t think that I’m entitled because I’m a part of wrestling royalty, no.
I also don’t think that I’m entitled to winning all of my matches or being booked high up against the top stars of this company right out of the gate because I have wrestling in the very DNA that makes up the very building blocks of my gorgeous body, no.
What I do believe that I am entitled to is not being fucking thrown in so many multiman matches and to be given a chance to prove myself in one on one matches against a large score of opponents, yes.
But you. You’ve got “I’m an entitled bitch” written all over that face of yours.
Just look at that sneer on your face and that swagger in your walk, you believe that just because you’re a champion means that you run this dog house.
{Alex gives the camera one of his signature, confident smiles}
Alex: Hate to be the one to spoil it for you but come Unbreakable Resolution, after I walk through the flames unscathed of Euan Hill, throw away the weak sauce of TJ Thompson, dispel the horde that is Legion, and defrock the fright fest that is Daniel Horror...I'm coming to play a little Bohemian Rhapsody all over your head and then I'm going to shatter your senses by leaving Denver Colorado with the Warrior Rising championship.
And why do I believe this?
I mean you've heard everyone, I reach too high...I don't have the most stellar of win to loss records here in this company, blah blah blah...
The reason why I'm going to do this is simple, Ladies and Gentlemen, because I fucking *CAN*. It's sad but it's true because when you live by the sword, you die by that sword and come Unbreakable Resolution, I'm going to break every goddamn sword in that ring with me until only one person remains standing with their sword held high;
Me.
{Alex then tosses Sarah's picture into the barrel at which point Devon bends down and picks something else up, revealing it to be a small gym bag}
Devon: The contents of this bag is the "Gawd Damned Man"...oh, Alex is still the eater of worlds because that is more of a metaphor for someone who is willing to walk through whatever fires and razor wire to be considered the best. But for what exists in this bag...
{Devon tosses that into the barrel as well}
Devon: That is the aspects of his past that will serve to fuel the fire to come for my charge here. Because this isn't just the "Rated R Reaper" and a member of the Shinigami Foundation. This is a man who is a halfbreed, a halfbreed that makes all the girls with any real taste around the world can see.
I wouldn't be here in Project Honor, supporting this man if I didn't have faith in him as not only a wrestler...but also as a PERSON!
And as such.
{Devon reaches out of the camera's view and when he stands back up, he has another bag in his hands which brings a look of confusion to Alex's face}
Devon: Euan...you brought up a very valid point recently to me. Yes, I struggled because I was carrying my own demons on my back...ones that caused me many troubles throughout my entire time in the Omega Wrestling Alliance. I couldn't stem my own river of faults and it nearly cost me my career.
It took me finding a very special person, a true angel in a trillion as a matter of fact, to show me the right way back and to give whatever guidance and wisdom that I possess to Alex here to make sure that he never makes those kinds of mistakes as well.
{Devon then pats the bag that he holds, opening it to reveal his old Dominion themed gear that he wore during his time across promotions like the OWA and others}
Devon: We all make mistakes, but very rarely are we man enough to admit them. Let alone...
{Devon tosses his bag into the barrel as Alex pulls a bottle of lighter fluid and starts to douse everything in the barrel as Devon pulls out a small box of matches, lights one, and then after Alex is done with the prep work, tosses the match into the barrel of stuff which it quickly catches alight}
Devon: ...do they try to improve on themselves for it.
Alex: See you all at Unbreakable Resolution.
{The screen fades to black}