Post by Spike Kane on Mar 1, 2020 13:10:17 GMT -5
--“There was once an old man, walking home from work. He was walking in the snow, and he stumbled upon a snake frozen in the ice. He took that snake, and he brought it home, and he took care of it, and he thawed it out, and he nursed it back to health. And as soon as that snake was well enough, it bit the old man. And as the old man lay there dying he asked the snake, 'Why? I took care of you. I loved you. I saved your life.' And that snake looked that man right in the eye and said, 'You stupid old man. I'm a snake.“--
We open up backstage of Sacrifice this past Monday Night, just before the main event is about to take place. In a dark corner we see Spike Kane, Rob Diamond, Gjenrei, and Cable talking.
Spike: You guys are all set for this right?
HonorBound not their heads, their masks in their hands. Rob doesn’t talk right away, he folds his arms and turns to Spike.
Rob: You sure about this dude, I mean….what you’re planning to do to Joe?
Spike turns to face Joe, looking slightly annoyed. He lowers his head for a second and then looks right back up to Rob.
Spike: It needs to be tonight, and it needs to be Joe. This is groundbreaking Rob, you said you were in on this. You’ve been with me since the beginning…
Gjenrei: The stage is set, we need to complete the task at hand.
Cable: He’s right
The four of them stand around for a second or two, arms folded and heads bowed before Rob finall speaks up.
Rob: Ok, I promised you I was on board, so I’m here. I’ve got your back. Tonight we shake the foundations of this federation and take it over in one swift move.
The three of them seem quite pleased with themselves as Rob turns and walks away back towards his lockeroom. HonorBound remain standing there with Spike, who has his arms folded chewing his gum as he watches Rob walk away. HonorBound move closer to him.
Cable: Do you think he could be a problem?
Spike doesn’t answer right away, obviously the idea that Rob could be a problem for them tears him up inside. He runs his hands through his hair before turning to face Cable, with a slight look of anger on his face.
Spike: No. He will not be a problem, and even if he does turn out to be one. I will be the one who deals with him. We clear?
Both Cable and Gjenrei nod their heads.
Gjenrei: Crystal.
Spike takes a moment to calm himself down before the three of them begin to continue discussing what their plans for the nights show are. And we fade away of the nefarious plans of nefarious people.
I forgot how good this feeling was. To have every single one of you eating out of my hand. Not a single one of you knew what was going down on Monday Night, and I love the fact that it caught you all off guard, man I wish I could have seen Davey Ortega’s face. I bet you will never stop cursing the day you asked me to join you way back in two thousand and seven will you Davey? I know you’ve been trying to get my attention, attacking my “friends” and doing everything within your measly limits of power…..how does it feel Ortega?
Does it sting?
You can’t begin to understand how much amusement you’ve brought my way Davey, thinking that you’ve been getting under my skin, when all along I knew what the end game was. All along I knew what was going to happen, the only part I hadn’t nailed down was the when of it all, then Verona gave me everything. Then Verona gave me the stage that I wanted, that I needed. All eyes would be on Joe Everyman and his fight for redemption against his goodie two shoes friend desperate to make the right call and not ruin his friends life. Where you all saw Roberto Verona being an asshole and giving me a dilemma, I saw Roberto Verona desperate to teach Joe a lesson and just going about it the wrong way…...what I saw, was Roberto Verona…
Giving me a sacrificial lamb.
Fitting, no? Being as it was on Sacrifice after all. The thing is, you’re all going to be lining up to try and make your names off of us. Puffing out your chests and thinking that you’ll be the ones who can end the Empire. MY Empire. But here’s a brief history lesson tool bags. Nobody ever ended my Empire….I did. It was me who shut it down last time, not even Lance Ryan could stop us….
And he’s head and shoulders above each and every one of you.
The new era has begun well and truly, and you can hate me all you like. In fact, I want you to, I love it….I feed off of it. You all are fickle as hell, and it makes me laugh how long that Rob and I played you for. Like InFamous has ever been anything other than your worst dreams. We came here, and we crushed our opponents, and you all cheered like the sheep you are. You thought I was something other than the snake I’ve always been…., like I told you all on Monday Night, the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist….I’m the god damn Keyser Soze of professional wrestling, I’m the devil himself and you all fell for it, every single one of you mindless idiots, and you will all fall under my reign.
My Empire.
My Kingdom.
~~~
I’m really fighting the urge to shout it….I don’t want to do it, because the nerdy nature of it will make those sheep squeal like the pathetic pawns that they are….oh screw it, I look at you Blade, the Man of Steel, and all I want to say to you...is….
KNEEL BEFORE ZOD!
I supposed God could work? Right? After all I am the God of Xtreme. The King of Hell, the Imperial Champion….IWF’s own Emperor. You however, have been a man deserving of such a stature yourself. Quietly running through this company remaining one of the longest reigning champions, and racking up some pretty nifty defenses. I mean, despite the odd blip, like a loss to Mike Laszlo, or to my good partner Robert. You’ve actually done quite well for yourself, especially going from being a nobody. So I ask you Ryan, why in the blue hell have you saddled yourself with this bag of trash? This remorseful weight that drags you down. It doesn’t seem right to me, maybe like you are trying to balance some scales?
What secrets do you hide Blade?
I feel like I should be some form of Vampire Villain when I talk to you like that. Like some black guy is gonna come after me with a kick ass samurai sword. I know that won’t happen though, instead I’ll have one of the most dangerous competitors in this company coming after me, trying to use my current status to elevate his own. I know it might sting a little that I haven’t even held this belt for a month and I’ve already past you on the totem pole. I’ve already climbed above you on the ladder of success. Hell, I’m probably a candidate to be the first ever member of the IWF Hall of Fame.
That would make number four by the way.
Thing is Blade….you have potential, you could be something big, but I swear to you now if you stay by the side of this lump of emotional weight you have at your side you are going to go down. My Empire will walk all over the pair of you, and InFamous will walk out still the undefeated tag team champions, despite what happens, despite what you choose….we will still be undefeated tag team champions when Sacrifice comes to a close. I mean, I could sit and bitch about how I’ve had to defend two titles in as many weeks, but that is the kind of guy that I am. No, I’ll just get on with it, put my head down, and put my trust in my best friend to get the job done. You see, despite everything that has happened in the last week, InFamous remains the same. We are still like brothers, we still know how each others minds work, we trust each other implicitly in that ring, and nothing could break that bond.
You two won’t last a month.
We have the might of The Empire behind us, you have some messed up morals, and a superiority complex. See how far that gets you, spoiler...not very far. You are going up against the best tag team this company, no, this business has ever seen. So you better put your little heads together and seriously plot out a strategy because you’re going to need everything you can muster to even step up to Rob and myself. We won’t go easy on you, we won’t make a display of the match for the enjoyment of the monkeys in the stands.
We’ll destroy you.
No pulled punches, no warnings, just outright domination. You see Lex Sense and Xander Famularo made a fatal mistake when they started up the Juggernauts, it pushed my schedule up too which was annoying. They took on Rob and myself, and got their asses handed to them. So nobody took the Juggernauts seriously….that will not happen with The Empire. We will crush you, we will make an example of you, and then the rest of the roster will truly be put on notice, and they will hail to their f*king King!
~~~
We open up backstage of Sacrifice this past Monday Night, just before the main event is about to take place. In a dark corner we see Spike Kane, Rob Diamond, Gjenrei, and Cable talking.
Spike: You guys are all set for this right?
HonorBound not their heads, their masks in their hands. Rob doesn’t talk right away, he folds his arms and turns to Spike.
Rob: You sure about this dude, I mean….what you’re planning to do to Joe?
Spike turns to face Joe, looking slightly annoyed. He lowers his head for a second and then looks right back up to Rob.
Spike: It needs to be tonight, and it needs to be Joe. This is groundbreaking Rob, you said you were in on this. You’ve been with me since the beginning…
Gjenrei: The stage is set, we need to complete the task at hand.
Cable: He’s right
The four of them stand around for a second or two, arms folded and heads bowed before Rob finall speaks up.
Rob: Ok, I promised you I was on board, so I’m here. I’ve got your back. Tonight we shake the foundations of this federation and take it over in one swift move.
The three of them seem quite pleased with themselves as Rob turns and walks away back towards his lockeroom. HonorBound remain standing there with Spike, who has his arms folded chewing his gum as he watches Rob walk away. HonorBound move closer to him.
Cable: Do you think he could be a problem?
Spike doesn’t answer right away, obviously the idea that Rob could be a problem for them tears him up inside. He runs his hands through his hair before turning to face Cable, with a slight look of anger on his face.
Spike: No. He will not be a problem, and even if he does turn out to be one. I will be the one who deals with him. We clear?
Both Cable and Gjenrei nod their heads.
Gjenrei: Crystal.
Spike takes a moment to calm himself down before the three of them begin to continue discussing what their plans for the nights show are. And we fade away of the nefarious plans of nefarious people.
~~~
The White Knight shows his face once again. Desperate for attention, desperate for redemption, but never seeming to get it. Did it get under your skin Cross? That no matter what you did, no matter what you said people still preferred me over you? People still cheered for InFamous more than they cheered for you? You even attached yourself to Joe Everyman and his pathetic crusade against the Juggernauts, when in all seriousness the only threat to the Juggernauts was InFamous itself. You dig, and claw, and try so hard to be the hero that everyone wants…..but at the end of the day, the one thing you’ll be remember for…
Is killing nCw.
Way to f*cking go douchebag. That’s probably what will be written on your tombstone Xavier, nothing good, nothing to showcase all the charity work you do, nothing to show how you connect with the kids and are there for them as a role model that they need you to be. Nope, you’ll just be remembered as a screw up, the guy who ruined one of his co-workers dreams just to get in the pants of a pixelated whore.
Yeah, I said it bitch.
Anything to become part of that hierarchy, huh? Following the path that Adam Knite laid out before you and sleeping your way to the top. It’s a shame that Bernard doesn’t seem to swing that way, neither does Roberto - I mean he has Hannah after all…..and Jess, oh dayum. Maybe that’s your route this time? You’ll try and bang your way to power through Jess. Yeah, that’s right. I’ve got the Xavier Cross “wrestling” method nailed down. Everything that women used to get accused for, is how you conduct yourself. I’m not a fool Cross, I don’t buy your pathetic publicity stunts in the slightest, I know what you are, and I know what kind of person you are too.
Once a snake, always a snake.
I should know, right? Ha ha ha. I can imagine you don’t like that Cross, but in all honesty I couldn’t give to squirts what you think, or how you feel. I just love knowing that no matter what you do, no matter what you say, you will always be in my shadow. You will always be beneath me. That has to burn inside of you, knowing that everything you’ve ever done doesn’t even show up on my radar except one thing, one screwjob where you plaid maid to the freakin’ hierarchy and then show up here and have the balls to call Roberto Verona corrupt.
Did you get dropped on your head a lot as a kid?
Bigger, badder, and better people than you have come at me Cross, and where are they now? Exactly. I’m still here, still going. Still evolving, and developing. I’m the Imperial Champion, and one half of the tag team champions. I know you might have this twisted logic that I’m either a singles wrestler and I can’t function as part of a cohesive tag team unit, or the other way around. One or the other, right? I’m beyond that Cross - and you’d do well to realise that, you don’t measure up to either of us, no matter how much you try.you will never be at our level. So this week, when you stand across the ring from us, from the people you wish you could be, everything that you would kill your own mama to be, whether the crowd are cheering us or booing us. We’re the legends here, we’re the Gods.
We are InFamous, and nothing can stop us.
I have my brother at my side, a man who I trust more than anyone I’ve ever met in my life, and you have someone with questionable morals - almost as much as your own. Tell me how confident you are Cross. Ignore what I’ve said and tell me how the good guys will save the day, how you’re going to break down The Empire and be the one who saves the company from the tyranny of Spike Kane. Say it over and over again until you believe it, just remember though….Fairytales aren’t real, no matter how much you want to believe it. The only thing you need to know Cross, is that it’s time to fall in line, become a part of what is happening, one simple thing, accept fealty and take a knee.
Hail to the King.