Post by Dave D-Flipz on Apr 28, 2020 10:44:27 GMT -5
*The haunting vocal intro for "The Hard Sell" by Coheed and Cambria hits the speakers and the lights dim and blue and gold spotlights strobe around the arena. The XtremeTron lights up with a familiar theme as it reads, "Main Attraction ... Showing Once Again" A foot shatters the screen and we cut to images from DT's matches in MCCW against the likes of Nelly Angel, Weaselpop, and Eichi Yamaguchi. The first verse sets in as the screen shows DT landing on the floor of the arena and being handed the MCCW World title.
DT slowly walks into a red spotlight on the stage with his head down hidden under a hoodie. It's black and has his custom interlocking DT logo with an italian flag and mariners compass on it on the back. He stands in the spotlight and slowly looks up showing off his signature bowler hat and sunglasses under the hood.
He flips the hood back and throws his hands up into a cross over his head before dropping them into his signature pose (the orton one, you know it.). The strobe blue and gold spotlights move faster around the arena as he soaks in the adoration of fans from two generations.
He starts marching to the ring pointing to the MCCW World Heavyweight title around his waist. He rolls into the ring and climbs the far corner and poses as gold pyro showers down from the overhead area. He leaps down and takes off the belt, kissing it and latching it up around his waist. He grabs a mic that was laying in the center of the ring as everything returns to normal.*
: Oh that old feeling. It has been too long. For years I have waited to walk out to one of these global events like in the old days and soak in the cheers of the fans and show off my world title. And now ... I finally can! Once again my name will be in lights and it's like I never left. Things never really change ya know. That's why guys like me keep the fans like you all in...
Random Janitor: What are you doing sir?
: Gah wha? WHy did you interrupt me? How did you interrupt me?
RJ: Sir ... it's Thursday morning. The show was last thursday ... there's ... there's nobody here!
*Zoom out to indeed show DT standing in an empty arena in Detroit where he won his title. How peculiar.*
: Why are there no fans?
RJ: Why would fans show up to an empty arena? Like ... maybe a wrestler might show up to cut a promo so they pay money to sit and do nothing? And ... the show happened already. The next show is in Scotland.
: But this is how we ALWAYS used to do it! I mean I distinctly recall most of the old guys doing full entrances to the ring and pandering to a crowd leading up to a show. I even did a promo calling out the theatrics of a guy as being done by a tech on site in one of those. (see: Force or Farce from 2005)
RJ: That's ... horribly impractical. How is that real life? What are you all 15 year olds pretending to be wrestlers?
: N...no ... not really. Thirty one mayb... THAT'S NOT THE POINT am I so out of touch with how these modern feds work that I've done something stupid?
RJ: ... If I say yes will you leave so I can clean up? The pyro you programmed to go off just added all kinds of soot and crap to the floor and there's a circus coming in tonight. Didn't you notice the ring isn't a wrestling ring but a circus ring?
*DT looks down. Yup. Circus ring. In fact there's elephant poop behind him.*
: I just ... I ...
*The camera begins to fade*
: HEY DON'T LEAVE! I ...
*Fade out*
*We catch up to DT at an airport waiting to board a flight. He looks up and notices the camera*
: GAH! Don't you all knock? Or... call first? Oh Lord is this how the kids do it these days? Just get a camera and broadcast every moment of your life and call it a promo? Look it's been a long time since I had to do any serious promo work for a big XHF event. I'm out of practice. And apparently lost in time. Like Scott Bakula in Quantum Leap.
*The camera man (who is like 22) shrugs*
: Oh come on I'm not THAT old! Look I'm trying to catch a flight to Scotland. The address Mongo sent over looks like a goddamned castle though. Like a historical location. Nobody's allowed inside. I mean what next you gonna tell me Mongo's been holding events outside historical locations on makeshift outdoor arenas and oh ... my ... agawd ... he isn't?
*Camera man nods*
: The nerve of that man! Like what happened to using good old fashioned arenas? Next you'll be telling me he owns a barge and had events on that in the middle of the ........... *he stops himself ... he googles* Oh fucking hell Mongo ....
: Well the more things change the more they stay the same. Mongo is still a power hungry tyrant throwing money around, and I am still the same frustrated main event star it seems I always have been. However it comes to my attention that maybe ......... JUST MAAAAAAAYBEEEEEE .... a little evolution is in order. You young bucks these days have turned the game around I see. Apparently what was good enough for every star in 2006 is now stupid, and unrealistic, and out of touch, and breaking kayfabe or something in 2019. So sue me. I'm older, I've been out of the game for a while, and MCCW does things the old fashioned way - arenas and press conferences. It's a nice change of pace. So here I am thinking this will be just like all the Xtractions and Breaking Points of old and apparently we are wrestling at a Scottish castle trying to fight but NOT destroy the culturally important scenery. Fine. I'm game.
*We zoom a bit out and see him sitting inside an airport Burger King eating french fries and sipping coca-cola. Hey DT is still an old schooler and product placement happens ALL THE TIME. The question is ... is he getting paid for it? He better be man I don't work at a grocery store so my fantasy characters can still be stuck eating fast food when world champ ...*
: End of Days ... that's not one I've actually had a history in. Never really partook of the tournament in the old days. So it's a throwback. Matches each week again with promos expected to air on the network before hand for each new opponent. It's the old XHF coming through in this Network era.
*he eats another fry*
: And so I represent MCCW, a fed I am the WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION of ... in this tournament. To win it means a briefcase with a contract good until next year's EOD for a guaranteed match at any title in MCCW or a buy in to a multiman X*Crown match at the big 4 events. Not to shabby a prize if I do say so myself. And winning it would stick right in Mongo's craw. Let's face it the guy doesn't have the highest opinion of me. After all my mission for 2 years there was to tear apart Mongo Corp. And things look to be shaping up intensely here. My side of the bracket I get to see Duke Kosloff vs. Esmur. Insane. And me? I get Alexis Grace. Former Idols of Sakura champion over in SSS. I can tell you from the mastery tour those ladies don't mess around. That said this one seems to have a real chip on her shoulder. It's like some kind of complex. Former wife of the aforementioned Russian Horror Story and yet it seems from her promo that nobody takes her seriously. And that's a real shame. If there's one thing I do like about this new era in wrestling it's the crazy talented women we have around. Sure we had T-Bird and Dagger and a few others but these girls in MCCW and SSS are the pinnacle of the sport. Be it some 6' former librarian who wields a pretty good-looking koji clutch or Darlene and her hardcore antics or Zombie and her unique style at her age ... or yes even Alexis here with her aggressive in ring style and cloverleaf. To write them off would be a folly and while I've been called many insults over the years ...... stupid isn't one of them.
*more junk food and soda*
: No Alexis I promise you will get my all from me. But like I said, there is a reason we find the Main Attraction up in lights one more time. You deserve to be taken seriously for sure based on your talents. But I have a list of achievements as large as my own ego. And that's saying something. I am a multi time world champion from multiple federations. And um ... *he pats his belt* ... current world champion of the fastest rising fed in the network. And you would think that would neuter my motivation. But no. See we don't have guaranteed rematches and let's face it. At almost 40 I am prone to making some mistakes. I don't have the stamina I used to. It's how Yamaguchi got me the first time around. I took him lightly and I made mistakes. But I still have my sharp ring acumen and my technical and martial arts prowess. And that means I can make use of that guaranteed title shot to rectify a mistake if I make one. Or ... I could become X*Crown champ. After fifteen years ... that has to be a record. And ... let's face it. I am a perfectionist and a bit of a narcissist. I don't like to lose. Displeasing myself is all the motivation a chump like me needs after all this time to stay in ring shape and get back to the top. Just to prove I can. The allure of my name in lights headlining a marquee, putting butts in the seats just to chant for D-T, D-T, D-T! The feeling is intoxicating and never gets old.
*He finishes the fry and bites his whopper. He smiles at it.*
: You don't mess with a classic Alexis. So while I have the highest opinion of your abilities. You need to know ... Death Trap has never tapped out. I've been knocked out or blacked out in holds. But DT does not give up. SO put aside all talk of tapping me out. You need to be broad with your attacks. I am just as seasoned at knocking people out with my kicks or putting people down with my moves. You don't become a legend and a world champ by being one-note. And I don't intend to mess with success. Classics are classics because they work. And DT works. Oh and I'm aware you are all waiting for one of my many catchphrases but as I saw in that circus ring, times have changed. I am not just going to spout catchphrases for your enjoyment, they have to fit with the message. Classics may not get messed with ... but they do get better over time with little improvements.
Random fan: Oh hey! DT! You're the best!
: Yes I know!
Random Fan: I didn't know you were vegetarian.
: Huh? I'm ... eating a whopper ...
Random Fan: Impossible whopper!
: I mean it cost more, I thought it'd have some sauce or something on it. Or a movie tie-in.
Random Fan: No it's plants man. Fake meat.
: Nani?
*He looks at the menu*
: OH COME ON!!
*Fade out*
"I'm paranoid, and sick of this world's misconception of things I did. My language poured across this wrist in a metaphoric disaster."
DT slowly walks into a red spotlight on the stage with his head down hidden under a hoodie. It's black and has his custom interlocking DT logo with an italian flag and mariners compass on it on the back. He stands in the spotlight and slowly looks up showing off his signature bowler hat and sunglasses under the hood.
"My guess, I'm missing out the punchline, unless this hanging noose is fitted to be all mine. I stood by everything I loved, while you never understood me much..."
He flips the hood back and throws his hands up into a cross over his head before dropping them into his signature pose (the orton one, you know it.). The strobe blue and gold spotlights move faster around the arena as he soaks in the adoration of fans from two generations.
"Cuz there's only one ... of me. And too many of you, fighting over nothing. There's never enough cool for everyone and before you know it you're selling out to be in."
He starts marching to the ring pointing to the MCCW World Heavyweight title around his waist. He rolls into the ring and climbs the far corner and poses as gold pyro showers down from the overhead area. He leaps down and takes off the belt, kissing it and latching it up around his waist. He grabs a mic that was laying in the center of the ring as everything returns to normal.*
: Oh that old feeling. It has been too long. For years I have waited to walk out to one of these global events like in the old days and soak in the cheers of the fans and show off my world title. And now ... I finally can! Once again my name will be in lights and it's like I never left. Things never really change ya know. That's why guys like me keep the fans like you all in...Random Janitor: What are you doing sir?
: Gah wha? WHy did you interrupt me? How did you interrupt me?RJ: Sir ... it's Thursday morning. The show was last thursday ... there's ... there's nobody here!
*Zoom out to indeed show DT standing in an empty arena in Detroit where he won his title. How peculiar.*
: Why are there no fans?RJ: Why would fans show up to an empty arena? Like ... maybe a wrestler might show up to cut a promo so they pay money to sit and do nothing? And ... the show happened already. The next show is in Scotland.
: But this is how we ALWAYS used to do it! I mean I distinctly recall most of the old guys doing full entrances to the ring and pandering to a crowd leading up to a show. I even did a promo calling out the theatrics of a guy as being done by a tech on site in one of those. (see: Force or Farce from 2005)RJ: That's ... horribly impractical. How is that real life? What are you all 15 year olds pretending to be wrestlers?
: N...no ... not really. Thirty one mayb... THAT'S NOT THE POINT am I so out of touch with how these modern feds work that I've done something stupid?RJ: ... If I say yes will you leave so I can clean up? The pyro you programmed to go off just added all kinds of soot and crap to the floor and there's a circus coming in tonight. Didn't you notice the ring isn't a wrestling ring but a circus ring?
*DT looks down. Yup. Circus ring. In fact there's elephant poop behind him.*
: I just ... I ... *The camera begins to fade*
: HEY DON'T LEAVE! I ...*Fade out*
Later that day
*We catch up to DT at an airport waiting to board a flight. He looks up and notices the camera*
: GAH! Don't you all knock? Or... call first? Oh Lord is this how the kids do it these days? Just get a camera and broadcast every moment of your life and call it a promo? Look it's been a long time since I had to do any serious promo work for a big XHF event. I'm out of practice. And apparently lost in time. Like Scott Bakula in Quantum Leap.*The camera man (who is like 22) shrugs*
: Oh come on I'm not THAT old! Look I'm trying to catch a flight to Scotland. The address Mongo sent over looks like a goddamned castle though. Like a historical location. Nobody's allowed inside. I mean what next you gonna tell me Mongo's been holding events outside historical locations on makeshift outdoor arenas and oh ... my ... agawd ... he isn't?*Camera man nods*
: The nerve of that man! Like what happened to using good old fashioned arenas? Next you'll be telling me he owns a barge and had events on that in the middle of the ........... *he stops himself ... he googles* Oh fucking hell Mongo ....CURRENT MOMENT!
: Well the more things change the more they stay the same. Mongo is still a power hungry tyrant throwing money around, and I am still the same frustrated main event star it seems I always have been. However it comes to my attention that maybe ......... JUST MAAAAAAAYBEEEEEE .... a little evolution is in order. You young bucks these days have turned the game around I see. Apparently what was good enough for every star in 2006 is now stupid, and unrealistic, and out of touch, and breaking kayfabe or something in 2019. So sue me. I'm older, I've been out of the game for a while, and MCCW does things the old fashioned way - arenas and press conferences. It's a nice change of pace. So here I am thinking this will be just like all the Xtractions and Breaking Points of old and apparently we are wrestling at a Scottish castle trying to fight but NOT destroy the culturally important scenery. Fine. I'm game.*We zoom a bit out and see him sitting inside an airport Burger King eating french fries and sipping coca-cola. Hey DT is still an old schooler and product placement happens ALL THE TIME. The question is ... is he getting paid for it? He better be man I don't work at a grocery store so my fantasy characters can still be stuck eating fast food when world champ ...*
: End of Days ... that's not one I've actually had a history in. Never really partook of the tournament in the old days. So it's a throwback. Matches each week again with promos expected to air on the network before hand for each new opponent. It's the old XHF coming through in this Network era.*he eats another fry*
: And so I represent MCCW, a fed I am the WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION of ... in this tournament. To win it means a briefcase with a contract good until next year's EOD for a guaranteed match at any title in MCCW or a buy in to a multiman X*Crown match at the big 4 events. Not to shabby a prize if I do say so myself. And winning it would stick right in Mongo's craw. Let's face it the guy doesn't have the highest opinion of me. After all my mission for 2 years there was to tear apart Mongo Corp. And things look to be shaping up intensely here. My side of the bracket I get to see Duke Kosloff vs. Esmur. Insane. And me? I get Alexis Grace. Former Idols of Sakura champion over in SSS. I can tell you from the mastery tour those ladies don't mess around. That said this one seems to have a real chip on her shoulder. It's like some kind of complex. Former wife of the aforementioned Russian Horror Story and yet it seems from her promo that nobody takes her seriously. And that's a real shame. If there's one thing I do like about this new era in wrestling it's the crazy talented women we have around. Sure we had T-Bird and Dagger and a few others but these girls in MCCW and SSS are the pinnacle of the sport. Be it some 6' former librarian who wields a pretty good-looking koji clutch or Darlene and her hardcore antics or Zombie and her unique style at her age ... or yes even Alexis here with her aggressive in ring style and cloverleaf. To write them off would be a folly and while I've been called many insults over the years ...... stupid isn't one of them.*more junk food and soda*
: No Alexis I promise you will get my all from me. But like I said, there is a reason we find the Main Attraction up in lights one more time. You deserve to be taken seriously for sure based on your talents. But I have a list of achievements as large as my own ego. And that's saying something. I am a multi time world champion from multiple federations. And um ... *he pats his belt* ... current world champion of the fastest rising fed in the network. And you would think that would neuter my motivation. But no. See we don't have guaranteed rematches and let's face it. At almost 40 I am prone to making some mistakes. I don't have the stamina I used to. It's how Yamaguchi got me the first time around. I took him lightly and I made mistakes. But I still have my sharp ring acumen and my technical and martial arts prowess. And that means I can make use of that guaranteed title shot to rectify a mistake if I make one. Or ... I could become X*Crown champ. After fifteen years ... that has to be a record. And ... let's face it. I am a perfectionist and a bit of a narcissist. I don't like to lose. Displeasing myself is all the motivation a chump like me needs after all this time to stay in ring shape and get back to the top. Just to prove I can. The allure of my name in lights headlining a marquee, putting butts in the seats just to chant for D-T, D-T, D-T! The feeling is intoxicating and never gets old.*He finishes the fry and bites his whopper. He smiles at it.*
: You don't mess with a classic Alexis. So while I have the highest opinion of your abilities. You need to know ... Death Trap has never tapped out. I've been knocked out or blacked out in holds. But DT does not give up. SO put aside all talk of tapping me out. You need to be broad with your attacks. I am just as seasoned at knocking people out with my kicks or putting people down with my moves. You don't become a legend and a world champ by being one-note. And I don't intend to mess with success. Classics are classics because they work. And DT works. Oh and I'm aware you are all waiting for one of my many catchphrases but as I saw in that circus ring, times have changed. I am not just going to spout catchphrases for your enjoyment, they have to fit with the message. Classics may not get messed with ... but they do get better over time with little improvements.Random fan: Oh hey! DT! You're the best!
: Yes I know!Random Fan: I didn't know you were vegetarian.
: Huh? I'm ... eating a whopper ...Random Fan: Impossible whopper!
: I mean it cost more, I thought it'd have some sauce or something on it. Or a movie tie-in.Random Fan: No it's plants man. Fake meat.
: Nani?*He looks at the menu*
: OH COME ON!!*Fade out*
