Post by Steve Awesome on Feb 12, 2021 11:22:29 GMT -5
“Don’t you think this has gone on long enough?”
The scene opens to find the nCw World Champion Steve Awesome standing inside Leonard Fox’s office. Leonard seems a bit preoccupied with his paperwork and phone calls and glass of Metamucil and doesn’t answer Steve right away.
“This whole reboot of the nCw brand. I mean, this isn’t what we talked about when we reactivated the nCw title. I was supposed to challenge Dylan Black. I was supposed to kick that bearded, yet baby faced having douchebag right in the mouth. Then I’d raise him up and drop him with a SteveKO and bam I’d get the three count. Then I’d raise the XCrown and Dylan’s metal arm up in total victory.”
Steve stops to imagine the amazing scene and a euphoric smile grows on his face. The smile quickly disappears when he remembers he is standing in Leonard’s office.
“But you are totally taking that away from me by going back on your word!”
His voice was whiny and he stomped on the floor and crossed his arms. Leonard finally looks up at Steve fussing about in front of his desk and shakes his head.
“Do you think that I’m a liar? Do you think that I ran a globally successful wrestling company for seven years by lying to people?”
Steve stands there awkwardly. He shifts his eyes back and forth trying to decide what answer he was supposed to go with in this situation.
“The answer is no!”
Steve quickly nods.
“Yeah, that’s what I was going to say!”
Leonard sighs.
“I am a man of my word, Steven. I said you will get your match for the XCrown and of course you will. No problem. No questions asked.”
Steve takes a sigh of relief.
“You just have to beat Ricky Johnson first.”
“Doh!”
Steve grits his teeth and grumbles under his breath.
“Come on now. It shouldn’t be such a terribly hard task for the future XCrown champion.”
Steve continues to grumble out loud as he storms out of the office. Leonard chuckles to himself.
“Boy I missed this feeling. Why did I ever retire?”
“Ricky Johnson you stupid bastard!”
The camera fades back in on Steve Awesome. He had the ncw world title over his shoulder and a disgusted sneer on his face.
“You really have the worst timing ever don’t you?”
He crossed his arms and shook his head. The indignance dripped off him with every move.
“You could have picked any other time, any other place. This summer. Three months from now. Any other time then Battle for Hegemony and I would have been absolutely thrilled to stomp your head in. But no, Ricky you had to go and ruin the one moment when I was going to make history. I was going to win the XCROWN Championship. I was going to take my rightful spot at the top of the XHF Network where I belong. But you ruined it.”
Steve just stops and chuckles at the sheer audacity of Ricky to just barge in and attack him like that.
“All because….of legacy?”
Steve cocks his head to the side as he tries to understand.
“You want to protect your legacy? New Championship Wrestling’s legacy? The legacy you left behind?”
Steve stops to consider the thought.
“I mean yeah, you built yourself up a pretty damn good resume. You were one of the nCw originals. One of very few wrestlers in the entire seven years of its existence to have become a Grand Slam champion. You won every single championship that a male wrestler could ever win. From the Xtreme slash Honor championship all the way up to this championship belt right here.”
Steve pats the world title that hung over his shoulder.
“You are a nCw Hall of Famer and a certifiable legend in this company. So yeah, I can totally understand why you’d be worried about preserving all that hard work.”
Steve smirks.
“But dude, you can still go back and catch all your greatest hits in the XHF vault. It’s all there in black and white.
He laughs to himself and then runs a palm through his hair.
“You see Ricky, I’m about the here and now. I want to be the XCrown Champion. I want to be the best there is. I want the fame and the spotlight that I deserve. And that means I have to go through you to get it. And I’m sure you’ll do whatever it takes to protect your legacy and take this nCw World Championship away from me.”
He smirks.
“But at Collision Grand Slam, Ricky, when I get done with you, and I retain my world championship, you and the people won’t be worried about legacies…..”
He cracks his knuckles.
“Just your livelihood.”
He cracks an arrogant smirk and does a one handed crotch chop.
“Suck it.”
Fade.
The scene opens to find the nCw World Champion Steve Awesome standing inside Leonard Fox’s office. Leonard seems a bit preoccupied with his paperwork and phone calls and glass of Metamucil and doesn’t answer Steve right away.
“This whole reboot of the nCw brand. I mean, this isn’t what we talked about when we reactivated the nCw title. I was supposed to challenge Dylan Black. I was supposed to kick that bearded, yet baby faced having douchebag right in the mouth. Then I’d raise him up and drop him with a SteveKO and bam I’d get the three count. Then I’d raise the XCrown and Dylan’s metal arm up in total victory.”
Steve stops to imagine the amazing scene and a euphoric smile grows on his face. The smile quickly disappears when he remembers he is standing in Leonard’s office.
“But you are totally taking that away from me by going back on your word!”
His voice was whiny and he stomped on the floor and crossed his arms. Leonard finally looks up at Steve fussing about in front of his desk and shakes his head.
“Do you think that I’m a liar? Do you think that I ran a globally successful wrestling company for seven years by lying to people?”
Steve stands there awkwardly. He shifts his eyes back and forth trying to decide what answer he was supposed to go with in this situation.
“The answer is no!”
Steve quickly nods.
“Yeah, that’s what I was going to say!”
Leonard sighs.
“I am a man of my word, Steven. I said you will get your match for the XCrown and of course you will. No problem. No questions asked.”
Steve takes a sigh of relief.
“You just have to beat Ricky Johnson first.”
“Doh!”
Steve grits his teeth and grumbles under his breath.
“Come on now. It shouldn’t be such a terribly hard task for the future XCrown champion.”
Steve continues to grumble out loud as he storms out of the office. Leonard chuckles to himself.
“Boy I missed this feeling. Why did I ever retire?”
“Ricky Johnson you stupid bastard!”
The camera fades back in on Steve Awesome. He had the ncw world title over his shoulder and a disgusted sneer on his face.
“You really have the worst timing ever don’t you?”
He crossed his arms and shook his head. The indignance dripped off him with every move.
“You could have picked any other time, any other place. This summer. Three months from now. Any other time then Battle for Hegemony and I would have been absolutely thrilled to stomp your head in. But no, Ricky you had to go and ruin the one moment when I was going to make history. I was going to win the XCROWN Championship. I was going to take my rightful spot at the top of the XHF Network where I belong. But you ruined it.”
Steve just stops and chuckles at the sheer audacity of Ricky to just barge in and attack him like that.
“All because….of legacy?”
Steve cocks his head to the side as he tries to understand.
“You want to protect your legacy? New Championship Wrestling’s legacy? The legacy you left behind?”
Steve stops to consider the thought.
“I mean yeah, you built yourself up a pretty damn good resume. You were one of the nCw originals. One of very few wrestlers in the entire seven years of its existence to have become a Grand Slam champion. You won every single championship that a male wrestler could ever win. From the Xtreme slash Honor championship all the way up to this championship belt right here.”
Steve pats the world title that hung over his shoulder.
“You are a nCw Hall of Famer and a certifiable legend in this company. So yeah, I can totally understand why you’d be worried about preserving all that hard work.”
Steve smirks.
“But dude, you can still go back and catch all your greatest hits in the XHF vault. It’s all there in black and white.
He laughs to himself and then runs a palm through his hair.
“You see Ricky, I’m about the here and now. I want to be the XCrown Champion. I want to be the best there is. I want the fame and the spotlight that I deserve. And that means I have to go through you to get it. And I’m sure you’ll do whatever it takes to protect your legacy and take this nCw World Championship away from me.”
He smirks.
“But at Collision Grand Slam, Ricky, when I get done with you, and I retain my world championship, you and the people won’t be worried about legacies…..”
He cracks his knuckles.
“Just your livelihood.”
He cracks an arrogant smirk and does a one handed crotch chop.
“Suck it.”
Fade.
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