Decade of Destruction (Showcase/GXW)

[Spike Kane]

A lot can change in ten years….

Ten years ago I left the XHF in disgrace, my head firmly up my own ass. If those pricks were going to go all political on me to dethrone me as champion? Then I was going to walk out with the belt….I felt so cool, I felt so badass - yet it is one of the worst mistakes I’ve ever made in my career, and trust me when I tell you this….I don’t own up to many much. Thing is….XHF was my home, it gave me a sense of belonging, a purpose...and for the first time in my ten year long career at the point? I was a somebody. I’d broken through the glass ceiling and become a legitimate main event star. Whether the rest of the “boys in the back” liked it or not? I was a two time XHF Champion, and I belonged to a very elite club….

Jealousy is an ugly creature.

It makes people do, and say things, that they’d later regret….and when I turned my back on my family? When I left those I’d been riding on the road for years behind….walked onto nCw television and threw that XHF Title in the trash can before setting it on fire? I literally burned those bridges away….but it’s funny, you know? Because all those naysayers….all those people who put me down, who said I wasn’t shit, who said I didn’t deserve it?

Where the fuck are they now!?

I’ve had arguably the best ten years of my life since that day. I stopped looking back, I stopped caring about the person next to me, about who would stab me in the back next….I learned from AJ and MGK….don’t trust anybody. ….and what a ride it’s been since then, huh?

Look at these Hall of Fame rings. Look at my trophy cabinet. Nobody comes close. I’ve singled handedly carried two companies on my shoulders, and burned another to the ground - just for crossing me. I think it’s safe to say that the Spike Kane the old XHF viewers are used to seeing? Is long gone. What you see before you now, is a man transformed, ascended….you truly see…

The God of Xtreme.

I’m not going to stand here and lie, I’ve retired, I’ve had career threatening injuries, but you know what makes me different? I’M STILL HERE! Do you here me? Through it all, I’ve been busting my ass, week after week, show after show, and getting better and better every day for it…...so when I saw this Showcase, and that my old buddy MGK was booked to go up against Doc? …..I got a little tinge of nostalgia, and I thought to myself….Yeah. I want some of that.

I’ve been around the world, boys and girls.

I’ve won countless championships.

I’ve ended the careers of lesser men.

What the fuck have you done?

~~~

It had been a long time, a very long time, since Spike had wrestled under any sort of XHF banner, and though this wasn’t really the XHF, the nostalgia was there. The memories were flooding him, of the wars he took part in. Darkside, the Young Guns, Overdrive, The New Blood, The Revival….and his brother. Reckless Jack…..Brad Kane. The last few months had been tough on Spike, tougher than most men would ever have to deal with, and coming here, had reopened some of those wounds.

Pandora Freeman: ….are you sure you want to go through with this?

His blue haired love approached him as he sat in the office of his wrestling school, clearly deep in thought. He’d been staying here for months now, living in the school, because he couldn’t go back to his house - he’d given it away, given it to his best friend, Rob Diamond - but he still couldn’t go back to that house.

Spike Kane: I kind of feel like I need to Pan…..I need this…

Pandora Freeman: I understand what you’re saying, but….that place, that place was where you lost Zell, and you’ve only just gotten over losing Xander - I’m worried about you.

The mention of both of his dearly departed sons hits Spike right in the heart, and as the corners of his eyes well up, he grimaces, to push himself through.

Spike Kane: I’m not like everyone else, my old man made sure of that. I deal with things differently, and if that means getting into a ring and crushing some skulls? Then so be it…

Pandora comes over to him and sits next to him, placing an arm around his body, and resting her head on his shoulder.

Pandora Freeman: You being who you are, is part of why I love you. I just don’t want this to consume you…

Spike Kane: I get it….but, deep inside of me, I know I owe it to those guys. To show them who I’ve become, what I’ve become….and prove them all wrong.

Pandora Freeman: Why do you owe them anything?

Spike Kane: Because without the XHF, I’d have quit a very long time ago….and without Mongo putting me through rehab….shit, I’d probably be dead.

Pandora rounds on him, a stern look on her face, before she punches him in the arm.

Pandora Freeman: Don’t say shit like that!

Spike Kane: …..but it’s true. I burned that bridge, and I’ve got a chance to repair it, if not just for me….then for Brad too.

The mention of his twin brother, who passed away merely weeks before the accident that claimed his sons life cuts all the life out of the air. The two of them sit there, in silence, before Pandora climbs to her feet, and hugs Spike. He grabs her tight, and the two embrace.

Pandora Freeman: Whatever you do, I’m here with you. ….and remember…

She lifts his chin, so that his eyes meet hers.

Pandora Freeman: All will be well.

Fade.

~~~

Mongo…..he suggested this, and I know it wasn’t through selfless means. I’m no idiot, touting the fact that Spike Kane is appearing on an XHF Showcase event? That’ll sell tickets like hotcakes….but then I see who I’m facing, and I’m left sitting here with a sour taste in my mouth. Michael Storm, and Felix Venta - no, I haven’t heard of him either, and does it really matter anyway? Y’see, I remember Storm...oh yeah, I remember him floating around XHF back in the day, hell he might have even been one of the cronies MGK signed up for Darkside - before he kicked my ass to the curb and came at me like I stole his wife.

Fun times, right?

Regardless, Storm….you were a nobody, a never was. You were just there to make up the numbers, a body for the massacre, if you will. Myself? Hell kid, just go back and watch on the XHF Network - cheap plug for you Mongo, I was a trailblazer. From the moment I came to XHF, I was going to be noticed, I was going to be somebody. Whether it was working my way through the ranks against guys like Snake, or the best of five series with Kevin Hardaway, or aligning myself with Overdrive - only for both of them to turn on me…..it all lead to my rise. To the top of XHF, and the story repeats itself everywhere I’ve been Storm. I haven’t stopped, I’ve kept going, onwards, and onwards.

I’m a living legend.

You?

You’re some punk ass bitch fighting way above his height, but that’s OK. You see, both you and Felix, you’re going to be a part of something greater than yourselves. You’re going to be a part of a whole new wave of Spike Kane fans rushing to the stands, signing up for the Network, and buying merch faster than you can even think. I’ve plied my trade in two of the biggest companies to ever stand since XHF’s demise, and my name is spoken with the greatest of respect in those companies. People come from around the world to have matches with me, so the two of you should really feel privileged, and honoured to have this gift…..my presence.

If only the two of you had any idea what was in store for you, perhaps you wouldn’t even turn up for this match. It's funny, right? Because I came to speak to Mongo with an offer….you see, a few years ago I had a little bit of a rights issue with nCw, and my name, my likeness….all of it, was sold to some curtain jerking asshole….but the benefit of it all? I won it back. All of it. Every single match I’ve ever been in from nCw, NMW, to IWf….all belongs to Spike Kane. I have the right to sell those matches, to release them however I see fit, and I thought -hey, the XHF Network might pay top dollar for that…..and it dawned on me, maybe, the inconceivable, pathetic, nobodies - like you two, would finally understand who it is they are getting into the ring with, if that deal went down?

Then of course, I thought - I could just enjoy destroying the two of you and making a new highlight for the XHF Network.

Why?

Because it’s fun.

Because I enjoy it.

Because it's my job.

….and I’m the best there is, at what I do, and what I do, ain’t nice.

To all the new fans out there? You’re going to get a show, you’re going to get your god damned monies worth, because I’m Spike Kane, The Spiked One, The God of Xtreme, and I leave a path of destruction in my wake…

All.

Bloody.

Hail.