Post by Spike Kane on Aug 27, 2021 11:33:11 GMT -5
Last week I had a sort of epiphany, and like I said it was no coincidence that my long time friend Kyle was at my side that week. Then of course we got into that ring on Saturday Night and did exactly what we've been doing from the moment we entered the doors of New Championship Wrestling, we performed at a level that just surpasses so much of the competition here.
We took the tag team champions to the limit, and broke them. We walked out victorious, team Hall of Fame.
Again.
Then I headed out at Collision to get things off of my chest.....and the most unlikeliest of all people decided to get in my face and rant about how I'd ruined his life. You know what....he was right.
He was right.
…..damn.
~~~~
We open up on the house of Spike Kane, the sitting room, or living room whichever you want to call it. There are toddler toys littered all over the place and the large screen TV is playing clips from nCw's first pay per views back in 2007. Spike Kane can be seen sitting on the floor cross legged with his son Xander sitting in his lap and playing with a spelling toy.
“Can you believe this? Spike Kane just set the dogs on Davey! Davey's Empire has turned against him!”
“And it looks like Spike has taken control himself!”
Spike's face shows a mixture of emotions as he remembers the moment he truly solidified himself as a main event talent in nCw, but at the expense of Davey Ortega. As he seems to be sitting there feeling a little sorry for himself Alysson Gardner has slowly walked into the room and watches her boyfriend playing with his son.
Alysson: Are you sure the little man should be watching this?
Spike jumps a little, not expecting her to be there and Xander jumps to before laughing and throwing the toy on the floor and running towards Alysson. She bends down and scoops him up into her arms flashing a huge smile, which he returns as Spike pauses the DVD just on the moment Lance Ryan hits Ortega with the Train Spike.
Spike: You're right, I just....I couldn't get it out of my mind...
She sighs a little and walks over to him, pecking him on the cheek which makes him smile just a tad before he drops the remote on the sofa and runs his hands through his hair.
Alysson: What he said at Collision really got to you didn't it?
Spike: He's right Ally....I ruined his life...
She drops Xander in his play pen, and he goes nuts mashing buttons on his musical toys before grabbing his favourite stuffed toy, a turtle, and shoves it in his mouth happily. She turns to face Spike.
Alysson: And how many lives did he ruin? You can't be held responsible for the things you do in the arena, for the things you do to get ahead in this business.
Spike: ….I took him out.....twice....
Alysson: You've been taken out before, by your own brother! You came back better and stronger than before. He's just trying to ride your coat tails Mike, he wants to leapfrog you at A Night to Remember-
Spike: I'm not fighting him.
She stops at his words and leans towards him, as if to say “come again” he frowns.
Spike: I won't do it Ally. I've done enough to him, I can't lay down.....I'm too much of a fighter, and I don't want to put him out again....
Alysson: Mikey....it's completely up to you. You don't have to fight him, but you need to let the guilt go. You can't be held responsible for doing what you needed to do to ensure your family had the support they needed....look at him!
She points at Xander as she steps aside. He giggles at the attention and begins laughing happily. Spike almost breaks into tears thinking about how things could have been.
Alysson: Everything you did, you did for him. Now stop feeling sorry for yourself, and get off your ass. We need to tidy up before your sister gets here.
Spike: Wait, what?
Alysson: Freya and Dexter are coming over for dinner. So move! And go get changed!
Spike gives her a quick “make me” look before she makes eye contact and he raises his eyebrows before running off the screen. She picks up the remote and switches off the DVD shaking her head. He leans over towards Xander.
Alysson: Daddy is being a silly moose isn't he!
Cut.
~~~
By order of Brent Sampson.
It isn't something I ever expected to hear when associated with one of my matches. Somebody who I have both worked for and worked alongside, abusing his power in such a way just because he has a grudge against Steve Awesome?
Who doesn't?
Steve has been around the block a few times, he is a very in your face guy and it's just always who he has been. If you don't like him, he just flaunts it in your face even more than usual. Trust me, I've experienced it first hand. Not just once or twice either, but pretty much throughout the illustrious career of The Awesome One.
I guess it's Karma.
I don't really know what is going down between you and Sampson, Steve....and to be brutally honest here, I really don't care either. You've always been a trailblazer, off doing your own thing without a care in the world about who gets caught up in your wake....and it's worked you've got a career that is pretty much second to none. What's the saying they have? “Done it all, and won it all!”
It even extends to women, right?
I've had beef with you in the past Steve, flimsy excuses to dislike you. Jealousy, ego, anger....whatever bull**** I was going through at the time. Any reason to dislike you, to try and one up you and tear you down just so that I could try and raise myself above you. But not this time Steve, I'm not going to slander you, no STD jokes, no half assed claims about you having things handed to you.....
I'm tired of it all. I really am.
This business used to be about going into that ring and putting on the best show you possibly could. Entertaining the fans, and giving them memories that will last a life time. Matches that you will look back on with fondness, about how you managed to pull this certain spot off, or how you tried this new move out that night and it was amazing. How you held the crowd in the palm of your hand and made them weep with sorrow and cheer with joy at the snap of your fingers...
Instead it's like a school playground full of overgrown children. It's full of mud slinging backstabbers, childish he-said she-said garbage. It's all about tearing the other guy down until he just doesn't want to get in that ring and fight you, until he doesn't have the motivation and determination to take you on.....so you can have that “W” in the column before you even enter the ring. It's a sad state of affairs Steve, and it's ruining this business....but don't think me naïve, don't think me ignorant. I know I've done it myself...
I'm one of the best.
So are you.
We've honed this craft over the years, raised through the ranks back in the “Xtreme” place. We've perfected it Steve, to the point where there are people on the roster that just outright don't want to face us. There are people who need counselling once we've verbally torn them to pieces and then gone and broken them on a physical level too.
Don't you get tired of it Steve? Don't you get tired of saying the same old crap week in and week out, every now and then you get to say something new to somebody who probably won't stick around and then your back to fighting the same old people again because the brass like to think that the thirty ninth combination will do the trick and bring in the fans. We've been through it all Steve, the highs and the lows....you've been to the top of the mountain, you know how sweet it tastes. So you know you can't look down at me for trying to do the same thing and get back there. It's intoxicating....but I'm just not quite sure I'm ready to sling mud and call people names to get ahead.
I'd rather do my talking in the ring, where I excel, where I am at my best, and where nobody can lie, where nobody can make **** up, and where nobody can say something without fear of repercussions. You see when somebody says something out of line to me in the ring, I sock them right in the jaw....I bring it to them so that they know not to do it again. When people stand behind a camera, or behind a keyboard they are full of fake confidence and bravado, almost like Dutch courage. Keyboard Warriors, cowards....people who say whatever they can to try and throw you off, to try and upset you and force you into making a mistake. People have learned the hard way not to do that to me in the past, and whether you'll admit it or not Steve....I've taken you to your limit a fair few times.
So I've never beaten you.
It's getting a little old hat now, like why does he keep trying? Why? Because it's something I haven't done, and I won't stop....I won't give up until it becomes something I have done, something I have achieved. If you have learned anything about me over the years Steve, you know it to be the truth....and whatever this crap between you and Sampson is? It seems like he really wants you punished. Not only did he put you in a mandated match with me, but in an Xtreme Rules match too?
That's just asking for hospital bills.
I don't actually harbour any ill will towards you Steve, which, I know...is a first, but I don't want you to think for one second that I'm going to come at you half assed. I don't want you to think that Davey's words will stop me from breaking you in that ring if I have to. I know I'm a nasty bastard, and I've come to accept that over the years.....I can live with the regret of hurting people, but I cannot live with the regret of not trying hard enough.
So once again we will collide Steve, and I'll bring my mother****ing A Game to finally score that victory over you that has been escaping me for such a long time, and finally....once and for all....you will....
Hail!
We took the tag team champions to the limit, and broke them. We walked out victorious, team Hall of Fame.
Again.
Then I headed out at Collision to get things off of my chest.....and the most unlikeliest of all people decided to get in my face and rant about how I'd ruined his life. You know what....he was right.
He was right.
…..damn.
~~~~
We open up on the house of Spike Kane, the sitting room, or living room whichever you want to call it. There are toddler toys littered all over the place and the large screen TV is playing clips from nCw's first pay per views back in 2007. Spike Kane can be seen sitting on the floor cross legged with his son Xander sitting in his lap and playing with a spelling toy.
“Can you believe this? Spike Kane just set the dogs on Davey! Davey's Empire has turned against him!”
“And it looks like Spike has taken control himself!”
Spike's face shows a mixture of emotions as he remembers the moment he truly solidified himself as a main event talent in nCw, but at the expense of Davey Ortega. As he seems to be sitting there feeling a little sorry for himself Alysson Gardner has slowly walked into the room and watches her boyfriend playing with his son.
Alysson: Are you sure the little man should be watching this?
Spike jumps a little, not expecting her to be there and Xander jumps to before laughing and throwing the toy on the floor and running towards Alysson. She bends down and scoops him up into her arms flashing a huge smile, which he returns as Spike pauses the DVD just on the moment Lance Ryan hits Ortega with the Train Spike.
Spike: You're right, I just....I couldn't get it out of my mind...
She sighs a little and walks over to him, pecking him on the cheek which makes him smile just a tad before he drops the remote on the sofa and runs his hands through his hair.
Alysson: What he said at Collision really got to you didn't it?
Spike: He's right Ally....I ruined his life...
She drops Xander in his play pen, and he goes nuts mashing buttons on his musical toys before grabbing his favourite stuffed toy, a turtle, and shoves it in his mouth happily. She turns to face Spike.
Alysson: And how many lives did he ruin? You can't be held responsible for the things you do in the arena, for the things you do to get ahead in this business.
Spike: ….I took him out.....twice....
Alysson: You've been taken out before, by your own brother! You came back better and stronger than before. He's just trying to ride your coat tails Mike, he wants to leapfrog you at A Night to Remember-
Spike: I'm not fighting him.
She stops at his words and leans towards him, as if to say “come again” he frowns.
Spike: I won't do it Ally. I've done enough to him, I can't lay down.....I'm too much of a fighter, and I don't want to put him out again....
Alysson: Mikey....it's completely up to you. You don't have to fight him, but you need to let the guilt go. You can't be held responsible for doing what you needed to do to ensure your family had the support they needed....look at him!
She points at Xander as she steps aside. He giggles at the attention and begins laughing happily. Spike almost breaks into tears thinking about how things could have been.
Alysson: Everything you did, you did for him. Now stop feeling sorry for yourself, and get off your ass. We need to tidy up before your sister gets here.
Spike: Wait, what?
Alysson: Freya and Dexter are coming over for dinner. So move! And go get changed!
Spike gives her a quick “make me” look before she makes eye contact and he raises his eyebrows before running off the screen. She picks up the remote and switches off the DVD shaking her head. He leans over towards Xander.
Alysson: Daddy is being a silly moose isn't he!
Cut.
~~~
By order of Brent Sampson.
It isn't something I ever expected to hear when associated with one of my matches. Somebody who I have both worked for and worked alongside, abusing his power in such a way just because he has a grudge against Steve Awesome?
Who doesn't?
Steve has been around the block a few times, he is a very in your face guy and it's just always who he has been. If you don't like him, he just flaunts it in your face even more than usual. Trust me, I've experienced it first hand. Not just once or twice either, but pretty much throughout the illustrious career of The Awesome One.
I guess it's Karma.
I don't really know what is going down between you and Sampson, Steve....and to be brutally honest here, I really don't care either. You've always been a trailblazer, off doing your own thing without a care in the world about who gets caught up in your wake....and it's worked you've got a career that is pretty much second to none. What's the saying they have? “Done it all, and won it all!”
It even extends to women, right?
I've had beef with you in the past Steve, flimsy excuses to dislike you. Jealousy, ego, anger....whatever bull**** I was going through at the time. Any reason to dislike you, to try and one up you and tear you down just so that I could try and raise myself above you. But not this time Steve, I'm not going to slander you, no STD jokes, no half assed claims about you having things handed to you.....
I'm tired of it all. I really am.
This business used to be about going into that ring and putting on the best show you possibly could. Entertaining the fans, and giving them memories that will last a life time. Matches that you will look back on with fondness, about how you managed to pull this certain spot off, or how you tried this new move out that night and it was amazing. How you held the crowd in the palm of your hand and made them weep with sorrow and cheer with joy at the snap of your fingers...
Instead it's like a school playground full of overgrown children. It's full of mud slinging backstabbers, childish he-said she-said garbage. It's all about tearing the other guy down until he just doesn't want to get in that ring and fight you, until he doesn't have the motivation and determination to take you on.....so you can have that “W” in the column before you even enter the ring. It's a sad state of affairs Steve, and it's ruining this business....but don't think me naïve, don't think me ignorant. I know I've done it myself...
I'm one of the best.
So are you.
We've honed this craft over the years, raised through the ranks back in the “Xtreme” place. We've perfected it Steve, to the point where there are people on the roster that just outright don't want to face us. There are people who need counselling once we've verbally torn them to pieces and then gone and broken them on a physical level too.
Don't you get tired of it Steve? Don't you get tired of saying the same old crap week in and week out, every now and then you get to say something new to somebody who probably won't stick around and then your back to fighting the same old people again because the brass like to think that the thirty ninth combination will do the trick and bring in the fans. We've been through it all Steve, the highs and the lows....you've been to the top of the mountain, you know how sweet it tastes. So you know you can't look down at me for trying to do the same thing and get back there. It's intoxicating....but I'm just not quite sure I'm ready to sling mud and call people names to get ahead.
I'd rather do my talking in the ring, where I excel, where I am at my best, and where nobody can lie, where nobody can make **** up, and where nobody can say something without fear of repercussions. You see when somebody says something out of line to me in the ring, I sock them right in the jaw....I bring it to them so that they know not to do it again. When people stand behind a camera, or behind a keyboard they are full of fake confidence and bravado, almost like Dutch courage. Keyboard Warriors, cowards....people who say whatever they can to try and throw you off, to try and upset you and force you into making a mistake. People have learned the hard way not to do that to me in the past, and whether you'll admit it or not Steve....I've taken you to your limit a fair few times.
So I've never beaten you.
It's getting a little old hat now, like why does he keep trying? Why? Because it's something I haven't done, and I won't stop....I won't give up until it becomes something I have done, something I have achieved. If you have learned anything about me over the years Steve, you know it to be the truth....and whatever this crap between you and Sampson is? It seems like he really wants you punished. Not only did he put you in a mandated match with me, but in an Xtreme Rules match too?
That's just asking for hospital bills.
I don't actually harbour any ill will towards you Steve, which, I know...is a first, but I don't want you to think for one second that I'm going to come at you half assed. I don't want you to think that Davey's words will stop me from breaking you in that ring if I have to. I know I'm a nasty bastard, and I've come to accept that over the years.....I can live with the regret of hurting people, but I cannot live with the regret of not trying hard enough.
So once again we will collide Steve, and I'll bring my mother****ing A Game to finally score that victory over you that has been escaping me for such a long time, and finally....once and for all....you will....
Hail!