Post by The Dunne Deal on Apr 29, 2022 4:30:33 GMT -5
Joe Nobody walks through the remnants of a recently demolished building. H stops grabbing a brick from the floor, as an over-heaf shot from above shows him standing on, what appears to be a sun-shaped pattern on the floor.
"This seems so surreal. It's hard for me to imagine, that... that this is gone."
He stares slightly at the brick in his hand.
"This is... correction was, All Saint's Church, and you may ask yourself. Why be upset about a church? Why be sad? It's just a building, and to the outsider, yes it's just a building, but for me, it was so much more. I was baptized here, and so were my siblings. In this very spot, I stand, was where I gave a vow of commitment, love, and loyalty to the most beautiful woman in my life, my wife, Nicole. My daughter was baptized here, and to stand amongst its rubble hurts a little bit."
A small tear slides down Nobody's face.
"But you know what, it's the past. And, if I want to build a future I have to let the past die. I mean, that's what a large majority of my career has been. It has been letting my past die. Primetime Showdown, Destiny Wrestling, AWF, NPW, UP Wrestling, Fireside, The Saga. I have spent my entire career building upon a future, that is yet to happen. By building it on the ashes and the remnants of the past. Watching things I've put so much effort into. Watching things you spent your life on crumble around you hurts, but it's part of living. It's part of making me better, in order for me to succeed at this, in order for me to get back to where I was years ago. I have let the past die. I have to kill it. Now I can hold onto parts of my past, memories of it, physical items on me, just like this brick in my hand, and put it on a shelf somewhere. And people look at me like I'm crazy, but I mean I've kept a hold on to relics of my past. I mean I'm from Detroit, you should see some of the stuff, I have in my basement. I have a seat from the original Tiger Stadium. I have bolts and screws from the Pontiac Silverdome. I have a piece of the plexiglass from the Joe Louis Arena. Because those places meant something to me. They are reminders of childhood memories, of better times, simpler times. Just like with all the closed feds I was part of. I'm going to miss them, but I cannot deny that they've helped develop me and help make me who I am now. Just like here in IPW, I have an opportunity to continue building on what I want to accomplish. Because there's still so much I've yet to do, the odds are not in my favor, right now. My first match is a triple threat match against two people, which I really don't know much about. And, I could sit here and try to Steiner math my way through it. But, I have a man who calls himself a butcher, and a woman who is probably talented but has remained silent, and unfortunately, sweetheart silence is telling. Silence speaks volumes, sometimes it speaks louder than the most rambunctious fan. Now, I take nothing from either one of you. I'm sure you're both talented individuals who are eager to win this match, but if you think I'm going to allow you to build your future on my shoulders. Then you're joking to yourself and the world around you."
Nobody takes a small second to place to brick in his hands into his coat pocket.
"I'm taking this piece of my past home with me. I'm going to cherish it. My daughter will look at this brick and wonder where did it come from. And, I will have a myriad of stories to tell her, of coming here as a child around her age, with people I knew and loved and trusted. And, the memories that will live on inside me forever. I can pass this on to someone else, but like the brick in my pocket, one thing is perfectly clear. It's only a brick, the brick can't bring back this building, gone forever, just like all of my past Feds, that I was a member of. They're gone forever, and I'm okay with that. Because, I cannot move forward, while continually looking back. My past will watch me, but it will watch me build my future. And, I will build it upon the bodies of those who stand before me. So let's get this straight, the man you step in the ring with this time is no ordinary man. You step into the ring with a man with no quit, The Status Quo of this business, The Prince of Perfection. If you want to make claims tell yourself that you don't know who I am. Let me introduce myself to you and get the rest of the world who may have forgotten me. I am Joe Nobody. I have no time for you or your bullshit. I am good at one thing, and one thing only. And, that's fighting, the minute you step into the ring with me. I make you better. I don't sink myself to your level. I elevate you to mine. See, I don't enter this match with a tendency to win. I enter this match with one clear intention in mind, and that is this. I'm here not to win titles or to win matches. I'm here to teach and learn. I'm here to make bad wrestlers good, good wrestlers great, and turn great wrestlers into gods. We'll see where you sit on that Pantheon when I'm finished with you. So while you would lie on your back, and look up at the lights. Remember one thing. I am Nobody and Nobody is perfect."
"This seems so surreal. It's hard for me to imagine, that... that this is gone."
He stares slightly at the brick in his hand.
"This is... correction was, All Saint's Church, and you may ask yourself. Why be upset about a church? Why be sad? It's just a building, and to the outsider, yes it's just a building, but for me, it was so much more. I was baptized here, and so were my siblings. In this very spot, I stand, was where I gave a vow of commitment, love, and loyalty to the most beautiful woman in my life, my wife, Nicole. My daughter was baptized here, and to stand amongst its rubble hurts a little bit."
A small tear slides down Nobody's face.
"But you know what, it's the past. And, if I want to build a future I have to let the past die. I mean, that's what a large majority of my career has been. It has been letting my past die. Primetime Showdown, Destiny Wrestling, AWF, NPW, UP Wrestling, Fireside, The Saga. I have spent my entire career building upon a future, that is yet to happen. By building it on the ashes and the remnants of the past. Watching things I've put so much effort into. Watching things you spent your life on crumble around you hurts, but it's part of living. It's part of making me better, in order for me to succeed at this, in order for me to get back to where I was years ago. I have let the past die. I have to kill it. Now I can hold onto parts of my past, memories of it, physical items on me, just like this brick in my hand, and put it on a shelf somewhere. And people look at me like I'm crazy, but I mean I've kept a hold on to relics of my past. I mean I'm from Detroit, you should see some of the stuff, I have in my basement. I have a seat from the original Tiger Stadium. I have bolts and screws from the Pontiac Silverdome. I have a piece of the plexiglass from the Joe Louis Arena. Because those places meant something to me. They are reminders of childhood memories, of better times, simpler times. Just like with all the closed feds I was part of. I'm going to miss them, but I cannot deny that they've helped develop me and help make me who I am now. Just like here in IPW, I have an opportunity to continue building on what I want to accomplish. Because there's still so much I've yet to do, the odds are not in my favor, right now. My first match is a triple threat match against two people, which I really don't know much about. And, I could sit here and try to Steiner math my way through it. But, I have a man who calls himself a butcher, and a woman who is probably talented but has remained silent, and unfortunately, sweetheart silence is telling. Silence speaks volumes, sometimes it speaks louder than the most rambunctious fan. Now, I take nothing from either one of you. I'm sure you're both talented individuals who are eager to win this match, but if you think I'm going to allow you to build your future on my shoulders. Then you're joking to yourself and the world around you."
Nobody takes a small second to place to brick in his hands into his coat pocket.
"I'm taking this piece of my past home with me. I'm going to cherish it. My daughter will look at this brick and wonder where did it come from. And, I will have a myriad of stories to tell her, of coming here as a child around her age, with people I knew and loved and trusted. And, the memories that will live on inside me forever. I can pass this on to someone else, but like the brick in my pocket, one thing is perfectly clear. It's only a brick, the brick can't bring back this building, gone forever, just like all of my past Feds, that I was a member of. They're gone forever, and I'm okay with that. Because, I cannot move forward, while continually looking back. My past will watch me, but it will watch me build my future. And, I will build it upon the bodies of those who stand before me. So let's get this straight, the man you step in the ring with this time is no ordinary man. You step into the ring with a man with no quit, The Status Quo of this business, The Prince of Perfection. If you want to make claims tell yourself that you don't know who I am. Let me introduce myself to you and get the rest of the world who may have forgotten me. I am Joe Nobody. I have no time for you or your bullshit. I am good at one thing, and one thing only. And, that's fighting, the minute you step into the ring with me. I make you better. I don't sink myself to your level. I elevate you to mine. See, I don't enter this match with a tendency to win. I enter this match with one clear intention in mind, and that is this. I'm here not to win titles or to win matches. I'm here to teach and learn. I'm here to make bad wrestlers good, good wrestlers great, and turn great wrestlers into gods. We'll see where you sit on that Pantheon when I'm finished with you. So while you would lie on your back, and look up at the lights. Remember one thing. I am Nobody and Nobody is perfect."
