Post by Dave D-Flipz on Jun 23, 2023 17:40:27 GMT -5
"You’ve known me about as long as anyone can… I’ve always tried to be genuine and honest with myself and others. Do you see me as a good person?"
"Well, you’ve always been a good friend to me, even when I was forgotten by XHF and had to steal jobs from Nelly!"
*The camera opens on Death Trap and his old friend and new CAR crewmate, XHF’s NUMBA ONE ANNOUNCA, Funaki. They sit in the lobby of a Vegas hotel, DT having just defeated Bernhardt Denzinger last night. He is ready to ship back to wherever Venom tells him the next show is going to be. Word going around is they’re trying to mess with a frequent interloper from another fed.*
"It’s just that … being at the stage of my career, and life, that I am … I am concerned about my legacy. I know the wrestling half of it is now rock solid after that historic run with the tag titles. Trained up a new top tier star, two time X*Crown champ, end of days winner, MCCW/SCCW Hall of Famer, if Mongo ever expanded the XHF version … no let’s not think of that. But this whole thing with Fox going off the deep end has me concerned. I know I’ve slipped into bad habits a few times in my career. I’ve always tried to identify my own negative traits and work to overcome them. I may be an attention whore, but I truly want the world to be better for my being in it. And despite my last promo … I’m beginning to wonder if I DID fail Fox. Should I have been a better veteran mentor to this new crop of network stars?"
"Hey! DT buddy, you don’t have nothing to worry about! Fox is going through some tough stuff. He had a list ready to go of people who have figuratively and literally stabbed him in the back. He obviously has a lot of rage in his heart."
"That’s no excuse Funaki! He’s ruining people’s lives! I’ve seen what some of these people he’s involved with do! This Underwear fellow … he’s no better than the von Krausses. I bet he wouldn’t bat an eyelash to off someone in plain sight. I frankly don’t know how Mongo is able to write off all these deaths that seem to be happening under his watch and keep people out of prison. Like the only guys we’ve seen in jail were Hyperion – and only after he was responsible for HUNDREDS of cult deaths and assaulting another wrestler outside of a match – and Aiden Merric … and I’m pretty sure his shit was petty stuff."
"Public nudity! Was quite the sight!"
*DT cocks an eyebrow at his longtime beleaguered buddy*
"Hey I am a person of culture and a citizen of the world, I am not going to worry at my age about standards of society. Funaki is comfortable enough to tell it like it is."
"Ok well I’d like to remain OFF the topic of that man’s probably horrifically scarred and deformed … ANYWAY!"
*DT shakes his head*
"Thanks for the pep talk buddy. You should have some fun here, next race for us is a good month away, I hear it’s for a trophy!"
"A gold plated breast implant!"
*DT just lets his jaw hang open, he pushes it closed and just walks away*
"Goddamn it Mary…"
"Fox, I understand. I get the allure of just giving up on the world, the people who have wronged you, the people you perceive have failed you. And I get that you’ve been buried under this weight of expectation. The weight of your abilities and your career prospects. It’s what drew a lot of fans to you, and a lot of other wrestlers. Like it or not, people gravitate to those with a natural talent. To observe it, to gawk at it. Awe, Respect … jealousy, greed, avarice, malice. Yeah I get it."
*DT sits in the front seat of his corvette as he has arrived at the arena location Venom has sent him. He stares into the camera, his phone set upon the dashboard.*
"I’m not gonna disrespect you by claiming to know what it’s like to go through what you have. After all, I am not out to try and tell you how you SHOULD react to people who want you treated as a lower class because of who you are, or who you love, or who you are with. Not in this instance at least. I am sure as hell gonna judge you for the CURRENT company you keep, but we can get to that later. But the fact is I didn’t have that experience. And everyone handles shit different."
*He tents his fingers and looks off into the distance.*
"Seth Dillinger had a psychotic break. You could be forgiven for feeling personally slighted but it’s clear he wasn’t thinking clearly. And maybe it does say something about your mental makeup that it took far more trauma and crazy ass shit to break you than it did him. But last I checked he came back and tried to make amends. He came back and cleaned up his act. Maybe Ryan couldn’t handle what Seth was doing and all the Legion crap. Maybe his way of protecting himself was to leave. And maybe he saw you couldn’t. Because clearly you enjoy this wrestling thing far more than he did. But I think he could be forgiven for getting out of it when even I look at this crazy network and say … ‘wow, I’m here to perform, to be an entertainer, to compete in sporting contests. Why are people FUCKNG DYING? Why are there so many cults? Why is Mongo wrestling a goat? What the hell IS the Krimson Kharnival? How the fuck did Legion last as long as it did and Hype is now walking the street. Shit doesn’t make sense!’ Yeah I get him wanting to leave. Again, I can see how you would feel he abandoned you. But it’s not an UNREASONABLE reaction to the shit we have going on here."
*DT looks back at the camera*
"I get it. I’m no hero. I’m no savior. I’m just a guy who wants to help, and be loved. And a lot of time I fail. If you feel I failed you? Well shit, I’m sorry. I’m one human. All I can promise is to do better. … So why is it you have chosen to do so much worse huh? Since when do champions take the easy way out? When I was talking about weight, it meant something different. Of course your career has had you bear a heavy load. But this is different. Pardon me for talking about the series by that other person who shall not be named, but isn’t this the splitting your soul argument? Doing something so evil that nothing can save you? At what point did you decide if you can’t beat them join them? It’s real shitty to see someone go down the path you have chosen. And if you have truly CHOSEN to be … this … then I have to ask what was all the fighting for anyway. It’s one thing to tire out, to burn out, to give up the fight. It’s another entirely to actively go against everything you ever stood for."
*DT leans right into the camera*
"So tell me Foxy, do I call you Seth II? Seeing the way you treated Brandon and the way you talk … what separates you from what Seth was when he failed you? Should I call you Natasha or Hyperion or Kuroi or Stormcrow? Drinking the kool-aid and dishing out lethal punishment behind the silky words of a prime charlatan? I guess since you are willingly being such a fucknut that would at least make Tommy Kelly marginally better off. Should I call you Poena? Comitting atrocities and acts of violence for your new “God”, even if he is a title belt and a KKK cosplayer with a less conspicuous hood?"
*DT snorts in dirision.*
"You rally about how all these people are the worst and then you just imitate them. Here’s the thing Fox. I don’t believe you are this … all of this … that you are acting out right now. And someday that good man inside is gonna come out and have to deal with the deeds he’s done. That … is the weight I’m referring to. You burned out, you broke … and this is your twisted way of trying to justify and fix things. Fine. When the real you reemerges and sees the blood stained Earth, the pine boxes, the reputation left in tatters, the good fight lost … what is THAT Peter going to think eh? You claim you stopped caring for those who didn’t care about you but you also stopped caring about the ones who DO … the only ones who fucking matter. Let’s dispense with the illusions. I’m no hero. Clearly you’ve made up your mind that I can’t save you. Well … unlike you I am able to look at myself and see when I have made an error."
*DT leans back into the camera and grabs the phone to pull it back to him in the seat.*
"You don’t want DT the savior. Fine. You chose this path. I will honor that decision. You are a grown ass man who is entitled to be fucking wrong. But I also cannot stand idly by while a monster once again torments my business and tarnishes the reputation of the belt that I hold dear. And since I never got my chance at Zoran or Dylan … I guess I’ll just have to make up for it and get that belt off of you. And apologize that I still care. Even when you don’t."
*The camera clicks off*
"Well, you’ve always been a good friend to me, even when I was forgotten by XHF and had to steal jobs from Nelly!"
*The camera opens on Death Trap and his old friend and new CAR crewmate, XHF’s NUMBA ONE ANNOUNCA, Funaki. They sit in the lobby of a Vegas hotel, DT having just defeated Bernhardt Denzinger last night. He is ready to ship back to wherever Venom tells him the next show is going to be. Word going around is they’re trying to mess with a frequent interloper from another fed.*
"It’s just that … being at the stage of my career, and life, that I am … I am concerned about my legacy. I know the wrestling half of it is now rock solid after that historic run with the tag titles. Trained up a new top tier star, two time X*Crown champ, end of days winner, MCCW/SCCW Hall of Famer, if Mongo ever expanded the XHF version … no let’s not think of that. But this whole thing with Fox going off the deep end has me concerned. I know I’ve slipped into bad habits a few times in my career. I’ve always tried to identify my own negative traits and work to overcome them. I may be an attention whore, but I truly want the world to be better for my being in it. And despite my last promo … I’m beginning to wonder if I DID fail Fox. Should I have been a better veteran mentor to this new crop of network stars?"
"Hey! DT buddy, you don’t have nothing to worry about! Fox is going through some tough stuff. He had a list ready to go of people who have figuratively and literally stabbed him in the back. He obviously has a lot of rage in his heart."
"That’s no excuse Funaki! He’s ruining people’s lives! I’ve seen what some of these people he’s involved with do! This Underwear fellow … he’s no better than the von Krausses. I bet he wouldn’t bat an eyelash to off someone in plain sight. I frankly don’t know how Mongo is able to write off all these deaths that seem to be happening under his watch and keep people out of prison. Like the only guys we’ve seen in jail were Hyperion – and only after he was responsible for HUNDREDS of cult deaths and assaulting another wrestler outside of a match – and Aiden Merric … and I’m pretty sure his shit was petty stuff."
"Public nudity! Was quite the sight!"
*DT cocks an eyebrow at his longtime beleaguered buddy*
"Hey I am a person of culture and a citizen of the world, I am not going to worry at my age about standards of society. Funaki is comfortable enough to tell it like it is."
"Ok well I’d like to remain OFF the topic of that man’s probably horrifically scarred and deformed … ANYWAY!"
*DT shakes his head*
"Thanks for the pep talk buddy. You should have some fun here, next race for us is a good month away, I hear it’s for a trophy!"
"A gold plated breast implant!"
*DT just lets his jaw hang open, he pushes it closed and just walks away*
"Goddamn it Mary…"
"Fox, I understand. I get the allure of just giving up on the world, the people who have wronged you, the people you perceive have failed you. And I get that you’ve been buried under this weight of expectation. The weight of your abilities and your career prospects. It’s what drew a lot of fans to you, and a lot of other wrestlers. Like it or not, people gravitate to those with a natural talent. To observe it, to gawk at it. Awe, Respect … jealousy, greed, avarice, malice. Yeah I get it."
*DT sits in the front seat of his corvette as he has arrived at the arena location Venom has sent him. He stares into the camera, his phone set upon the dashboard.*
"I’m not gonna disrespect you by claiming to know what it’s like to go through what you have. After all, I am not out to try and tell you how you SHOULD react to people who want you treated as a lower class because of who you are, or who you love, or who you are with. Not in this instance at least. I am sure as hell gonna judge you for the CURRENT company you keep, but we can get to that later. But the fact is I didn’t have that experience. And everyone handles shit different."
*He tents his fingers and looks off into the distance.*
"Seth Dillinger had a psychotic break. You could be forgiven for feeling personally slighted but it’s clear he wasn’t thinking clearly. And maybe it does say something about your mental makeup that it took far more trauma and crazy ass shit to break you than it did him. But last I checked he came back and tried to make amends. He came back and cleaned up his act. Maybe Ryan couldn’t handle what Seth was doing and all the Legion crap. Maybe his way of protecting himself was to leave. And maybe he saw you couldn’t. Because clearly you enjoy this wrestling thing far more than he did. But I think he could be forgiven for getting out of it when even I look at this crazy network and say … ‘wow, I’m here to perform, to be an entertainer, to compete in sporting contests. Why are people FUCKNG DYING? Why are there so many cults? Why is Mongo wrestling a goat? What the hell IS the Krimson Kharnival? How the fuck did Legion last as long as it did and Hype is now walking the street. Shit doesn’t make sense!’ Yeah I get him wanting to leave. Again, I can see how you would feel he abandoned you. But it’s not an UNREASONABLE reaction to the shit we have going on here."
*DT looks back at the camera*
"I get it. I’m no hero. I’m no savior. I’m just a guy who wants to help, and be loved. And a lot of time I fail. If you feel I failed you? Well shit, I’m sorry. I’m one human. All I can promise is to do better. … So why is it you have chosen to do so much worse huh? Since when do champions take the easy way out? When I was talking about weight, it meant something different. Of course your career has had you bear a heavy load. But this is different. Pardon me for talking about the series by that other person who shall not be named, but isn’t this the splitting your soul argument? Doing something so evil that nothing can save you? At what point did you decide if you can’t beat them join them? It’s real shitty to see someone go down the path you have chosen. And if you have truly CHOSEN to be … this … then I have to ask what was all the fighting for anyway. It’s one thing to tire out, to burn out, to give up the fight. It’s another entirely to actively go against everything you ever stood for."
*DT leans right into the camera*
"So tell me Foxy, do I call you Seth II? Seeing the way you treated Brandon and the way you talk … what separates you from what Seth was when he failed you? Should I call you Natasha or Hyperion or Kuroi or Stormcrow? Drinking the kool-aid and dishing out lethal punishment behind the silky words of a prime charlatan? I guess since you are willingly being such a fucknut that would at least make Tommy Kelly marginally better off. Should I call you Poena? Comitting atrocities and acts of violence for your new “God”, even if he is a title belt and a KKK cosplayer with a less conspicuous hood?"
*DT snorts in dirision.*
"You rally about how all these people are the worst and then you just imitate them. Here’s the thing Fox. I don’t believe you are this … all of this … that you are acting out right now. And someday that good man inside is gonna come out and have to deal with the deeds he’s done. That … is the weight I’m referring to. You burned out, you broke … and this is your twisted way of trying to justify and fix things. Fine. When the real you reemerges and sees the blood stained Earth, the pine boxes, the reputation left in tatters, the good fight lost … what is THAT Peter going to think eh? You claim you stopped caring for those who didn’t care about you but you also stopped caring about the ones who DO … the only ones who fucking matter. Let’s dispense with the illusions. I’m no hero. Clearly you’ve made up your mind that I can’t save you. Well … unlike you I am able to look at myself and see when I have made an error."
*DT leans back into the camera and grabs the phone to pull it back to him in the seat.*
"You don’t want DT the savior. Fine. You chose this path. I will honor that decision. You are a grown ass man who is entitled to be fucking wrong. But I also cannot stand idly by while a monster once again torments my business and tarnishes the reputation of the belt that I hold dear. And since I never got my chance at Zoran or Dylan … I guess I’ll just have to make up for it and get that belt off of you. And apologize that I still care. Even when you don’t."
*The camera clicks off*
