Post by Steve Awesome on Oct 6, 2023 1:55:57 GMT -5
We open inside the home gym of Steve Awesome. Steve is sat perpendicular on the weight bench as he seems to be waiting for someone. He checks his watch.
“What gives? How can a figment of my imagination be late?”
Steve stands up and crosses his arms.
“Maybe I’m not all the way crazy? Maybe that moment with Leonard up in the attic was more like a manic episode then full on insanity?”
Steve runs a palm through his hair and smiles.
“Well good. I like it when scary things about myself resolve on there own. I guess the training is all on me.”
Steve begins to whistle a tune as he starts loading some weight on the bench when something caught his eye. It was a giant poster of him holding the nCw Championship.
He had won plenty of world titles in his career. But the nCw Championship was the very special to him. Sure, he’d fight as hard as he could for every title that he got a shot for, but when he won that title, that’s when he knew he finally made it as a professional wrestler.
No more, that Steve kid has potential.
No more, that Steve kid is good but there is still something missing.
When he won the nCw Title all that was gone.
People knew he was a star.
People knew there was no cieling for him.
He had finally earned the respect of the industry.
And if you never felt that moment in your life, let me tell you it’s like the best drug you could ever experience.
Except for maybe….
……winning the XCrown for a third time….
But he couldn’t just give that up, could he?
Could he?
Suddenly Leonard Fox appeared next to Steve.
“Hello Steve!”
Steve snapped out of his trance and noticed Leonard.
“Gahhahhhh! You really gotta stop popping up on me, Leonard.”
“Sorry I’m late Steve. But I hope you’re ready for a great day of training! I got some good things planned.”
Steve nods his head.
“I’m ready.”
Leonard shook his head.
“Oh no my boy, I’m going to need to see some more intensity then that!”
Leonard gives him a man shove to fire him up.
“I said are you ready, motherfucker!?
Just then Zelda Knite, Steve’s girlfriend, was going to enter the gym and ask something but she stopped when she saw what was happening.
Steve standing in the gym by himself. He seems to get shoved and staggers backward. Then he screams “FUCK YEAH!” and then tries to shove the air in front of him.
“Oh great….Steve’s gone crazy.”
Zelda rolled her eyes and then she glances up toward the sky and crossed her fingers.
“Halfway there to the life insurance…”
~
THE HARDKORE REALITY OF STEVE AWESOME
END OF DAYS SPECIAL 2: Try Hard
~
Steve Awesome and Leonard Fox walk out onto a big field with about a dozen dug into it. Each one had a platform built above it with a rope hanging down. Leonard presents it like it’s his work of art.
“I present to you, your training day.”
Steve just stood there and stared. He didn’t know what to make of it. Leonard begins to unveil his thought process.
“This will be training endurance. Not only of the body but also the mind. You will run this obstacle course of rope swinging. But what you don’t know, is that within each pit there are many man eating crocodiles that you must also avoid. Do this task and then you win!”
“Wait…”
Steve squints as he thinks.
“Isn’t that just the old retro game “Pitfall?”
Leonard scratches his old balding head.
“I knew I heard of it somewhere else.”
Steve sighed and shook his head.
“Leonard, this is the worst idea of a training session! How is swinging over crocodiles supposed to get me ready for Jesse Jamester let alone the XCrown? This is stupid!”
Leonard points back.
“Hey don’t blame me. I’m not even real. I’m just a figment of your imagination.”
Steve stopped to consider if that would make him also stupid?
“Listen, my boy, whether it’s swinging over crocodile pits here, or swinging over Jesse Jamester for a second time, you got this thing, Steve.”
Leonard shrugged his shoulders and wrapped an arm around Steve.
“I mean when you think about it, Jesse Jamester is kind of a try hard.”
Leonard laughs.
“I mean what’s with the big scary mask for intimidation?”
Leonard rolls his eyes.
“Dinosaurs went extinct years ago! Get with the times. But we know he isn’t fooling anyone with that ridiculous get up.”
Leonard points to himself and Steve as he listens.
“We know, that the murder lizard is really more like a scared salamander poking its head out of the ground hoping for a little time to bask in the sun.”
“Jesse Jamester is still looking for that first real huff of a spotlight. He really wants to have something that can help justify those obnoxious shoulder Pauldrons. But instead, he’s just a man in a stupid mask, who you already beat at Night of Champions, and who gets beat up by his son.”
Steve looks over in disgust.
“He does!? Man, if my son ever tried to fight me, I’d whip that three year olds ass, bro.”
Leonard nods his head.
“Yes, quite. So in my eyes as the coach, you’ve dealt with the murder lizard before. You know his strength and power. You know what he has. But just like last time, you quicken the pace on him. Work those legs, work an arm, work a neck, chop him down and show him why there are always a couple extra tricks up the sleeve of the Face of the Franchise! Because unlike Jesse Jamester this winning stuff comes natural to you, and you’ll show him all about that at End of Days Night Two.”
Steve thinks about all Leonard has said and nods his head.
“Now…”
Leonard looked at Steve.
“Do you at least want to try and swing over a crocodile pit?”
Steve glares at him.
“Actually yes, I kinda do.”
Leonard nods his head and glances at his watch.
“Good, because we’ve only got the crocodiles rented until seven thirty.
Slow Fade.
~
STEVE AWESOME
HardKore Face of the Franchise
Scene opens on Steve Awesome staring back at you. He already had a fire in his eyes. He held up an index finger.
“Let me just cut you off right there Jesse.”
He slowly shook his head.
“I don’t give a shit.”
He points to himself.
“I don’t give a shit about your threats. I don’t give a shit about your strength or your stupid little mask, I don’t give a shit about how bad you want it, or whatever dumb shit you promised to do to make sure you get it.”
Steve swipes the air as he continues to glare.
“Doesn’t matter.”
His eyes didn’t waiver from behind his sunglasses. You're not even sure if he’s been blinking?
“Because I’m going straight through you on Night Two.”
He takes a step forward.
“I’m going to walk into Queens, New York, that bell is going to ring, your going to stomp your overgrown monkey ass towards me thinking you got a shot and then I’m going to proceed to stomp you into a lizard skin purse just so I can say I handed you your ass in a bag.”
Steve sighs.
“I know you want your moment Jesse, you want a scratch at something so bad that you’re signed up on my list of Hardcore title challengers twice.”
Steve crossed his arms.
“But it’s a fitting place to fight in Dino-Land….because I’m going to have to knock your ass extinct one more time.”
“But this is bigger then my HardKore Championship of the world, this is bigger then Night of Champions.”
This is the XCrown.
“And this time, in this tournament, I’m going all the way to the top and I will NOT let anyone stand in my way.”
He slowly shook his head.
“You don’t understand Jesse….”
He points to himself.
“I have to keep going.”
“I can’t stop.”
He clenched a fist.
“I absolutely refuse to let it be all over.”
He looks back up at the camera.
“So on Night Two, I’m going right through you. However hard of a hit that’s gotta be is up to you Jesse, but I’m telling you right now that it isn’t going to be your night.”
Steve reaches up and pulls his sunglasses off and it shows he has dark bags under his eyes like he hasn’t been sleeping. He still doesn’t seem to blink.
“You are gonna get a glimpse of this madness.”
He nods.
“You are gonna find out how bad I want this.”
“Your gonna feel how bad I need this.”
Fade.
“What gives? How can a figment of my imagination be late?”
Steve stands up and crosses his arms.
“Maybe I’m not all the way crazy? Maybe that moment with Leonard up in the attic was more like a manic episode then full on insanity?”
Steve runs a palm through his hair and smiles.
“Well good. I like it when scary things about myself resolve on there own. I guess the training is all on me.”
Steve begins to whistle a tune as he starts loading some weight on the bench when something caught his eye. It was a giant poster of him holding the nCw Championship.
He had won plenty of world titles in his career. But the nCw Championship was the very special to him. Sure, he’d fight as hard as he could for every title that he got a shot for, but when he won that title, that’s when he knew he finally made it as a professional wrestler.
No more, that Steve kid has potential.
No more, that Steve kid is good but there is still something missing.
When he won the nCw Title all that was gone.
People knew he was a star.
People knew there was no cieling for him.
He had finally earned the respect of the industry.
And if you never felt that moment in your life, let me tell you it’s like the best drug you could ever experience.
Except for maybe….
……winning the XCrown for a third time….
But he couldn’t just give that up, could he?
Could he?
Suddenly Leonard Fox appeared next to Steve.
“Hello Steve!”
Steve snapped out of his trance and noticed Leonard.
“Gahhahhhh! You really gotta stop popping up on me, Leonard.”
“Sorry I’m late Steve. But I hope you’re ready for a great day of training! I got some good things planned.”
Steve nods his head.
“I’m ready.”
Leonard shook his head.
“Oh no my boy, I’m going to need to see some more intensity then that!”
Leonard gives him a man shove to fire him up.
“I said are you ready, motherfucker!?
Just then Zelda Knite, Steve’s girlfriend, was going to enter the gym and ask something but she stopped when she saw what was happening.
Steve standing in the gym by himself. He seems to get shoved and staggers backward. Then he screams “FUCK YEAH!” and then tries to shove the air in front of him.
“Oh great….Steve’s gone crazy.”
Zelda rolled her eyes and then she glances up toward the sky and crossed her fingers.
“Halfway there to the life insurance…”
~
THE HARDKORE REALITY OF STEVE AWESOME
END OF DAYS SPECIAL 2: Try Hard
~
Steve Awesome and Leonard Fox walk out onto a big field with about a dozen dug into it. Each one had a platform built above it with a rope hanging down. Leonard presents it like it’s his work of art.
“I present to you, your training day.”
Steve just stood there and stared. He didn’t know what to make of it. Leonard begins to unveil his thought process.
“This will be training endurance. Not only of the body but also the mind. You will run this obstacle course of rope swinging. But what you don’t know, is that within each pit there are many man eating crocodiles that you must also avoid. Do this task and then you win!”
“Wait…”
Steve squints as he thinks.
“Isn’t that just the old retro game “Pitfall?”
Leonard scratches his old balding head.
“I knew I heard of it somewhere else.”
Steve sighed and shook his head.
“Leonard, this is the worst idea of a training session! How is swinging over crocodiles supposed to get me ready for Jesse Jamester let alone the XCrown? This is stupid!”
Leonard points back.
“Hey don’t blame me. I’m not even real. I’m just a figment of your imagination.”
Steve stopped to consider if that would make him also stupid?
“Listen, my boy, whether it’s swinging over crocodile pits here, or swinging over Jesse Jamester for a second time, you got this thing, Steve.”
Leonard shrugged his shoulders and wrapped an arm around Steve.
“I mean when you think about it, Jesse Jamester is kind of a try hard.”
Leonard laughs.
“I mean what’s with the big scary mask for intimidation?”
Leonard rolls his eyes.
“Dinosaurs went extinct years ago! Get with the times. But we know he isn’t fooling anyone with that ridiculous get up.”
Leonard points to himself and Steve as he listens.
“We know, that the murder lizard is really more like a scared salamander poking its head out of the ground hoping for a little time to bask in the sun.”
“Jesse Jamester is still looking for that first real huff of a spotlight. He really wants to have something that can help justify those obnoxious shoulder Pauldrons. But instead, he’s just a man in a stupid mask, who you already beat at Night of Champions, and who gets beat up by his son.”
Steve looks over in disgust.
“He does!? Man, if my son ever tried to fight me, I’d whip that three year olds ass, bro.”
Leonard nods his head.
“Yes, quite. So in my eyes as the coach, you’ve dealt with the murder lizard before. You know his strength and power. You know what he has. But just like last time, you quicken the pace on him. Work those legs, work an arm, work a neck, chop him down and show him why there are always a couple extra tricks up the sleeve of the Face of the Franchise! Because unlike Jesse Jamester this winning stuff comes natural to you, and you’ll show him all about that at End of Days Night Two.”
Steve thinks about all Leonard has said and nods his head.
“Now…”
Leonard looked at Steve.
“Do you at least want to try and swing over a crocodile pit?”
Steve glares at him.
“Actually yes, I kinda do.”
Leonard nods his head and glances at his watch.
“Good, because we’ve only got the crocodiles rented until seven thirty.
Slow Fade.
~
STEVE AWESOME
HardKore Face of the Franchise
Scene opens on Steve Awesome staring back at you. He already had a fire in his eyes. He held up an index finger.
“Let me just cut you off right there Jesse.”
He slowly shook his head.
“I don’t give a shit.”
He points to himself.
“I don’t give a shit about your threats. I don’t give a shit about your strength or your stupid little mask, I don’t give a shit about how bad you want it, or whatever dumb shit you promised to do to make sure you get it.”
Steve swipes the air as he continues to glare.
“Doesn’t matter.”
His eyes didn’t waiver from behind his sunglasses. You're not even sure if he’s been blinking?
“Because I’m going straight through you on Night Two.”
He takes a step forward.
“I’m going to walk into Queens, New York, that bell is going to ring, your going to stomp your overgrown monkey ass towards me thinking you got a shot and then I’m going to proceed to stomp you into a lizard skin purse just so I can say I handed you your ass in a bag.”
Steve sighs.
“I know you want your moment Jesse, you want a scratch at something so bad that you’re signed up on my list of Hardcore title challengers twice.”
Steve crossed his arms.
“But it’s a fitting place to fight in Dino-Land….because I’m going to have to knock your ass extinct one more time.”
“But this is bigger then my HardKore Championship of the world, this is bigger then Night of Champions.”
This is the XCrown.
“And this time, in this tournament, I’m going all the way to the top and I will NOT let anyone stand in my way.”
He slowly shook his head.
“You don’t understand Jesse….”
He points to himself.
“I have to keep going.”
“I can’t stop.”
He clenched a fist.
“I absolutely refuse to let it be all over.”
He looks back up at the camera.
“So on Night Two, I’m going right through you. However hard of a hit that’s gotta be is up to you Jesse, but I’m telling you right now that it isn’t going to be your night.”
Steve reaches up and pulls his sunglasses off and it shows he has dark bags under his eyes like he hasn’t been sleeping. He still doesn’t seem to blink.
“You are gonna get a glimpse of this madness.”
He nods.
“You are gonna find out how bad I want this.”
“Your gonna feel how bad I need this.”
Fade.
