Never Bet Against The Palm Springs Kid!
Oct 7, 2024 22:28:41 GMT -5
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Post by Jonnie Valentine on Oct 7, 2024 22:28:41 GMT -5
Kevin Valentine Jr. is standing by backstage with “The Palm Springs Kid” Billy Striker
Kevin Valentine Jr.: Fans, I am standing here with “The Palm Springs Kid” Billy Striker who will be in his first Hardkore Helloween in beautiful Honolulu, Hawaii. Billy, you’re the youngest and least experienced wrestler in this event. How do you prepare for such a match like this?
Billy Striker: Hello Kevin, I’m excited to finally be interviewed by you. It just feels surreal to be up here, and I gotta just pinch myself around here sometimes. As a kid, I had Death Gojira and Cobryn action figures. I grew up watching Hardkore Helloweens. Me and my friends would get the pay-per-view and order pizza. We saw guys like Lucifer Jones and Dougie Ray Bullet…
Kevin Valentine Jr.: You were watching barbed wire battle royals when you were 9?!
Billy Striker: (chuckles) Yeah. My mom didn’t watch me so good. Sometimes the people from the Clown Playtime Spectacular would come and pick me up for a while in that nice lady’s car that smelled like vanilla, on account of the lil yellow pine tree she had hanging from the rear view mirror. Sometimes when she picked me up in the summer, her car was hot, so it smelled like fresh baked chocolate chip cookies. I always wondered where someone could find something that smelled so wonderful.
Kevin Valentine Jr.: Clown Play…you mean Child Protective Services?
Billy Striker: Heck, I don’t know, Kevin. Those were just the letters on her car. But Momma meant well, she would always order me a pizza if she had enough left over that night, and I always had Guillermo.
Kevin Valentine Jr.: You knew Guillermo O’Bannon?
Billy Striker: Shucks, no. But I had an old Bic lighter that I pretended was Guillermo. He and I would call the matches together on TV, and he would say I talk real good, and say he would treat me and my Momma real good one day.
Kevin Valentine Jr.: Wait, Striker. Your mother isn’t Carol Striker that used to come to the shows…
Billy Striker: Then when I was in college, we all watched Wesley Crane and even last year's amazing show with Kilroy Evans. I know I’m nowhere close to those guys just yet, but anything can happen in Hardkore World. And over the years, I saw so many amazing upsets happen because someone got caught in the barbed wire a bad way, and if that happens, Billy Striker could be your next Helloween Cup Winner!
Kevin Valentine Jr.: You can’t get ahead of yourself, there are 9 other dangerous competitors in this match, Billy.
Billy Striker: That’s right, Kevin. You got guys like Captain Righteous, who’s a big strong guy that likes to bully people. Well Captain Righteous, you know what happens to bullies? One day they pick on someone who fights back, and I might not be the biggest guy you’ve ever wrestled, but I’m darn sure the toughest. You and your spaceship person Honor Knight are about to get the hip tossing of a lifetime!
Kevin Valentine Jr.: What about Syrus “The Steam Whistle” Wilder?
Billy Striker: When I was kid, I used to watch everything YouTube had of John “Catman” Wilder, now I get to wrestle his son. Syrus, you’re the largest guy in this match but that doesn’t mean you can’t get hip tossed too!
Kevin Valentine Jr.: We also have a late entry, Simon Cruise, who is returning from that career ending neck injury suffered at the hands of Captain Righteous.
Billy Striker: That was real rotten business, Kevin. I used to see Simon at the matches in Palm Springs when he was setting up the rings. I couldn’t believe it when he won the Hardkore West Coast Championship, and he made a fine champion. So if he needs anyone to double hip toss Knight and Righteous, I’m your man!
Kevin Valentine Jr.: Plus we have Tong Fairtex!
Billy Striker: Well speaking of guys with famous daddies, Tong and The Shootfighter are the only father son combination to do this match. I loved watching his matches and cheering him on from the stands, and now I get to be there right next to him, giving people muay thai things and whatnot.
Kevin Valentine Jr.: You heard it here, fans. “The Palm Springs Kid” Billy Striker is looking to win the Hardkore Helloween Cup!
Kevin Valentine Jr.: Fans, I am standing here with “The Palm Springs Kid” Billy Striker who will be in his first Hardkore Helloween in beautiful Honolulu, Hawaii. Billy, you’re the youngest and least experienced wrestler in this event. How do you prepare for such a match like this?
Billy Striker: Hello Kevin, I’m excited to finally be interviewed by you. It just feels surreal to be up here, and I gotta just pinch myself around here sometimes. As a kid, I had Death Gojira and Cobryn action figures. I grew up watching Hardkore Helloweens. Me and my friends would get the pay-per-view and order pizza. We saw guys like Lucifer Jones and Dougie Ray Bullet…
Kevin Valentine Jr.: You were watching barbed wire battle royals when you were 9?!
Billy Striker: (chuckles) Yeah. My mom didn’t watch me so good. Sometimes the people from the Clown Playtime Spectacular would come and pick me up for a while in that nice lady’s car that smelled like vanilla, on account of the lil yellow pine tree she had hanging from the rear view mirror. Sometimes when she picked me up in the summer, her car was hot, so it smelled like fresh baked chocolate chip cookies. I always wondered where someone could find something that smelled so wonderful.
Kevin Valentine Jr.: Clown Play…you mean Child Protective Services?
Billy Striker: Heck, I don’t know, Kevin. Those were just the letters on her car. But Momma meant well, she would always order me a pizza if she had enough left over that night, and I always had Guillermo.
Kevin Valentine Jr.: You knew Guillermo O’Bannon?
Billy Striker: Shucks, no. But I had an old Bic lighter that I pretended was Guillermo. He and I would call the matches together on TV, and he would say I talk real good, and say he would treat me and my Momma real good one day.
Kevin Valentine Jr.: Wait, Striker. Your mother isn’t Carol Striker that used to come to the shows…
Billy Striker: Then when I was in college, we all watched Wesley Crane and even last year's amazing show with Kilroy Evans. I know I’m nowhere close to those guys just yet, but anything can happen in Hardkore World. And over the years, I saw so many amazing upsets happen because someone got caught in the barbed wire a bad way, and if that happens, Billy Striker could be your next Helloween Cup Winner!
Kevin Valentine Jr.: You can’t get ahead of yourself, there are 9 other dangerous competitors in this match, Billy.
Billy Striker: That’s right, Kevin. You got guys like Captain Righteous, who’s a big strong guy that likes to bully people. Well Captain Righteous, you know what happens to bullies? One day they pick on someone who fights back, and I might not be the biggest guy you’ve ever wrestled, but I’m darn sure the toughest. You and your spaceship person Honor Knight are about to get the hip tossing of a lifetime!
Kevin Valentine Jr.: What about Syrus “The Steam Whistle” Wilder?
Billy Striker: When I was kid, I used to watch everything YouTube had of John “Catman” Wilder, now I get to wrestle his son. Syrus, you’re the largest guy in this match but that doesn’t mean you can’t get hip tossed too!
Kevin Valentine Jr.: We also have a late entry, Simon Cruise, who is returning from that career ending neck injury suffered at the hands of Captain Righteous.
Billy Striker: That was real rotten business, Kevin. I used to see Simon at the matches in Palm Springs when he was setting up the rings. I couldn’t believe it when he won the Hardkore West Coast Championship, and he made a fine champion. So if he needs anyone to double hip toss Knight and Righteous, I’m your man!
Kevin Valentine Jr.: Plus we have Tong Fairtex!
Billy Striker: Well speaking of guys with famous daddies, Tong and The Shootfighter are the only father son combination to do this match. I loved watching his matches and cheering him on from the stands, and now I get to be there right next to him, giving people muay thai things and whatnot.
Kevin Valentine Jr.: You heard it here, fans. “The Palm Springs Kid” Billy Striker is looking to win the Hardkore Helloween Cup!
