Diamond Returns to East Midland Today! [Rumble RP]
Apr 23, 2018 21:35:03 GMT -5
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Post by Jack Diamond on Apr 23, 2018 21:35:03 GMT -5
April 22nd 2018
LONDON?!? You brought me to London? What happened to Spain? Why are we HERE of all places.
Dakota Paige woke up earlier as the plane was descending into Heathrow Airport. She did not really pay attention much at Philadelphia International Airport when they were catching her flight. There were many emotions running through her mind. Jack Diamond, the man she fell head over heels for, the guy who up and disappeared on her, the man she tried to destroy his friendship with Bobby Barratt, wanted to take her to Spain so they could catch up. She knew he had a big match coming up and there would be a lot of business to attend to, but she couldn't help but feel as giddy as she once did. The pain she went through over the last half year melted away when she took the time to look into his eyes again. Now, however, she was more than a little upset. It took her until they got off the plane before she was even able to find the words. What the hell was he thinking bringing her here...
Jack Diamond: I'm sorry, I really didn't think you would mind. We ARE going to Spain. I just had to take care of a little business first here in the UK.
Dakota: You didn't think I would mind? Do you even KNOW why I mind? Why I'm so upset?
Jack looked on kind of perplexed. He thought she would enjoy sightseeing London again. The last time they were here together they had a blast until... Oh Shit.
September 26th 2017
Diamond's phone goes off again and he looks down at it once again, breaking his train of thought.
"Meet me at the Executive Box Entrance at Villa Park. Come alone. I'll do the same. See you in 30. - BB"
Diamond this time looks up and locks eyes with Dakota.
Dakota: Okay, should I be concerned? Who is texting you? It isn't that Natalie Jackson dimwit is it?
Diamond lets out a little chuckle before standing and walking over to Dakota and kissing her on the cheek.
Diamond: No, it's nothing like that, but I do need to go. Business meeting. Listen, don't worry about this Rieter crap. I can handle my own. I am the world champion and he needs me, but I don't need him. He will find that out this Monday.
Dakota: You are leaving now? What about lunch?
Diamond: Rain check? I'm sorry, I'll take you to dinner tonight. I have to go for now...
Diamond throws on his jacket and heads out of the hotel.
April 22nd 2018
Dakota: That was the last day I seen or heard from you until our little meeting the other week. I get word from some flunkie that you had bought me a one way ticket back to America and that you would call me later. And guess what? NOTHING! No call, no text... nothing.
Diamond: I had every intention of calling you. I did. Look, that day when I ran out of the hotel it was to meet Bobby. We had planned to raise hell and put an end to Lucas Rieter. It was going to be ugly. It was going to be damn near criminal. I didn't want you to be a part of it. Then, we get to the building and it's padlocked. That little coward shut the company down rather than face what he had coming to him. Just like that, what Bobby and I had started was dead in its tracks. I took it pretty hard, one minute I'm on top of the world and then next I am out of a job. I went back home, contemplated retiring for good. Right before I was getting ready to ring you up, Bobby called with this opportunity in AWF. The Icon's were back on track.
Dakota: And you didn't stop to think that I would have enjoyed being there by your side? Knowing what was going on with you?
Diamond: There wasn't a day I didn't think about you. It just all happened so fast. Getting to Ohio, raising some hell like only the Icons can, then getting hurt. The rehab the training and then back to the grind. I will say that I was shocked to see you again... but a good kind of shock.
Dakota: Why are we really here? What business do you have?
Diamond: Well, I got a really cryptic phone call the other night from this V person.. machine.. whatever the hell it is. Apparently The Icons are taking on the New Age Killers at AXW's Anonymous Assault show.
Dakota: And?
Diamond: And?! Well it is the Icons and Jack Diamond wasn't on the marquee. Instead Bobby is teaming with the protege, Brad Swann. Even more crazy is one half of the New Age Killers is fellow Icon Maverick. We won't argue whether or not I think Maverick deserves to be called an Icon but he is a champion. Nevertheless, V pitched me the idea that I would come and be a special guest ref for this match. Watch and make sure things don't get too out of handed because this was going to be a no holds barred match. With Bobby's head not screwed on right these days, it is only right I make sure he doesn't do something he can't come back from.
Dakota: The same Bobby who left you lying the other night? Not only did he win the match but he cheap shotted you at the end. You are just going to forget that?
Diamond: Hell no. I don't forget stuff that easily. However, I know it came from a place in Bobby's mind that is so filled with anger, hate and jealousy right now that he wasn't thinking clearly. This match may serve as a chance for me to snap him back into reality.
Dakota: So you referee this one match and then we go to Spain?
Diamond: Of course, we will fly out right after the show. Before the show though, I have a media appearance I have to make.
Dakota: It's not...
Diamond: Yes, East Midlands Today is having me back
Dakota: Oh..great...
September 20th 2017
Jackson: Well, confidence is something you definitely do not lack, nor should you. You do, however, have a tag team partner in this match and before we get to him I just have to ask... what is with the box of cereal?
Jack looks at the box of Lucky Charms on the table and looks embarrassed. In the back, Dakota chuckles to herself as Natalie Jackson has a confused look on her face.
Diamond: Oh my, pardon me Natalie, where are my manners? So yes, I have a big tag team match as we've discussed and I thought what better way to show everyone that my partner and I are on the same page than to have him do this interview with me? So allow me to introduce my tag team partner... everyone's favorite Leprechaun, Maverick! Now, obviously this isn't really Maverick, as he is still probably getting the kinks worked out of his neck after taking a stacked deck at the last show, but he might as well be this cardboard box filled with delicious oat cereal and marshmallows. He is just as intimidating. Everyone wants to know why I would lay my partner out before such a big match. It's simple. Maverick thinks he belongs in the big leagues so I wanted to give him a little taste of what would happen if he crosses me in this match. Maverick, if you want me to carry you to your first title, that is fine. Congrats. You will be a tag team champion. If you think for one second you belong in the world title picture though, well son, you might as well hide behind a pot of gold because you are living a fantasy!
April 23rd 2017
Jack stands beside Dakota in the green room as they watch a clip from the last time Diamond was on this news program as the show goes to commercial. A lot of things can change in seven months but the more they change, the more they stay the same.
Dakota: If that bitch flirts with you again I may have to kick her ass this time...
Diamond: So you DO still have feelings for me eh?
Dakota: Shut up
Dakota punches Diamonds enough to sting and he can't help but laugh a bit. What a strange road this life is at times. Here he is again, about to do the same show he did all those months before when Maverick was riding his coattail. Yet, here we are... Maverick still riding the coattails of Jack and Bobby. A producer starts counting down as the new program is comin back from break. Diamond puts on his glasses and adjusts the tie he is wearing. Dakota just shakes her head.
Diamond walks out on stage and is all smiles as he waves to the camera and then shakes Natalie's hand before sitting down beside her. He fixes his jacket and takes a drink out of the mug in front of him.
Jakson: We are excited to have you on the show today Jack, it wasn't long ago that you sat in that seat as we discussed your title reign in Icon Championship Wrestling. Now, just a few months later you are in a smaller company, no title, and heading towards one of the most important fights of your career. That has to be surreal right?
Diamond: Well, first of all, it great to be back on the show. It is true, a lot has happened since I was on here last. ICW closes and AWF became my new home. With all the bouts I've been in over the years, if you told me I would just now be having one of the largest bouts in my career, I wouldn't believe you. So surreal is pretty good word.
Jackson: Tell us about the XHF Rumble. It has what, 75 people or so in it? How does that even work?
Diamond: Well, Natalie, your guess is as good as mine when it comes to the schematics of such a match. All you need to be concerned with though is the end result and that will be Jack Diamond standing tall, the proud new holder of the X-Crown Championship.
Jackson: If there is anyone that overcome such odds it is definitely you. There is, however, a lot of tough competition in this match. Names like Bobby Barratt, Rob Arnold, Hyperion and Taane. How do you enter a match like this where there are no friends, no teams, just every man or woman trying to kill each other for a belt?
Diamond: Ha, well you said it best. There are no friends in this match. Take the Icons for example. We know we are the most dominant force in this business but we entered this match for one reason, to individually win it. Bobby is going to be trying. Maverick and Swann will be trying. And of course I will be trying. It isn't about the Icons on this night. There is everything from current champions, to former champions, to presidents, to porn stars in this match. There are Gods and there are coked up, out of their mind, executives. Then there is Jack Diamond. A man so gifted that at the end of the night he will stand about them all with the most coveted belt in XHF history.
Jackson: You talk about Bobby Barratt there. Last time you were here, you and Bobby had been in a huge rivalry. Things were actually starting to sync up for you guys as your began having each others back. That friendship would grow over the months and your early time in AWF until last Friday when the two of you were pitted against each other once again. Bobby won that match and while you tried to show your respect after the match, he cheap shotted you. Rumours around the internet is that you are here in London because Bobby is taking part in a cross-promotional match with AXW. Are you here to somehow get interfere with that match?
Diamond: Internet rumours crack me up from time to time. What Bobby did last Friday at Prestige, well, I deserved it. I hadn't been a very good friend lately. I stopped returning his calls and then he started getting the idea that I was trying to hook up with his former girlfriend, which isn't true by the way. He laid me out after a hard fought match because his mind just isn't right these days. Anyways, Look I had to fly across the Atlantic so I'm making the best of it. I have a week until the Rumble so I figured, Why not buy tickets to the Anonymous Assault show. Cheer my best friend, our up and coming Icon and my former tag team partner on as they thrown down in that ring? I'm just a fan, that is all.
Jackson: I understand. So speaking of your former tag team champion, Maverick, you had really strong words for him the last time you were here. Going as far as sitting here with a box of Lucky Charms cereal and offering to carry him to a title. Well that happened and now Maverick has had quite the run lately. He holds AWF's State of Ohio Championship. What do you think of his ring work as of late?
Diamond: Well, there is a reason why we pegged him to join us in the Icons. The kid has potential. Has he improved? Absolutely. Is he good enough to carry my jock? Not quite. He holds a belt that was created by a sorry ass know-nothing to try and boost sales and tourism in a broke American state. Maverick will never be more to me than that happy-go-lucky leprechaun with his marshmallows and his pot of gold.
Jackson: What is next for Jack Diamond? You say you will win the XHF Rumble and become the new X-Crown Championship. That title is very prestigious inside of the XHF Network. People from all over will be chasing you then. How do you handle that kind of pressure?
Diamond: How do I handle that kind of pressure? Well it's simple, Pressure is what makes Diamonds. I am the best in this business. I will prove it in the Rumble and I will prove it after the rumble. As the next X-Crown champ, it will be my duty to bring that championship up to the Diamond Club level. Defend it in AWF? Done. AXW? Done. Hell, if I have to go to SSS and defend my crown there. This Sunday, Jack Diamond will reign supreme and that you can bet on!
Jackson: Well there you have it folks, the ever confident, always outspoken, Jack Diamond. Jack, thank you for being here today! If you want to catch Jack in action you will have to tune in April 29th when XHF Network presents XHF: RUMBLE!
As Natalie Jackson pitches it back to the news desk, Jack stands and shakes her hand once again while removing his ear piece. He looks towards the cameras and sees Dakota standing there with a gleam in her eye. She always did enjoy watching him when the cameras were rolling. He also enjoyed having here there. This felt right. He walks to the back and puts his arm around her shoulder...
Diamond: See just like old times...
Dakota: Yeah, we will see.
The two of them exit the broadcast center and head off down the street. That night things would get pretty crazy. Dakota sat in press boxes and watched as Jack Diamond made his way into an AXW ring to announce that he was the special referee in the Icons vs N.A.K. tag team match. A brutal match for sure, only got crazier when Bobby exchanged words with Jack Diamond and Diamond laid him out in the ring. Swann, who continues to try and prove his worth to Barratt came to his defense only to receive a stacked deck for his troubles. Maverick ended up getting the win and before Bobby could even come to, Jack had exited the arena, motioned for Dakota to follow and the two of them got out of there. After a quick stop by the hotel room to get their bags, they made it to the airport and boarded their flight Spain.
April 24th 2018
Dakota: You know, Bobby is not going to be happy about that match.
Diamond: Yeah, I'm counting on it. Look, Bobby is my boy and all but he has to get his head straight. Maybe that will be what it takes. Or maybe it opens up a whole new can of worms to a new Diamond vs Barratt war. I don't know.
Dakota: He is in that Rumble match right? You think he will be gunning for you?
Diamond: Of course, hell even if none of this shit went down he would be gunning for me. Bobby is a competitor and wants to win that championship as bad as I do. I just gave him a little extra motivation.
Dakota: And Maverick?
Diamond: Fuck Maverick, I only counted because I had a job to do. He is still the bitch of the Icons and Sunday will be no different.
Dakota: Well, you certainly know how to make things interesting... I'll give you that.
Diamond: Girl, you have no idea.
Dakota: Speaking of girl... who is this Ember chick that wants to be the cream in yours and Bobby's oreo?
Diamond looks over at Dakota who has the shocking video of Ember Ferrari up on her phone. She bursts out laughing as Diamond gets a little red in the face.
Diamond: Please, put that away...
Dakota continues her laughing as Jack just rolls his eyes. Dakota pushes play to watch the once again. The scene comes to an end.
