Post by Jack Diamond on Apr 24, 2018 18:52:36 GMT -5
[The scene opens outside of the Tundra Lodge Resort and Conference Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin on Friday Morning. In just three days, thousands of fans will gather a block away in the Resch Center as ICW presents Monday Night Spectacle. It’s a beautiful cool morning, with the temperature being in the lower fifties. The camera focuses down a sidewalk a man is seen jogging down Lombardi Avenue, from the direction of the Resch Center and Lambeau Field. As he gets closer we see that it is none other than ICW World Champion, Jack Diamond sporting red shorts and his black and red Diamond Club T-Shirt. When he gets up to the camera, he takes out his headphones as Papa Roach’s new song “Born For Greatness” is faintly heard through the speakers. Diamond smiles at the camera, checks his smartwatch and is getting ready to speak when a chime on his phone goes off. Diamond pulls the phone out of his pocket and sees that he has a Twitter reply. Upon opening Twitter, Jack sees it is Jericho Kade replying to a retweet Jack made from ICW’s official Twitter account about his match with Bobby Barratt this Monday. Jack shakes his head as he reads the reply.]
Jack Diamond: Isn’t that just cute. Mr. ICW trying to fight the Prodigal Son’s battles for him. Kade, explain to me how Barratt is already famous? Famous for slapping women? Famous for taking his ball and running home because Jack Diamond joined the ICW? Or is he famous for walking around dressed like he’s the star of Barney and Friends? Well Kade, does that make you Baby Bop or B.J.? I’m guessing B.J. After all, you are as yellow as they get and well… the name fits.
[Jack pauses to take a sip from his water bottle, and puts his phone away. Before he can start talking again, a couple pedestrians pass by and recognize the World Champ and asks for his autograph. Jack Diamond signs a couple items presented to him and starts walking towards the resort. As the camera follow ahead of him, Diamond continues.]
Jack Diamond: Bobby, while your little protégé thinks you are already famous, the rest of the world knows the truth. You sir, are nothing more than a poor man’s Jack Diamond. You see, Bobby, in just a few short weeks I have transcended what ICW is all about. I joined this great company and went straight to the top and am now YOUR ICW World Champion. Now… I know that’s a tough pill to swallow for a man as full of himself such as you, Bobby. That’s okay, it’ll get easier over time. Some people may not realize how close in age we are, since Jack Diamond is so youthful looking and in shape and Bobby Barratt appears to have gotten a little carried away on fish and chips on his sabbatical from ICW. We’ve grown up though in the same circles Bobby. I’ve followed your career closely, and you know, there was a time I really respected you. There was a time that I thought, “Man, if I could be in the ring with Bobby Barratt we could really put on a hell of a fight.” That is before you became a coward though. That is before you ran around trying to cause trouble and antagonize our boss, slap women, and get yourself fired. Yeah, you took the easy way out by putting yourself In Rossdale’s crosshairs, provoking him to fire you so that you wouldn’t have to face me as I made my impact here in ICW.
[Diamond enters the Tundra Lodge, where he is staying for the week leading up to Spectacle. In the distance, you can hear the sounds from the water park area where the maintenance crew are working hard on cleaning the water for the visitors to enjoy later in the day. ]
Jack Diamond: And look at you now Bobby. You’ve used the legal system to fight your battles for you just like you are using Jericho Kade to fight your battles. Now you walk around like you run this place. You and your “boy wonder” storm in to the Resch Center and attempt to take over. Yeah I seen the little stunt you pulled, pretending to be the boss. Look, Shawn and I may not see eye to eye on everything but that man writes my checks and if you ever wanted him to write yours again you may want to focus less on him and more on the deck that is stacked against you. Instead of partying it up in Chicago this past Monday, you should be training for the ass whippin’ you are going to receive at the hands of Jack Diamond. This isn’t going to be a party for you THIS Monday. No, all the joking, all the “fun” goes out the window.
[Jack stops talking and walks up to the reception desk. He asks the beautiful woman at the front desk for his mail. She turns and sorts through a couple bins before turning back with a stack of letters. Jack walks towards the elevator as the camera follows. As Jack gets on the elevator he opens the first letter.]
Jack Diamond: You gotta love fan mail. Let’s see what the first one says.
“Dear Jack,
Who are you looking forward to fighting the most in ICW?”
Well, that’s a great question. Sebastian Steele would have to be one of the competitors I’m looking forward to mixing it up with the most. There is a reason he has been able to defend his Iron Man title each week and I think he will defend it again this week. Then, when I beat Bobby Barratt Monday, I will get to face Sebastian in an Iron Man Title match. I will have a chance to become the first double champion in ICW.
[Jack opens the next letter. The camera zooms in on it:
“Yo Jack! I am your biggest fan! DIAMOND CLUB VIP BABY! I have to know, what do you think of so many people claiming to be a “savior” or ICW or the “prodigal son” of ICW, or “Mr. ICW”
PS Can I have your autograph?
Thanks,
Matt from Nashville”]
Jack Diamond: Well, Matt from Nashville, I’ll do you one better than an autograph. I’m going to invite you, as diamond club VIP, to the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. July 2nd I will be making my first title defense at the next pay-per-view because once I beat Bobby, I won’t have a title match until then. I have got your ticket covered Matt.
[Jack opens the next letter as the elevator doors open and he heads towards his suite. He reads this letter out loud as he is walking.]
Jack Diamond: Jack, if you could fight anyone one on one, who would it be? Love Jessica. Ha Well, Jessica, if I could fight anyone one on one, it would be Bobby Barratt of course. Let’s face it though, for the ole Ace to think this is going to be a one on one match, I would have to be crazier than Ari Naxt. See, I heard Bobby Barratt is going to have to have Jericho’s lips surgically removed from his backside, that’s how close they are. Let me make this clear to Bobby though, I don’t care if it’s one on one, one on two, or one on a million… I am the champion for a reason and that reason is Jack Diamond is the best damn thing in the ICW today! I fight for the people, the fans of ICW. I fight for the nameless. I fight for the faceless. Jack Diamond was born for greatness!
[Jack gets to his last letter. The return address is the person address stickers from ICW Shawn Rossdale. The same ones he uses when he sends out the checks, contracts, and things such as that. Having already received his check from last week, Jack looks puzzled.]
Jack Diamond: I’m not sure what Shawn is sending me. Maybe he is giving me a raise for being the ACTUAL reason for the ratings increases, as much as Barney and BJ think that it is them. Maybe he is writing me to tell me that because Bobby is scared to fight me, he has been “fired” again. I can’t say I would blame him. Let’s see what Mr. Rossdale has to say…
[Jack opens the letter from Shawn Rossdale. We can see that it is on the official corporate ICW letterhead but we can’t see the words written below. Jack stares at the sheet of paper and an anger begins to burn in his eyes. He crumples up the paper and throws it on the ground before entering his hotel room and slamming the door. The camera zooms in on the wrinkled paper and we see the following:
Dear Jack(ass):
You Suck!
XOXO Prodigy and Mr. ICW
The Scene Fades]