Lights! Camera! Action! RP5 For X-Crown Match
Jan 21, 2019 5:57:45 GMT -5
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Post by Bobby Barratt on Jan 21, 2019 5:57:45 GMT -5
The scene fades in showing Bobby heading into the Pinfall Apparel HQ. He's here for his shoot for the Ad campaign he is part of to promote Pinfall Apparel and his new partnership. He takes a seat as Curt is pouring him a coffee.
Curt: So, big night last night?
Bobby: Yeah, me and Jack went out to celebrate our upcoming win over Team Viper.
Curt: Before the match? Isn't that a little presumptuous, bro?
Bobby: Nah, we got this. We figured that'd be the cakewalk as opposed to the X-Crown match.
Curt: Oh, so you're not celebrating that, yet?
Bobby: Nah, not that'd be counting our Chickens.
Curt: Plus, that's hardly Jack's victory, right?
Bobby: Hey...ANY Icon victory is cause for celebration. We took on each other at the AWF Special Christmas show, didn't we? What did we do right after? We went out and grabbed a beer. It's important with a group dynamic like ours, to get out there and bury the hatchet right away. We don't need awkward feeling, or resentment over a win. We all knew when we got into this business what it was about. We all want to be the top Dog and it's nothing more than that.
Curt: So you two are good now?
Bobby: Man, we're great! Anyway, I made a slight change to the plan for today.
Curt: How so?
Bobby: Well you wanted all 18 X-Crown Championship belts brought to the shoot, right?
Curt: Yep!
Bobby: Well that's not going to happen.
Curt: Why not?
Bobby: Well first of all, logistically, it's a nightmare to get them all over here. They aren't fit for travel in some cases due to the life they've had.
Curt: Man, I don't know how I feel about that, bro.
Bobby: Well let me finish here. I went out and had a NEW X-Crown Championship belt made, encompassing a few of those titles. This shoot will be the official reveal of said Championship.
Curt: Oh, OK! Now you have my interest again! I knew you wouldn't let me down.
Bobby: See? Man, you know I wouldn't stitch you up!
Curt: So...
Bobby: Yeah?
Curt: Let's see!
Bobby rolls his eyes and smiles to himself.
Bobby: You really are a bit of a mark, aren't you?
Curt: Nah bro, I'm Curt. Who's mark?
Bobby: Never mind...
Bobby reaches down and grabs the box we saw in the last video. The one he opened containing his masterfully made X-Crown Championship belt. He places the box on the table and spins it around to face Curt before lifting the lid.
Curt's eyes shoot open like he's being shown the inner workings of the entire Universe.
Curt: Ho....Lee....Shit!
Bobby: I know, right?
Curt reaches forward to take the Championship out of the box, Bobby snaps the box shut before he gets near it and yanks it away.
Bobby: Dude....I haven't even had this bad boy out of the box yet. This shoot will literally be the first time I've held my OWN Championship!
Curt: Bruh....
Bobby: Bro...
Curt: Anyways, let's get you all set up and we can get rolling!
We cut to a montage of Bobby going through the routine of being in hair and makeup, then changing into his ring gear. He is obviously unhappy with how long this is taking by the looks he gives some of the staff, that are doing their best to get him camera ready. Finally, Bobby steps out into the shoot room to see a huge Icons/Pinfall Apparel backdrop set up across the back wall.
Curt: There's our star! So it's going to be fairly straight forward. We want you in front of that backdrop just looking mean, holding up the title...You know, Bobby stuff!
Bobby: Easiest money ever!
Bobby heads over to the backdrop and positions himself.
Curt: Erm... You forgetting something there, Champ?
Bobby: Oh shit!
Bobby heads back towards the back of the room and opens the box containing his new Championship belt. He stares at it for a few seconds, still in awe of it and what it represents.
Curt: All good there, Champ?
Bobby snaps back to reality. He reaches down and a huge grin appears across his face as for the very first time, he lifts the new X-Crown Championship out of the box. The light bounces off the face plate as he does so, creating a strange shimmer effect on his face. He lets out a little laugh to himself as he places the title over his shoulder and heads back to the business end of the room.
Bobby: All set!
Cameras start snapping as Bobby assumes the usual generic poses: Arms folded, arms raised, title in the air and so forth. Curt starts to fire Bobby up as the flashes continue to pop.
Curt: Come on! Raiden is going to come at you strong, you going to stand for that?
Bobby: Raiden won't be an issue! No one will be an issue for me! I'm the fucking X-Crown Champion of the XHF Network and there's not a single fucking Man, Woman, Pig or a damn Apache Helicopter that can knock me off the top!
FLASH! FLASH! FLASH!
Curt: They're saying that you just cheat to win! Is that the truth?
Bobby holds his title in the air with his Right hand.
Bobby: Since day one....We've made no secrets that we do anything we need to do to take the win! Winning is what builds you in this game. Coming second place and taking your fucking participation medal home won't get you shit except a cup of Coffee! This that's the Icon way?! Think we are happy to lose out on the win in order to win a fucking fair play trophy? No!
FLASH! FLASH! FLASH
The cameras stop for a second. Bobby takes a second before he finally fastens the title around his waist. For the first time since winning the X-Crown Championship on his final night within the AWF, Bobby has a title that feels perfect around his waist. The cameras start again.
Curt: How's that feel, Champ?
Bobby: This feels right! I never want this title to leave me and I'll make damn fucking sure that I give every drop of blood and sweat to make sure that come Supremacy, I keep this title around my waist and walk out as the X-Crown Champion!
The camera operators finish up grabbing their shots and one of them shoots Curt a thumbs up to say they have all they need before they head out.
Bobby: So how was that?
Curt starts a slow clap as he speaks.
Curt: That...Was...Great! We're going to get those down to editing now and they'll work their magic, take out any blemishes and make sure we get the one shot that shows the intensity that this whole brand represents! You know this is exactly what we needed!
Curt reaches out and shakes Bobby's hand. It's pretty obvious he's going to make a lot of money from this deal. Bobby grabs all his belongings and heads out to change up as the scene fades.
We come back and Bobby is standing outside the building. He's alone, a cigarette in one hand and his mobile phone in the other. He snaps it to selfie mode and starts filming.
Bobby: So followers. I just finished up my first shoot for Pinfall Apparel and it's absolute FIRE! You should start seeing the promos soon, some time around Supremacy we hope. Speaking of which, it's about time I address a couple of comments I've heard from some of my fellow competitors.
Bobby puffs on his cigarette as it hangs idly out of his mouth.
Bobby: So the most notable of each, the one people really want to hear my thoughts on since he's probably my main competitor in this match... Big Fuckin' Drag! I noticed you made yourself a copy of my title! Nicely done! Other than that, I didn't really understand too much that came out of your mouth! Now are you actually dead or was that some far our CW bullshit? I've been down there one time and man those guys go all out in terms of crazy, so honestly, who knows?
A couple of people walk past and recognise Bobby, they give him some half hearted heckling as he throws a couple of insults back in their direction and tells them they need to get to Supremacy to see the show.
Bobby: Now Raiden. Raiden, Raiden, Raiden. You've gotten a little active these last few days and finally started commenting on the fact that you got sent to this match. Was this Felix Ziko's last ditch at getting the X-Crown back to AWF by sending the one guy that got a win over me? Dude, you got the win, yet you're still salty as fuck about the beat down you got after that match! You need to expect this shit, not everywhere fights with honour and the fighting spirit that you're used to wherever you came to America from. Remember this, you can't call me out for a post match beat down, when you say yourself that you used an outside interference to take the win in the first place! That! Isn't! Honour! You've done not a lot more than harp on about how you've had chance after chance and come oh so close to taking the title from an Icon already. You know what that proves? That proves that you're incapable of doing it! All being in two or three or however many of these shindigs you've been a part of proves is that's the exact number of times you've LOST! That shows me exactly how many times you've failed to grab the proverbial Brass ring! While Bobby Barratt here has had a fucking vice like choke hold on said Brass ring for the last 12 months! This time last year I was the AWF World Champion! Then I was the AWF Prestige Class Champion! Then I was the AWF Prestige Champion! Then I won End of Days and the XHF Tag Team Championships....Then? This bad boy right here!
Bobby holds up his X-Crown Championship, which is back in the box now.
Bobby: I also note that you made your prediction about the case...The End of Days Briefcase which gives me a shot at any title I want to take! You bet your sorry arse that if by some freak accident, someone manages to best me, I'll hunt them down like a fucking Shark after Blood in order to get this title back! No one will escape the clutches of the Icons with a Championship and at the end of the day, you know damn sure I am going to do everything in my power to make sure we all come up smelling of Roses...Iconic Roses! Raiden I sincerely hope that we come up One and Two in that match, so when I take you out directly, there's no excu-
BEEP! BEEP!
A low battery icon appears on Bobby's phone.
Bobby: Shit! Raiden, boys in the Blind Man's Bluff match, I gotta cut this short since I'm all out of battery here. I'll get down to somewhere I can get a charge and get this shit sent out! Peace!
Bobby hits the stop button on his phone and immediately tries to upload the video, but he gets another warning to get his phone on the charger as he sighs, putting his phone back into his pocket and headed off screen as we fade to Black.
