The Power of Negative Thinking
Aug 18, 2019 15:06:28 GMT -5
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Post by Alex Richards on Aug 18, 2019 15:06:28 GMT -5
8-18-19
Las, Vegas, Nevada
Just before the main event
It's another great night of Action Wrestling. How about that all in match? Can you believe the surprise winner? Alex Richards is in his locker room with his brother Sean Zach and his girlfriend Rebecca.
We already have the Zim-Quila on ice for the celebration!
We need something special. When I win the AW world title.. I say we set the night ablaze with flaming boots of Zim-Quila!
That is such a fire hazzard!
Shaun grins.
But totally worth it bro!
Rebecca smiles seductively
Then later that night.. let's just say the party doesn't end.
I'm... not gonna be there for that.
You got this Alex.
Alex hugs his brother.. hugs his girlfriend.. they leave to allow him his last minute preparations. Alex sighs deeply.. thinking.. back...
8-28-16
UCI Meltdown
Phoenix, Arizona
World Title versus Howard Black
The Honey Badger was a prodigy. People said he was destined to be WCF world championship for ages. No one ever said that about me at this point. Nobody figured I was ever going to be world champion. This was supposed to be a gimme. An easy title defence for Howard Black before he went on to face David Sanchez. That was the money match, right? Not a chance Alex Richards, a man who never held a world title was going to upset that plan. Howard was the second ever UCI world champion, winning the belt from Crow McMorris. My former tag team partner. A man people believed carried that team. The team never so much as won a title. Howard not only defeated Crow, but destroyed him. Seeming ending his career at the end of the match. Howard was at the prime of his career. People didn't even think I had a prime. This match is a forgone conclusion.
4-26-19
WCF Kingdom Come
London, England
Steel Cage Match World Title Versus Bonnie Blue
Bonnie Blue used to be my leader. She was the leader of the Guardians. The best leader of the Guardians. She was my best friend and tag team partner. Yet I never saw her betrayal coming. After she left the Guardians died. I shouldn't make the Guardians work after Bonnie left. How I am supposed to beat Bonnie? She accomplished what I couldn't in 6 years. She won the WCF world title.. twice. When I lose tonight everyone will forever believe Bonnie was right to abandon the Guardians.. that we were holding her back.
Alex shakes his head. Takes a sip from his boot of Zim-Quila. Thinks back further to the root of the problem. To back where the thoughts that he just wasn't good enough began.
A Young Alex Richards. Age 10. Blonde hair. Which is probably a surprise for everyone remembering the chrome domed adult version of Alex. He hides in a closet. Practically shaking with terror. This is what he always does when Stuart Jackson comes to visit. Stu is a slight man, a businessman with a pencil thin moustache. Creepy looking. He holds out an envelope towards a blond haired couple, Alex's parents. Both look like they had lots of bad 1980's cosmetic surgery. Their greedy eyes follow the envelope as Stu snatches it out of reach.
We have to talk.
Bout what?
Your son has been talking about me again.
Ain't nobody believes em. We told everyone he's a liar.
It's bad for business.. It's starting to hurt my reputation.
Well what ya want us to do bout it?
We need you to silence him.
We ain't gonna kill em probably.
In the closet young Alex gasps. He doesn't actually know what his parents are capable of.
I wouldn't want you to kill him. That's ghastly. What I need is for you to further discredit him.
Stuart reaches into his briefcase pulling out a brochure which he shows to Alex's parents. Alex's father snorts.
Ya want us to send our boy to the nut house?
I understand that it sounds extreme but
Hold on.. I didn't say no. I'm just asking.. what's in it for us?
Jackson smiles... reaches into the briefcase again.. pulls out a second envelope.
How about I double your payment?
Ya got yourself a deal!
Which brings us back to now.. the present day..
Ladder Match
A five way ladder match? Are you kidding me? Do I look like I was built for climbing ladders? I've only ever competed in one other ladder match in a major promotion. It was also a 5 way ladder match in the WCF. I lost that ladder match to Natural Ice Beckman. He went on to become a dominant world champion. You know who else went on to become a dominant world champion? Ryan Lockhart. I have to end the greatest run in Action Wrestling history and I have to do it in a ladder match... and I have to beat out three other challengers in order to do it? One of those guys, KOS, has already been Action World Champion. I can't say that. It's been over a year since I won a title in Action Wrestling. It was a weak reign as television champion. So weak I received not a single vote for Television Champion of the Year during the annual awards. I didn't deserve one either. This week the odds are so not in my favour.
Negative thoughts. Every wrestler has them. Most of them pretend they don't exist. They act like they are superhuman. Beyond all fear. Beyond all pain. Beyond any possible thought of failures. You know what that makes them? Fools.
I don't.
I remember why I'm supposed to fail. I think about how things are supposed to go wrong. Then I go ahead and do it anyways. I overcome that possible failure.
That match against Howard Black? I was locked it his best hold.. the kimura.. the move that ended Crow's title reign. I refused to submit. I risked a broken arm because I wanted it that bad. I wanted it more. In the end I hit the Sanity Slip and I got my first true world title.
The steel cage war with Bonnie Blue? She hit me with everything she had. But she couldn't keep it down. In the end she finally had to try and escape the cage because she knew she was not going to keep me down for a three count. That didn't work either. I was the one who scored the pin. I set a record that night. 5 years and 22 days. It took me longer to win my first WCF world title then any other champion. Seems sad, right? But it's not. Tens of thousands of wrestlers quit and never won the ultimate prize. I didn't.
As for Stuart Jackson. When I grew up I make sure he went where he belonged. When he would never harm another child. I send him to a Syrian prison that would make even John Frost shudder. Right after I kicked him in the balls as hard as I could with my favourite pair of steel toed boots.
Alex raises a boot... drinks
I drank a lot of Zim-Quila out of those boots and it always brings back good memories.
I WAS UNWANTED... I WAS UNLOVED.. I WAS PUSHED ASIDE MY WHOLE CAREER.. MY WHOLE LIFE... I WAS TOLD I WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH! THAT I DIDN'T DESERVE ANYTHING BETTER...
I wasn't supposed to succeed. But I did. So I think of the negative things. I think of all the times the odds are against me. And I think of how I overcame them.. again and again.
So yeah... I'm facing the best world champion in Action Wrestling... in a ladder match.
But I'm not some fat man in a ladder match. I am the biggest bad ass in Action Wrestling history in a ladder match!
The odds are against me?
I fucking love the odds being against me!
Because I know they really aren't.
Four opponents in a ladder match?
That's nothing to me!
There's a reason I was the first man out to confront Camilla when she was gonna announce the number one contender. There's a reason I was the first man out wanting to fight Lockhart. Because I want this more then anyone on the roster. Not just that.. I'm the only one who truly has a chance of defeating Ryan Lockhart in this match.
Everyone else came out after I made the challenge.
Because all of them thought the same thing..
I can't beat Ryan Lockhart but maybe he beats Alex Richards and I can steal the pin.
FUCK THAT!
I was the first one out because I believe..
scratch that..
I KNOW!
that I will be the next world champion.
Because I looked at my flaws before each major match up.. then means I can see all of yours as well. See them and use them to my advantage. Starting with...
King of the Slabs
Or as I know you Spencer Adams. You are unique in this match Spencer. You are the only person who I would seek out and congratulate if you won. You've won a lot Spencer. You were the world champion. The first UCI champion here for what's it worth. You have a victory over me at the Brotherhood show. You.. actually have a really good track record in matches against me. But I'm not facing Spencer Adams. Instead I'm facing KOS. Entirely different animal. Like you were a jaguar and chose to become a housecat instead. Isn't it beautiful? No.. it's not beautiful. You are wasting your potential playing the clown.
Alex giggles.
I know ironic I would say that isn't it? But the Zim-Quila drinking party animal is the real me. Is KOS the real you Spence? Because it certainly does feel real. The results in the ring have basically proven the same thing. You came out to claim you deserved a world title shot? I guess that's true if the only other option was TFK. You want to hang out with Andre Aquarius in Slab City. You can do that. You can do anything you want. Except win a title. Or a meaningful match.
Spencer beat future hall of famer D-Day to win the world title. Spencer not only beat me but he did it when I was most angry at him for closing the UCI. The angrier I am the more dangerous I am. But Spencer beat me anyways. I respect that. Spencer beat Kyle Kemp at Evolution. KOS? That guy got embarrass by the Guru Daddy and Ariel Shadows for a month straight. He got out fought and out thought by two people he should out class every day of the week. You tried to capture the vacant United States Championship. You didn't make it past the second round and Teo Blaze. Walter beat Teo.. went on to win the tournament. Who he did lose the championship to? Kyle Kemp. Spencer beat Kyle Kemp. Spencer could be United States Champion this day. KOS is helping you piss away your legacy.
What are you hiding from Spence? You can claim to be the king of the stabs all you want but your only decisive win since coming the King comes against... Jay Mack? I would be worried if I was facing Adams in this ladder match.. but you handicapped yourself. You're showing up to Uprising with the worst possible version of yourself.
Believe me.. I know. I showed up in Action Wrestling for the first time as the worst version of myself. I was blinded to the truth. So is KOS now. He thinks he's doing the right thing.. he thinks he's helping to show the people of slab city the right way. But like me.. there's a flaw in his thinking. He's gotta lead his people in a way that's honest to himself. Because if you don't fight for yourself as yourself you might as well not be fighting at all. Take the mask off Spence. You were a warrior. But I'm not facing that warrior in the ladder match. Too bad.. I want to win my first world title beating you at your best. Instead I'll have to do it slaughtering you at your worst. So be it. I have a job to do. Making sure none of the other sacks of shit leave with the prize.
Speaking of sacks of shit there are none bigger then..
TFK
Thad.. I hope this match I can break those rose colored glasses you wear. I want you to see yourself for what you really are. Your silver tongue is literally your only weapon. You musta sweet talked Camilla in your first opportunity. I know for sure your words was the only thing that got you into this second chance. You shoulda stayed silent. Now I'm going to tell you the truth.. then prove it. You are not in this match because anyone, well besides you, thinks you can win it. You are in this match because everyone wants to see me hurl you off the top of the ladder. Don't worry folks.. I won't let you down.
Everyone wants to see you get beat up. Because you are the least likable man on the roster. You spend all your time ignoring reality, hyping yourself up. You truly believe it don't you? You truly believe you deserve this opportunity.
I'd ask you why but there is no reason. You are a delusional egomaniac. A healthy ego helps people accomplish a lot. But an over inflated sense of self worth just keeps you get hurt. I'm more then willing to hurt you.. trust me on that one.
You cost me the world title last month. The fact you bragged yourself into something you didn't deserve was the reason I didn't leave Carnage as world champion. Normally I wouldn't blame someone for that. I can't blame someone for seizing an opportunity. But you failed... and failed miserably. When you watch that match last month anyone can tell there are two people competing for the world title.. and a third guy who was... just there. You ain't in Lockhart's league and you ain't in mine either! But like I said... you tried your best and it wasn't nearly enough.
But then you went and signed your death warrant. You ignored everything that happened. You ignored the fact that you're easily the worst member of Hollywood Elite. You ignored the fact you just got embarrassed last month. In fact you didn't even mention what happened last month. Instead you talked a bunch of shit you have literal zero hope of backing up. You talked about how Camilla should give you a world title match because the fans really want to see a kings of Boston match?
Alex throws back his head and laughs
Why would the fans want to see Ryan Lockhart annihilate you again? Ohh.. that's right.. they fucking wouldn't you delusional prick! But hey here you here.. sticking your nose where it doesn't belong once again... in your quest to ruin the second straight pay per view main event...
I DON'T FUCKING THINK SO! I have to think you truly believe your own hype. Because if you didn't there is no way you would want to get in the ring with me again. Not after what I did to you last time. Especially not in a match where I can use weapons against you legally. Right now.. I envy you. You're in your locker room truly believing you are about to become world champion. Not a worry in the world. But when you step into that ring against me.. I'll just feel sorry for you. Everyone will. Because you have no clue what you're getting yourself into. You should have kept your mouth shut for once in your life Thad. But you didn't. So now I'm going to keep you keep your mouth shut. By breaking your jaw. See.. then they'll have to wire it shut. Which means you won't be able to talk anymore shit you can't back up for a few moments. Your welcome Thad.
Thad was a former United States Champion who thought that being a dominant champion there meant he was world title material. Does that sound familiar...
Dandy Devito?
I was on your side.. briefly. You had a point in claiming you shoulda got the month to defend the United States Championship. Except that.. you never really had any intention of defending that title ever again.. did you? Even the way you tried to protest was slimy. You hired Yazmine Jones in order to fight your battles for you and apply pressure to get the US title back. You know what I do when I have a problem with something? I fight my own freaking battle! You on the other hand play lame mind games with your enemies such as Sam Kidsgrove. You hire people to do your dirty work. And if all else fail you sneak attack people. Like you did last month. You inserted yourself in the world title picture by attacking Ryan, Thad, and I after the world title match.
I'll bet you think that was smart. You can claim you never lost the US title so you're still the rightful champion. You got yourself a world title match without wrestling in four months. Life is good.. right Dandy? Only one problem. Attacking people from the blindside after a match is one thing. Actually taking us on face to face is an entirely different matter.
I remember the time you bragged your way into getting the number one spot in the Havoc Rumble. That didn't end well for you. This won't either. I'm not going to say you aren't good Dandy. But you're US title good not World Title good. Maybe someday you'll get there. Shit, it took me years to win the world title. Who I am to judge? But because it took me years I can look back and see that I wasn't ready to be champion before. When I look at you... I see the same thing. For God's sake you call yourself Dandy Devito. Such a desperate cry for attention. But you don't have the knowledge to do so. Look at the facts.. you got yourself involved in a blood feud with Sam Kidsgrove where neither of you walked away.
All you needed to advance your career were a few wins. But that wasn't good enough for you was it Dandy. You had to take things too far. In the end.. it cost you everything. It cost you the title. It cost you months off your career. Months you could have been using to improve. Here's a serious question Dandy.. how confident are you that you're ready to compete now?
Because I gotta say I have my doubts. Maybe that's the reason you haven't been competing. You've simply been blindsiding people. Your first match back is a ladder match for the world title. So.. you're not in fighting shape and you're facing 4 of the best wrestlers the A-Dub has to offer. Yeah.. I'm sure that'll go well for you. I'm not interested in whether you'll win the world title.. because you're not.. but something about you does interest me. If I give you a concussion will you talk normally?
Alex grins
I'm really looking forward to finding out. But cheer up once you finish choking maybe you can join Hollywood Elite.. they could really use another second rate poser like you Devito.. Thad simply isn't enough.
Unbeatable
That's the word people use to describe Ryan Lockhart
Only problem is.. it's simply not true. What scares you, Lockhart? I know what scares you. Failure. You're afraid of losing Lockhart. I should have figured it out either. With the way you freaked out during our arm wrestling match. It was just an arm wrestling match yet you kept challenging me to return for one more round. Because you couldn't accept losing even an arm wrestling match.
Well Ryan.. I'm the Arm Wrestling Champion of AW at your expense and soon I'm going to be world champion at your expense as well. You know it too. I scare you don't I Ryan? Because you can't figure me out. I have a secret. I've beaten bigger challengers then you in real life. So an undefeatable wrestling world champion? That's Childs play to a man like me.
You did everything you could in order to become champion. But in the end was it worth it? You became a bad guy and lost the respect of your family and your peers according to my research. You joined the Beach Krew in order to have back up but letting you in was their death knell. They tolerated you because you held the title.. they didn't like you. The version of the Beach Krew with you in it wasn't a true brotherhood like the old ones.
You gave up on who you were and now you're hunted and can't take the pressure. Remember how close Jaice Wilds came to taking your world title from you. Three times? Remember how easily Corey Black handled him? But the fact that Jaice was so driven to upset you unnerved you didn't it?
Look at me Ryan. You see a man just as determined.. but much larger and much more skilled. You start to wonder. Did you sell your soul for nothing? Because when you lose this ladder match to the king of mass confusion you will have literal nothing.
Last month you smartly pinned Thad. But will you admit to yourself the truth? You pinned Thad because you didn't think you could defeat me. Now.. that's not a problem. The fact you retained the title is the only important thing. But yet.. this time.. you can't pin someone else. You have to go straight through me. You have to knock me out or at least knock me out long enough to climb the ladder and retrieve the championship?
I am the biggest threat to your championship Lockhart. Everyone you have faced before hasn't offered the kind of challenge I do. I proved that last month. When I hit you with the Zim-Quila hangover could you have kicked out if TKD didn't make the save? Be honest.. at least to yourself. But if you could have remember how the match ended. I put TDK down and out for a good twenty seconds with the Sanity Slip. Long enough for you to wipe me out.. then steal the pin. So imagine this what is going to happen when I hit the Sanity Slip on you.. perhaps off the ladder.. perhaps onto KOS? We know what's going to happen. That's why you're so worried. Maybe that's why I've heard you're trying to be a better person lately.
Smart move Ryan. Because when you lose the world title to me then at least you'll be able to live with yourself. Because make no mistake you are losing the championship to me. You've been a great champion Ryan but in the end.. everyone loses.
Especially a man who build up walls and walls of defences against losing. Because when are you going to do when they start to crumble? That's why you freaked out last week talking about how out of control the roster was. You the man who joined the Beach Krew and literally made a mockery of a pay per view event by booking shit matches for the lols. You don't care about chaos.. you only care if it doesn't benefit you. Well this ladder match.. it certainly doesn't benefit you. A wild, out of control brawl.. seems to me that favours the king of mass confusion don't it?
Alex thinks back.. remembering Rebecca's words.. you got this. Alex smiles finally speaking aloud.
You damn right I got this!
Alex walks out of the locker room en route to his first AW world championship.
Las, Vegas, Nevada
Just before the main event
It's another great night of Action Wrestling. How about that all in match? Can you believe the surprise winner? Alex Richards is in his locker room with his brother Sean Zach and his girlfriend Rebecca.
We already have the Zim-Quila on ice for the celebration!
We need something special. When I win the AW world title.. I say we set the night ablaze with flaming boots of Zim-Quila!
That is such a fire hazzard!
Shaun grins.
But totally worth it bro!
Rebecca smiles seductively
Then later that night.. let's just say the party doesn't end.
I'm... not gonna be there for that.
You got this Alex.
Alex hugs his brother.. hugs his girlfriend.. they leave to allow him his last minute preparations. Alex sighs deeply.. thinking.. back...
8-28-16
UCI Meltdown
Phoenix, Arizona
World Title versus Howard Black
The Honey Badger was a prodigy. People said he was destined to be WCF world championship for ages. No one ever said that about me at this point. Nobody figured I was ever going to be world champion. This was supposed to be a gimme. An easy title defence for Howard Black before he went on to face David Sanchez. That was the money match, right? Not a chance Alex Richards, a man who never held a world title was going to upset that plan. Howard was the second ever UCI world champion, winning the belt from Crow McMorris. My former tag team partner. A man people believed carried that team. The team never so much as won a title. Howard not only defeated Crow, but destroyed him. Seeming ending his career at the end of the match. Howard was at the prime of his career. People didn't even think I had a prime. This match is a forgone conclusion.
4-26-19
WCF Kingdom Come
London, England
Steel Cage Match World Title Versus Bonnie Blue
Bonnie Blue used to be my leader. She was the leader of the Guardians. The best leader of the Guardians. She was my best friend and tag team partner. Yet I never saw her betrayal coming. After she left the Guardians died. I shouldn't make the Guardians work after Bonnie left. How I am supposed to beat Bonnie? She accomplished what I couldn't in 6 years. She won the WCF world title.. twice. When I lose tonight everyone will forever believe Bonnie was right to abandon the Guardians.. that we were holding her back.
Alex shakes his head. Takes a sip from his boot of Zim-Quila. Thinks back further to the root of the problem. To back where the thoughts that he just wasn't good enough began.
A Young Alex Richards. Age 10. Blonde hair. Which is probably a surprise for everyone remembering the chrome domed adult version of Alex. He hides in a closet. Practically shaking with terror. This is what he always does when Stuart Jackson comes to visit. Stu is a slight man, a businessman with a pencil thin moustache. Creepy looking. He holds out an envelope towards a blond haired couple, Alex's parents. Both look like they had lots of bad 1980's cosmetic surgery. Their greedy eyes follow the envelope as Stu snatches it out of reach.
We have to talk.
Bout what?
Your son has been talking about me again.
Ain't nobody believes em. We told everyone he's a liar.
It's bad for business.. It's starting to hurt my reputation.
Well what ya want us to do bout it?
We need you to silence him.
We ain't gonna kill em probably.
In the closet young Alex gasps. He doesn't actually know what his parents are capable of.
I wouldn't want you to kill him. That's ghastly. What I need is for you to further discredit him.
Stuart reaches into his briefcase pulling out a brochure which he shows to Alex's parents. Alex's father snorts.
Ya want us to send our boy to the nut house?
I understand that it sounds extreme but
Hold on.. I didn't say no. I'm just asking.. what's in it for us?
Jackson smiles... reaches into the briefcase again.. pulls out a second envelope.
How about I double your payment?
Ya got yourself a deal!
Which brings us back to now.. the present day..
Ladder Match
A five way ladder match? Are you kidding me? Do I look like I was built for climbing ladders? I've only ever competed in one other ladder match in a major promotion. It was also a 5 way ladder match in the WCF. I lost that ladder match to Natural Ice Beckman. He went on to become a dominant world champion. You know who else went on to become a dominant world champion? Ryan Lockhart. I have to end the greatest run in Action Wrestling history and I have to do it in a ladder match... and I have to beat out three other challengers in order to do it? One of those guys, KOS, has already been Action World Champion. I can't say that. It's been over a year since I won a title in Action Wrestling. It was a weak reign as television champion. So weak I received not a single vote for Television Champion of the Year during the annual awards. I didn't deserve one either. This week the odds are so not in my favour.
Negative thoughts. Every wrestler has them. Most of them pretend they don't exist. They act like they are superhuman. Beyond all fear. Beyond all pain. Beyond any possible thought of failures. You know what that makes them? Fools.
I don't.
I remember why I'm supposed to fail. I think about how things are supposed to go wrong. Then I go ahead and do it anyways. I overcome that possible failure.
That match against Howard Black? I was locked it his best hold.. the kimura.. the move that ended Crow's title reign. I refused to submit. I risked a broken arm because I wanted it that bad. I wanted it more. In the end I hit the Sanity Slip and I got my first true world title.
The steel cage war with Bonnie Blue? She hit me with everything she had. But she couldn't keep it down. In the end she finally had to try and escape the cage because she knew she was not going to keep me down for a three count. That didn't work either. I was the one who scored the pin. I set a record that night. 5 years and 22 days. It took me longer to win my first WCF world title then any other champion. Seems sad, right? But it's not. Tens of thousands of wrestlers quit and never won the ultimate prize. I didn't.
As for Stuart Jackson. When I grew up I make sure he went where he belonged. When he would never harm another child. I send him to a Syrian prison that would make even John Frost shudder. Right after I kicked him in the balls as hard as I could with my favourite pair of steel toed boots.
Alex raises a boot... drinks
I drank a lot of Zim-Quila out of those boots and it always brings back good memories.
I WAS UNWANTED... I WAS UNLOVED.. I WAS PUSHED ASIDE MY WHOLE CAREER.. MY WHOLE LIFE... I WAS TOLD I WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH! THAT I DIDN'T DESERVE ANYTHING BETTER...
I wasn't supposed to succeed. But I did. So I think of the negative things. I think of all the times the odds are against me. And I think of how I overcame them.. again and again.
So yeah... I'm facing the best world champion in Action Wrestling... in a ladder match.
But I'm not some fat man in a ladder match. I am the biggest bad ass in Action Wrestling history in a ladder match!
The odds are against me?
I fucking love the odds being against me!
Because I know they really aren't.
Four opponents in a ladder match?
That's nothing to me!
There's a reason I was the first man out to confront Camilla when she was gonna announce the number one contender. There's a reason I was the first man out wanting to fight Lockhart. Because I want this more then anyone on the roster. Not just that.. I'm the only one who truly has a chance of defeating Ryan Lockhart in this match.
Everyone else came out after I made the challenge.
Because all of them thought the same thing..
I can't beat Ryan Lockhart but maybe he beats Alex Richards and I can steal the pin.
FUCK THAT!
I was the first one out because I believe..
scratch that..
I KNOW!
that I will be the next world champion.
Because I looked at my flaws before each major match up.. then means I can see all of yours as well. See them and use them to my advantage. Starting with...
King of the Slabs
Or as I know you Spencer Adams. You are unique in this match Spencer. You are the only person who I would seek out and congratulate if you won. You've won a lot Spencer. You were the world champion. The first UCI champion here for what's it worth. You have a victory over me at the Brotherhood show. You.. actually have a really good track record in matches against me. But I'm not facing Spencer Adams. Instead I'm facing KOS. Entirely different animal. Like you were a jaguar and chose to become a housecat instead. Isn't it beautiful? No.. it's not beautiful. You are wasting your potential playing the clown.
Alex giggles.
I know ironic I would say that isn't it? But the Zim-Quila drinking party animal is the real me. Is KOS the real you Spence? Because it certainly does feel real. The results in the ring have basically proven the same thing. You came out to claim you deserved a world title shot? I guess that's true if the only other option was TFK. You want to hang out with Andre Aquarius in Slab City. You can do that. You can do anything you want. Except win a title. Or a meaningful match.
Spencer beat future hall of famer D-Day to win the world title. Spencer not only beat me but he did it when I was most angry at him for closing the UCI. The angrier I am the more dangerous I am. But Spencer beat me anyways. I respect that. Spencer beat Kyle Kemp at Evolution. KOS? That guy got embarrass by the Guru Daddy and Ariel Shadows for a month straight. He got out fought and out thought by two people he should out class every day of the week. You tried to capture the vacant United States Championship. You didn't make it past the second round and Teo Blaze. Walter beat Teo.. went on to win the tournament. Who he did lose the championship to? Kyle Kemp. Spencer beat Kyle Kemp. Spencer could be United States Champion this day. KOS is helping you piss away your legacy.
What are you hiding from Spence? You can claim to be the king of the stabs all you want but your only decisive win since coming the King comes against... Jay Mack? I would be worried if I was facing Adams in this ladder match.. but you handicapped yourself. You're showing up to Uprising with the worst possible version of yourself.
Believe me.. I know. I showed up in Action Wrestling for the first time as the worst version of myself. I was blinded to the truth. So is KOS now. He thinks he's doing the right thing.. he thinks he's helping to show the people of slab city the right way. But like me.. there's a flaw in his thinking. He's gotta lead his people in a way that's honest to himself. Because if you don't fight for yourself as yourself you might as well not be fighting at all. Take the mask off Spence. You were a warrior. But I'm not facing that warrior in the ladder match. Too bad.. I want to win my first world title beating you at your best. Instead I'll have to do it slaughtering you at your worst. So be it. I have a job to do. Making sure none of the other sacks of shit leave with the prize.
Speaking of sacks of shit there are none bigger then..
TFK
Thad.. I hope this match I can break those rose colored glasses you wear. I want you to see yourself for what you really are. Your silver tongue is literally your only weapon. You musta sweet talked Camilla in your first opportunity. I know for sure your words was the only thing that got you into this second chance. You shoulda stayed silent. Now I'm going to tell you the truth.. then prove it. You are not in this match because anyone, well besides you, thinks you can win it. You are in this match because everyone wants to see me hurl you off the top of the ladder. Don't worry folks.. I won't let you down.
Everyone wants to see you get beat up. Because you are the least likable man on the roster. You spend all your time ignoring reality, hyping yourself up. You truly believe it don't you? You truly believe you deserve this opportunity.
I'd ask you why but there is no reason. You are a delusional egomaniac. A healthy ego helps people accomplish a lot. But an over inflated sense of self worth just keeps you get hurt. I'm more then willing to hurt you.. trust me on that one.
You cost me the world title last month. The fact you bragged yourself into something you didn't deserve was the reason I didn't leave Carnage as world champion. Normally I wouldn't blame someone for that. I can't blame someone for seizing an opportunity. But you failed... and failed miserably. When you watch that match last month anyone can tell there are two people competing for the world title.. and a third guy who was... just there. You ain't in Lockhart's league and you ain't in mine either! But like I said... you tried your best and it wasn't nearly enough.
But then you went and signed your death warrant. You ignored everything that happened. You ignored the fact that you're easily the worst member of Hollywood Elite. You ignored the fact you just got embarrassed last month. In fact you didn't even mention what happened last month. Instead you talked a bunch of shit you have literal zero hope of backing up. You talked about how Camilla should give you a world title match because the fans really want to see a kings of Boston match?
Alex throws back his head and laughs
Why would the fans want to see Ryan Lockhart annihilate you again? Ohh.. that's right.. they fucking wouldn't you delusional prick! But hey here you here.. sticking your nose where it doesn't belong once again... in your quest to ruin the second straight pay per view main event...
I DON'T FUCKING THINK SO! I have to think you truly believe your own hype. Because if you didn't there is no way you would want to get in the ring with me again. Not after what I did to you last time. Especially not in a match where I can use weapons against you legally. Right now.. I envy you. You're in your locker room truly believing you are about to become world champion. Not a worry in the world. But when you step into that ring against me.. I'll just feel sorry for you. Everyone will. Because you have no clue what you're getting yourself into. You should have kept your mouth shut for once in your life Thad. But you didn't. So now I'm going to keep you keep your mouth shut. By breaking your jaw. See.. then they'll have to wire it shut. Which means you won't be able to talk anymore shit you can't back up for a few moments. Your welcome Thad.
Thad was a former United States Champion who thought that being a dominant champion there meant he was world title material. Does that sound familiar...
Dandy Devito?
I was on your side.. briefly. You had a point in claiming you shoulda got the month to defend the United States Championship. Except that.. you never really had any intention of defending that title ever again.. did you? Even the way you tried to protest was slimy. You hired Yazmine Jones in order to fight your battles for you and apply pressure to get the US title back. You know what I do when I have a problem with something? I fight my own freaking battle! You on the other hand play lame mind games with your enemies such as Sam Kidsgrove. You hire people to do your dirty work. And if all else fail you sneak attack people. Like you did last month. You inserted yourself in the world title picture by attacking Ryan, Thad, and I after the world title match.
I'll bet you think that was smart. You can claim you never lost the US title so you're still the rightful champion. You got yourself a world title match without wrestling in four months. Life is good.. right Dandy? Only one problem. Attacking people from the blindside after a match is one thing. Actually taking us on face to face is an entirely different matter.
I remember the time you bragged your way into getting the number one spot in the Havoc Rumble. That didn't end well for you. This won't either. I'm not going to say you aren't good Dandy. But you're US title good not World Title good. Maybe someday you'll get there. Shit, it took me years to win the world title. Who I am to judge? But because it took me years I can look back and see that I wasn't ready to be champion before. When I look at you... I see the same thing. For God's sake you call yourself Dandy Devito. Such a desperate cry for attention. But you don't have the knowledge to do so. Look at the facts.. you got yourself involved in a blood feud with Sam Kidsgrove where neither of you walked away.
All you needed to advance your career were a few wins. But that wasn't good enough for you was it Dandy. You had to take things too far. In the end.. it cost you everything. It cost you the title. It cost you months off your career. Months you could have been using to improve. Here's a serious question Dandy.. how confident are you that you're ready to compete now?
Because I gotta say I have my doubts. Maybe that's the reason you haven't been competing. You've simply been blindsiding people. Your first match back is a ladder match for the world title. So.. you're not in fighting shape and you're facing 4 of the best wrestlers the A-Dub has to offer. Yeah.. I'm sure that'll go well for you. I'm not interested in whether you'll win the world title.. because you're not.. but something about you does interest me. If I give you a concussion will you talk normally?
Alex grins
I'm really looking forward to finding out. But cheer up once you finish choking maybe you can join Hollywood Elite.. they could really use another second rate poser like you Devito.. Thad simply isn't enough.
Unbeatable
That's the word people use to describe Ryan Lockhart
Only problem is.. it's simply not true. What scares you, Lockhart? I know what scares you. Failure. You're afraid of losing Lockhart. I should have figured it out either. With the way you freaked out during our arm wrestling match. It was just an arm wrestling match yet you kept challenging me to return for one more round. Because you couldn't accept losing even an arm wrestling match.
Well Ryan.. I'm the Arm Wrestling Champion of AW at your expense and soon I'm going to be world champion at your expense as well. You know it too. I scare you don't I Ryan? Because you can't figure me out. I have a secret. I've beaten bigger challengers then you in real life. So an undefeatable wrestling world champion? That's Childs play to a man like me.
You did everything you could in order to become champion. But in the end was it worth it? You became a bad guy and lost the respect of your family and your peers according to my research. You joined the Beach Krew in order to have back up but letting you in was their death knell. They tolerated you because you held the title.. they didn't like you. The version of the Beach Krew with you in it wasn't a true brotherhood like the old ones.
You gave up on who you were and now you're hunted and can't take the pressure. Remember how close Jaice Wilds came to taking your world title from you. Three times? Remember how easily Corey Black handled him? But the fact that Jaice was so driven to upset you unnerved you didn't it?
Look at me Ryan. You see a man just as determined.. but much larger and much more skilled. You start to wonder. Did you sell your soul for nothing? Because when you lose this ladder match to the king of mass confusion you will have literal nothing.
Last month you smartly pinned Thad. But will you admit to yourself the truth? You pinned Thad because you didn't think you could defeat me. Now.. that's not a problem. The fact you retained the title is the only important thing. But yet.. this time.. you can't pin someone else. You have to go straight through me. You have to knock me out or at least knock me out long enough to climb the ladder and retrieve the championship?
I am the biggest threat to your championship Lockhart. Everyone you have faced before hasn't offered the kind of challenge I do. I proved that last month. When I hit you with the Zim-Quila hangover could you have kicked out if TKD didn't make the save? Be honest.. at least to yourself. But if you could have remember how the match ended. I put TDK down and out for a good twenty seconds with the Sanity Slip. Long enough for you to wipe me out.. then steal the pin. So imagine this what is going to happen when I hit the Sanity Slip on you.. perhaps off the ladder.. perhaps onto KOS? We know what's going to happen. That's why you're so worried. Maybe that's why I've heard you're trying to be a better person lately.
Smart move Ryan. Because when you lose the world title to me then at least you'll be able to live with yourself. Because make no mistake you are losing the championship to me. You've been a great champion Ryan but in the end.. everyone loses.
Especially a man who build up walls and walls of defences against losing. Because when are you going to do when they start to crumble? That's why you freaked out last week talking about how out of control the roster was. You the man who joined the Beach Krew and literally made a mockery of a pay per view event by booking shit matches for the lols. You don't care about chaos.. you only care if it doesn't benefit you. Well this ladder match.. it certainly doesn't benefit you. A wild, out of control brawl.. seems to me that favours the king of mass confusion don't it?
Alex thinks back.. remembering Rebecca's words.. you got this. Alex smiles finally speaking aloud.
You damn right I got this!
Alex walks out of the locker room en route to his first AW world championship.