Jayson Price's First (And Last) Match In AW
Dec 27, 2020 23:43:44 GMT -5
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Post by Jayson Price on Dec 27, 2020 23:43:44 GMT -5
The scene opens in the halls of the Wells Fargo Center in downtown Philadelphia. It's late in the night and most everyone has already gone home except for a few crew members that are still setting up equipment ahead of the WCF ONE show happening tomorrow evening. As a large black banner with the iconic lime green WCF logo plastered across it is being hung on a wall, a rather recognizable figure walks into the frame. A gym bag slung over his shoulder, Jayson Price stares at the WCF logo, an expressionless look on his face. At that moment Nate Burleson walks into the frame from the opposite side, his face full of shock at seeing Price.
Nate Burleson: Well hot damn, I knew you were supposed to wrestle tomorrow but I wondered if you'd actually show.
Jayson Price: Shit, they let the fans just roam around back here now?
Nate Burleson: Fan? No, I'm Nate Burleson, I do the backstage interviews and whatnot.
Jayson Price: Yeah, whatever. Here take my bag to the locker room.
Nate Burleson: Uh, I'm not really-
Price shoves his gym bag into Nate's chest as he turns his eyes back to the WCF banner. Nate looks bewildered but slings the bag over a shoulder anyway.
Nate Burleson: Been a while since you've seen one of those being hung up, huh?
Jayson Price: Shouldn't be seeing one hung up now.
Nate Burleson: Come again?
Jayson Price: You heard me. And why haven't you taken my bag away like I told you?
Nate Burleson: Again, I'm the backstage interviewer. Speaking of which!
Nate rummages around in his pocket and pulls out his phone.
Nate Burleson: I've got a podcast and I've been doing some interviews for an episode this week on the big WCF show. What do you say about giving the people your own unique insight?
Jayson Price: For fucks sake, I thought getting here so late tonight I could avoid this shit.
Nate decided to go for it anyway and starts recording.
Nate Burleson: All right folks, I'm here with Jayson Price, we're backstage in the Wells Fargo Center the night before the final WCF ONE PPV, brought to you by Action Wrestling. Jayson a lot of people were confused to hear that you were agreeing to appear on this show due to some of your comments regarding AW in the past, myself included. But hey, it's great to see you here, you look like you're in great ring shape despite not wrestling much lately. What would you like to say about this exciting show we're going to see tomorrow night?
Jayson Price: I'm not nearly drunk enough for this shit.
Nate Burleson: Uh...okay.
Jayson Price: Fuck it, you wanna do this? Sure. First things first, and I'm probably going to ruin any chance I have of ever being signed by Action Wrestling by saying this, but this whole fucking event is bullshit. You see, the WCF ended in May of 2019. I know this because I was there, wrestling on one of the nights and hanging around the back for the other one, saying my goodbyes to people I'd known for a decade. It was fucking magical and the perfect farewell to a company that had entertained fans for two decades. So yeah, let's stop pretending this show is a big celebration and call it what it really is: A cash grab by Action Wrestling.
Nate Burleson: Okay, I can see how this is going to go. All right then, so why did you agree to appear?
Jayson Price: Because as bullshit of an idea as it may be, WCF at least deserves to have the proper recognition for it's 'final' show. I mean come on, are you fucking joking with this line-up? You want to bill a show as the last ONE, arguably one of the most well known wrestling PPV's in history, and then give the people this? Before I agreed to appear, the biggest name this show was going to have was Corey Black. All respect for Corey, I hate the bastards fucking guts, but he was a WCF Legend that paved the way and put the company on his back for years so that it was around when I got into the business. But where are the rest of the all time greats? I mean Gravedigger and Torture couldn't be bothered to dust off their boots for a night? Fuck, I get why Logan wouldn't get an invite, but aren't they behind this whole show? I guess it's just easier to make a quick buck off your old home's marketability than it is to actually give enough of a shit to make sure it gets a proper send off.
Nate Burleson: Uh...
Jayson Price: And where is Slickie T, Jonny Fly or Joey Flash? What about Brad Kane, Oblivion, Jeff Purse, Dune or Bobby Cairo? There's a list of people a mile long that should be on this show and yet I see none of them. Instead WCF's 'Final ONE' was booked more like a hastily thrown together XIII, complete with Corey Black getting a WCF World Title shot. So despite my misgivings about Action Wrestling, I'm here because WCF deserves better. It was already bad enough that this company had the audacity to book a match to decide a WCF Hall Of Fame entrant.
Nate Burleson: Aren't you still waiting to get inducted into that Hall Of Fame?
Jayson Price: You really don't know about my history with backstage reporters, do you Nate?
Nate Burleson: I'd heard some stories but obviously they're a little bit exaggerated, right? *nervous laughter* …Right?
Jayson Price: What do you think Nate?
Nate Burleson: I think maybe I want to keep things moving along. Let me ask, we haven't seen you in a ring for a while and now you're on National TV for the first time in almost a year, do you really think trash talking management is smart?
Jayson Price: Nate, I don't know the name of everyone in charge of AW, but they can all suck my cock. This isn't an audition for me, it's me making sure the Dub gets a proper send off and nothing more. I already know that I'm not exactly welcome in Action Wrestling and I'm not here to kiss anyone's ass, so I'm going to keep saying what I want to say with reckless abandon. Got anything you've wanted to say but didn't have the balls for?
Nate Burleson: Nope, not a god damn thing.
Jayson Price: But that's not what you really want to hear from me, is it Nate? No, you came up to me tonight and got it into you head that I was going to lay down another Jayson Price classic promo, right? A god damn decade plus of dropping some of the most vicious barbs the Dub had ever heard, so obviously I have some magic to share on the eve of it's final show, yeah? Well fuck you, Burleson, I've got a bottle of Jack Daniels back at my hotel room calling my name.
Price turns and walks off.
Nate Burleson: So then I guess what Frank said-
Price walks back into the shot.
Jayson Price: Hold the fuck up. Franky's out here throwing shots? Mmkay, fuck it, let's do this. Franky, first and foremost, fuck you. It's bad enough that I have to look at this card and see Adam Young getting booked better than me, but rather than book an absolute classic that's sure to get 5 stars, I get put together with you. I mean it's real cute seeing you succeed over here in AW and all, but when you were in WCF you were like the Great Value brand of Jayson Price: it looks the same but there's something off that makes you realize just how inferior it is to the real thing. I mean kid, you did so many of the same things that I did in my career, great things, but the difference is that people actually remember me doing them. I re-wrote the history books and left my mark all over the place to the point that my face belongs on the god damn Mount Rushmore of WCF, while your accomplishments, as amazing as they are, were so god damn unmemorable that people have to Google your name to fact check.
And look, like I said, you're doing real good over here for yourself. Fantastic, even. It brings a tear to my eye seeing you even decided to keep following in my footsteps by trying to be a Man Made God. But be me you will never be, Franky. You're talking to a guy that managed to be the memorable part of WCF's final year by doing nothing more than being in a near constant blackout drunk state while running around with a whore. Just imagine what the fuck I could have done during that year had I actually tried. Some call me an embarrassment, some say that I lost all passion for the business, but I'm still fresh in people's minds after all this time. Hell, I got ranked #27 on a recent Top 100 Wrestlers List, which might I add was higher than anyone in Action Wrestling-
Nate Burleson: 27th?!
Jayson Price: You heard what the fuck I said. Action Wrestling's World Champion barely made it into the Top 40, but the guy who once spent a stint living inside of a vagina is still considered better than this entire company's roster.
Nate Burleson: Hold up. You lived in a vagina.
Jayson Price: Green screens, props, camera tricks, it was all very expensive. But quit interrupting, Nate. The fact is, people want to call me a whole host of things for what I've done over my career but at the end of the day I'm still as relevant as I've ever been. So what if I spent years drinking myself into a stupor or making a mockery of the business by doing questionable storylines, a decade from now when I'm retired and the next generation of wrestlers is doing their thing, my name is still going to be remembered. Even if I never win another World Title or get into a Hall Of Fame, I've done enough to guarantee my place in history. But you Frank, you're still grinding away because you don't have it. Don't get me wrong, you're good. You're probably going to pick up a few more World Titles and win yourself a few more big matches before you hang up the boots. But for all the shit that people like you give me for what I do with my life, you'll end up retiring with a little fanfare, a nice chance to give a speech at a Hall Of Fame Enshrinement and then...nothing. People aren't going to spend time remembering what you did because, to put it bluntly, you're like the Houston Rockets in 1994 and 1995. Yeah, you had your time where you were on top, but it'll forever be outshined by someone with just that much more talent and flair.
Nate Burleson: You're taking a big risk thinking that wrestling fans are going to remember the Rockets from the ninet- oh wait, I get it now.
Jayson Price: Try to keep up sport. But you see, I'm talking about what will happen when I do decide to finally retire like I plan on doing it soon when the fact is that I'm going to be doing this for a long god damn time. Action Wrestling might never let me back in the doors after tomorrow night but I can take my ass anywhere on this planet and main event a show.
Nate Burleson: But what if AW would decide that they want you to stick around?
Jayson Price: Nate, I know the people that run this place and they know me. Believe me, the last thing that they will do is offer me a contract to stick around. But my point is, I'm always going to have options in this business and the second decade of my career is going to be just as entertaining as the first one. And it all starts with me dropping FPV on his fucking neck. End scene.
Nate Burleson: Uh, this was a recording on my phone. Podcast, remember?
Jayson Price: Fuck you Nate.
Price grabs the strap of his gym bag from Nate, pulling it off his shoulder, before heading out of the scene.
Nate Burleson: Well hot damn, I knew you were supposed to wrestle tomorrow but I wondered if you'd actually show.
Jayson Price: Shit, they let the fans just roam around back here now?
Nate Burleson: Fan? No, I'm Nate Burleson, I do the backstage interviews and whatnot.
Jayson Price: Yeah, whatever. Here take my bag to the locker room.
Nate Burleson: Uh, I'm not really-
Price shoves his gym bag into Nate's chest as he turns his eyes back to the WCF banner. Nate looks bewildered but slings the bag over a shoulder anyway.
Nate Burleson: Been a while since you've seen one of those being hung up, huh?
Jayson Price: Shouldn't be seeing one hung up now.
Nate Burleson: Come again?
Jayson Price: You heard me. And why haven't you taken my bag away like I told you?
Nate Burleson: Again, I'm the backstage interviewer. Speaking of which!
Nate rummages around in his pocket and pulls out his phone.
Nate Burleson: I've got a podcast and I've been doing some interviews for an episode this week on the big WCF show. What do you say about giving the people your own unique insight?
Jayson Price: For fucks sake, I thought getting here so late tonight I could avoid this shit.
Nate decided to go for it anyway and starts recording.
Nate Burleson: All right folks, I'm here with Jayson Price, we're backstage in the Wells Fargo Center the night before the final WCF ONE PPV, brought to you by Action Wrestling. Jayson a lot of people were confused to hear that you were agreeing to appear on this show due to some of your comments regarding AW in the past, myself included. But hey, it's great to see you here, you look like you're in great ring shape despite not wrestling much lately. What would you like to say about this exciting show we're going to see tomorrow night?
Jayson Price: I'm not nearly drunk enough for this shit.
Nate Burleson: Uh...okay.
Jayson Price: Fuck it, you wanna do this? Sure. First things first, and I'm probably going to ruin any chance I have of ever being signed by Action Wrestling by saying this, but this whole fucking event is bullshit. You see, the WCF ended in May of 2019. I know this because I was there, wrestling on one of the nights and hanging around the back for the other one, saying my goodbyes to people I'd known for a decade. It was fucking magical and the perfect farewell to a company that had entertained fans for two decades. So yeah, let's stop pretending this show is a big celebration and call it what it really is: A cash grab by Action Wrestling.
Nate Burleson: Okay, I can see how this is going to go. All right then, so why did you agree to appear?
Jayson Price: Because as bullshit of an idea as it may be, WCF at least deserves to have the proper recognition for it's 'final' show. I mean come on, are you fucking joking with this line-up? You want to bill a show as the last ONE, arguably one of the most well known wrestling PPV's in history, and then give the people this? Before I agreed to appear, the biggest name this show was going to have was Corey Black. All respect for Corey, I hate the bastards fucking guts, but he was a WCF Legend that paved the way and put the company on his back for years so that it was around when I got into the business. But where are the rest of the all time greats? I mean Gravedigger and Torture couldn't be bothered to dust off their boots for a night? Fuck, I get why Logan wouldn't get an invite, but aren't they behind this whole show? I guess it's just easier to make a quick buck off your old home's marketability than it is to actually give enough of a shit to make sure it gets a proper send off.
Nate Burleson: Uh...
Jayson Price: And where is Slickie T, Jonny Fly or Joey Flash? What about Brad Kane, Oblivion, Jeff Purse, Dune or Bobby Cairo? There's a list of people a mile long that should be on this show and yet I see none of them. Instead WCF's 'Final ONE' was booked more like a hastily thrown together XIII, complete with Corey Black getting a WCF World Title shot. So despite my misgivings about Action Wrestling, I'm here because WCF deserves better. It was already bad enough that this company had the audacity to book a match to decide a WCF Hall Of Fame entrant.
Nate Burleson: Aren't you still waiting to get inducted into that Hall Of Fame?
Jayson Price: You really don't know about my history with backstage reporters, do you Nate?
Nate Burleson: I'd heard some stories but obviously they're a little bit exaggerated, right? *nervous laughter* …Right?
Jayson Price: What do you think Nate?
Nate Burleson: I think maybe I want to keep things moving along. Let me ask, we haven't seen you in a ring for a while and now you're on National TV for the first time in almost a year, do you really think trash talking management is smart?
Jayson Price: Nate, I don't know the name of everyone in charge of AW, but they can all suck my cock. This isn't an audition for me, it's me making sure the Dub gets a proper send off and nothing more. I already know that I'm not exactly welcome in Action Wrestling and I'm not here to kiss anyone's ass, so I'm going to keep saying what I want to say with reckless abandon. Got anything you've wanted to say but didn't have the balls for?
Nate Burleson: Nope, not a god damn thing.
Jayson Price: But that's not what you really want to hear from me, is it Nate? No, you came up to me tonight and got it into you head that I was going to lay down another Jayson Price classic promo, right? A god damn decade plus of dropping some of the most vicious barbs the Dub had ever heard, so obviously I have some magic to share on the eve of it's final show, yeah? Well fuck you, Burleson, I've got a bottle of Jack Daniels back at my hotel room calling my name.
Price turns and walks off.
Nate Burleson: So then I guess what Frank said-
Price walks back into the shot.
Jayson Price: Hold the fuck up. Franky's out here throwing shots? Mmkay, fuck it, let's do this. Franky, first and foremost, fuck you. It's bad enough that I have to look at this card and see Adam Young getting booked better than me, but rather than book an absolute classic that's sure to get 5 stars, I get put together with you. I mean it's real cute seeing you succeed over here in AW and all, but when you were in WCF you were like the Great Value brand of Jayson Price: it looks the same but there's something off that makes you realize just how inferior it is to the real thing. I mean kid, you did so many of the same things that I did in my career, great things, but the difference is that people actually remember me doing them. I re-wrote the history books and left my mark all over the place to the point that my face belongs on the god damn Mount Rushmore of WCF, while your accomplishments, as amazing as they are, were so god damn unmemorable that people have to Google your name to fact check.
And look, like I said, you're doing real good over here for yourself. Fantastic, even. It brings a tear to my eye seeing you even decided to keep following in my footsteps by trying to be a Man Made God. But be me you will never be, Franky. You're talking to a guy that managed to be the memorable part of WCF's final year by doing nothing more than being in a near constant blackout drunk state while running around with a whore. Just imagine what the fuck I could have done during that year had I actually tried. Some call me an embarrassment, some say that I lost all passion for the business, but I'm still fresh in people's minds after all this time. Hell, I got ranked #27 on a recent Top 100 Wrestlers List, which might I add was higher than anyone in Action Wrestling-
Nate Burleson: 27th?!
Jayson Price: You heard what the fuck I said. Action Wrestling's World Champion barely made it into the Top 40, but the guy who once spent a stint living inside of a vagina is still considered better than this entire company's roster.
Nate Burleson: Hold up. You lived in a vagina.
Jayson Price: Green screens, props, camera tricks, it was all very expensive. But quit interrupting, Nate. The fact is, people want to call me a whole host of things for what I've done over my career but at the end of the day I'm still as relevant as I've ever been. So what if I spent years drinking myself into a stupor or making a mockery of the business by doing questionable storylines, a decade from now when I'm retired and the next generation of wrestlers is doing their thing, my name is still going to be remembered. Even if I never win another World Title or get into a Hall Of Fame, I've done enough to guarantee my place in history. But you Frank, you're still grinding away because you don't have it. Don't get me wrong, you're good. You're probably going to pick up a few more World Titles and win yourself a few more big matches before you hang up the boots. But for all the shit that people like you give me for what I do with my life, you'll end up retiring with a little fanfare, a nice chance to give a speech at a Hall Of Fame Enshrinement and then...nothing. People aren't going to spend time remembering what you did because, to put it bluntly, you're like the Houston Rockets in 1994 and 1995. Yeah, you had your time where you were on top, but it'll forever be outshined by someone with just that much more talent and flair.
Nate Burleson: You're taking a big risk thinking that wrestling fans are going to remember the Rockets from the ninet- oh wait, I get it now.
Jayson Price: Try to keep up sport. But you see, I'm talking about what will happen when I do decide to finally retire like I plan on doing it soon when the fact is that I'm going to be doing this for a long god damn time. Action Wrestling might never let me back in the doors after tomorrow night but I can take my ass anywhere on this planet and main event a show.
Nate Burleson: But what if AW would decide that they want you to stick around?
Jayson Price: Nate, I know the people that run this place and they know me. Believe me, the last thing that they will do is offer me a contract to stick around. But my point is, I'm always going to have options in this business and the second decade of my career is going to be just as entertaining as the first one. And it all starts with me dropping FPV on his fucking neck. End scene.
Nate Burleson: Uh, this was a recording on my phone. Podcast, remember?
Jayson Price: Fuck you Nate.
Price grabs the strap of his gym bag from Nate, pulling it off his shoulder, before heading out of the scene.