Post by Kyle Kemp on Nov 7, 2021 12:17:43 GMT -5
The brisk frigid air of a late fall dawn morning hits Kyle Kemp as he jogs through the rural area next to his home outside of Omaha. The road winds back and forth through the countryside as Kemp jogs at a steady pace. These morning jogs have become the only sense of therapy that Kemp can receive right now.
These are the moments where he is alone and can truly focus on the tasks at hand whether they be in the ring or out of it and right now he doesn’t know what’s becoming more cumbersome. Inside of the ring he is facing a mentality that he hasn’t had to have before. The mentality of a champion. For so long he has been the one chasing the World Title. Chasing the main event. Now he has it and the pressure has only gone up. Everyone wants him. Jill Park. Dandy DiVito. Carter Shaw.
But he’s Kyle Kemp. He needs to show that bravado that he’s known for. He needs to show everyone he isn’t scared of anyone. One sense of weakness and everyone is going to claim that he’s gone soft. That winning the title makes him complacent. He cannot let that happen. This is not the end of the journey. It’s only the beginning.
If that wasn’t enough this week starts the Wrestler of the Year tournament. A tournament he has never won. A tournament where the best that Action Wrestling has to offer face off to find out who is truly the Wrestler of the Year. Winning Wrestler of the Year would leave no doubt that Kemp was the top guy in Action Wrestling. Kemp would love nothing more than to top this year off with winning that tournament but that only happens if you win the first matchup and that matchup is against Teo Blaze.
Kemp smirks for a half second as he jogs. Him and Teo go way back. Former partners. Former friends. Former rivals. It’s been awhile since they stepped into the ring together and fought one on one. Kemps actually relishing the chance to fight someone familiar.
But that’s just what is going on inside the ring. Outside the ring is just as interesting. A couple of months back Kemp found her sister and was able to get back on his feet by taking the money she had taken from him. Let’s just say she didn’t give the money back willingly. He had to get his hands dirty.
That’s something he’s not proud of but sometimes you have to do what you have to do. However when you do what you have to do sometimes consequences and the consequences popped up on his Voicemail a couple days back.
Kemp picks up the pace but he can still hear the voicemail as he runs.
Hello Kyle. You don’t know me but I know you. My name is John. I am Lois’s husband. I bet you thought you were gonna be able to take the money and run. Not so fast my friend. That money is just as much mine as it was Lois’s. You are going to pay that money back with interest or else. Don’t believe me? I don’t blame you. You have no history with me. You don’t know who I am. That’s why I’ve also sent you a package to show you just how serious I am. You’ve got one week.
The thing is Kemp has yet to receive a package. Was he missing something? That’s what’s troubling him.
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I’m still waiting.
For what you ask? For everything!
I’m still waiting for my respect. It’s been a couple of weeks since I won this World Championship! It’s been a couple of weeks since I became the first true Grand Slam winner in Action Wrestling! If this was any of the other “main event” guys the red carpet would have been rolled out for me! God if I was Corey Black I would have gotten the red carpet, a girl on each arm and Torture would be offering to suck my dick every five seconds! Instead I’ve gotten nothing.
No big press conference. No big celebration with confetti and balloons. Hell I didn’t even get to open the show as the new World Champion on the Clash after Execution. That was reserved for Dandy who I had to listen to drone on and on for the fifteen millionth time. It was so bad I had to go out there and interrupt him. I may be the World Champion but it’s the same story as usual. No respect for Kyle Kemp.
Don’t believe me? Look at this week. Look at where I am on the fucking card! I’m right back in the damn middle. The same place I’ve been mired for years! I finally broke through and won the World Title and I’m still being treated the same. It’s bullshit. I know it. You all know it. I’m tired of waiting for my respect. I’m tired of wishing that each of you would appreciate me or even just acknowledge me. I’m tired of the same old song and dance.
You can’t keep me quiet. None of you can. I’m not like my opponent this week. I’m not Teo Blaze. Isn’t that right Teddy?
We all know the same old song and dance suits you just fine. I can’t remember the last time you marched to a different beat, Teo. You are a cheap knock off carbon copy of your former self. You are the PG version of Teo Blaze. You are a cartoon compared to the man you used to be and it sickens me to see what those incompetent idiots that run the Cruiserweight division have done to you. Hell they even still have you running around with that basketcase Andre Jenson. How pathetic.
But don’t worry. You guys are just two gents! Two guys that go down to that ring, get the sheep to cheer you on and act like a couple of everyday gentlemen succeeding is fun. They aren’t laughing with you Teo. They are laughing at you. I’m laughing at you. I’m still waiting for you to see that.
But I guess when you have a crisis of confidence like you had, have, will have. Which one of those is it? Have you worked through your confidence issues? I guess probably not since you haven’t fought on the main roster in awhile. I guess probably not since you haven’t even won the Cruiserweight Championship in a year and a half. I guess probably not because you are still doing the one thing you have always done. Rely on someone else.
And I would know that wouldn’t I, Teo. That’s our whole history isn’t it! Me dragging your ass! Just look at Chaos Theory. I dragged you to the Tag Team Title in WCF. I made us champions! You sat on the ring apron, shaking and talking to yourself while I was doing all of the necessary things to get us victories! I would look over and you would be staring off into the crowd, wondering who you were and if these idiots liked you or not! It pissed me off then and it pisses me off now.
But you and I both know that’s only the tip of the iceberg why you piss me off. The part that really pisses me off is how you screwed me. You screwed what could have been great. Hell it could’ve been greater than The Following. There was only one problem. You. The truth is I’m still waiting for two things when it comes to you Teo. An apology and revenge.
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Kemp rounds the corner to run up his driveway and to finish his jog when he stops dead in his tracks. On the top of the steps is a brown box. It was definitely not there when he left. Is this the package? Has to be.
Kemp walks slowly up his steps and stares down at the box. There are no distinct markings on the box. There’s no names. It’s just a brown cardboard box. He reaches down and slowly opens it. In the box is a bunch of packing peanuts.
For a brief second Kemp wonders if this is a trap of some kind. What’s in the packing peanuts? He takes a deep breath and shoves both of his hands inside. Part of him expects to be pulling his hands back from being cut up or finding something gross. Instead all he finds is a small box with a note taped to the top. Kemp pulls off the note and stares at the box. It looks like a jewelry box for a necklace.
Kemp holds the box in his left hand while unfolding the note and it reads.
I told you that I was serious.
Kemp takes a deep breath before opening the jewelry box. He looks inside and his mouth opens slowly. Inside the box is a womens ring finger. Her engagement and wedding rings still sit on the finger. He holds it and just stares in shock. He knows whose finger it is. It’s Lois’s. John’s own wife. His sister.
It is at this moment where Kemp realizes that there was nothing written on the box! That means it wasn’t a mailman or delivery driver that dropped it off. It had to have been John. Kemp quickly whips his head around and looks around. John has to be here. He has to be watching. Kemp drops the box and the note to the ground before hopping off his steps and looking in a circle at the trees, bushes and countryside that surround his house.
Where is he?
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That’s right Teo. I’m still waiting for an apology. Something you have never given me. Something you owe me. You see, I haven't forgotten about 2018. I haven’t forgotten what you did to me. We were riding high! We were Tag Team Champions! I was Omega Champion! Chaos Theory was running the show and we were on our way to becoming a dominant faction. We were looking for new members and I thought this was going to be what made us special.
Then the voices in your head ruined everything.
Do you remember that? They told you to protect the Omega Championship at any cost. That meant you were supposed to protect me! You were supposed to ensure that I kept my title. Instead you got yourself put into the match with Mikey eXtreme. It turned into a Triple Threat match. I thought that was fine. I thought it was going to be a glorified Handicap match. You weren’t going to screw me. We were partners! Hell we were Tag Team Champions at that time!
However when push came to shove you did the greedy thing. You did the thing that only a coward would do. You went behind my back and stole my title! You pinned Mikey instead of letting me do it and you took my Omega Title! What makes matters worse is that you continued to tell me how it was just you protecting the title. You wanted me to accept that the title was still in Chaos Theory but the truth is you just didn’t want to give me a rematch. You wanted everything to be all about you.
Just like you always do.
Which is why you had to lose the Tag Team Titles for us. You were the Omega Champion and you didn’t need me anymore. You just needed to protect that title in your words. The individual title. We all know how that went though. Mikey took it from you and he did that because I wasn’t there anymore.
Once that happened I thought you would apologize. I thought you would admit your mistake and your greed. Instead we went our separate ways for over a year and I thought that you would eventually see that you owed me an apology. That’s why I decided to team with you for Trios. I thought you would see how good of a team we are and you would apologize. I thought after winning the Trios Tournament we would celebrate and you would pull me aside, give me a hug and apologize. You didn’t. Instead you took the victory and ditched me to the curb again. You hadn’t learned. If anything you have doubled down that you don’t care about me.
And if you don’t care about me then I don’t care about you. If you aren’t going to apologize then I’m going to take the low road and I’m not going to walk away. No no Teo. I’m just going to wait for the right moment and get revenge. I’ve been waiting. I’m still waiting. And all that waiting has finally paid off.
I have finally been given the right time to destroy you once and for all.
For three years I have waited. Day after day. Month after month. I have waited for the right moment to step into that ring with you and punish you. To walk right up to you and spit in your face and tell you that you were wrong. The voices weren’t telling you to protect the Omega Championship. They were telling you to protect yourself from me! They were telling you that I was better than you. They were telling you not to cross me because when properly motivated I will kill you.
I’m thirsty Teo. Thirsty for your blood. I have so much to prove while you have nothing more than your sideshow on CruiserClash. You aren’t the Wrestler of the Year. Hell you're not the Wrestler of the B Show. You are the same lost, confused impotent loser I met all those years ago. You are going to feel what it feels like to be victimized by Kyle Kemp.
I know this is the moment where you expect me to stand up, wave my hands in the air and say that I’m better than you. It’s not about that this week. That fact is not in doubt. This is all about what I have waited three years to get. This is about ripping that last little piece of you that thinks you are better than me out of your body. I’m going to rip your heart directly out of your chest and watch you die in the middle of the ring!
And when it’s all over and you're lying there as your final breaths escape your lungs you will realize that there are always consequences for how you treat people. You’ll realize that when I stand over you and stare into your eyes as they go blank.
It will be at that moment that the waiting will have been worth it.