Post by Torture on Dec 3, 2021 23:58:13 GMT -5
The opening shot is of the Following Compound with the wrestling ring in the backyard during sunrise. The morning dew is being wiped away by Chase Jackson with a white towel as he kneels down inside the ring. He continues wiping it up and he turns back to notice Wesley getting into the ring. Jackson throws a nod and Wesley nods back. When Jackson stands up he sees the dozen or so new Following recruits standing around the ring as Wesley starts to coach them up. Jackson exits the ring and throws a towel into a laundry basket on wheels.
We follow the laundry basket on wheels and it's being pulled through the back by CJ Phoenix. Jackson pats him on the shoulder and Phoenix nods to him as he continues pulling the basket through a side door into a garage. He stops at two huge industrial sized washing machine and dryers. Phoenix turns to notice Kyle Kemp is on the phone in the garage. Kemp leans against the garage wall and press the door button. As the garage door begins to open, Phoenix walks in through another door back into the house. Phoenix walks through the kitchen but we hang on the back of Dandy who is staring out the kitchen window to the front.
We see Kemp into the frame of the window as a car pulls up. Dandy grabs a glass next to the sink with a bit of frustration and disbelief. The drivers door opens up and out pops Carter Shaw from Philidor Holdings. Kemp and Shaw stare at each other with the car methodically placed between them. We come back to see the fire in Dandy's eyes as he takes the glass and throws it down into the sink shattering it instantly.
We now see a large fire. Smoke and flames as high as the sky. We pan backwards and Kyle Kemp stands directly in front of the fire. We see the wrestling ring melting, burning up, losing its strength as it all collapses in the backyard. We see the laundry basket melting into the cement in the garage. We see flames through-out the house just burning it all to the ground. We come back to Kemp staring into the flames as the structure folds in on it's self and the Following Compound is dust.
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"How many of you do I have to help?"
We come to a scene that has to be over a year old as Kyle Kemp is in some hotel room thrashing about and yelling at Chase Jackson who is sitting in a lounge chaire.
Kyle Kemp: ANSWER ME!
Chase Jackson: I don't kn-
Kyle Kemp: I came into Action Wrestling and the first thing I do when I come into this company was help Spencer Adams become World Champion on Clash10, I pushed him to the main event, I gave him his Championship belt. Right?
Chase Jackson: Yea-
Kyle Kemp: I was the heart and soul of the Tag Team Championship run we had together, Spence and I. I put in the work day in and day out. His FightSmart stable, I was the one constantly getting us on track, I was the one bending over backwards to ensure they were in their best position, I was the one..
Chase Jackson: I know, sir.
Kyle Kemp: How many of you do I have to help before I get my god damn respect!?
Kemp kicks his suitcase over that was sitting next to the bed, then grabs a backpack and slams it down on the table.
Chase Jackson: So what do we do now?
Kemp looks at Jackson with a straight serious face that can knock an old woman over as he reaches into the backpack. He pulls out his Grayson Ward mask.
Kyle Kemp: I'm going to continue being Ward, we can't unmask yet. Besides, no one even knows you're in this, so we'll just keep going with the plan.
Chase Jackson: Havoc is com-
Kyle Kemp: Yeah, I'll probably unmask in Havoc. I want respect, Chase, I demand respect.
Chase Jackson: I understand, you've helped me a ton, I appreciate it.
Kemp puts up his hand and closes his eyes.
Kyle Kemp: You don't have to say anything. It's almost call time at the arena, you should go so we're not seen.
Jackson gets up and does what he's told. He grabs another backpack that was under the table and leaves the hotel room. Kemp stares at his Grayson Ward mask..
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We see Kyle Kemp drenched in sweat standing at the trunk of his car. He looks down and the All-In briefcase sits against his bag in the trunk and he darts his eyes up and across the parking lot where other wrestlers and staff are exiting the building. He can see CJ Phoenix walking with Vanessa and a few wrestlers stop to congratulate him on his performance in All-In. We see Jill Park and some reality television cameras following her and a few officials and refs stop to give her recognition for her work in the All-In match. Kemp looks down at the briefcase and realizes no one has said anything to him. He slams the trunk down in a fit of rage.
As soon as the trunk was closed we snap to a cold dark hallway inside a wrestling arena. We know this because we can hear the cheers and boos. We can hear the thousands and thousands jumping up and down making tons of noise. Kemp looks down and is clutching his briefcase and his eyes close with his mind glitching to the past..
"KYLE KEMP JUST HELPED SPENCER ADAMS WIN THE WORLD TITLE!"
"SPENCER ADAMS IS TAG TEAM CHAMPION.. WITH KYLE KEMP!"
"KYLE KEMP JUST DEFEATED WALTER FOR THE UNITED STATES TITLE"
"GRAYSON WARD IS TELEVISION CHAMPION"
"GRAYSON IS UNMASKING.. ITS.. THATS.. ITS KYLE KEMP!!"
"DANDY AND WESLEY.. ARE.. JOINING KEMP? THEY'RE THE FOLLOWING!?"
"KYLE KEMP IS ALL-IN!! KEMP IS ALL-IN"
"CARTER SHAW"
"PHILIDOR HOLDINGS"
"SHAW IS INFILTRATING FOLLOWING!?"
"DANDY DIVITO DOESNT TRUST KYLE KEMP!"
"IS THE FOLLOWING FALLING APART?!
"JILL PARK JUST GAVE KEMP A TASTE OF HIS OWN MEDICINE"
"SPENCER ADAMS IS TAG TEAM CHAMPION.. WITH KYLE KEMP!"
"KYLE KEMP JUST DEFEATED WALTER FOR THE UNITED STATES TITLE"
"GRAYSON WARD IS TELEVISION CHAMPION"
"GRAYSON IS UNMASKING.. ITS.. THATS.. ITS KYLE KEMP!!"
"DANDY AND WESLEY.. ARE.. JOINING KEMP? THEY'RE THE FOLLOWING!?"
"KYLE KEMP IS ALL-IN!! KEMP IS ALL-IN"
"CARTER SHAW"
"PHILIDOR HOLDINGS"
"SHAW IS INFILTRATING FOLLOWING!?"
"DANDY DIVITO DOESNT TRUST KYLE KEMP!"
"IS THE FOLLOWING FALLING APART?!
"JILL PARK JUST GAVE KEMP A TASTE OF HIS OWN MEDICINE"
His eyes clenched tighter and tighter as he grips that briefcase with all the strength he has.
"KYLE KEMP HAS NO RESPECT FOR ANYONE!"
"IS CARTER SHAW HAVING THE BEST YEAR EVER!?"
"JILL PARK WANTS WHAT KYLE KEMP HAS! SHES GOING TO TAKE IT!"
"DANDY WINS THE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS AND THE FOLLOWING IS OVER!"
"DANDY DANDY DANDY DANDY DANDY DANDY DANDY DANDY"
"SHAW SHAW SHAW SHAW SHAW SHAW SHAW SHAW"
"PARK PARK PARK PARK PARK PARK PARK PARK PARK PARK"
"IS CARTER SHAW HAVING THE BEST YEAR EVER!?"
"JILL PARK WANTS WHAT KYLE KEMP HAS! SHES GOING TO TAKE IT!"
"DANDY WINS THE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS AND THE FOLLOWING IS OVER!"
"DANDY DANDY DANDY DANDY DANDY DANDY DANDY DANDY"
"SHAW SHAW SHAW SHAW SHAW SHAW SHAW SHAW"
"PARK PARK PARK PARK PARK PARK PARK PARK PARK PARK"
He snaps out of it as a bell sounds!
DING DING DING
Kemp looks through the end of the hallway and Torture is in the middle of the ring giving Dandy DiVito the World Championship as Carter Shaw is rolling out of the ring. Kemp lowers his gaze as the rage slowly takes over his body. He grips the briefcase handle and his eyes grow more with fury. Kemp walks out of the hallway towards the ring..
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In our final scene we see Kemp sitting in a black leather office chair and a round table sits before him. Kemp leans back in the chair and talks as if anyone is listening.
My entire career in Action Wrestling is about no one respecting me and quite frankly, I'm sick of it. I'm sick of looking at every one of these stupid marks in the stands booing me or yelling at me, their stupid, dumb faces mouthing off to me about shit they'd never understand. Things they know nothing about and on top of it? I'm tired of walking past these disrespectful, idiot wrestlers who think they're on my level or my peer. They're nobodies and I'm absolutely done with all of them.
I've carried this company since the day I got here. I debuted and instantly was in the main event when I helped, who I thought was a friend, capture the World Championship. I found out he wasn't so much of a friend when I carried that Tag Team Championship reign too, oh don't remember? On television he screamed and shouted that we were a stable, a team, a cohesive unit, but did he ever show up to my house? Did he ever get me on those better flights? He was First Class and I was coach, and thats when I realized that not even your friends in this business give a shit about anyone but themselves. He wasn't a friend.
He wasn't a friend when he decided that he needed to beat me at Evolution so he could pound his chest, hold up his ego and pad his stats. Great friend, right? FightSmart was nothing more of a bridge to help Spencer from one spot to the next and we weren't allowed to go with! That's okay though, because I was going to be on my own.
I was directionless, I was useless, I was a waste of money in this place. I knew it, the fans knew it, hell, I know management knew it when I was given a break. Yeah, a break. They gave me a break. Told me to go home and think about professional wrestling. Told me to think about my future, my next move. They wanted to release me but didn't have the balls to do it to my face. So I did what I had to do.
I created Grayson Ward.
Kemp leans forward in the chair and kicks at something.
You listening? I created Grayson Ward to expose everything wrong about Action Wrestling, it's fans, and their stupid wrestlers. Everyone was worked. Everyone was worked and no one could do shit about it. I pulled the wool over everyones eyes and I showed that I was more than just a fluke win over Walter and more than a flash-in-the-pan from another company held down, no, I was everything I set out to be 6 years ago and more!
No one gave a shit about me until I put the mask on, and I knew, I .. knew.. I had them in the palm of my hands. I started gathering followers, I started my own stable.. my own.. cult.. and I knew I could get respect, the respect I was deserved, if I just played my cards right and proved to them to who I truly was.
Odin? He came to me a broken old slumpy giant and I turned him into a dominant Champion, but did he go all in? Did he truly follow me to the end zone? Did he get to the finish line? He didn't and now look where he is? It's no surprise that he's drowning in the shallow end while I'm holding on to this in the deep end?
Kemp finishes his sentence while picking up the World Championship off the floor and setting it on the table next to him.
Wesley? Couldn't reach the top. He'd climb and climb but once he hit near the top of that mountain, he'd slide back down. Then he followed me. He bought in. I proved that not only am I the genuis of AW, I'm the one man that can make ANYONE a Champion in this company and Wesley went to the finals of Wrestler of the Year. Hm, and to think, if he didn't have a weak body psh, a weaker neck, he'd be sitting right next to me helping me keep this Championship gold around my waist.
CJ? Chase Jackson? CJ had a marquee match at Evolution, he was Hardcore Champion, he's now the United States Champion and that's because of me. All me. I did that. CJ Phoenix couldn't hit the dirt if he threw himself at the ground, and look at him now? Flying high and soaring, because of me but do I get recoginition? Do I get the respect for that? No. They act like he did it himself, he acts like he did all that. I worked my ass off and getting that selfish, self-centered immature little anime-loving boy a shot at the big leagues and I get nothing for it.
And then theres Dandy.
Kemp lowers his head in disgust. His eyes stare at whatever it is at his feet.
Dandy didn't trust the process. He didn't buy in, dare I say.. he didn't go all in on the Following. Because of him, everything I built is gone. All of it. The Following was a 2 year journey for me to get to the top and what did he do? Brought it down with his insecurity, his jealousy, Dandy threw a fit like a toddler and because of that I lost my Tag Team Championship, my Following and my .. home.
So I waited. I methodically waited until it was my turn to prove, once again, that I am the best of the best, that I am everything this god damn company wants and needs. I smashed Dandys stupid head with my All-In briefcase, I pinned him in the middle of the ring and gave him the shortest World Championship reign in the history of Action Wrestling, by the way.. does Lissie Hope thank me for that? Hah. Dandy squirmed on the ground like a toddler again when I took something that didn't belong to him. He laid there thinking back to all the times he got in my face and tried to tell me I was wrong. Well, Dandy, you were wrong. You were wrong this entire time. You've always been wrong. You will always be wrong. Forever. And..
This?
Kemp grabs the Championship off the table and puts it in his lap.
This belongs to me. It's always been mine. This was the goal? And I'll go down swinging to keep it in my posession.
Carter Shaw thought he was a snake coming into my home and collapsing everything I built from the inside. He's a moron. He's too egotistical to see that I was playing him the entire time, and Dandy? Never believed me, because Dandy is an insecure child who can't trust, and Jill Park is just a dumb little.. brat.. who doesn't realize she's punching above her weight class.
You see, tomorrow night, when I walk through that curtain, when I head down that ramp, and I get into that ring, all three of them are going to realize just who I am and what I'm capable of doing. No more masks, no more cults, no more followers, no more hands up.
No more games. No more bullshit.
It's just me.
Kemp stands up.
I'm Kyle FUCKING Kemp!
Kemp grabs the Championship and holds it tight.
AND I'M BETTER THAN THEM!
Kemp stands there after yelling that out breathing in heavy and deep. He closes his eyes and clutches the Championship as tight as he can. A few moments roll by before he comes to and his eyes open wide. He continues breathing heavily and remembers where he's at. He looks down.
The Hertz rental car agent on the ground curled up like a ball. Kemp kneels down..
Now, do you really think I'm just going to leave here without a car? Check your computer again and this time, give me keys.
The agent starts to get up, his lip busted and he's definitely afraid. He shakes as he reaches into his pocket.. The agent just pulls out his personal car keys and gives it to Kemp.
There we go. You can get it back tomorrow night.
Kemp pats the guy on the back and then adjusts his Championship onto his shoulder and reaches down picking up his bag.
Kemp stops at the doorway as he slides his sunglasses on as the sun is starting to set.
Ya see, Turmoil is important to me. It's all or nothing, there is no going back for me. I'm all in.
Kemp exits through the doorway.