Post by Frank Venable on Jun 4, 2023 13:19:30 GMT -5
FPV RP #42 - Self-Imposed Exile
So my path towards Evolution was set. And it was just about the last thing I expected.
Just when I thought my path to Jill Park was ended, this match with Carter Shaw gets the juicy #1 contender stipulation put on it and I have to recontextualize everything I perceived going into Evolution. Now I have a reason to want to fight Carter. He may have been the one to eliminate me from Havoc, but I had to keep my goals in mind coming out of that event and didn't have the energy to go blindly looking for revenge against him. I wasn't lying when I told him he had nothing to offer me. But now, thanks to Pasternak, he does. A way to get back at Jill Park if Lissie Hope somehow can't get the job done.
But all of that is sadly in the future. In the present, I find myself in gorilla, already dressed in my ring gear, getting ready to go out for tonight's episode of Clash against an opponent I've already put down once. As I see the cameraman coming towards me, I give my knuckles a good crack before speaking my peace.
Just when I thought my path to Jill Park was ended, this match with Carter Shaw gets the juicy #1 contender stipulation put on it and I have to recontextualize everything I perceived going into Evolution. Now I have a reason to want to fight Carter. He may have been the one to eliminate me from Havoc, but I had to keep my goals in mind coming out of that event and didn't have the energy to go blindly looking for revenge against him. I wasn't lying when I told him he had nothing to offer me. But now, thanks to Pasternak, he does. A way to get back at Jill Park if Lissie Hope somehow can't get the job done.
But all of that is sadly in the future. In the present, I find myself in gorilla, already dressed in my ring gear, getting ready to go out for tonight's episode of Clash against an opponent I've already put down once. As I see the cameraman coming towards me, I give my knuckles a good crack before speaking my peace.
FPV: I hope you're ready, Joey. Because tonight you get an opportunity to do something not many people have achieved. You get to try your luck against me one more time after getting put away months ago. I don't know what exactly you did to earn such a shot at redemption, especially considering I haven't seen you that much at all since the last time we fought. But you've got the shot now, so make something of it.
I don't know if you've noticed this about me Scala, but after I beat someone once, they usually aren't able to get that win back. Look at the big names that I've crossed paths with, people like Lissie Hope and Odin Balfore, they tried to save face and get back at me, but I always come prepared for every match. Just like what I'll be doing for our match.
Yes Joey I'm going to be giving this match the same focus and energy as if I fighting Shaw on Clash instead of you. I'm doing this despite you being the wrestling equivalent of a dull, grey, concrete roadblock only meant to stop my momentum even if only for the briefest of moments. Your entire purpose tonight is to give me something to do for the fans while I properly prepare for Shaw at Evolution. It's funny, Shaw also has an easy night tonight against Chase Jackson, another man I've gotten a win from lately.
And that's what guys like you with no ambition are destined to become. Filler opponents for people better than them.
Just how do I know you lack the ambition to beat me, Scala? Simple. I talked at length about you last time, and you had ample time to say something about it to me, hell maybe even get a good retort in and maybe earn a little bit of my respect. Instead, all you had to say to me was (and I quote) "Yous a stupid bitch."
Now I could go on at length about just how bad of a response that is, but I don't think I need to. Because I believe that deep down you already know what poor form that is. That's why you haven't said anything publicly since then. The dumbest possible combination of words escaped your lips that shamed you into a self-imposed exile from the media. And I don't expect you to say anything about our match tonight after it happens. Hopefully I beat you so badly you realize that it was a mistake to stick your head out of your shell and never step to me again, Joey Scala.
See you out there in the ring. Don't blow it this time.