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Post by Wade Moor on Jan 23, 2019 17:21:59 GMT -5
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[Opening shot: Custom interview set up with dim lighting and modern chairs upholstered in genuine leathers. #beachkrew #beachtube backdrop with Revolution II: WAR GAMES graphics. Machines lightly pump colored fog into the wise space giving off a N e o T o k y o P a r t y V i b e that brings the ambience of the room full circle. Wade Moor sits opposite Shia LaBeouf - who seems to be conducting the interview - with a thousand yard stare.]
Shia LaBeouf: I’m here with Action Wrestling 2018’s Wrestler of the Year, Wade Moor. This Sunday, the perennial superstar steps foot inside one of the most dangerous creations in modern wrestling history, the five sided steel cell, commonly known as a Hell in a Cell match. This match type is usually dangerous with just two competitors, but the ante has been upped as two teams of four - #beachkrew and #fightsmart with Torture - lock themselves inside for a chance to proclaim absolute dominance over the Action Wrestling roster. What are your thoughts on this match, Godnilla?
Wade chuckles heartily, but that thousand yard state returns. He knows just how ugly of a beast the two teams are facing at WAR GAMES.
Wade Moor: Shia, no matter what match I’m stepping into at any given moment, to me, it’s always been a fight for survival. For dominance. The chance to prove that I truly am one of - if not THE - top of any mountain anyone chooses to climb in this sport. No matter the distance, no matter your struggle, there’s always someone whose always going to be THE BEST. I have no doubt in my mind that I am that person, to anyone, at any given time. This Hell in a Cell? True, it’s dangerous. Everything in this violent business is, but the men in #beachkrew discovered the key to survival and dominance.
Shia LaBeouf: And whats that?
Wade Moor: Be the most dangerous. Over the last several months, we’ve been embroiled in this blood feud with #fightsmart. Week after week, we’ve beaten them. Week after week, we’ve embarrassed them. Week after week, we’ve proved to simply be more dangerous than them. From day one, we knew where we belonged in this business. We knew what we had to do to achieve that position. We definitely knew what we had to do maintain it. Can #fightsmart boast the same?
Shia LaBeouf: Do you care to elaborate?
Wade Moor: I’ll lay it all out for you, man. It’s no secret that #fightsmart hasn’t been the most well oiled machine. Since it’s inception, there have been tiny cracks in what appeared to be flawless armor, the kind you tend to find in something cheaply made. To the naked eye, not so visible, but to those with experience?
Wade points his finger to his temple.
Wade Moor: You see where the cracks begin to form. Spencer Adams seems like a viable leader, and an infinitely useful source of advice, but that’s not the way I see it. Perception is reality, unless your reality is a myth. Spencer Adams is no more a leader than he is a viable World Champion. If he was, he would have used his platform to build all of his teammates, like I’ve done with Ryan Lockhart. From the moment we met, I’ve done everything I can to build Lockhart into what he is today. The methods weren’t always friendly, but that’s the best way for someone to learn, strength through adversity. Tough love, to the laymen. Spencer Adams just gassed #fightsmart up and blamed them for his failures. His failure as World Champion. His failure at All In. His failure...as a man. An uncle.
Wade Moor puts his head in his hands, shaking it back and forth.
Wade Moor: When members of my team fail, I take it very personally. All I can think to myself is “what did I do wrong by THEM?”. Did I not teach them enough? Have I set the wrong examples? I can guarantee these aren’t the same thoughts that ruminate through Spencer Adams’ mind after failure. “They didn’t try hard enough!” or “They didn’t want it enough!” or “How could you do this to us?”. That crack extends and the weakness drips down. You can take Lincoln Kuechly - or “Killer Kuechly” if you insist. He was one excuse after the other. “Management is holding me down” or “I’m not getting enough opportunities”.
Let me tell you something, child, this business doesn’t owe you anything. You don’t deserve anything you haven’t earned, and I can tell you right now, you haven’t earned a damn thing. Every night you get in that ring is an opportunity, every morning you wake up with breath in your lungs is an opportunity, and you’ve fretted away every single one. Pissed in the wind with lackluster, inconsistent performances, and a general lackadaisical attitude. The reason you’re not on the same level as me is simple: you’re just not on the same level as me. Every night I put it on and turn it out, earning my nights off with five star performances, and my nights ON as well. There’s a reason I won the Wrestler of the Year Tournament, and it wasn’t by whining and complaining. It was by getting out there and proving that I deserve that title.
And I’m going to do it again at WAR GAMES...because like the title implies, we’re at WAR. This is business to #beachkrew, but to us, business is personal. We see supposed men like you out there, bitching over nothing while squandering opportunities, and it makes us absolutely sick to our stomachs considering how much we’ve given inside that squared circle. We get out there every night and put it all on the line. Our methods are dangerous, violent, not always popular...but that’s why we’re going to win this match. We know what we are and who we are and nobody can make us change our minds.
Shia LaBeouf: That brings us to an interesting segue. A man whose personal demons have gotten the better of him lately, Kyle Kemp, is also one of your opponents in this match. What can you tell us about him heading into WAR GAMES?
Wade Moor: I took Kemp to the woodshed a few weeks ago, like I told him I would...and just as I predicted, he came out the other side a changed man. I’m not a seer, so I can’t always predict what change my ass beatings are going to make. I can’t say I’m surprised that Kemp is on the skids yet again. He’s someone whose never had confidence in himself or his means. Always spitting out the same old tripe like if he said it enough then it would eventually come true...but that ain’t how it is, Kyle. It doesn’t work that way. What you say is 80% of what you do here, but there’s still that 20% of having to actually back it up and that’s the part you can never seem to figure out. He has the mottos and taglines, but he doesn’t have the drive or willpower to bring it home.
Two weeks ago, I gave him the chance to prove me wrong. I laid out exactly how I felt about Kyle Kemp with the hopes that he would answer the challenge, rise to the occasion, and prove no doubt...but in spectacular Kyle Kemp fashion, he proved me undeniably right. If you want something done correctly, you can never count on Kyle Kemp. That goes a little back to Spencer’s poor leadership, but Kemp has a lot of responsibility in this too. Spencer can’t “want it” for Kemp. A leader can only take so much of that burden before he has to call it. Kemp in #fightsmart is a poor choice, because he can’t fight nor is he smart. If he could fight, he would have been me a couple weeks ago, or at least put up more of a fight. If he was smart, he would have asked for his release the minute after Camilla announced this match.
Kyle Kemp is in this match. He’ll physically be taking up a spot, but will he be emotionally and spiritually invested in it? He can’t even be fucked to stand up for his teams ideology on a week to week basis, let alone in one of the most violent matches of his career. Expect Kemp to be taking the brunt of #beachkrews physical abuse come Sunday night.
One, for being a #fakefriend.
Two, for being a malignant blight on #beachkrews track record.
Three, for being a #fuccboi.
And four, for being a general malaise on the professional wrestling industry as a whole.
Kyle Kemp will never be in league with the greats of this industry. He’s doomed to being a perpetual midcarder until he eventually gives up and retires.
Shia LaBeouf: Damn, do you hate Kyle Kemp or something?
Wade Moor: Despise - or loathe entirely - is more accurate.
Shia LaBeouf: Lets get down to the most interesting part of this interview - the coup de gras if you will. Last week at Clash, the fourth member of #fightsmarts team was announced that it was none other than the C.O.O. of Action Wrestling - Torture.
Wade smirks as he recounts the event.
Wade Moor: If I had to answer you honestly, I couldn’t tell you what Tortures gambit in all of this is, but I can pander a guess. When I signed my contract, I told both Torture and Gravedigger straight to their faces that I wasn’t doing this for the money - though they had no issues throwing that my way - because they knew the results that I could produce for them. They knew that Wade Moor was a household name and the money they stood to make off that name alone. They had shareholders to please and signing a huge name like Wade Moor was going to put smiles on their faces and dollar signs in their eyes, purely bureaucratic bullshit. I didn’t care. All I wanted was an opportunity, which I received and made the most out of, so they should be happier than pigs in shit...
But something happened somewhere. Right around Wade Moor SLASH Roy Speede I. Roy was getting a chance at the Action Wrestling World Championship in a contractual rematch clause. Just so happens the VICE TV contract was up in the air, even though we were bringing in close to 3.1 million viewership weekly and rising - which was unheard of for that network - close to 80% in the target demographic, which means we were bringing in new fans and viewers consistently. All of this was happening with Wade Moor at the helm, plotting a path and sailing those mighty, choppy waters.
This wasn’t good enough for Torture, I’m assuming. Torture - like Torture does - got greedy as fuck. Instead of renegotiating a fair new deal like a savvy businessman, he got shrewd and attempted to gouge VICE for a fat new contract. They simply couldn’t afford it and as a result - they begrudgingly dropped Action Wrestling from their contract. Instead of playing ball and giving the money to the company that gave us that opportunity in the first place, Torture decided to take business elsewhere. He started scoping out the bigger fish and that’s when they announced the CBS Sports deal. Pretty big coup, I was definitely impressed with the deal. It was more exposure for me as champion of the company and thought it would bring in even more competition. I was excited to say the least...
That’s when he personally announced Wade Moor SLASH Roy Speede II. This was after I beat him resoundingly at Uprising. There shouldn’t have been a “second chance”. But I was naive, I just told myself the pickings must be slim if Speede was getting another go around. Still, I thought to myself, it’s a little weird that Torture personally announced the match, almost as if he couldn’t wait for it to happen. It wasn’t blockbuster, by any means. The fans already got enough the first time. Still, I soldiered on. I did what any good Champion would do and took the announcement in stride and got myself ready for round II. The match was going according to plan. I was lacing Roy Speede up, ready to go the distance, gearing up for an UNHOLY FUCKING BROSEIDON PUNCH...Roy Speede moved out of the way and I hit the referee. Not uncommon in their line of work, sometimes accidents happen. But the way it all went down seemed...fixed. Choreographed, even.
Chaos erupted immediately afterwards. Doctors and officials rushed down to check on the referee, not surprising since I’ve known bigger men who’ve fallen harder to the PUNCH...but what made it confusing was the fact that Torture came down to. Why was he there? What business did he have out there at ringside? Referees have been taken out before, nothing the C.O.O. should have even been concerned with. He starts arguing with everyone ringside, the official referee for the match was starting to come to. Meanwhile, I’m still wrestling Roy Speede for MY CHAMPIONSHIP in the ring, fighting my heart out. I turned around as Torture slid a new referee into the ring and ate one of Roy Speedes flaccid superkicks. I stayed on my feet long enough to get put down with a SPEEDE OF LIGHT. I was out for three seconds...but three seconds was all he needed.
I knew when my eyes opened that I was no longer Action Wrestling World Champion. Something strange happened that I’m just starting to remember now, because until now all I remember was seeing red...I don’t know who it was, it could have been the referee, Roy Speede, or Torture his motherfucking self...but somebody got really close to my ear and whispered “I’m sorry.” I just remember thinking “sorry for what?”. Then I looked around and saw Roy Speede celebrating with my Championship. I looked outside to a sea of confused, yet cheering, faces and knew that something wasn’t right. Afterwards I went on a famous rampage where I apparently beat the hell out of security, Chris Avery, and ultimately Torture. I don’t remember doing any of this - if you could only imagine the level of rage it takes a person to get to that point - but I’m sure I must have had a good reason.
Up until now, the reason hasn’t been clear but I think I’m starting to figure it out. I wish Torture had a personal vendetta against me, that would make much more sense. He could have been angry because I beat his ass up and down the ring back in the day, carried that grudge. Revenge is a good dish, regardless if it’s hot or cold. He could be angry with me for wrestling for their, small, but rival promotion WCF...but to think that this heinous injustice was committed to please uptight network executives makes me want to puke in the sink. I know I don’t look like the traditional “face of a company” but I’ve proven time and time again that, if given the opportunity, I can produce expected results and then some. Look at what I did for Action Wrestling on VICE, think about what I could have done for Action Wrestling on CBS Sports...but they probably didn’t want some multigenerational looking redneck clogging up commercial time on their airwaves, instead electing for someone like Roy Speedes doggish good looks.
Tell me what you’d rather have on your side in a fight - and trust me, network rivalries is an all out WAR - a pedigreed pit bull or a barnyard mutt? Fucking Roy Speede, Torture? Are you kidding me? Was he everything you were hoping he would be? How much mileage did you get out of him as World Champion before he fucked off into irrelevance? Such a shame. Such a waste. Roy Speede does what Roy Speede does and that’s waste opportunities worse than Kyle Kemp. The worst part about him is he’s actually good enough, when he wants to be. I’m THE BEST even if I don’t. That’s the difference between talent like Roy Speede and I, but you couldn’t see that even though it was basically stabbing you in the eyes it was so glaringly god damn obvious.
I can’t tell if you’re smart or really fucking stupid, Torture. I can’t tell if you’re actually making choices for the benefit of Action Wrestling or to stroke your own ego. I’ve never seen such a ridiculously self serving buffoon like you in charge of a company before, and this is coming from a guy who worked for both Seth Lerch and Jayson Price. Now you’ve decided to get involved in this business with #fightsmart because...why? Why did you come out rocking the New Balance, Levi Jean, and wrapped hands dad look? Why are you putting yourself at risk when you have two beautiful children at home who need a father with the ability to stand up on his own?! I know you’re not doing the “right” thing or the “noble” thing because those two words don’t even exist in your vernacular. I can’t help but believe that my theory on this whole matter is true.
You no longer wanted Wade Moor as Action Wrestling World Champion, but now that I’ve superseded that and created something new entirely, you can’t have that either. If we propel #beachkrew into the future of Action Wrestling, ratings and all around sales are going to improve, and that would just make you look foolish to the network executives. They would wonder why this idiot can’t run his own company and you can’t have that, can you? That’s why you’re trying to cut #beachkrews head off. Funny, I didn’t know snakes could hold blades? You don’t give a fuck about helping #fightsmart, you just want to put us out of commission to jack yourself off. THE SAVIOR OF ACTION WRESTLING, it’s own C.O.O.? How fitting it would be for you, right?
How very unlikely that’s what’s going to happen though. I’m sure you didn’t expect me to put this all together, you probably think I’m just some stupid hick that blindly follows orders, man. You have me pegged as the wrong man, Torture, when I’m one of the ones whose so RIGHT for Action Wrestling. Let me give you a run down of how Sunday is going to go: you and #fightsmart are going to march down to the ring, all high on your own supply of narcissism and bullshit. You’re going to step into the ring with THE MOST dominant, dangerous faction spanning three companies and you’re going to get knocked down a peg or seven. Whether you like it or not, #beachkrew is Action Wrestlings future, we’re its savior, and after Revolution, there will be no doubt in anyone’s mind that what I’m saying is absolute truth.
Shia LaBeouf: Speaking of the future, I’ve spoken with the other members of #beachkrew who’ve all iterated on past and present incarnations of the faction, but I still have one question for you: what does the future hold for #beachkrew?
Wade Moor: We are an ever expanding, global name. We have foundations and charities set up in multiple names. A lot of people like to paint us as “bastards” and “evil”, which may be a fair perception, but it’s totally wrong. After everything is said and done, they’ll remember our brand, not how we got it to such heights. Anyone who lets the past chokehold them like that is doomed to wander, while our star is only rising.
Will we add new members? Possibly.
Will anyone outside of our #krew ever see eye to eye with us? Possibly, not.
All I know is the future is limitless for Jared Holmes, Alexander Pasternak, Ryan Lockhart, and myself. They can try to sink this ship but we’ve weathered heavier storms. We’ll succeed in spite of it all, and we’ll start at WAR GAMES inside that Hell in a Cell. They’ll probably say - considering our actions leading up to Revolution - that we fear #fightsmart. We’re not “trembling in our boots”. We’re welcoming this challenge with open arms. The truth of the matter is Action Wrestling fears #beachkrew. They know what the future holds for us and they’re scared they’ll reach their plateau as we continue to ascend ever so gracefully into that
N e o n S k y l i n e
Our dance is far from over, but we’ll D a n c e F o r e v e r if we have to. It doesn’t matter who we have to destroy on the way to that future. They tried to kill us in WCF, they failed. They tried to kill us in UCI, they failed. They’re trying to kill us in Action Wrestling, they’ll fail again. The fact of the matter is that no matter where Wade Moor is, there’s always a future there. To some, the thought is terrifying, but to most, it’s a comfort. Fall safely into our arms, we’ll carry you into the future.
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[The words hang in the air for seconds that feel like minutes, minutes that feel like hours, hours into days, days to weeks, weeks to months, months to years...years into the future. And it all began at Revolution II: WAR GAMES.]
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[Opening shot: Custom interview set up with dim lighting and modern chairs upholstered in genuine leathers. #beachkrew #beachtube backdrop with Revolution II: WAR GAMES graphics. Machines lightly pump colored fog into the wise space giving off a N e o T o k y o P a r t y V i b e that brings the ambience of the room full circle. Wade Moor sits opposite Shia LaBeouf - who seems to be conducting the interview - with a thousand yard stare.]
Shia LaBeouf: I’m here with Action Wrestling 2018’s Wrestler of the Year, Wade Moor. This Sunday, the perennial superstar steps foot inside one of the most dangerous creations in modern wrestling history, the five sided steel cell, commonly known as a Hell in a Cell match. This match type is usually dangerous with just two competitors, but the ante has been upped as two teams of four - #beachkrew and #fightsmart with Torture - lock themselves inside for a chance to proclaim absolute dominance over the Action Wrestling roster. What are your thoughts on this match, Godnilla?
Wade chuckles heartily, but that thousand yard state returns. He knows just how ugly of a beast the two teams are facing at WAR GAMES.
Wade Moor: Shia, no matter what match I’m stepping into at any given moment, to me, it’s always been a fight for survival. For dominance. The chance to prove that I truly am one of - if not THE - top of any mountain anyone chooses to climb in this sport. No matter the distance, no matter your struggle, there’s always someone whose always going to be THE BEST. I have no doubt in my mind that I am that person, to anyone, at any given time. This Hell in a Cell? True, it’s dangerous. Everything in this violent business is, but the men in #beachkrew discovered the key to survival and dominance.
Shia LaBeouf: And whats that?
Wade Moor: Be the most dangerous. Over the last several months, we’ve been embroiled in this blood feud with #fightsmart. Week after week, we’ve beaten them. Week after week, we’ve embarrassed them. Week after week, we’ve proved to simply be more dangerous than them. From day one, we knew where we belonged in this business. We knew what we had to do to achieve that position. We definitely knew what we had to do maintain it. Can #fightsmart boast the same?
Shia LaBeouf: Do you care to elaborate?
Wade Moor: I’ll lay it all out for you, man. It’s no secret that #fightsmart hasn’t been the most well oiled machine. Since it’s inception, there have been tiny cracks in what appeared to be flawless armor, the kind you tend to find in something cheaply made. To the naked eye, not so visible, but to those with experience?
Wade points his finger to his temple.
Wade Moor: You see where the cracks begin to form. Spencer Adams seems like a viable leader, and an infinitely useful source of advice, but that’s not the way I see it. Perception is reality, unless your reality is a myth. Spencer Adams is no more a leader than he is a viable World Champion. If he was, he would have used his platform to build all of his teammates, like I’ve done with Ryan Lockhart. From the moment we met, I’ve done everything I can to build Lockhart into what he is today. The methods weren’t always friendly, but that’s the best way for someone to learn, strength through adversity. Tough love, to the laymen. Spencer Adams just gassed #fightsmart up and blamed them for his failures. His failure as World Champion. His failure at All In. His failure...as a man. An uncle.
Wade Moor puts his head in his hands, shaking it back and forth.
Wade Moor: When members of my team fail, I take it very personally. All I can think to myself is “what did I do wrong by THEM?”. Did I not teach them enough? Have I set the wrong examples? I can guarantee these aren’t the same thoughts that ruminate through Spencer Adams’ mind after failure. “They didn’t try hard enough!” or “They didn’t want it enough!” or “How could you do this to us?”. That crack extends and the weakness drips down. You can take Lincoln Kuechly - or “Killer Kuechly” if you insist. He was one excuse after the other. “Management is holding me down” or “I’m not getting enough opportunities”.
Let me tell you something, child, this business doesn’t owe you anything. You don’t deserve anything you haven’t earned, and I can tell you right now, you haven’t earned a damn thing. Every night you get in that ring is an opportunity, every morning you wake up with breath in your lungs is an opportunity, and you’ve fretted away every single one. Pissed in the wind with lackluster, inconsistent performances, and a general lackadaisical attitude. The reason you’re not on the same level as me is simple: you’re just not on the same level as me. Every night I put it on and turn it out, earning my nights off with five star performances, and my nights ON as well. There’s a reason I won the Wrestler of the Year Tournament, and it wasn’t by whining and complaining. It was by getting out there and proving that I deserve that title.
And I’m going to do it again at WAR GAMES...because like the title implies, we’re at WAR. This is business to #beachkrew, but to us, business is personal. We see supposed men like you out there, bitching over nothing while squandering opportunities, and it makes us absolutely sick to our stomachs considering how much we’ve given inside that squared circle. We get out there every night and put it all on the line. Our methods are dangerous, violent, not always popular...but that’s why we’re going to win this match. We know what we are and who we are and nobody can make us change our minds.
Shia LaBeouf: That brings us to an interesting segue. A man whose personal demons have gotten the better of him lately, Kyle Kemp, is also one of your opponents in this match. What can you tell us about him heading into WAR GAMES?
Wade Moor: I took Kemp to the woodshed a few weeks ago, like I told him I would...and just as I predicted, he came out the other side a changed man. I’m not a seer, so I can’t always predict what change my ass beatings are going to make. I can’t say I’m surprised that Kemp is on the skids yet again. He’s someone whose never had confidence in himself or his means. Always spitting out the same old tripe like if he said it enough then it would eventually come true...but that ain’t how it is, Kyle. It doesn’t work that way. What you say is 80% of what you do here, but there’s still that 20% of having to actually back it up and that’s the part you can never seem to figure out. He has the mottos and taglines, but he doesn’t have the drive or willpower to bring it home.
Two weeks ago, I gave him the chance to prove me wrong. I laid out exactly how I felt about Kyle Kemp with the hopes that he would answer the challenge, rise to the occasion, and prove no doubt...but in spectacular Kyle Kemp fashion, he proved me undeniably right. If you want something done correctly, you can never count on Kyle Kemp. That goes a little back to Spencer’s poor leadership, but Kemp has a lot of responsibility in this too. Spencer can’t “want it” for Kemp. A leader can only take so much of that burden before he has to call it. Kemp in #fightsmart is a poor choice, because he can’t fight nor is he smart. If he could fight, he would have been me a couple weeks ago, or at least put up more of a fight. If he was smart, he would have asked for his release the minute after Camilla announced this match.
Kyle Kemp is in this match. He’ll physically be taking up a spot, but will he be emotionally and spiritually invested in it? He can’t even be fucked to stand up for his teams ideology on a week to week basis, let alone in one of the most violent matches of his career. Expect Kemp to be taking the brunt of #beachkrews physical abuse come Sunday night.
One, for being a #fakefriend.
Two, for being a malignant blight on #beachkrews track record.
Three, for being a #fuccboi.
And four, for being a general malaise on the professional wrestling industry as a whole.
Kyle Kemp will never be in league with the greats of this industry. He’s doomed to being a perpetual midcarder until he eventually gives up and retires.
Shia LaBeouf: Damn, do you hate Kyle Kemp or something?
Wade Moor: Despise - or loathe entirely - is more accurate.
Shia LaBeouf: Lets get down to the most interesting part of this interview - the coup de gras if you will. Last week at Clash, the fourth member of #fightsmarts team was announced that it was none other than the C.O.O. of Action Wrestling - Torture.
Wade smirks as he recounts the event.
Wade Moor: If I had to answer you honestly, I couldn’t tell you what Tortures gambit in all of this is, but I can pander a guess. When I signed my contract, I told both Torture and Gravedigger straight to their faces that I wasn’t doing this for the money - though they had no issues throwing that my way - because they knew the results that I could produce for them. They knew that Wade Moor was a household name and the money they stood to make off that name alone. They had shareholders to please and signing a huge name like Wade Moor was going to put smiles on their faces and dollar signs in their eyes, purely bureaucratic bullshit. I didn’t care. All I wanted was an opportunity, which I received and made the most out of, so they should be happier than pigs in shit...
But something happened somewhere. Right around Wade Moor SLASH Roy Speede I. Roy was getting a chance at the Action Wrestling World Championship in a contractual rematch clause. Just so happens the VICE TV contract was up in the air, even though we were bringing in close to 3.1 million viewership weekly and rising - which was unheard of for that network - close to 80% in the target demographic, which means we were bringing in new fans and viewers consistently. All of this was happening with Wade Moor at the helm, plotting a path and sailing those mighty, choppy waters.
This wasn’t good enough for Torture, I’m assuming. Torture - like Torture does - got greedy as fuck. Instead of renegotiating a fair new deal like a savvy businessman, he got shrewd and attempted to gouge VICE for a fat new contract. They simply couldn’t afford it and as a result - they begrudgingly dropped Action Wrestling from their contract. Instead of playing ball and giving the money to the company that gave us that opportunity in the first place, Torture decided to take business elsewhere. He started scoping out the bigger fish and that’s when they announced the CBS Sports deal. Pretty big coup, I was definitely impressed with the deal. It was more exposure for me as champion of the company and thought it would bring in even more competition. I was excited to say the least...
That’s when he personally announced Wade Moor SLASH Roy Speede II. This was after I beat him resoundingly at Uprising. There shouldn’t have been a “second chance”. But I was naive, I just told myself the pickings must be slim if Speede was getting another go around. Still, I thought to myself, it’s a little weird that Torture personally announced the match, almost as if he couldn’t wait for it to happen. It wasn’t blockbuster, by any means. The fans already got enough the first time. Still, I soldiered on. I did what any good Champion would do and took the announcement in stride and got myself ready for round II. The match was going according to plan. I was lacing Roy Speede up, ready to go the distance, gearing up for an UNHOLY FUCKING BROSEIDON PUNCH...Roy Speede moved out of the way and I hit the referee. Not uncommon in their line of work, sometimes accidents happen. But the way it all went down seemed...fixed. Choreographed, even.
Chaos erupted immediately afterwards. Doctors and officials rushed down to check on the referee, not surprising since I’ve known bigger men who’ve fallen harder to the PUNCH...but what made it confusing was the fact that Torture came down to. Why was he there? What business did he have out there at ringside? Referees have been taken out before, nothing the C.O.O. should have even been concerned with. He starts arguing with everyone ringside, the official referee for the match was starting to come to. Meanwhile, I’m still wrestling Roy Speede for MY CHAMPIONSHIP in the ring, fighting my heart out. I turned around as Torture slid a new referee into the ring and ate one of Roy Speedes flaccid superkicks. I stayed on my feet long enough to get put down with a SPEEDE OF LIGHT. I was out for three seconds...but three seconds was all he needed.
I knew when my eyes opened that I was no longer Action Wrestling World Champion. Something strange happened that I’m just starting to remember now, because until now all I remember was seeing red...I don’t know who it was, it could have been the referee, Roy Speede, or Torture his motherfucking self...but somebody got really close to my ear and whispered “I’m sorry.” I just remember thinking “sorry for what?”. Then I looked around and saw Roy Speede celebrating with my Championship. I looked outside to a sea of confused, yet cheering, faces and knew that something wasn’t right. Afterwards I went on a famous rampage where I apparently beat the hell out of security, Chris Avery, and ultimately Torture. I don’t remember doing any of this - if you could only imagine the level of rage it takes a person to get to that point - but I’m sure I must have had a good reason.
Up until now, the reason hasn’t been clear but I think I’m starting to figure it out. I wish Torture had a personal vendetta against me, that would make much more sense. He could have been angry because I beat his ass up and down the ring back in the day, carried that grudge. Revenge is a good dish, regardless if it’s hot or cold. He could be angry with me for wrestling for their, small, but rival promotion WCF...but to think that this heinous injustice was committed to please uptight network executives makes me want to puke in the sink. I know I don’t look like the traditional “face of a company” but I’ve proven time and time again that, if given the opportunity, I can produce expected results and then some. Look at what I did for Action Wrestling on VICE, think about what I could have done for Action Wrestling on CBS Sports...but they probably didn’t want some multigenerational looking redneck clogging up commercial time on their airwaves, instead electing for someone like Roy Speedes doggish good looks.
Tell me what you’d rather have on your side in a fight - and trust me, network rivalries is an all out WAR - a pedigreed pit bull or a barnyard mutt? Fucking Roy Speede, Torture? Are you kidding me? Was he everything you were hoping he would be? How much mileage did you get out of him as World Champion before he fucked off into irrelevance? Such a shame. Such a waste. Roy Speede does what Roy Speede does and that’s waste opportunities worse than Kyle Kemp. The worst part about him is he’s actually good enough, when he wants to be. I’m THE BEST even if I don’t. That’s the difference between talent like Roy Speede and I, but you couldn’t see that even though it was basically stabbing you in the eyes it was so glaringly god damn obvious.
I can’t tell if you’re smart or really fucking stupid, Torture. I can’t tell if you’re actually making choices for the benefit of Action Wrestling or to stroke your own ego. I’ve never seen such a ridiculously self serving buffoon like you in charge of a company before, and this is coming from a guy who worked for both Seth Lerch and Jayson Price. Now you’ve decided to get involved in this business with #fightsmart because...why? Why did you come out rocking the New Balance, Levi Jean, and wrapped hands dad look? Why are you putting yourself at risk when you have two beautiful children at home who need a father with the ability to stand up on his own?! I know you’re not doing the “right” thing or the “noble” thing because those two words don’t even exist in your vernacular. I can’t help but believe that my theory on this whole matter is true.
You no longer wanted Wade Moor as Action Wrestling World Champion, but now that I’ve superseded that and created something new entirely, you can’t have that either. If we propel #beachkrew into the future of Action Wrestling, ratings and all around sales are going to improve, and that would just make you look foolish to the network executives. They would wonder why this idiot can’t run his own company and you can’t have that, can you? That’s why you’re trying to cut #beachkrews head off. Funny, I didn’t know snakes could hold blades? You don’t give a fuck about helping #fightsmart, you just want to put us out of commission to jack yourself off. THE SAVIOR OF ACTION WRESTLING, it’s own C.O.O.? How fitting it would be for you, right?
How very unlikely that’s what’s going to happen though. I’m sure you didn’t expect me to put this all together, you probably think I’m just some stupid hick that blindly follows orders, man. You have me pegged as the wrong man, Torture, when I’m one of the ones whose so RIGHT for Action Wrestling. Let me give you a run down of how Sunday is going to go: you and #fightsmart are going to march down to the ring, all high on your own supply of narcissism and bullshit. You’re going to step into the ring with THE MOST dominant, dangerous faction spanning three companies and you’re going to get knocked down a peg or seven. Whether you like it or not, #beachkrew is Action Wrestlings future, we’re its savior, and after Revolution, there will be no doubt in anyone’s mind that what I’m saying is absolute truth.
Shia LaBeouf: Speaking of the future, I’ve spoken with the other members of #beachkrew who’ve all iterated on past and present incarnations of the faction, but I still have one question for you: what does the future hold for #beachkrew?
Wade Moor: We are an ever expanding, global name. We have foundations and charities set up in multiple names. A lot of people like to paint us as “bastards” and “evil”, which may be a fair perception, but it’s totally wrong. After everything is said and done, they’ll remember our brand, not how we got it to such heights. Anyone who lets the past chokehold them like that is doomed to wander, while our star is only rising.
Will we add new members? Possibly.
Will anyone outside of our #krew ever see eye to eye with us? Possibly, not.
All I know is the future is limitless for Jared Holmes, Alexander Pasternak, Ryan Lockhart, and myself. They can try to sink this ship but we’ve weathered heavier storms. We’ll succeed in spite of it all, and we’ll start at WAR GAMES inside that Hell in a Cell. They’ll probably say - considering our actions leading up to Revolution - that we fear #fightsmart. We’re not “trembling in our boots”. We’re welcoming this challenge with open arms. The truth of the matter is Action Wrestling fears #beachkrew. They know what the future holds for us and they’re scared they’ll reach their plateau as we continue to ascend ever so gracefully into that
N e o n S k y l i n e
Our dance is far from over, but we’ll D a n c e F o r e v e r if we have to. It doesn’t matter who we have to destroy on the way to that future. They tried to kill us in WCF, they failed. They tried to kill us in UCI, they failed. They’re trying to kill us in Action Wrestling, they’ll fail again. The fact of the matter is that no matter where Wade Moor is, there’s always a future there. To some, the thought is terrifying, but to most, it’s a comfort. Fall safely into our arms, we’ll carry you into the future.
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[The words hang in the air for seconds that feel like minutes, minutes that feel like hours, hours into days, days to weeks, weeks to months, months to years...years into the future. And it all began at Revolution II: WAR GAMES.]