Post by Ghost Spike on Jun 10, 2017 13:22:19 GMT
Arrogance runs rife through this company, it has done since day one, yet it still amazes me. People walk into this company and they think right off the bat that they’re the top dog, they think that they can cut to the front of the line because they were the hot shit somewhere else, that the were beating nobodies in some piece of shit federation that nobody cares about, but they soon find out that it just doesn’t work that way…..they fall hard, and nine times out of ten, they take their ball, and run.
It’s happened so many times, it’s not even funny anymore.
Every once in awhile though, the script gets flipped….someone comes in, they can’t quite make it….so they go elsewhere to hone their craft, and then they come back and suddenly they have what it takes to make it….and boy does it go to their fucking head. Ain’t that right Cable? Yeah I’m talking to you, you stuck up little prick. I remember years ago when you paraded around here with your little pal Gjenrei in your team HonorBound acting like you was the next best thing, thinking the world owed you everything, but you just couldn’t cut it. Every single time you stepped up to the big dogs, you got smacked down like the little bitches that you were. Every single time you tried to step up, you got knocked the fuck back down….so what did you do?
You left.
You went elsewhere, where your ego was pandered to, where the competition was much, MUCH lower, and all of a sudden you started to believe in yourself, you8 started to think “hey, maybe I can hang with the big dogs after all” so what did you do? You came back. For as much mud as you might sling at IWF, you came back. For as much shit you might talk, this is where you came to try and prove that you had what it took. For IWF’s “closed bubble” it was this company that you came to to make a name for yourself, because you know that elsewhere doesn’t matter. You know that making it here was the only thing that mattered, and you know what Cable? Fair play….because you did. You made it.
You became Imperial Champion.
Kudos.
You beat the mighty, mighty, Jayson Matthews.
How fucking incredible.
I mean, you came back and entered the Heir to the Throne tournament, yet another one of those that I wasn't allowed to enter - something your all of a sudden so pissed off about - welcome to the club dipshit, and you were literally handed the belt, then went on to have arguably the weakest reign since Joe Everyman, or maybe Davey Ortega….I mean, you defeated the monstrous likes of Falcon, Dre Cutler - repeatedly, Zasshu!? TODD WILLIAMS!? How in the fuck did that excuse for a wrestler get a title match? ...and of course you lost your title to Noah Field….arguably the worst Imperial Champion in the history of the company. Oh, yeah, you won it back and became the first ever two time Imperial Champion….but nobody but you and that ginger twat Tyler Jacobs gives a shit about that right? Cable….you were the Imperial Champion in a time where being the Imperial Champion meant absolutely nothing. You buried that belt. You almost disappeared into obscurity, whilst I reigned as the GOD of Steel…
And yeah, I became the longest reigning Man of Steel…
But you missed something there boy. I didn't just hold that belt longer than any other previous Man of Steel.
I held that belt longer than any other champion has held any belt in this company.
I am the longest reigning champion in the history of IWF, and my reign completely overshadowed yours. That is why you’re so angry, that is why you want to get in the ring with me so bad. Because you feel like you accomplished something so historic, and nobody cares, nobody is even glancing in your direction. You’re just a footnote in yet another epic year in the career of Spike Kane. Oh yeah, Cable did some good stuff too I suppose, but did you see that Spike Kane match!
You’ll only ever be Spike Kane Lite.
Forever remembered as the guy who was Imperial Champion while Spike Kane made the Man of Steel championship mean something, forever remembered as the guy who lost when Andrew Jacobsen finally won the big time, forever remembered as the guy who just wasn’t good enough.
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We open up on a small cottage on a cliffside, the weather is mostly overcast with a little sun shining through. It isn’t raining, but it isn;t “happy” weather either. Spike Kane stands at the end of the pathway at the end of the cottage, with Pandora Freeman leaning into him, their rental car a few feet behind them.
Pandora Freeman: Are you sure you want to do this?
Spike turns to look at her, a deep sadness in his eyes.
Spike Kane: It’s ok Pan. It’s just been a while….a long while. I told you, I want you to share every part of me. This? ….this was my first home. This was where I lived, with my parents, with Brad….with Freya….
Spike stops for a moment and rubs a hand over his forehead, his memories in his mind so fragmented, so shattered. The people in his life tormenting him throughout the years, toying with him, trying to mold him, trying to change him, but even to this day they still have a lasting effect. As he looks up, Pandora looks up concerned, and rubs his arm. Spike pushes the gate open and they walk in.
Pandora Freeman: For what it’s worth, it’s a nice place.
Her smile brightens up the mood, and it makes Spike smile too as he surveys the area. Memories flood his mind. Ones of two young boys running through the green grass playing games of tag, hide and seek, and other childish games, before the echo of a gunshot can be heard in his mind and he snaps back to reality and the grey clouds in the sky.
Pandora Freeman: Something horrible happened here didn’t it?
Spike Kane: Yeah….my Mom….she umm. She killed herself. She found out what my Dad was doing, that he was with the IRA, that he’d killed people and she couldn’t live with it….she killed herself in Freya’s bedroom….god, she was just a baby….
Spike closes his eyes, trying to stop the tears from welling up, but Pandora grabs his hands and squeezes them, forcing him to open his eyes and look right at her.
Pandora Freeman: I know it hurts Mike, but you can’t hide from your past. You’ve made a huge effort to be a better man than he was. You tried to be a good father, you tried to be a better husband…..you can’t blame the failings of other people on yourself…
She reaches in and pulls him to herself, hugging him tight.
Pandora Freeman: I appreciate what you’re doing in bringing me here, but we don’t need to do this. I have you, I have all of you….because I have this..
She places a hand on his chest.
Pandora Freeman: Now, we’re in your home….so how about you take a girl out on the town, and show her a good time?
A devilish grin flashes across Spike’s face as a glint shows up in his eyes.
Spike Kane: Now that? That sounds like a plan Pan.
Pandora Freeman: Ok that is SO not becoming a thing.
He chuckles as he takes one last long look back at the cottage before nodding his head and turning back towards the car. Pandora looks back at the cottage also, a grim look on her face, before she slaps Spike on the ass and runs off towards the car, Spike giving chase.
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I beat Angel.
See? I can say that too. Only difference is, I don’t bang on about it for years. I get it though Mike, because you need the world to know that you’ve done something, right? You need the world to know you’re relevant. You need everyone to know that you’re not a one trick pony, that you’re not just someone who pops up once in awhile and says “Hey, remember me? I can do things!” Yeah, you showed up and beat Angel, yeah you cashed in your Joker in the Pack and did nothing with it, yeah you showed up and had a really underwhelming match with Steve Awesome in the middle of his blood feud with Rob Diamond….that totally stole nothing…
Well done you.
Why don’t you go back to holding your wife's bags? At least you’re good at that.
Seriously though Mike, what makes you think you actually deserve to be here? At least Cable has some logic to back up his argument. He held the Imperial Championship twice, and recently, for a fairly long time too. You? You’ve been sat on your arse at home, showing up when you feel like it, when you feel like you need a payday, while the rest of us come to work every single week and bust our asses off, making up for the fact you drag the ratings down every single time your ugly mug is on TV. It’s funny really, because people always tell me that I live in the past, they say that I talk about what I’ve done, and what I did here and there….but when it comes down to it, I continue on and on….but you Mike?
What have you done for us lately?
I’ve heard nothing but people cheering and jeering that I’ve lost the Man of Steel Championship, but where were they when I held it? Huh? None of them stepped up to try and take it from me. Mike Laszlo never tried to take it from me, Cable Arcane never tried to take it from me, oh no….you’ll both probably try and say it was beneath you, even though while I was champion that championship headlined more shows than it ever has. Even though while I was champion that belt was talked about more than it ever has been, but you two? You both faded into the background….Laszlo? Most people probably forgot you were even on the IWF roster, and who would have blamed them? So please….enlighten us all…
Why the fuck do you belong in this match?
Tell us, and please, for the love of god, don’t start with “I beat Angel” because that horse is so dead even Eternity doesn’t play with it anymore. Let’s be clear, and honest Laszlo, you’re a one trick pony, a flash in the pan, a one hit wonder who had his moment in the spotlight - and when his time was over? Faded back into obscurity where he belongs. This doesn’t concern you. Cable wants to step up, he wants to right some real competition, ast long last….and it;s time to smack him down, once and for all. Rob and I? We stepped back, way back in the House of Howlett and we let things play out but now? Now little boy Arcane is lashing out because his pride is hurt….and it’s time for the REAL best in the world to show everyone how it is done. Just like I did when IWF was floundering, just like I did when Joe failed us, when Lex failed us.
It’s time for Spike Kane to take his rightful place at the top of the mountain.
Back on his throne.
And all you peasants will take your rightful place back on your knees.
All. Bloody. Hail.
See? I can say that too. Only difference is, I don’t bang on about it for years. I get it though Mike, because you need the world to know that you’ve done something, right? You need the world to know you’re relevant. You need everyone to know that you’re not a one trick pony, that you’re not just someone who pops up once in awhile and says “Hey, remember me? I can do things!” Yeah, you showed up and beat Angel, yeah you cashed in your Joker in the Pack and did nothing with it, yeah you showed up and had a really underwhelming match with Steve Awesome in the middle of his blood feud with Rob Diamond….that totally stole nothing…
Well done you.
Why don’t you go back to holding your wife's bags? At least you’re good at that.
Seriously though Mike, what makes you think you actually deserve to be here? At least Cable has some logic to back up his argument. He held the Imperial Championship twice, and recently, for a fairly long time too. You? You’ve been sat on your arse at home, showing up when you feel like it, when you feel like you need a payday, while the rest of us come to work every single week and bust our asses off, making up for the fact you drag the ratings down every single time your ugly mug is on TV. It’s funny really, because people always tell me that I live in the past, they say that I talk about what I’ve done, and what I did here and there….but when it comes down to it, I continue on and on….but you Mike?
What have you done for us lately?
I’ve heard nothing but people cheering and jeering that I’ve lost the Man of Steel Championship, but where were they when I held it? Huh? None of them stepped up to try and take it from me. Mike Laszlo never tried to take it from me, Cable Arcane never tried to take it from me, oh no….you’ll both probably try and say it was beneath you, even though while I was champion that championship headlined more shows than it ever has. Even though while I was champion that belt was talked about more than it ever has been, but you two? You both faded into the background….Laszlo? Most people probably forgot you were even on the IWF roster, and who would have blamed them? So please….enlighten us all…
Why the fuck do you belong in this match?
Tell us, and please, for the love of god, don’t start with “I beat Angel” because that horse is so dead even Eternity doesn’t play with it anymore. Let’s be clear, and honest Laszlo, you’re a one trick pony, a flash in the pan, a one hit wonder who had his moment in the spotlight - and when his time was over? Faded back into obscurity where he belongs. This doesn’t concern you. Cable wants to step up, he wants to right some real competition, ast long last….and it;s time to smack him down, once and for all. Rob and I? We stepped back, way back in the House of Howlett and we let things play out but now? Now little boy Arcane is lashing out because his pride is hurt….and it’s time for the REAL best in the world to show everyone how it is done. Just like I did when IWF was floundering, just like I did when Joe failed us, when Lex failed us.
It’s time for Spike Kane to take his rightful place at the top of the mountain.
Back on his throne.
And all you peasants will take your rightful place back on your knees.
All. Bloody. Hail.