Post by Warren Harper on Mar 3, 2020 23:15:32 GMT
“So this is me.
I’ve worked my butt off to get here. To build back to this moment. To get another shot at making myself proud. No tagalongs. No demons. No faction behind me. Just me and my sister. She’s given up some time on her own career to help me train for this and I couldn’t be happier to have her in my life.
I was planning on focusing on how much I want to get a chance at a title. To really show management how much I’ve changed, how dedicated I am of leaving my sins in the past and working for this company to be a champion everyone can be proud of.
But part of my new lease on life is being honest.
So this is me. Being honest.
At Danger Zone a lot of things changed. The game itself kind of pivoted. On the one hand we have Steve Awesome holding all of the belts. My memory is fuzzy on what our interactions might have been in the past. I know he is a hall of fame level wrestler and he has kept the belt he carries relevant and current for a long time, longer than people give him credit for.
I also know he has some views I don’t agree with. He does somethings I’m not overly fond of. But as a wrestler? Steve is among the top. I don’t hold anything personal against him in the ring. He’s earned his place as the new… Sextreme World Champion? Is that what we are calling it now?
But he earned it, regardless of what it’s called. Yes, he cheated to get the win. But backstabbing to get the leg up was always a part of Being Infamous’ style, right?
That sounded bitter. I don’t mean it to be. I know I used to want to be a part of Being Infamous more than anything. Things didn’t work out. Things got messed up. Most of that we can toss at my old man. Most of it, I guess.
But point is, Steve has been on a streak.
I saw some of my promos from last year before my shoulder injury. I saw the way I talked. But there is a lot there that I can see reflected in what Steve is doing now.
The easy path to victory is hard to ignore. I’ve taken them in the past. I hurt people. I injured people. I ruined bright and young careers because I had a statement. I wanted to be the top guy. The big man. I wanted out of Spike’s shadow. I wanted to prove I could be. I took lots of shortcuts.
So I get it. I can’t stand here and scold him for doing what I would have done the year before. I’m disappointed in him but if I was the man I was last year and it had been three male members of my faction fighting for the biggest title of them all?
I know I would have taken it.
I might not understand everything Steve is going through. I don’t dig through wrestling journals and the like to get my edge, I depend on my skills for that. But I get why he did it. I get why a lot of men once they get the big title think they are untouchable.
Why wouldn’t you? So many men before them have done the same thing. It’s disappointing but it makes sense, in a lot of ways.
I don’t hold anything personally against Steve. But I know the trap that having the gold causes. You can’t guarantee it won’t corrupt you like it has corrupted so many men before.
I know that. I wish I could say I didn’t still want to hold it. Really hold it. Really get the chance to prove to myself that I can do this without the rage and the baggage. That I can get to the top of this company without relying on the shortcuts and the trick to get there.
But I’m not alone in wanting to prove myself. I am not alone in wanting to get my seat at the table. There are people who want to get to the top. There are people who want to get there and are justified in their rage at Steve.
People like James and Rob. They have every right to feel the need to get their hands on him again. In order to get to the final man at the end I will have to get through James Gilmore and Rob Diamond to get there. One man I used to admire to the point of borderline crush ion and Gilmore. Both man have come so far in the last year. Both are something to behold in the ring now, not that they weren’t before but 2019 was truly an Infamous year.
So all of us are going to have to compete with the two former champions in one of the biggest matches of the year to just get a chance at him. They have betrayal and anger as a motivator. Not just hunger, not just pride, not just wanting to prove themselves.
They deserve to give him his comeuppance. Rob has been to the top and managed to hold his ego in check while there. He has every reason to be proud of what he has done this last year and I can understand him wanting to get back the belt to prove his time isn’t done yet.
James wants to get on top. Finally put all the laughter and nonsense behind him. I understand that. I used to feel that way about myself too. If it’s any consolation James, you’ve come a long way in the past year and I’m proud of you. We might not agree on anything outside of the ring but what you’ve accomplished deserves recognition.
I want the belt. I am going to try my fucking best to win the roulette. My way.”
I’ve worked my butt off to get here. To build back to this moment. To get another shot at making myself proud. No tagalongs. No demons. No faction behind me. Just me and my sister. She’s given up some time on her own career to help me train for this and I couldn’t be happier to have her in my life.
I was planning on focusing on how much I want to get a chance at a title. To really show management how much I’ve changed, how dedicated I am of leaving my sins in the past and working for this company to be a champion everyone can be proud of.
But part of my new lease on life is being honest.
So this is me. Being honest.
At Danger Zone a lot of things changed. The game itself kind of pivoted. On the one hand we have Steve Awesome holding all of the belts. My memory is fuzzy on what our interactions might have been in the past. I know he is a hall of fame level wrestler and he has kept the belt he carries relevant and current for a long time, longer than people give him credit for.
I also know he has some views I don’t agree with. He does somethings I’m not overly fond of. But as a wrestler? Steve is among the top. I don’t hold anything personal against him in the ring. He’s earned his place as the new… Sextreme World Champion? Is that what we are calling it now?
But he earned it, regardless of what it’s called. Yes, he cheated to get the win. But backstabbing to get the leg up was always a part of Being Infamous’ style, right?
That sounded bitter. I don’t mean it to be. I know I used to want to be a part of Being Infamous more than anything. Things didn’t work out. Things got messed up. Most of that we can toss at my old man. Most of it, I guess.
But point is, Steve has been on a streak.
I saw some of my promos from last year before my shoulder injury. I saw the way I talked. But there is a lot there that I can see reflected in what Steve is doing now.
The easy path to victory is hard to ignore. I’ve taken them in the past. I hurt people. I injured people. I ruined bright and young careers because I had a statement. I wanted to be the top guy. The big man. I wanted out of Spike’s shadow. I wanted to prove I could be. I took lots of shortcuts.
So I get it. I can’t stand here and scold him for doing what I would have done the year before. I’m disappointed in him but if I was the man I was last year and it had been three male members of my faction fighting for the biggest title of them all?
I know I would have taken it.
I might not understand everything Steve is going through. I don’t dig through wrestling journals and the like to get my edge, I depend on my skills for that. But I get why he did it. I get why a lot of men once they get the big title think they are untouchable.
Why wouldn’t you? So many men before them have done the same thing. It’s disappointing but it makes sense, in a lot of ways.
I don’t hold anything personally against Steve. But I know the trap that having the gold causes. You can’t guarantee it won’t corrupt you like it has corrupted so many men before.
I know that. I wish I could say I didn’t still want to hold it. Really hold it. Really get the chance to prove to myself that I can do this without the rage and the baggage. That I can get to the top of this company without relying on the shortcuts and the trick to get there.
But I’m not alone in wanting to prove myself. I am not alone in wanting to get my seat at the table. There are people who want to get to the top. There are people who want to get there and are justified in their rage at Steve.
People like James and Rob. They have every right to feel the need to get their hands on him again. In order to get to the final man at the end I will have to get through James Gilmore and Rob Diamond to get there. One man I used to admire to the point of borderline crush ion and Gilmore. Both man have come so far in the last year. Both are something to behold in the ring now, not that they weren’t before but 2019 was truly an Infamous year.
So all of us are going to have to compete with the two former champions in one of the biggest matches of the year to just get a chance at him. They have betrayal and anger as a motivator. Not just hunger, not just pride, not just wanting to prove themselves.
They deserve to give him his comeuppance. Rob has been to the top and managed to hold his ego in check while there. He has every reason to be proud of what he has done this last year and I can understand him wanting to get back the belt to prove his time isn’t done yet.
James wants to get on top. Finally put all the laughter and nonsense behind him. I understand that. I used to feel that way about myself too. If it’s any consolation James, you’ve come a long way in the past year and I’m proud of you. We might not agree on anything outside of the ring but what you’ve accomplished deserves recognition.
I want the belt. I am going to try my fucking best to win the roulette. My way.”
Well howdy there pardner.