Post by James Gilmore on Mar 12, 2020 2:37:02 GMT
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Andrew Jacobsen was right.
The Roulette opens doors.
It’s a gateway to places that we all strive to visit in this business, yet only a select few of us will ever be able to reach. It’s a chance to main event IWF’s biggest stage, Night of the Immortals, but more than that...it’s an opportunity to etch your name in the history books like nothin’ else can. That dream, that moment...is right there, in front of my eyes, for the takin’. I have to stick my hand out there and take it, I have to keep on pushin’ myself--harder and faster than I’ve ever done before.
I can do this sucker.
And I will.
Could L’il AJ be one of the twenty-nine other dudes who could be gunnin’ for the same spot?! Damn straight he could! ‘Cuz let’s face the reality of it all...ya don’t know who’s gonna show up or what’s gonna happen. The Roulette is a literal crapshoot, a livin’ hell of tangled arms and legs and egos on all sides. When ya sit down and look into this match from a wrestlin’ standpoint, you’re gonna see lots of different styles comin’ together like a good milkshake.
From an “inside-your-soul” perspective?!
Some are fightin’ for revenge.
Others fightin’ for redemption.
And there are those who fight for family.
As I’ve learned within the course of a year, when I was holdin’ the StrongStyle title, nothin’ in this gig is ever “easy”--and it will NEVER be that way. Let’s be real for a moment…the simple truth of the matter is that anyone has a chance to win the Roulette. Anyone on this roster has a chance to main event Night of the Immortals. Due to time constraints, I could only come up with a listin’ of three other names in particular, and if I left ya out...I mean no dissin’ whatsoever.
So...here we go!
ROB DIAMOND--shoot bro, I don’t have a bleepin’ clue on where to begin. We’ve been ‘round-and-’round on the road for the last year or so, it’s logical to think that we can’t afford to ignore each other in this match. It’s the worst kept secret in the world, that we’re gonna be tearin’ each other apart out there yet only one of us is gonna get that spot on THE biggest stage of ‘em all.
I understand that Steve is your friend.
I understand that all ya wanna do is try and keep the family together.
But lemme ask ya somethin’...how can a family be a family without holdin’ each other accountable for their eff-ups?! If I were to pull the same crap that Steve pulled a couple of weeks ago, you’d probably wanna kick my ass! The point is real simple, dude...I don’t want you to hold nothin’ back. I don’t want you to leave nothin’ unsaid, nothin’ unmeasured.
‘Cuz no matter what happens from here?!
The fire you’ve got in your heart will always burn.
Speakin’ of fire...
WARREN KANE--son of a bacon, never thought I’d see you again. In fact...I’ll admit, here and now, that you’re the last person I thought I’d see in the Roulette. After all, you were competin’ nearly ten months ago as a different person, a broken-down man who was a shell of the guy who co-won Joker in the Pack and came oh-so-close to bein’ World champ. You were the genesis of my first run as StrongStyle champ back then, but now...I can’t help but be proud of the fact that you’ve found a new reason to keep fightin’.
You could say...that our comeback stories are parallel.
A gangbanger almost put me down.
The Pack darn near destroyed you.
But now, you’ve changed for the better--and I’m pretty damn proud of you for that. Yet let’s not kid ourselves here: just ‘cuz you’re not willin’ to get ahead of yourself, just ‘cuz you’re willin’ to do the work need to make up for some of the stuff ya did?! That makes you just as dangerous as anyone else in this match. People can sit there and laugh at us ‘cuz we decided to change our ways of thinkin’, and personally...I couldn’t care less about what they thought.
‘Cuz when it’s all said and done?!
All we can do is keep our heads on a swivel.
‘Cuz ya never know what kinds of nasty surprises might be in the offerin’.
And speakin’ of nasty...
CALEB LOCKWOOD--I’m runnin’ outta time, but oh boy...you’ve got a big, fat target on your back. I dunno what ya did to piss off certain peeps on the roster, but it looks like they’re gonna be gunnin’ for you the most. Why not...you were a part of the most dangerous stable in company history. You were on the cusp of bein’ Heir to the Throne and all that mess.
Your problem, though?!
You seek revenge against those who destroyed your family. From my own experience, when ya decide to lash out against the world for somethin’ they did to you...then you’d better start by diggin’ two graves--one for you, one for your victims. Revenge won’t solve nothin’, nor will it gain you your livelihood back. All ya can do from here...is realize that twenty-nine others have the same goal in mind.
We all wanna bust Steve Awesome’s ass! We all want a shot at that World title! Yet all I’m gonna say to y’all now is this simple message:
Bring your best--put it ALL on the line out there. I welcome everything y’all dudes can throw at me.
‘Cuz come hell or high water, you’re gonna remember what the name “James Gilmore” is really all about.
We’ll be right back.
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Well howdy there pardner.