Post by JC Keeton on Mar 20, 2022 2:48:18 GMT
Basic wants and needs.
We've all got'em. For some they may want one thing but in order for their needs to be met their wants never get fulfilled. You may want to be an astronaut or a physicist but you're making someone else rich by working in a dirty ass factory cause you need to pay your bills in order to survive.
Wrestling is the same way. We all may want to be top dog but there's only so many spots at the top. For the rest of the field in the Roulette they may want to win it and go on to face either Wraith or Nick Knight in the main event of Night of the Immortals but they don't need it.
I need it.
I need it to prove that I'm not just where I am in this business because of who my father is. I need it to live up to the hype that's surrounded me my entire career. I need it to silence the doubters who think I'm nothing more than a solid middle of the pack guy and "a good hand". I need it to make up for getting all the way to the finals of Heir to the Throne only to come up short. I need it to show everyone who has said that I can't win the big one that I can.
I need it for validation.
Every single name that will be entering the Roulette wants to win but only one person can. You've got the likes of Warren Suffering and Mr. Happy who no one thinks for a second has a chance to win.
Then there's the outsiders with the big names who very few in IWF know much about like Matt Knox, Jason Cashe, and Max Daemon. I know all three of them though and I'm sure they see the Roulette as a fast track to a World Title but I'll be damned if they're gonna swoop in and take this from me when I've been busting my ass for over a year in IWF to rebuild after a couple of false starts. Be it a friend like Knox, a foe like Cashe, or just a loud mouth I'm pretty indifferent about like Daemon if you get in my way I'm tossing you out.
We've got what six maybe more former World Champions in the Roulette? You greedy bastards have already had your moment in the sun, some multiple times. None of you need this like I do. You've all already had your time as the face of IWF, it's my turn. Angel Blake might have the record for title defenses but 90% of them were against guys who get paid to lose. James Gilmore won it twice but never defended it once, you're not really a champion until you defend it. To be honest the only former World Champion in this damn thing that should be proud to call himself that is my buddy Ulf cause defenses against Verona, Diamond, Lockwood, and Kane are impressive.
I'll remind you again that I'm the only person to pin him in 2021 though.
I could mention all the guys like Pax, Hemmingway, and as much as he hates my guts even Terrella who deserve their chance to put this company on their backs and carry it into the future. They don't need it like I do though. Pax is a hell of a Television Champion but that's his peak. Leo got his shot way too early in the Extinction Event and shit the bed so I have little faith he wouldn't again. Big King ain't been the same since I nearly cut his fucking head off and at his age is more suited to wear a Life Alert Bracelet than a World Title.
I could go one by one and say why every single person in the Roulette doesn't need it as much as I do but I've said it enough. Now I show it.
You've all prepared hard and based on what I've heard through the grapevine since I refuse to watch any of your shitty promos that most of you are talking about game plans. No amount of preparation and game planning is going to deny me this. You've all wasted time and breath barking into the air about your chances.
They're zero.
That's not arrogance. That's not me burying 29 extremely talented professional wrestlers who all want this as bad as I do in most cases. That's me telling everyone watching this whether they're a peer, a critic, or just a fan on their couch exactly why I'm winning the 2021 Roulette match and then going to Night of the Immortals and winning the IWF Men's World Championship. You wanna know why?
Cause I need it more.
Jake Keeton, with the aid of a cane, walked out of Preston Ridge Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation to see a familiar face leaned up against his truck. Jake smiled at the sight of his son JC who looked like he had something to say.
"Hey Jon, what's up kid?"
JC looks at the ground for a second and then back up at his father, with tears in his eyes.
"I need you…"
"Well whatever it is you need me for you know I'll always be there for you."
JC nods fighting back emotion.
"Right before the shooting I said terrible things to you, some were true and some untrue. Yet all it took was an apology and you've forgiven me. I could apologize for the rest of my life and never make up for it but the one thing I said that was the most untrue was that I didn't need you. I'll always need you. Next weekend I'm going to win the IWF Roulette and in May I'm going to win the IWF World Championship and I want you in my corner at Night of the Immortals."
Jake doesn’t respond and just nods before embracing his son and the scene fades.
We've all got'em. For some they may want one thing but in order for their needs to be met their wants never get fulfilled. You may want to be an astronaut or a physicist but you're making someone else rich by working in a dirty ass factory cause you need to pay your bills in order to survive.
Wrestling is the same way. We all may want to be top dog but there's only so many spots at the top. For the rest of the field in the Roulette they may want to win it and go on to face either Wraith or Nick Knight in the main event of Night of the Immortals but they don't need it.
I need it.
I need it to prove that I'm not just where I am in this business because of who my father is. I need it to live up to the hype that's surrounded me my entire career. I need it to silence the doubters who think I'm nothing more than a solid middle of the pack guy and "a good hand". I need it to make up for getting all the way to the finals of Heir to the Throne only to come up short. I need it to show everyone who has said that I can't win the big one that I can.
I need it for validation.
Every single name that will be entering the Roulette wants to win but only one person can. You've got the likes of Warren Suffering and Mr. Happy who no one thinks for a second has a chance to win.
Then there's the outsiders with the big names who very few in IWF know much about like Matt Knox, Jason Cashe, and Max Daemon. I know all three of them though and I'm sure they see the Roulette as a fast track to a World Title but I'll be damned if they're gonna swoop in and take this from me when I've been busting my ass for over a year in IWF to rebuild after a couple of false starts. Be it a friend like Knox, a foe like Cashe, or just a loud mouth I'm pretty indifferent about like Daemon if you get in my way I'm tossing you out.
We've got what six maybe more former World Champions in the Roulette? You greedy bastards have already had your moment in the sun, some multiple times. None of you need this like I do. You've all already had your time as the face of IWF, it's my turn. Angel Blake might have the record for title defenses but 90% of them were against guys who get paid to lose. James Gilmore won it twice but never defended it once, you're not really a champion until you defend it. To be honest the only former World Champion in this damn thing that should be proud to call himself that is my buddy Ulf cause defenses against Verona, Diamond, Lockwood, and Kane are impressive.
I'll remind you again that I'm the only person to pin him in 2021 though.
I could mention all the guys like Pax, Hemmingway, and as much as he hates my guts even Terrella who deserve their chance to put this company on their backs and carry it into the future. They don't need it like I do though. Pax is a hell of a Television Champion but that's his peak. Leo got his shot way too early in the Extinction Event and shit the bed so I have little faith he wouldn't again. Big King ain't been the same since I nearly cut his fucking head off and at his age is more suited to wear a Life Alert Bracelet than a World Title.
I could go one by one and say why every single person in the Roulette doesn't need it as much as I do but I've said it enough. Now I show it.
You've all prepared hard and based on what I've heard through the grapevine since I refuse to watch any of your shitty promos that most of you are talking about game plans. No amount of preparation and game planning is going to deny me this. You've all wasted time and breath barking into the air about your chances.
They're zero.
That's not arrogance. That's not me burying 29 extremely talented professional wrestlers who all want this as bad as I do in most cases. That's me telling everyone watching this whether they're a peer, a critic, or just a fan on their couch exactly why I'm winning the 2021 Roulette match and then going to Night of the Immortals and winning the IWF Men's World Championship. You wanna know why?
Cause I need it more.
Jake Keeton, with the aid of a cane, walked out of Preston Ridge Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation to see a familiar face leaned up against his truck. Jake smiled at the sight of his son JC who looked like he had something to say.
"Hey Jon, what's up kid?"
JC looks at the ground for a second and then back up at his father, with tears in his eyes.
"I need you…"
"Well whatever it is you need me for you know I'll always be there for you."
JC nods fighting back emotion.
"Right before the shooting I said terrible things to you, some were true and some untrue. Yet all it took was an apology and you've forgiven me. I could apologize for the rest of my life and never make up for it but the one thing I said that was the most untrue was that I didn't need you. I'll always need you. Next weekend I'm going to win the IWF Roulette and in May I'm going to win the IWF World Championship and I want you in my corner at Night of the Immortals."
Jake doesn’t respond and just nods before embracing his son and the scene fades.
Well howdy there pardner.