Post by kaster on May 4, 2023 7:02:17 GMT
“The Time is Now” comes over the loudspeakers. Instead of John Blade, out comes Caleb Cannin dressed in a Vanilla Ice cosplay. A generic rap beat begins to play as he grins and holds up the microphone.
“Yo, yo, lemme kill the beat!
Got another show, another Odyssey
John Blade going up against the prodigy!
This old man has dementia, he can’t speak
Who tells this dude to come out week after week?
I can school him in front of the whole class
You got a PhD, John, in being a dumbass!
What makes you different from the rest of the batch?
Maybe stop pushing you and your daughter for a title match!
Or better yet, you should just retire
Because Blade blows more than a popped tire!
Can I prove that? Maybe I should…
Since I just did your gimmick better than you ever could!”
Cannin enters the ring as the beat comes to a stop. He tears off the ridiculous clothing, getting back to his ring gear. Underneath the costume, of course, is the IWF World Television Championship. He unbuckles the belt and raises it into the air.
“So let’s drill down into the reason why this match is happening. More specifically, the reason why Nick Danger is the special guest referee. Nick Danger feels so entitled to a shot at my championship that he needs to insert himself into my business. Lest we forget, ladies and gentlemen, he was the one who got pinned in that tag team match. I did not fail Nick Danger, he only failed himself. There were three main event players in that match and one outlier, so I made my choice to let Nicky boy get a dose of reality. Speaking of reality, let’s talk about John Blade!“
A chant of “DANGER!” erupts from the crowd.
The crowd jeers in response.
“As for our special guest referee, if Nick Danger tries to screw me over, there will be no telling what I will do to him. Danger, you better call it right down the middle or I will be forced to kick your ass… again. If you’re still bitter about the tag match, just know that I put you out of your misery. I taught you a more valuable lesson than that walking corpse James Gilmore ever could! You don’t know it yet, but it was a gift from the greatest to ever do it. The 2023 unpinned, unsubmitted and undisputed GOAT of this company… the one and only IWF World Television Champion, Caleb Cannin! Go put that in your shitty little rap, John!”
He slings the championship over his shoulder as his theme starts up. A smug smirk is plastered on the champion’s face as he crudely interacts with some of the front row fans.
Once he reaches the top on the entrance way, Cannin looks into the camera.
“Danger… if you want this, you’d have to do something you’ve never done. BEAT ME!”
He clinks the title against the camera lens before heading into the backstage area.
Well howdy there pardner.