Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2013 15:45:06 GMT
A lot of people would feel disappointed with a loss during their second week in a place, but I am not. I am not going to sweat things like that, I mean, sure I didn’t pick up a much needed win against a definite star in the federation, but I didn’t lose either. And in the process, I did exactly what I said I was going to do.
And that of course, is push Mike Laslow to reach his potential. When I heard his words last week, when I saw the passion and excitement in his eyes during his promotional material last week, when I saw the vigor when he strode to the ring ready for action I actually was rooting for you Mike, you needed a win much more than I did, you needed this to reach the next level.
See two years ago, hell two months ago I would have gone into a fit of depression not coming out on top of a match, I win a lot, I have a long history of success in this business and I will be honest I feel for my entire life I have done nothing but take, take , take.
I was a greedy person, consuming victories like a glutton consumes a case of spaghettios. I was someone who took victory after victory and then when I lost I became sullen and upset. I wouldn’t respond to my friends and family, I would go on a tear leaving a wake of destruction wherever I am.
Not anymore, I know that with each loss comes a great victory in the grand scheme of things. There are so many things that need to be changed, so many people who need to understand that living the life of privilege isn’t something that should be taken lightly, it is something that should be respected, adored and cherished.
And don’t get me wrong, I am not saying I am perfect, I am not even close. I wake up every morning and make a slew of mistakes, I falter, I don’t always say the best things, my sarcasm gets the best of me, I fall apart but the important thing to me, is that I get back up. That I continue the struggle and that I move forward, always taking a step towards the ultimate end to this whole game.
This is the spot where years ago I would insert the name of the highest title a federation has, this is where I would say here I come to take the title, to send everyone else aside, to promote myself to the fullest not caring who falls behind me, but not anymore, the ultimate end has changed.
I want the end to be giving back. Making a change. Helping someone understand that things are meaningful, that life is giving and that they truly are lucky.
And this week, I have a great opportunity to wrestle against a young man who is truly making a name for himself, I am truly looking forward to testing the waters against you Maison. The war you are entering this week is unlike any war you have ever fought before.
{Scene opens to a modest apartment. Redemption sits on the couch in his mask. The woman who has been in these previous videos walks over to Redemption with a plate of crackers and cheese, she sets them on the table and then nuzzles her head into his arm, her face as usual is blanked out and her voice is altered}
Woman: Sooo, how long are you going to wear this mask?
Redemption: I don’t know actually. I will wear it until I feel it is time to take it off.
{The woman takes her head of his shoulder and looks at him}
Woman: I am so very proud of you. I know that you said you have changed and I was hoping you did but you don’t even seem like you are fazed by losing last week.
Redemption: I am not fazed.
Woman: That is wonderful. I am so happy for you, you have spent so much time absolutely obsessing over things that I feel we have been so distant at times. And I am happy with the more active role that you have been taking in the company.
Redemption: Yeah about that…
Woman: How did your meeting go today? I really was hoping things would go well because I wanted to make a hefty charitable donation, and these guys have a ton of money.
Redemption: Well, things could have gone better…
Woman: What do you mean?
{Scene reopens to a suit wearing Redemption sitting in a board room, he sits at a board table wearing his wrestling mask. The other men are all looking at him with puzzled expressions on their faces}
Suit 1 – So, I see that you are wearing a mask... Can you explain why we should allocate these funds to you?
Redemption: Sure, because we are hoping to make a sizable donation to a children’s charity, and that donation depends on these funds.
Suit 2 – But, you do realize that you are wearing a mask right now.
Redemption: Yeah, I am. But there is a good reason for it.
Suit 1 – And that reason is?
Redemption: Well, that is a long story, and I am not sure you guys want to get into the sordid details.
Suit 2- I insist, I can’t just give my money to anyone, honestly what are you thinking? What kind of a retard wears a mask in public?
Redemption: This kind of retard.
{He smiles and points both thumbs at his head}
Redemption: I am certainly seeing that the mask was a poor idea.
Suit 1 – I am glad that you are seeing things our way.
Redemption: Sooo, about that cashola?
Suit 1 – Nope.
Suit 2 – Nope.
Redemption: Damn, my wife is going to kill me!
{Scene goes back to the woman and Redemption sitting on the couch}
Woman: What the hell were you thinking going to the meeting in a mask?
Redemption: They couldn’t know who I was.
Woman: That literally is the dumbest thing I have ever heard. I mean, these promotional videos blank my face out, why not just have them do that with your face?
Redemption: Shit, I never thought of that before. Plus this mask is pretty sweet looking.
Woman: Sometimes you are so dumb.
{The woman gets up and storms away, Redemption grabs the cheese and cracker plate putting it on his lap}
Redemption: I guess cuddle time is going to have to be rescheduled.
{Scene fades}
Maison, you are one of the people I respect most here. What you have done to help our country, the services you have offered have been phenomenal. You deserve better, you deserve to remember what you lived through, you deserve to not have to live with the fact that when you returned from duty you found your wife whoring it up with some scumbag.
Unfortunately life sometimes shits on the best of people, you know the old adage, some days you are the bird some days you are the statue. That seems relevant in most cases but with you it seems like it is grained deeper, it is almost like bad things are tied to you, like you can’t catch a break.
But now, this week opportunity knocks, you are going to have the chance to gain entry into one of the biggest matches that IWF has put on, champions on one side and challengers on the other and you and I will be staring across the ring at one another, trying to secure our spot.
I want to root for you Maison.
I really do.
I want you to have the happy ending that you so deserve, I want you to be held aloft on the shoulders of your allies and I want songs sung in honor of you immaculate nature. But this week, at this time I am sorry. Your story doesn’t climax here because this opportunity I am being given, at such an early stage of my revival is one that I just can’t let go.
And I won’t let it go.
Because getting into that match, having an opportunity to stand in the ring across from all the great champions of the IWF is an opportunity that I certainly won’t squander. I am doing what I can, I am trying to make changes but I need a larger audience, I need a wider berth.
And that match is what I need, it is what the world needs. I have the skills, I have the determination, I have everything that I need.
I will defeat you Maison. I will beat you, that is certain to me because I need to. Not because there is some selfish underhanded reasoning for wanting the fame and fortune because I had that, and still will the second I take this mask off. It is because the wrestling world needs me to be in that match and sometimes things are taken right out of our hands, things are being controlled by a greater power.
And I think the signs are pointing at a victory for me this time.
I hope you straighten your life out. I hope that you find redemption for all the puzzles that turn around in your head, the puzzles that go unsolved because you deserve that.
But this match.
I deserve this one.
Because as much as I want to help others, I cannot always ignore my own redemption.
And that of course, is push Mike Laslow to reach his potential. When I heard his words last week, when I saw the passion and excitement in his eyes during his promotional material last week, when I saw the vigor when he strode to the ring ready for action I actually was rooting for you Mike, you needed a win much more than I did, you needed this to reach the next level.
See two years ago, hell two months ago I would have gone into a fit of depression not coming out on top of a match, I win a lot, I have a long history of success in this business and I will be honest I feel for my entire life I have done nothing but take, take , take.
I was a greedy person, consuming victories like a glutton consumes a case of spaghettios. I was someone who took victory after victory and then when I lost I became sullen and upset. I wouldn’t respond to my friends and family, I would go on a tear leaving a wake of destruction wherever I am.
Not anymore, I know that with each loss comes a great victory in the grand scheme of things. There are so many things that need to be changed, so many people who need to understand that living the life of privilege isn’t something that should be taken lightly, it is something that should be respected, adored and cherished.
And don’t get me wrong, I am not saying I am perfect, I am not even close. I wake up every morning and make a slew of mistakes, I falter, I don’t always say the best things, my sarcasm gets the best of me, I fall apart but the important thing to me, is that I get back up. That I continue the struggle and that I move forward, always taking a step towards the ultimate end to this whole game.
This is the spot where years ago I would insert the name of the highest title a federation has, this is where I would say here I come to take the title, to send everyone else aside, to promote myself to the fullest not caring who falls behind me, but not anymore, the ultimate end has changed.
I want the end to be giving back. Making a change. Helping someone understand that things are meaningful, that life is giving and that they truly are lucky.
And this week, I have a great opportunity to wrestle against a young man who is truly making a name for himself, I am truly looking forward to testing the waters against you Maison. The war you are entering this week is unlike any war you have ever fought before.
{Scene opens to a modest apartment. Redemption sits on the couch in his mask. The woman who has been in these previous videos walks over to Redemption with a plate of crackers and cheese, she sets them on the table and then nuzzles her head into his arm, her face as usual is blanked out and her voice is altered}
Woman: Sooo, how long are you going to wear this mask?
Redemption: I don’t know actually. I will wear it until I feel it is time to take it off.
{The woman takes her head of his shoulder and looks at him}
Woman: I am so very proud of you. I know that you said you have changed and I was hoping you did but you don’t even seem like you are fazed by losing last week.
Redemption: I am not fazed.
Woman: That is wonderful. I am so happy for you, you have spent so much time absolutely obsessing over things that I feel we have been so distant at times. And I am happy with the more active role that you have been taking in the company.
Redemption: Yeah about that…
Woman: How did your meeting go today? I really was hoping things would go well because I wanted to make a hefty charitable donation, and these guys have a ton of money.
Redemption: Well, things could have gone better…
Woman: What do you mean?
{Scene reopens to a suit wearing Redemption sitting in a board room, he sits at a board table wearing his wrestling mask. The other men are all looking at him with puzzled expressions on their faces}
Suit 1 – So, I see that you are wearing a mask... Can you explain why we should allocate these funds to you?
Redemption: Sure, because we are hoping to make a sizable donation to a children’s charity, and that donation depends on these funds.
Suit 2 – But, you do realize that you are wearing a mask right now.
Redemption: Yeah, I am. But there is a good reason for it.
Suit 1 – And that reason is?
Redemption: Well, that is a long story, and I am not sure you guys want to get into the sordid details.
Suit 2- I insist, I can’t just give my money to anyone, honestly what are you thinking? What kind of a retard wears a mask in public?
Redemption: This kind of retard.
{He smiles and points both thumbs at his head}
Redemption: I am certainly seeing that the mask was a poor idea.
Suit 1 – I am glad that you are seeing things our way.
Redemption: Sooo, about that cashola?
Suit 1 – Nope.
Suit 2 – Nope.
Redemption: Damn, my wife is going to kill me!
{Scene goes back to the woman and Redemption sitting on the couch}
Woman: What the hell were you thinking going to the meeting in a mask?
Redemption: They couldn’t know who I was.
Woman: That literally is the dumbest thing I have ever heard. I mean, these promotional videos blank my face out, why not just have them do that with your face?
Redemption: Shit, I never thought of that before. Plus this mask is pretty sweet looking.
Woman: Sometimes you are so dumb.
{The woman gets up and storms away, Redemption grabs the cheese and cracker plate putting it on his lap}
Redemption: I guess cuddle time is going to have to be rescheduled.
{Scene fades}
Maison, you are one of the people I respect most here. What you have done to help our country, the services you have offered have been phenomenal. You deserve better, you deserve to remember what you lived through, you deserve to not have to live with the fact that when you returned from duty you found your wife whoring it up with some scumbag.
Unfortunately life sometimes shits on the best of people, you know the old adage, some days you are the bird some days you are the statue. That seems relevant in most cases but with you it seems like it is grained deeper, it is almost like bad things are tied to you, like you can’t catch a break.
But now, this week opportunity knocks, you are going to have the chance to gain entry into one of the biggest matches that IWF has put on, champions on one side and challengers on the other and you and I will be staring across the ring at one another, trying to secure our spot.
I want to root for you Maison.
I really do.
I want you to have the happy ending that you so deserve, I want you to be held aloft on the shoulders of your allies and I want songs sung in honor of you immaculate nature. But this week, at this time I am sorry. Your story doesn’t climax here because this opportunity I am being given, at such an early stage of my revival is one that I just can’t let go.
And I won’t let it go.
Because getting into that match, having an opportunity to stand in the ring across from all the great champions of the IWF is an opportunity that I certainly won’t squander. I am doing what I can, I am trying to make changes but I need a larger audience, I need a wider berth.
And that match is what I need, it is what the world needs. I have the skills, I have the determination, I have everything that I need.
I will defeat you Maison. I will beat you, that is certain to me because I need to. Not because there is some selfish underhanded reasoning for wanting the fame and fortune because I had that, and still will the second I take this mask off. It is because the wrestling world needs me to be in that match and sometimes things are taken right out of our hands, things are being controlled by a greater power.
And I think the signs are pointing at a victory for me this time.
I hope you straighten your life out. I hope that you find redemption for all the puzzles that turn around in your head, the puzzles that go unsolved because you deserve that.
But this match.
I deserve this one.
Because as much as I want to help others, I cannot always ignore my own redemption.
Well howdy there pardner.