Following The Game Plan

[itami]

{Gregor Winter and Itami are standing in front of a banner advertising High Stakes. They are both wearing t-shirts advertising The MOD System, and Itami has a kendo stick draped over her shoulder.

‘The Modern Day Viking’ has a huge smile on his face as he starts to speak.}

My reason for starting The MOD was to give hope to people who had lost hope. I first started with those who felt that The Church of Crosse had let them down. Soon I found that I could not only give people hope but help elevate their lives. Go onto our website and you can read thousands of testimonies from people whose lives have been changed just by living The MOD System.

No one is a better example of this than “The Lady Pain” Itami. When she was forced to come to the island by a gutless man who was using her to take advantage of me she was broken. It only took me watching her in the gym to see that she was strong of body, but very weak of mind. Itami was pure aggression with absolutely no control, which is how she found herself in the control of Hiromu Suzuki.

It didn’t take long for that to begin to change once she saw what The MOD has to offer people willing to follow The System. I was amazed at how fast she grew stronger in mind and body until in a very short time she had become a true lead of The MOD, so much so that she worked to become the face of The MOD Japan, and more importantly she has become the face of The MOD here in IWF.

{The big man looks down at his protégé lovingly.}

Since arriving in IWF Team MOD has taken steps to becoming the best faction in all of professional wrestling. Itami and I have gone toe to toe with some of the best teams in IWF and proved that we can hold our own, but Itami has taken things to a whole new level by proving that she deserves to be seen on the level as the most elite women’s wrestlers in this company.

That is why she finds herself in a battle royal with ten other women for the final four spots in The Iron Maiden Match. I’m going, to be honest, this match concerns me because battle royals are so damn predictable. You have bodies flying around everywhere and all that it takes is one slip up and you’ll find yourself flat on your ass out on the floor.

The biggest mistake that you can make in a match like this is not going in with a game plan. Way too many times I’ve seen people running around just trying to eliminate everyone and not lasting very long. I’ve seen a lot of people stick to the middle of the ring thinking that they’re nice and safe only to be taken out by a body flying around. That’s why Itami is going to put her back up against a corner and let the match unfold in front of her because she doesn’t have to eliminate a damn person to qualify for Iron Maiden.

I know some people out there would call her a coward, but I learned a long time ago to work smart, not hard. You do the least amount of work to get the job done and that is exactly what we plan on doing Tuesday night. Then come High Stakes we plan to allow The Demoness to feed and earn a spot in the main event of NOTI.

{Winter steps back and allows Itami to speak.}

It has been far too long since The Demoness last had a feast like the one that will be in the ring on Tuesday night. Nine other women are a buffet of pain that she can inflict and screams that she can devour. Three months ago the only thing that would have mattered to me was hurting people, but The MOD System has taught me that this is not the way.

Tuesday night my will is strong enough to lock The Demoness deep inside and stick to the game plan. I know that by surviving just six eliminations I will find myself locked inside of a cage with five other women and only one way to escape.

I will be the one that leaves that cage last covered in the blood of my opponents. The Demoness will be more than sated and I will have shown the entire world the superiority of The MOD System. I will have shown sweet little Caroline the mistake that she has made.

{Gregor lets out a deep belly laugh before starting to speak again.}

Ah yes, sweet Caroline out of the nine other women in this match you’re the only one that we care about because you are such a waste of potential. When the world looks at you they see a human teddy bear going around giving everyone hugs, but I see so much more if you would just make some changes to your life. There is no reason that you can’t be Women’s World Champion again, and I think you could have an epic reign if you would just listen to me.

The problem is that you think that the only way to do things is the way that JJ and Fionna have taught you, but look what that has got you. One title reign without a single successful defense, which is pathetic. That’s alright because I want you to know that my offer is still on the table, say the word and I will fly you to MOD Island and we will begin to teach you The System the easy way.

{An evil grin comes onto his face.}

If you keep spitting in our faces we unfortunately will have to teach it to you the hard way, and if you don’t think that we can just watch a replay of last week.

{Both Winter and Itami start to laugh as the scene fades to black.}