Post by ZELDA on May 30, 2016 0:53:22 GMT
I figured it would be a while before I was put into a position to have an Imperial championship match.
I figured, actually, that I probably wouldn’t ever come close to a chance.
But here we are, for some reason it has been decided that this tag team tournament will give it’s winners a shot at the top Gold.
I’m not going to complain. You know, because this is where A Knitemare on Helms Street belongs, this is where I belong. I’ve said it before, you wanna know why somebody like Nighthawk isn’t billed as being in this match yet? Because he doesn’t put butts in the seat, he’s a fine competitive wrestler with all the fire and drive in the world, but he’s boring as hell. When you look in the ring and see Trent Helms in a match you know you’re going to get some high flying, fast paced excitement. When you see Adam Knite in that ring, you’re know you are going to see one of the finest technical wrestlers of the modern age… and a guy with a bit of a mean streak in him, tearing his opponent apart piece by piece.
We are here because that’s what the people want to see. We add extra “umph” to this whole tag team tournament situation. We bring excitement, we bring buzz, we are the celebrity spokesmen of this match. We don’t deserve to be in this match based on what we have accomplished in IWF so far, we don’t deserve to be in consideration for a world title shot, you think we don’t realize that? You think that we don’t believe in rewarding the hard work of the young roster? Don’t be a dumbass, or some talking head trying to get attention. We are fully aware that we haven’t don’t much in an IWF ring thus far. Why we are here… it’s to make this match, this whole damn Pay per view, even more epic than it already is.
Think about it for a second before you start rambling some nonsense about us not belonging here… how much more epic would your victory seem if A Knitemare on Helms Street was in this match? How much more awesome would holding a victory over two NCW Hall of Famers be, than just some other random ass tag team? However; what if we win? Can you say we didn’t deserve to be there then? You weren’t good enough to beat the washed up losers who don’t deserve this honor, you weren’t good enough to beat the people who shouldn’t have been there… it’s great television.
You want to see it, you want to watch every second of the action… so yeah, we get a free pass, we get put into the meat of the action right away. That’s where we belong, that’s where our years of experience in the business puts us in a different bracket that the other common riff raff and boring one note slugs, like Nighthawk and Nighthawk 2.
Yeah, I don’t know nor do I care who this partner of Nighthawk is, that’s why he’ll simply be referred to as Nighthawk #2 from me. I’m sure I won’t be too far off.
Now, you might be wondering how I can be ok, or even bragging about being put into a match simply because it can draw a crowd, or buyrate number? Well it’s simple… That’s what this business is about… entertaining those fans. You think for a second that I really care all that much about this Imperial Championship? Look, I’m not saying it’s garbage or that I’m going to throw it in the trash, because that would be an asinine thing to even imply. What I’m saying is that I have won countless amounts of titles in my career… I’m not at that title chasing phase anymore. I’m not about winning gold anymore. I am coming out here every week to entertain. To give the fans some excitement and to show my little daughter just how awesome her daddy was and still is.
Some big gold trinket is no longer worth getting my panties in a wad over. Not… that I wear panties or anything.
Shut up.
What you see before you now, isn’t that Adam Knite who would do anything to get his hands on and then hold that world title belt. I’m not going to pummel you into the ground because I want to be at the top of the mountain with everybody bowing at my greatness down below. No, what you see is a whole different monster, one that doesn’t care… one that has nothing to lose and nothing to gain, a monster that won’t be distracted by thoughts of having to be the best, a monster that is only dedicated and focused on one thing and one thing only…. Making you hurt. Making you feel the worst pain you have ever felt in your life, because that’s what the fans want to see that’s what my little girl wants to see. I won’t be hung up on these thoughts of being the best… just on the thoughts of the cheering public every time they hear one of your bones break.
It’s peaceful, almost tranquil really.
Look, I don’t know who all my opponents are going to be, I assume the duel Nighthawks since they are the only ones who seem to give two shits about the match, but I do know something about one man and a tiny bit about his partner…
Jayson Matthews. That man has what it takes to be in this business for a very long time. I told him before, and I will tell him again. He may not have the size, or athletic stature of most of his opponents but he’s a tough little shit and I can never not respect that. A guy who will put his body on the line no matter what, just for the love of this business? Yeah, he’s no Ace who just wants people recognize him, craving attention like a fatherless teenage girl. He’s no Mike Laszlo… somebody who seems hell bent on convincing people he’s something he’s not… trying to put on the whole I’m a baddass act. Fighting people like you Jayson is the reason I’m here, it’s the reason that I wanted to be in that ring in IWF.
You’ve grown a lot since your NCW days when you were just a lackey for Steve Awesome. You have grown into something that I indeed respect, into a person that I can call an equal. I mean, don’t mistake my praise as meaning that I’m just going to roll over for you and let you and Warren walk away with this match, I am going to beat your ass like a stepchild, I am going to do everything in my power to rip every limb off your body until you scream “I Quit”... that’s just what I do, that’s just what the crowd wants to see. It’s a match for a top title shot, it’s not some exhibition contest for the shits and giggles of it all. I’m just saying that it’s going to be in a weird way my honor to be in the ring with a guy who is most likely the future of this company and bring him to his limits, just like what I’m expecting from you.
Don’t hold back because I’m Adam Knite, don’t come in thinking that I am anything more than just another opponent. I want you to fight me at your best, I want you to bring everything you have… every punch, every kick, every hold I want you to give it your all… not because I am Adam Knite, but because this is your chance to be in the main event of this company.
A position in this company that I think you deserve, a position I feel you can hold onto for a long time to come. Maybe not this week at Knite of the Immortals, but soon. We’ll see how bright your star will shine.
Now… Warren Kane…
I am going to admit, and I am embarrassed to say so, but I don’t know much about you. Now, don’t mistake that as my saying that as an insult. I am ashamed to admit that I just haven’t done my homework on you like I should have. I dont’ know what you’re about, what drives you, what makes you fight. Maybe it’s just the shifting of my priorities in life, maybe it’s the fact that I am still knocking some of that three year rust off and got caught flat footed, but I do want to talk to you, and I want you to listen to what I have to say.
I may not know much about what’s driving you inside that head, but I do see that last name of yours. You have most likely heard some of the stories between myself and the Kane family. You probably have heard the tales of how Spike, Brad, and I have had our shares of bloody fights, tearing each other apart for this business, and I just want you to do me a favor. I want you to look at that last name of yours, and I want you to take in what it really means to be a Kane. Not just what it means to follow in footsteps or living up to a legacy, but what it really, REALLY means.
You see… there is more than just living up to a legacy, there is more than just forging your own way out of the shadow of your family. The Kanes… every one of them have been tough bastards. Spike, Brad and even fucking Freya, have been some of the strongest competitors that I have ever since inside the ring. This isn’t a name that you’re trying to live up to, this isn’t some extreme legacy, this is an existence, this is an honor, that you’re trying not to disgrace.
Like I am going to tell Ryleigh, whatever she attempts to do in life, whatever it is she wants to accomplish, I just want her value her name whatever she chooses to do. It doesn’t matter if it’s wrestling, it doesn’t matter if it’s working at the local 7/11… as long as she feels that’s where she belongs, and as long as you gives that her all. That’s what is in a name. Pride.
Wear that Kane name into the ring, and do everything in your power to get a shot at that gold. Not because it would make anybody proud, not because it will allow you to step out of anyboyd’s shadow… but because you’re a goddamn Kane that’s just what Kanes do! No matter what you say or what anybody thinks, you’re not going to be fighting this match for anybody but yourself!
Be a Kane, be a tough son of a bitch, like all the Kanes are, but don’t be a Spike Kane, don’t be a Brad Kane, nobody wants that. Be Warren, be the continuation of a legacy…. Not a follower of one.
You two can takes this company to heights unseen. Lets see if you have what it takes against one of the old regime.
I am not going to lie to anybody and say this match is more important than air to me. I’m not going to feed you some bullshit cliches about being honored or giving it my everything to be the best. I don’t have to have another trophy on my wall to validate my career. I don’t need another big shiny toy to legitimize my career. I have accomplished everything I set out to in my career. I have done everything I’ve ever dreamed of doing. An Imperial championship, a tag team victory on Knite of the Immortals… isn’t going to make nor break my career. I have given this business everything I have to give, and it’s rewarded me kindly.
This to me… is a fight, this to me… is all about fun…
Twisting joints, breaking bones, stretching limbs, and making the blood poar…
Titles aren’t on my radar, championships aren’t my driving passion...
I’m enjoying the ride, without stress, without worry…
I have nothing to lose…
That’s what makes me dangerous.
Well that and the fact that you don’t get a nickname like “The Godfather of IWF” for being an easy victory.
I figured, actually, that I probably wouldn’t ever come close to a chance.
But here we are, for some reason it has been decided that this tag team tournament will give it’s winners a shot at the top Gold.
I’m not going to complain. You know, because this is where A Knitemare on Helms Street belongs, this is where I belong. I’ve said it before, you wanna know why somebody like Nighthawk isn’t billed as being in this match yet? Because he doesn’t put butts in the seat, he’s a fine competitive wrestler with all the fire and drive in the world, but he’s boring as hell. When you look in the ring and see Trent Helms in a match you know you’re going to get some high flying, fast paced excitement. When you see Adam Knite in that ring, you’re know you are going to see one of the finest technical wrestlers of the modern age… and a guy with a bit of a mean streak in him, tearing his opponent apart piece by piece.
We are here because that’s what the people want to see. We add extra “umph” to this whole tag team tournament situation. We bring excitement, we bring buzz, we are the celebrity spokesmen of this match. We don’t deserve to be in this match based on what we have accomplished in IWF so far, we don’t deserve to be in consideration for a world title shot, you think we don’t realize that? You think that we don’t believe in rewarding the hard work of the young roster? Don’t be a dumbass, or some talking head trying to get attention. We are fully aware that we haven’t don’t much in an IWF ring thus far. Why we are here… it’s to make this match, this whole damn Pay per view, even more epic than it already is.
Think about it for a second before you start rambling some nonsense about us not belonging here… how much more epic would your victory seem if A Knitemare on Helms Street was in this match? How much more awesome would holding a victory over two NCW Hall of Famers be, than just some other random ass tag team? However; what if we win? Can you say we didn’t deserve to be there then? You weren’t good enough to beat the washed up losers who don’t deserve this honor, you weren’t good enough to beat the people who shouldn’t have been there… it’s great television.
You want to see it, you want to watch every second of the action… so yeah, we get a free pass, we get put into the meat of the action right away. That’s where we belong, that’s where our years of experience in the business puts us in a different bracket that the other common riff raff and boring one note slugs, like Nighthawk and Nighthawk 2.
Yeah, I don’t know nor do I care who this partner of Nighthawk is, that’s why he’ll simply be referred to as Nighthawk #2 from me. I’m sure I won’t be too far off.
Now, you might be wondering how I can be ok, or even bragging about being put into a match simply because it can draw a crowd, or buyrate number? Well it’s simple… That’s what this business is about… entertaining those fans. You think for a second that I really care all that much about this Imperial Championship? Look, I’m not saying it’s garbage or that I’m going to throw it in the trash, because that would be an asinine thing to even imply. What I’m saying is that I have won countless amounts of titles in my career… I’m not at that title chasing phase anymore. I’m not about winning gold anymore. I am coming out here every week to entertain. To give the fans some excitement and to show my little daughter just how awesome her daddy was and still is.
Some big gold trinket is no longer worth getting my panties in a wad over. Not… that I wear panties or anything.
Shut up.
What you see before you now, isn’t that Adam Knite who would do anything to get his hands on and then hold that world title belt. I’m not going to pummel you into the ground because I want to be at the top of the mountain with everybody bowing at my greatness down below. No, what you see is a whole different monster, one that doesn’t care… one that has nothing to lose and nothing to gain, a monster that won’t be distracted by thoughts of having to be the best, a monster that is only dedicated and focused on one thing and one thing only…. Making you hurt. Making you feel the worst pain you have ever felt in your life, because that’s what the fans want to see that’s what my little girl wants to see. I won’t be hung up on these thoughts of being the best… just on the thoughts of the cheering public every time they hear one of your bones break.
It’s peaceful, almost tranquil really.
Look, I don’t know who all my opponents are going to be, I assume the duel Nighthawks since they are the only ones who seem to give two shits about the match, but I do know something about one man and a tiny bit about his partner…
Jayson Matthews. That man has what it takes to be in this business for a very long time. I told him before, and I will tell him again. He may not have the size, or athletic stature of most of his opponents but he’s a tough little shit and I can never not respect that. A guy who will put his body on the line no matter what, just for the love of this business? Yeah, he’s no Ace who just wants people recognize him, craving attention like a fatherless teenage girl. He’s no Mike Laszlo… somebody who seems hell bent on convincing people he’s something he’s not… trying to put on the whole I’m a baddass act. Fighting people like you Jayson is the reason I’m here, it’s the reason that I wanted to be in that ring in IWF.
You’ve grown a lot since your NCW days when you were just a lackey for Steve Awesome. You have grown into something that I indeed respect, into a person that I can call an equal. I mean, don’t mistake my praise as meaning that I’m just going to roll over for you and let you and Warren walk away with this match, I am going to beat your ass like a stepchild, I am going to do everything in my power to rip every limb off your body until you scream “I Quit”... that’s just what I do, that’s just what the crowd wants to see. It’s a match for a top title shot, it’s not some exhibition contest for the shits and giggles of it all. I’m just saying that it’s going to be in a weird way my honor to be in the ring with a guy who is most likely the future of this company and bring him to his limits, just like what I’m expecting from you.
Don’t hold back because I’m Adam Knite, don’t come in thinking that I am anything more than just another opponent. I want you to fight me at your best, I want you to bring everything you have… every punch, every kick, every hold I want you to give it your all… not because I am Adam Knite, but because this is your chance to be in the main event of this company.
A position in this company that I think you deserve, a position I feel you can hold onto for a long time to come. Maybe not this week at Knite of the Immortals, but soon. We’ll see how bright your star will shine.
Now… Warren Kane…
I am going to admit, and I am embarrassed to say so, but I don’t know much about you. Now, don’t mistake that as my saying that as an insult. I am ashamed to admit that I just haven’t done my homework on you like I should have. I dont’ know what you’re about, what drives you, what makes you fight. Maybe it’s just the shifting of my priorities in life, maybe it’s the fact that I am still knocking some of that three year rust off and got caught flat footed, but I do want to talk to you, and I want you to listen to what I have to say.
I may not know much about what’s driving you inside that head, but I do see that last name of yours. You have most likely heard some of the stories between myself and the Kane family. You probably have heard the tales of how Spike, Brad, and I have had our shares of bloody fights, tearing each other apart for this business, and I just want you to do me a favor. I want you to look at that last name of yours, and I want you to take in what it really means to be a Kane. Not just what it means to follow in footsteps or living up to a legacy, but what it really, REALLY means.
You see… there is more than just living up to a legacy, there is more than just forging your own way out of the shadow of your family. The Kanes… every one of them have been tough bastards. Spike, Brad and even fucking Freya, have been some of the strongest competitors that I have ever since inside the ring. This isn’t a name that you’re trying to live up to, this isn’t some extreme legacy, this is an existence, this is an honor, that you’re trying not to disgrace.
Like I am going to tell Ryleigh, whatever she attempts to do in life, whatever it is she wants to accomplish, I just want her value her name whatever she chooses to do. It doesn’t matter if it’s wrestling, it doesn’t matter if it’s working at the local 7/11… as long as she feels that’s where she belongs, and as long as you gives that her all. That’s what is in a name. Pride.
Wear that Kane name into the ring, and do everything in your power to get a shot at that gold. Not because it would make anybody proud, not because it will allow you to step out of anyboyd’s shadow… but because you’re a goddamn Kane that’s just what Kanes do! No matter what you say or what anybody thinks, you’re not going to be fighting this match for anybody but yourself!
Be a Kane, be a tough son of a bitch, like all the Kanes are, but don’t be a Spike Kane, don’t be a Brad Kane, nobody wants that. Be Warren, be the continuation of a legacy…. Not a follower of one.
You two can takes this company to heights unseen. Lets see if you have what it takes against one of the old regime.
I am not going to lie to anybody and say this match is more important than air to me. I’m not going to feed you some bullshit cliches about being honored or giving it my everything to be the best. I don’t have to have another trophy on my wall to validate my career. I don’t need another big shiny toy to legitimize my career. I have accomplished everything I set out to in my career. I have done everything I’ve ever dreamed of doing. An Imperial championship, a tag team victory on Knite of the Immortals… isn’t going to make nor break my career. I have given this business everything I have to give, and it’s rewarded me kindly.
This to me… is a fight, this to me… is all about fun…
Twisting joints, breaking bones, stretching limbs, and making the blood poar…
Titles aren’t on my radar, championships aren’t my driving passion...
I’m enjoying the ride, without stress, without worry…
I have nothing to lose…
That’s what makes me dangerous.
Well that and the fact that you don’t get a nickname like “The Godfather of IWF” for being an easy victory.
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“I am sitting here with my daughter, watching this Disney princess show on television and I’m thinking to myself is this really worth it? Is this pain, if these creeks in my joints are really worth all of this?”
“I can hear the people talking, I can hear everybody saying that Adam Knite doesn’t belong here, that he doesn’t deserve to be at the pay per view let alone in this match. How he never did anything to be held in such high regard in IWF.”
“She looks up at me, touching my face with her lips, giving me a quick kiss on the cheeck. She enjoys the time I spend with her. Does she know that this is all for her, does she understand that I am putting myself through all this ridicule and all this questioning to show her just what her daddy can do, that I wasn’t always in a gym training, that I wasn’t always at home making popcorn for our movie Monday nights.”
“I am already her hero, and she is already the greatest thing to ever happen to me. I don’t have to do anything to be even more incredible in her eyes. That’s the fun of having a child. Is that how this Warren kid looks up to Spike? Is he just trying to live up this Kane status, live up to his hero’s legacy? I don’t want Ryleigh trying to live up to my name. I don’t want her to try and prove herself as a Knite. I want her to be Ryleigh, I want her to be this little girl sititng in my lap forever. She doesn’t need to earn her last name. Maybe this whole return to the ring thing is sending her the wrong message.”
“All these thoughts racing through my brain, I don’t know where we are in our disney too sweet to swallow moviefest. I don’t know how long I’ve been here. Just letting these thoughts, these worries, dash in and out. Maybe what everything that’s being said about me is the truth...”
“NO! I almost scare Ryleigh as I shake with anger at these thoughts. She checks on me to make sure ‘everything is ok with Daddy’, but No. No they just don’t know what they are talking about. They are just trying to sound important. I have given my entire life to wrestling. I gave everything I had to NCW to the point that I simply burnt out and just couldn’t stand being in the building any longer. I don’t have to prove anything to anybody, I don’t have to earn a damn thing.”
“I have put in the hours, I have trained some of these young kids in this fed far into the night, sometimes until the crack of dawn when the next class was supposed to be coming in! There is no need for me to have to earn a spot in an IWF pay per view, I’m not some fresh faced young blood right out our training center. That’s stupid to think that I am not worthy yet. Will I be more worthy just because I’ve kicked the shit out of a few more opponents? My first singles match was against Mike Laszlo, my second against The Ace. The two number one contenders for IWF’s big title and I have essentially beat both of them, with Ace just escaping because Laszlo is a tool.”
“I don’t need to prove myself IWF! I am the king of the wrestling world, I have drawn more buys than most of the wrestlers on the roster have combined. This isn’t some proving ground, this isn’t some working my way up the ladder horse shit. This is being put in the best position not only for me, but for the entire damn company. I am Adam Knite, I am a King of this business, not some peasant who has to earn his right! DEAL WITH IT!”
“Ryleigh wants to know why I just stood up with my first in the air defiantly proclaiming my worthiness, and I just can’t think of any other answer than to just laugh and pick her up in my hands, lifting her into the air. She giggles and tells me ‘Daddy, you’re silly’ and you know hat? I am silly. It is silly for me to get back in this ring… it is silly for me to drag myself through this again.”
“But I simply couldn’t have it any other way...”
“I just love pissing people off before I face them… and making them eat their words after.”
“If they think that I’m not worthy of being here… ha ha ha, then are going to be really pissed when I’m holding their precious title over my head.”
“Especially because this little girl I’m holding over my head right now, means a shit load more to me than any other title ever will.”
“She is my legacy, she is my immortality.”
“I am sitting here with my daughter, watching this Disney princess show on television and I’m thinking to myself is this really worth it? Is this pain, if these creeks in my joints are really worth all of this?”
“I can hear the people talking, I can hear everybody saying that Adam Knite doesn’t belong here, that he doesn’t deserve to be at the pay per view let alone in this match. How he never did anything to be held in such high regard in IWF.”
“She looks up at me, touching my face with her lips, giving me a quick kiss on the cheeck. She enjoys the time I spend with her. Does she know that this is all for her, does she understand that I am putting myself through all this ridicule and all this questioning to show her just what her daddy can do, that I wasn’t always in a gym training, that I wasn’t always at home making popcorn for our movie Monday nights.”
“I am already her hero, and she is already the greatest thing to ever happen to me. I don’t have to do anything to be even more incredible in her eyes. That’s the fun of having a child. Is that how this Warren kid looks up to Spike? Is he just trying to live up this Kane status, live up to his hero’s legacy? I don’t want Ryleigh trying to live up to my name. I don’t want her to try and prove herself as a Knite. I want her to be Ryleigh, I want her to be this little girl sititng in my lap forever. She doesn’t need to earn her last name. Maybe this whole return to the ring thing is sending her the wrong message.”
“All these thoughts racing through my brain, I don’t know where we are in our disney too sweet to swallow moviefest. I don’t know how long I’ve been here. Just letting these thoughts, these worries, dash in and out. Maybe what everything that’s being said about me is the truth...”
“NO! I almost scare Ryleigh as I shake with anger at these thoughts. She checks on me to make sure ‘everything is ok with Daddy’, but No. No they just don’t know what they are talking about. They are just trying to sound important. I have given my entire life to wrestling. I gave everything I had to NCW to the point that I simply burnt out and just couldn’t stand being in the building any longer. I don’t have to prove anything to anybody, I don’t have to earn a damn thing.”
“I have put in the hours, I have trained some of these young kids in this fed far into the night, sometimes until the crack of dawn when the next class was supposed to be coming in! There is no need for me to have to earn a spot in an IWF pay per view, I’m not some fresh faced young blood right out our training center. That’s stupid to think that I am not worthy yet. Will I be more worthy just because I’ve kicked the shit out of a few more opponents? My first singles match was against Mike Laszlo, my second against The Ace. The two number one contenders for IWF’s big title and I have essentially beat both of them, with Ace just escaping because Laszlo is a tool.”
“I don’t need to prove myself IWF! I am the king of the wrestling world, I have drawn more buys than most of the wrestlers on the roster have combined. This isn’t some proving ground, this isn’t some working my way up the ladder horse shit. This is being put in the best position not only for me, but for the entire damn company. I am Adam Knite, I am a King of this business, not some peasant who has to earn his right! DEAL WITH IT!”
“Ryleigh wants to know why I just stood up with my first in the air defiantly proclaiming my worthiness, and I just can’t think of any other answer than to just laugh and pick her up in my hands, lifting her into the air. She giggles and tells me ‘Daddy, you’re silly’ and you know hat? I am silly. It is silly for me to get back in this ring… it is silly for me to drag myself through this again.”
“But I simply couldn’t have it any other way...”
“I just love pissing people off before I face them… and making them eat their words after.”
“If they think that I’m not worthy of being here… ha ha ha, then are going to be really pissed when I’m holding their precious title over my head.”
“Especially because this little girl I’m holding over my head right now, means a shit load more to me than any other title ever will.”
“She is my legacy, she is my immortality.”
Well howdy there pardner.