Back to School 5 - blue and gold

[Jayson Matthews]

The scene opens as the on hand medic checks out Jayson Matthews elbow in the trainers room.

Medic: Does it hurt when I do this?

Jayson watches the medic move his elbow up and down and it was sore, but it didn't hurt to move it.

Jayson Matthews: No, I'm fine.

The doctor nods and likes what see's with the arm.

Medic: Yeah looks good.

Just then, Nighthawk comes walking into the room, his concerned eyes fixed on Jayson and the doctor.

Nighthawk: Jayson, are you okay?

Jayson nods his head and moves his arm at the elbow on his own. The medic steps in to give her report.

Medic: He's lucky though. The way he fell off the ropes and landed, I'm surprised he didn't do some real damage to that elbow.

Nighthawk: Jayson....I've seen you climb the ropes thousands of times and you've never slipped like that. What happened?

Jayson rubs his arm and he held his head down.

Jayson Matthews: I don't know....I just slipped.

Something about that didn't really sit right with him. Jayson is known to be clumsy but he knows how to climb the turnbuckles and fly through the skies.

Nighthawk: Even your drills the last few classes have been sort of sloppy if I'm being honest. Is there something taking up some of your focus?

What was I supposed to tell him?

That the guy that he see's all this potential in and is training to be a master in the ring is getting bullied at school?

That a future Man of a Thousand Holds is sad that he didn't get the girl?

Yeah right man. I can't tell him that. He'd probably think I was weak and not worth his time. The medic would laugh at me and then Nighthawk would start laughing at me. Then Buzz would randomly walk in and start recording me and I'd end up being a youtube meme called “sad jayson” and it would just be a gif of my total and utter humiliation on repeat over and over and over again. Then someone would be so moved by my torment that they would then vow themselves to a life of crime. To bring vengeful vigilante style justice to the world that wronged that poor, poor, guy that got humiliated. Then he takes over the world and everybody is getting blasted by flame throwers and cattle prods and we've fallen into a dark distopian post apocalytipic world and one of the many humans that are now being forced to live as slaves for there wrong doings stands up and cries to the heavens.

IF ONLY JAYSON MATTHEWS HADNT TOLD HIS COACH HE WAS A LITTLE CHUMP!!!!”

She cries toward the heavens. Her tears running through the dirt on her cheeks and her tattered potato sack everyone has to wear as clothes now, flaps in the night sky.

THEN WE WOULDN'T BE IN THIS TERRIBLE TERRIBLE TERRIBLE TERRIBLE TERRIBLE GAH!

Then she gets hit by a cattle prod and a tough guard sneers at her as she falls to the ground and he's all like....GET BACK TO WORK!

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It could happen....



Nighthawk: You can tell me if there is something on your mind Jayson.

The one thing that Jayson always appreciated about Coach Nighthawk was that he was genuine. He knew that Nighthawk would do the best he could to help him with whatever he needed because that's how much he cared about his students.

Nighthawk: You can talk to me.

Maybe another time. Right now I have to think about the future.

Jayson shakes his head and hops off the doctors counter.

Jayson Matthews: Nah, there's nothing else. I just need to be a little less reckless is all.

Nighthawk nods his head in agreement.

Nighthawk: Yes exactly. You have so much potential you just need to learn how to focus it all. I don't want to see you get complacent after a few wins. I'd prefer a sharp, clear and focused Jayson Matthews in our tag team match against The Lost Boys.

Jayson looks kind of confused.

Jayson Matthews: Wait, lost boys? Are they going to show up?

Nighthawk: Well they were a little banged up by The Renegades but I'd assume so.

Jayson scratches his head.

Jayson Matthews: But I thought you said they were lost? Did somebody find them? Are they the Found Boys now?

Nighthawk sighs and shakes his head.

Nighthawk: no, Lost Boys is there team name.

Jayson attempts to put all the pieces together.

Jayson Matthews: So they are Lost Boys, but we know where they are, so they are found. So they are the Lost and Found Boys? What do they do? Hold onto one mitten and a Joes Crab Shack baseball cap for months until they just throw it away?

Nighthawk: No, I think it's just a tag team name. Sam and Dean are a tough team. They have traveled the world. They are from Australia and they are definitely making a name for themselves here in America. We need to be on our best form if we want to meet there challenge this week. That means extra work outs this week. We don't want you to slip up again on Sacrifice.

Jayson Matthews: Yes, coach Nighthawk.

Jayson goes to head out to the gym but he is stopped by Nighthawk who called him back in.

Nighthawk: Jayson wait, we also need to go out there in style as well.

Jayson turns back around and finds Nighthawk rummaging through a few bags that he had near him and he hands Jayson a box.

Nighthawk: I was born in Chicago, but I have many ties to the great state of Michigan as well. I know you were born in Detroit as well so I know it must be a big honor for you as well to come back to your home city and state as an IWF wrestler. So I figured we had to go home in style.

Jayson opens the box and he pulls out an amazing looking, blue and gold letter jacket with Matthews embroidered on the back.

Jayson Matthews: This is amazing. I can't believe you got me this.

Nighthawk: I got myself one just like it. We will look like an actual team out there and we will be representing Michigan.

Jayson looks at the letter jacket in awe and immediately tries it on and it fits like a glove.

Jayson Matthews: I don't know what to say Coach....thank you, I won't let you down.

Nighthawk: I know you will not. Now let's run through some of those drills from this morning.

And that's when I knew, I had to get my crap together man.

I can't let this stuff mess with my head anymore.

I have to remember that even when I don't believe in myself....there are people out there like Coach Nighthawk that do.

And that's enough for me to keep going.

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“Well somehow I managed to pull off yet another one.”

We open up on Jayson Matthews staring back at the camera.

“Wich is amazing because despite how sure I may have sounded last week I was more than certain I was going to get my BOOTY KICKED IN MAN! You've seen that Tannis guy....he's huge. He's a monster. He's a destroyer of men.”

A small grin creeps up on his face.

“And I managed to pick up a win on the dude.”

Jayson's face beams with pride.

“I beat him via count out and you know barely, but no matter wich way you slice it, I still got the win over the big lug last week and that's right BAY BEEEEEEEEE that is win NUMER 4 and I want some MORE baby.

He dances around in front of the camera.

And a lot of people are thinking that my luck is about to change. In fact i'm pretty sure there is a large pool going on behind my back on when exactly my little winning streak is going to end. And I'm sure it will all come to a screeching halt at some point but I really hope it stays alive so that I can get win. NUMBER. FIVE. BAY-BEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!”

He does the cabbage patch.

And it order to achieve my...

He sings in his best opera baritone.

“FIFTH GOLDEN WINNNNNN”

You hear that it sounds a lot like a part in the christmas song partridge in a pair tree.

“I have to go into the ring in a tag team match to take on The Lost Boys. Now Sam and Dean are a pretty damn good tag team hear in IWF and from what I understand they are from Australia. That is pretty fancy man, I heard Arnold Schwarzenegger is from there. I'LL BE BACK.

He chuckles like an idiot and then continues.

“IT's NOT A TUMOR!”

He screams and points off screen.

“GET TO THE CHOPPAHHHHH!!!”

He giggles again but then stops when he realizes he went off on a tangent.

“I've been told you guys have been all over the world and now here in IWF your trying to prove yourself in America. And that's great. I think that with the way Coach Nighthawk has us training and the hype that you guys have already I think were going to have a good match. But I can't help but notice something about you guys.....

Jayson rubs his chin.

“You guys seems to have your hands full with my buddies The Renegades, Chris and Will Fennel.

Jayson whistles.

“Now that is a full plate if I ever saw one, there Lost Boys. May even be a thanksgiving sized plate. I'm wondering if your going to be able to focus on us and be able to watch your backs when The Renegades are out looking to get the one up in your rivalry. I know you smashed The pitbull over the head with a chair. He ain't going to let you skate with that. You smacked The Spotlight from behind. He isn't going to be very happy this week. If you two even let your eyes off myself or Nighthawk even for the slightest second we will capitalize on the situation. If you even glance behind you we will chop you down and show you what good old fashion Michigan wrestling is all about.


And I know that you guys have been a tag team for forever, but I think that Coach Nighthawk and I are really starting to form a bond. He has been training me for the better part of four months and we've spent a lot of time together in the ring. He knows what moves I do well and he knows how to work with my style. But even as I say that I know that were going to have to bring the fire to step up and face a team like you guys Lost Boys.

And I think we will bring that fire.

A fire you won't be able to put out Lost Boys.

Because Nighthawk is the man of one thousand holds. He's going to stretch you out like the couple of silly putties that you are. And me? See I'm coming to my home state in a city that I've been too many times as a kid. I'm coming to wrestle in front of all the people that I've met in my life. My friends and my family. I hope a lot of those people come to Sacrifice this week. I also hope the people who werent so nice to me show up as well. Because they were the people that told me I couldn't do this job. They were the ones that said I didn't have what it took to make it.

He shrugs his shoulders.

“and I don't know about you Sam and Dean, but I got an awful lot of people to prove wrong this week.

Jayson smiles into the camera, you can sense the passion in his voice.

“Either I come home this week and I earn win number five on this crazy win streak I'm on, or I learn another hard lesson but either way I'll come out of this match stronger than I was before. Win? Lose? Draw? I don't know. But I do know....”

Jayson points to his head.

“I'll be going bananas all over your faces.”