Post by Markw on Oct 31, 2012 18:00:41 GMT -5
Revolution - The National Champion
“For the past few weeks I’ve been taking on everyone who Xavier Pierce has thrown at me, I’ve had to take on all comers to keep hold of my National Championship. I guess it might not make a lot of sense really, my determination to keep hold of this belt when it represents everything that I despise. It represents a corrupt promotion that have taken two years of my life, and a nation that preaches equality and peace but in actuality offers the complete opposite.”
“Why then, am I giving every last drop of sweat, blood and tears to keep hold of this belt? Why am I willingly putting my body on the line for the people I claim to hate? Why am I devoting myself to lining the pocket of Xavier Pierce and his corporation?”
“Well I must admit, I’ve been asking myself the same questions ever since I won this belt. I guess there’s still that part of me that craves the glory, the roar of the crowd, the passion. Even if I don’t like to admit it. But it’s not as simple as that, logically I know that’s no good reason to be risking my career for the people who’ve wronged me when there are so many alternatives out there, I could drop out of the WFWF tomorrow, take this title with me to any of the great promotions across the world. I could go back to England, embarrass this promotion by lifting this belt on British soil.”
“I know that realistically that’s what would wind them up, what would cause the most damage for the WFWF and American wrestling fans. But I came back here to right the wrongs, to get my revenge. Well when I lifted that National Championship for a second time I like to think I went some way to doing that. But since then defending this belt has become something of a compulsion for me. Not simply defending it, but doing so week in, week out against whoever Xavier Pierce can throw at me.”
“I know that he’s desperate to see me drop this belt, and he’s done what he can to take it off me ever since I won it. But he’s failed, time and time again, no matter who he’s put in front of me, he has failed. Last week it was Daniel Sabat who I disposed of with relative ease. This week Pierce has scoured the world to find the man who can take this belt off me, and who does he choose? Raiden Takahashi. Why? One dropkick. If you ask me that’s just a little bit desperate from Mr. Pierce. I mean I spent months proving myself worthy before I finally got my shot at and won the National Championship, back when I was just a rookie. Takahashi has had just one match, one fluky dropkick victory, and he gets a shot at the National Championship? Seriously?”
“Back when I began my first spell in the WFWF you had to work to stand any chance of winning gold in this promotion. You couldn’t just stroll in and get a shot at the belt, but last week a rookie got a shot at the WFWF Championship and now I’m defending my belt against a man who has done nothing to earn his shot. When I returned I talked about a revolution, about bringing the WFWF down from within, but I’ve got to admit, it looks like they’re doing a perfectly good job of that themselves without my meddling, already the prestige of each and every Championship is being dragged through the mud by Pierce. In fact right now I’ve got the chance to sit back and let them destroy the WFWF all by themselves.”
“Don’t get me wrong, I know this isn’t just going to be a walkover, I’m merely voicing my frustrations at how easy it is for anyone to wander into the WFWF and get themselves a shot at a WFWF Championship belt nowadays. But it would be foolish of me to not acknowledge that my opponent made an impressive debut last week, and as National Champion I can’t afford for even a single week to take my foot off the pedal, to underestimate my opponent, because if I do that I won’t be able to call myself the National Champion anymore.”
“It’s not just about me taking on my opponents, it seems I need to have eyes in the back of my head if I want to keep this title. Having to deal with Kirk ‘Reckless’ Trujillo hardly makes my task easier, he seems desperate to see my lose my belt, in fact he’s done everything in his power to take it off me recently. Which seems odd to me considering the fact that I’ve done little to antagonise him. In fact the only reason I can see for his decision to do whatever he can to cost me the belt, is jealousy, that in two spells that have barely lasted a few months I’ve won a belt that has alluded him for years, twice. Even though they’re giving out title shots like they’ve gone out of fashion, he still can't win it.”
“Whatever his motivation, clearly the WFWF’s latest pawn is going to continue to do whatever he can to get the belt away from me. Which I guess leaves me at something of a disadvantage when it comes to defending my belt. But I’m not going to let that stop me, this belt is my chance to beat anyone they put in my way, to show these people a true champion, a champion who represents a classy nation. Sure it’s not the WFWF Championship, it’s not even on the same level as the International Championship, but it’s all I’ve got, and I’m going to do everything I can to retain it, not because of the glory that comes with being Champion, but to stick it to the people who screwed me two years ago.”
OOC: Ugh, not happy with this, but when your opponent leaves a day after the card is posted it's not exactly easy to motivate yourself. A locationless monologue from me, a participation RP because I'd be better off saving time and making sure I get my match written this week.