Post by Markw on Feb 7, 2015 20:09:47 GMT -5
WFWF Big Trouble In Little Seattle – Dolchstoß
Jason Anders: “Why?”
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Daniel Knight: “Why did you stab him in the back Joe?”
Joe Bishop: “No comment.”
Daniel Knight: “Surely the WFWF fans have a right to know why you attacked Trace Demon and Kyle Matthews last week?”
Joe Bishop: “No comment.”
Daniel Knight: “Do you still believe in the Revolution Joe?”
Amazing, you'd have thought that by that point, he would have realised, that I'm just not going to answer the question.
Joe Bishop: “No comment.”
Knight sighs, I may be obligated to do his stupid interviews but I'm not obligated to answer any of his stupid questions.
Daniel Knight: “Well what about your defeat at Homecoming, are you willing to comment on Daniel Kirkbride getting the best of you?”
Joe Bishop: “What do you want me to say? He beat me, congratulations Daniel. I'm not happy about it, of course I'm not. But I'm not going to sit here and make any excuses either, we're level pegging, he's a talented wrestler, I can live with it.”
That's not to say I don't have excuses of course, it's fair to say I had bigger fish to fry at Homecoming, but I'm willing to let this one slide.
Daniel Knight: “Another man you're level pegging with, is of course Dave Demento. At Big Trouble in Little Seattle the two of you will put an end to what has been one of the bloodiest feuds in recent memory, and all for that International Championship. With everything that's taken place over the course of the last week, are you going to be in any fit state to defend your title?”
You couldn't make it up.
Joe Bishop: “Am I going to be in any fit state to defend my title? I spent two years chasing it, I've been through two bloody battles with Dave Demento to make sure it ends up around my waist. And this match, is the culmination of the most important chapter of my career. Am I in any fit state to defend, am I in the right place, am I ready to kick ten types of s*** out of Dave Demento? Absolutely. What happened at Homecoming, well I had my reasons and no matter how many times you ask, not matter how you want to word the question, I'm not answering. But if you want to know whether my mind is on that? Right now? Absolutely not, I am completely focused on this battle with Dave Demento, that is the only thing that matters right now, knocking back Lila Sleater's hand picked opponent for me is the only thing on my mind right now. It's in my interests, it's in Trace Demon's interests, it's in the interests of anyone that cares about getting rid of Lila Sleater, for me to go into this match completely focused and that's exactly what I'm going to do. And I'm going to win. And frankly, that's all I have to say, I'm not going to answer the one question you really want an answer to, so what are we doing here?”
And with that, I upped and left. It probably didn't aid the propaganda battle too much, but I'm beginning to think that battle's already lost. I'm not going to sit there and feed Daniel Knight whatever crap he wants to hear.
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This match is the biggest of my career.
But you wouldn't know it, if you took a look at WFWF.com. You wouldn't know it if you flicked through the official magazine or went on one of our forums. You wouldn't know that everything I've fought for rests on me going toe to toe with, and besting, Dave Demento. Because all anyone wants to talk about, is Trace Demon. All anyone ever wants to talk about, is Trace Demon.
I want to talk about Dave Demento.
I want to talk about the most important night of my life to date.
Because there is no doubt about it, failure here, losing this title, would be a disaster. It would leave me nothing, but a mere footnote in the history of the WFWF. A barely noteworthy wrestler, who went out with a whimper.
It's fair to say my feud with Dave Demento has become, pretty heated. And it's not because I want some crapty feud of the year award, or because he's the antithesis of Joe Bishop. It's not even that I hate him.
It's because he angers me. He angers me, because he is a prime example of what is wrong. He angers me because he is ing talented. I wouldn't have said that a few months but two clashes with him have shown me that much. He angers me, now, because he could reach the stars, but he won't because of the path he's headed down.
That's my issue
He angers me, because I fear that the guys who walk through the door will follow the same path he has, the same path Dex did, one focused so single mindedly on instant success, and it'll ruin his entire career. He wants to get there over night, like I did when I first stepped through the door, and it'll ruin him. Like it ruined me for two years.
He courts favour with Lila Sleater, sucks up to whoever is in power. And it'll get him short term success, but in the long term it'll get him nowhere. Not one noteworthy wrestler in this fed, got there over night. Those who looked like doing so, guys like Pierce Deville, always, without fail, f***ed it up.
It angers me yes.
But I don't hate him for it. Because it's a symptom. A symptom of the flawed world of wrestling he's been brought into. A world that's concerned with getting five bucks tomorrow rather than a thousand in ten years. There's no long term strategy, it's all about chasing money for the folks at the top in their suits who make a small fortune out of me probably shortening my life and it's about chasing the pretty shiny belt for most of the new guys who walk through the door with the intention of actually doing something worthwhile. He's not the only guilty party, and it could have just as easily been any of the others that I honed in on.
But I will now go to great lengths, to show the entire world that what Dave Demento is trying to do doesn't work. That the selfish path he and the WFWF is walking down, won't lead any place nice. You can say that this feud, has been about two people beating the crap out of each other for a leather strap if you want. A battle for a belt.
I don't see it like that.
The truth is, Big Trouble in Little Seattle, marks a definitive moment in what has been an ideological struggle. A battle for the hearts and minds of the WFWF fans. A battle to prove which man is going about things the right way. And winning, winning this match, winning this struggle that has been tearing the WFWF apart for months, will send a huge message. To the locker room, to the fans, to the suits.
The fate of my entire career, everything I have worked for, rests on this match. It rests on me proving once and for all, that I am better than you Dave. That I am better than Lila Sleater's most loyal soldier. That I am better than her hand picked superstar, that I am better than the man she sees as the future of professional wrestling. This match, defending this belt that I have fought so hard for, will determine whether my career sinks or swims. But more importantly, it will show that what I am fighting for, what I am risking everything for, is right. It's not about this belt, not really, it's about showing the whole world, that I AM RIGHT.
And yet, people aren't asking me about this match Dave. People aren't asking me about the most important battle this war has seen. People aren't asking my if I'm nervous, if I have what it takes to defeat Dave Demento, people aren't asking me about the match that will define my entire career, all anyone is asking, is...
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Jason Anders: “Why?”
Lots of people have been spending the last week attributing motives to me.
He's given up on the revolution, he wants to be running the show, he's lost sight of his goals, he was working for Lila all along, he's seen the light, he just wanted to take the heat off his defeat.
Lots of people, clearly, know all about my motives, and their speculation, frankly, isn't very helpful.
But it won't stop them. The fact that they no all about why I did what I did, won't stop them going on their forums, posting up articles on their websites, printing it in their papers, not knowing why I did it, won't stop people explaining why I did it.
Now honestly, I'm not going to give Trace Demon too much thought, frankly, I have an important battle to fight. After it's over, I can look to the future struggles, but I will not be side tracked by Trace Demon, or Kyle 'I'm a revolutionary who doesn't dare step in the ring' Matthews.
But clearly, if I want people to stop talking about what I did. About why I did it. If I'm going to get people talking about what really matters again, that is the Revolution and this clash with Dave Demento, then I'm going to have to give them an answer. People, from the fans to Jason Anders, aren't going to be happy until I've got up on my soap box and launched into some huge tirade against Trace Demon, until I've ripped him apart, until I've told the whole world what was wrong with his revolution.
So why? Why did I knock Kyle Matthews' teeth out? Why did I stab Trace Demon in the back?
Joe Bishop: “He'd already failed.”
I didn't stab him in the back, I put him out of his misery.
OOC: Time has been a real issue again, Uni's back in full swing and because I'm doing more modules this semester, it's going to get a bit like it was last year. So I'm going to take a bit more of a relaxed schedule in terms of the number of shows I sign up for in the hopes that the quality won't get as bad as it did last year or for this show if that's alright (Drakz Rated R).
Apologies for this stinker, it really isn't what I wanted to be putting out for this or indeed any match, pretty obviously, but things just got in the way. It's ridiculous o'clock here so if you notice any formatting issues or more spelling mistakes than usual, that's why. Meh.