Post by Markw on Mar 23, 2015 17:26:02 GMT -5
WFWF F*** In L.A. – A House Divided
I guess it's fair to say, the only movement that was looking to take down the regime that is destroying everything good about the WFWF, has been torn in two. The one unified voice against Lila Sleater, has both lost its unity, and lost its voice.
And I am, partially at least, responsible for that.
That was not my intention.
I had to make a difficult decision, an almost impossible decision, to turn on the strongest ally I had in the fight against the vicious dictatorship that has been hampering the development of the promotion we all love. I made that decision, because Trace Demon had already failed, because he had proven incapable of breathing life back into the WFWF. It was clear to both of us, that to change things we had to have the leverage that comes with the World Championship, and the harsh reality is he failed to win it when it was there for the taking.
But that's not the only reason I made that difficult choice. I did it also, because he has proven, perhaps even more damagingly, that he is incapable of building the army this movement needs. Trace Demon has burnt so many bridges, that he is simply incapable, of attracting anyone who can make a difference. I was the only man who had the balls to set aside my differences with Trace Demon for the betterment of the WFWF, but even I must concede that it's easy to see why others wouldn't want to throw their lot in with Trace Demon. And the end results is, Trace can only attract a joke who won't even step in the ring.
Not only that but Trace has proved that he is not capable of winning the hearts and minds of the WFWF fans. I believe he's a reformed man. I believe a leopard can change his spots. I had no qualms about standing alongside Trace Demon. But it became increasingly clear to me, that no matter how strong the message, the people simply would not be able to get past the fact that the messenger is Trace Demon. No one, other than me really, was willing to accept that the intentions of that man were good. And can you blame them, really?
I'm not saying it's fair. I know it's not.
But a revolution needs people. A revolution needs support. A revolution need a strong army of revolutionaries, most of the time it needs the support of the masses, and the truth is Trace Demon can provide neither.
That is why I had to turn on him. But I hoped, it would not create the split it has. Honestly, I did not want to be Trace Demon's nemesis. I had hoped that my actions would light a fire under Trace Demon's belly. I had hoped that he and Kyle Matthews would continue their mission and that our struggles to win back the heart of the WFWF could run parallel. Me with an army, with the support of the WFWF fans, Trace's faction doing the dirty work. I had hoped he would be the Malcolm X to my Martin Luther King. Maybe I was being naïve. Maybe it was foolish to think that I could force Lila into a two front war.
I don't think that is the case though. I think it could have worked. But instead what I have done is exposed the fatal character flaw that would have stopped Trace Demon from ever achieving what we set out to achieve. He and I both believe that the real enemy, the person who threatens the WFWF more than any other, is Lila Sleater. I believed that my enemies' enemy could be my friend. I had to make an example of him to distinguish myself from a man who has alienated himself from the fans and the locker room, but I believed we could remain, to some extent, allies. But Trace Demon, sadly, has exposed his kryptonite.
He has shown the whole world, his greatest weakness.
And his greatest weakness, is what he believes to be his greatest strength. That is, his ego.
Trace Demon is a confident man and confidence is a great quality. At least the right amount of confidence, is a great quality. But Trace Demon's has consumed him.
A man who should, right now, be waging war with Lila Sleater. A woman he believes to be destroying something he has helped to create, has allowed himself to be pulled into a war with me. He is focusing all of his energy on someone who is so close to him, ideologically, because his ego won't let it end with me slamming a microphone into his face. He has to have the final word.
And the truth is, that was always going to trip him up, sooner or later. The Revolution could not succeed because it was always going to be about Trace getting revenge on Drakz or if not Drakz someone else. It was never going to be about what was best for the Revolution.
I didn't want this split, not really. But I believe Trace Demon's response to it has completely vindicated my decision. I am unwavering in my believe that I have not made a mistake.
Now, it's time to face the reality. The movement to destroy Lila Sleater's psuedo-WFWF and replace it with a renewed, revived, strong WFWF, has been torn at the seems. It is now bitterly divided because one man cannot set his ego aside. It can't stay like this. It can't stay divided.
It's a bit clichéd, but it's true. This world isn't big enough for the both of us Trace.
One man can take the fight to Lila and rebuild the WFWF, one must fall away. I hope to settle it at F*** in L.A.. I hope to send you packing now and remain focused on the battle that really matters. But I'm aware, that you're going to try and drag it out. That your ego won't allow you to give in until you have been beaten down into the dirt. Until you have been knocked down for good.
Trace, I will do that, I will obliterate you because I have to if I want to keep this promotion alive. Or, I will die trying.
People have accused me of avoiding you. Of avoiding this confrontation. And the truth is, they're absolutely right. I've avoided fighting you because I don't want to fight you. You are not the real enemy.
It's a hopeless request, but please Trace, turn your arms back on Lila Sleater. They don't belong focused on me, you know it, I know it. And the only thing keeping them on me is your ego. If you don't see that, if you don't accept it, then we have to tear each other apart and damage what we're fighting for.
As I say, I know it's hopeless. I wish you'd listen to my call but I know you won't. It's pretty clear now, that you won't let this go. That you, Trace Demon, are incapable of letting it go.
And I can't let it go, because I know you'll fail. I can't let you win, because if I do the WFWF loses. You lose.
The result is that we're going to push each other to the limit in a struggle that shouldn't even be happening. I don't want that, but I don't see an alternative.
Only one of us can come out of this. If it's me then maybe the situation can be salvaged, if it's not me then it just won't matter. Because whether you like it or not, whether I'm the man to dish out the final blow or not, you are done. No matter how much you protest, we both know it's true. Everyone knows it's true. Because we all saw the real Trace Demon at The Clash. We all saw, that your pride will get the better of you every time.
---
Axel, Shapiro, this is a fantastic opportunity for both of you, but it comes at a huge cost. The two of you are being thrown into what promises to be one of the bloodiest, most brutal battles in WFWF history, and the harsh reality is, at this stage in your career, you're almost certainly not ready for it.
But the powers that be have decided to thrust you into it, and it's a situation you are going to get to grips with quickly if you want to survive.
The opportunity is there as well though. Both of you have the chance to make an instant name for yourselves. You have done the square root of f*** all in this fed, yet you've been given the opportunity to help shift the direction it is going down, to play your part in completely reconfiguring what the WFWF is. If you can survive it, come out on the victorious side, then a match like this could make either of you. You'd do well to remember that.
It's pretty clear that I think neither of you should be near this. But you are. Now, you need to step up, you need to stand up, to step into the ring with one man like yourself, and two who are fighting a bloody ideological war for the future of the WFWF. You have to make yourself ready for that, because that's the situation Lila has put you in.
Needless to say I hope Shapiro will make that step. I don't know if he can, I've never been in a ring with him, I can only hope that he shows me something that he hasn't shown before.
As for you Axel, I'm pretty confident to be honest, that you won't step up.
It's not a very nice thing to say, and I know I risk firing you up. But having stepped in that ring with you before, having beaten you, I don't believe you have what it takes to step up this quickly. And that, I'm afraid, makes you a very clear target.
I do want to end my war with Trace in this match. But I'm more than willing to postpone it, if the chance to pin you presents itself. Because doing so, will be a huge propaganda coup for a revolution that needs all the support it can get. It'll be a huge propaganda coup for me, and I need all the support I can get.
Because right now, I am a man without an army. A man without support, and without supporters.
Now I have no desire to drag this war with Trace Demon out, but if doing so can aid the destruction of Lila Sleater's bastardized WFWF, then I'll do so in a heart beat. I've beaten you before Axel, and if you give me the opportunity, I will do it again.
This match is one that has the potential to change the complexion of the WFWF for years to come. And it's one I intend to win. But I might not. There are too many variables, I don't know how Shapiro will react to being put in the fight of his life, so I could well lose. But Trace, I will not be beaten. Not in the manner you want to beat me. If I can end you hear I will. If I can end you at End Game I will. If I can't, then I can't, and the WFWF will perish. Whatever way you want to look at it, the end is coming for you Trace.
It doesn't really matter who deals the knockout blow, because everyone knows, that you've done it to yourself.
You might not like hearing it, but it's true. You're a failure.
And I am, partially at least, responsible for that.
That was not my intention.
I had to make a difficult decision, an almost impossible decision, to turn on the strongest ally I had in the fight against the vicious dictatorship that has been hampering the development of the promotion we all love. I made that decision, because Trace Demon had already failed, because he had proven incapable of breathing life back into the WFWF. It was clear to both of us, that to change things we had to have the leverage that comes with the World Championship, and the harsh reality is he failed to win it when it was there for the taking.
But that's not the only reason I made that difficult choice. I did it also, because he has proven, perhaps even more damagingly, that he is incapable of building the army this movement needs. Trace Demon has burnt so many bridges, that he is simply incapable, of attracting anyone who can make a difference. I was the only man who had the balls to set aside my differences with Trace Demon for the betterment of the WFWF, but even I must concede that it's easy to see why others wouldn't want to throw their lot in with Trace Demon. And the end results is, Trace can only attract a joke who won't even step in the ring.
Not only that but Trace has proved that he is not capable of winning the hearts and minds of the WFWF fans. I believe he's a reformed man. I believe a leopard can change his spots. I had no qualms about standing alongside Trace Demon. But it became increasingly clear to me, that no matter how strong the message, the people simply would not be able to get past the fact that the messenger is Trace Demon. No one, other than me really, was willing to accept that the intentions of that man were good. And can you blame them, really?
I'm not saying it's fair. I know it's not.
But a revolution needs people. A revolution needs support. A revolution need a strong army of revolutionaries, most of the time it needs the support of the masses, and the truth is Trace Demon can provide neither.
That is why I had to turn on him. But I hoped, it would not create the split it has. Honestly, I did not want to be Trace Demon's nemesis. I had hoped that my actions would light a fire under Trace Demon's belly. I had hoped that he and Kyle Matthews would continue their mission and that our struggles to win back the heart of the WFWF could run parallel. Me with an army, with the support of the WFWF fans, Trace's faction doing the dirty work. I had hoped he would be the Malcolm X to my Martin Luther King. Maybe I was being naïve. Maybe it was foolish to think that I could force Lila into a two front war.
I don't think that is the case though. I think it could have worked. But instead what I have done is exposed the fatal character flaw that would have stopped Trace Demon from ever achieving what we set out to achieve. He and I both believe that the real enemy, the person who threatens the WFWF more than any other, is Lila Sleater. I believed that my enemies' enemy could be my friend. I had to make an example of him to distinguish myself from a man who has alienated himself from the fans and the locker room, but I believed we could remain, to some extent, allies. But Trace Demon, sadly, has exposed his kryptonite.
He has shown the whole world, his greatest weakness.
And his greatest weakness, is what he believes to be his greatest strength. That is, his ego.
Trace Demon is a confident man and confidence is a great quality. At least the right amount of confidence, is a great quality. But Trace Demon's has consumed him.
A man who should, right now, be waging war with Lila Sleater. A woman he believes to be destroying something he has helped to create, has allowed himself to be pulled into a war with me. He is focusing all of his energy on someone who is so close to him, ideologically, because his ego won't let it end with me slamming a microphone into his face. He has to have the final word.
And the truth is, that was always going to trip him up, sooner or later. The Revolution could not succeed because it was always going to be about Trace getting revenge on Drakz or if not Drakz someone else. It was never going to be about what was best for the Revolution.
I didn't want this split, not really. But I believe Trace Demon's response to it has completely vindicated my decision. I am unwavering in my believe that I have not made a mistake.
Now, it's time to face the reality. The movement to destroy Lila Sleater's psuedo-WFWF and replace it with a renewed, revived, strong WFWF, has been torn at the seems. It is now bitterly divided because one man cannot set his ego aside. It can't stay like this. It can't stay divided.
It's a bit clichéd, but it's true. This world isn't big enough for the both of us Trace.
One man can take the fight to Lila and rebuild the WFWF, one must fall away. I hope to settle it at F*** in L.A.. I hope to send you packing now and remain focused on the battle that really matters. But I'm aware, that you're going to try and drag it out. That your ego won't allow you to give in until you have been beaten down into the dirt. Until you have been knocked down for good.
Trace, I will do that, I will obliterate you because I have to if I want to keep this promotion alive. Or, I will die trying.
People have accused me of avoiding you. Of avoiding this confrontation. And the truth is, they're absolutely right. I've avoided fighting you because I don't want to fight you. You are not the real enemy.
It's a hopeless request, but please Trace, turn your arms back on Lila Sleater. They don't belong focused on me, you know it, I know it. And the only thing keeping them on me is your ego. If you don't see that, if you don't accept it, then we have to tear each other apart and damage what we're fighting for.
As I say, I know it's hopeless. I wish you'd listen to my call but I know you won't. It's pretty clear now, that you won't let this go. That you, Trace Demon, are incapable of letting it go.
And I can't let it go, because I know you'll fail. I can't let you win, because if I do the WFWF loses. You lose.
The result is that we're going to push each other to the limit in a struggle that shouldn't even be happening. I don't want that, but I don't see an alternative.
Only one of us can come out of this. If it's me then maybe the situation can be salvaged, if it's not me then it just won't matter. Because whether you like it or not, whether I'm the man to dish out the final blow or not, you are done. No matter how much you protest, we both know it's true. Everyone knows it's true. Because we all saw the real Trace Demon at The Clash. We all saw, that your pride will get the better of you every time.
---
Axel, Shapiro, this is a fantastic opportunity for both of you, but it comes at a huge cost. The two of you are being thrown into what promises to be one of the bloodiest, most brutal battles in WFWF history, and the harsh reality is, at this stage in your career, you're almost certainly not ready for it.
But the powers that be have decided to thrust you into it, and it's a situation you are going to get to grips with quickly if you want to survive.
The opportunity is there as well though. Both of you have the chance to make an instant name for yourselves. You have done the square root of f*** all in this fed, yet you've been given the opportunity to help shift the direction it is going down, to play your part in completely reconfiguring what the WFWF is. If you can survive it, come out on the victorious side, then a match like this could make either of you. You'd do well to remember that.
It's pretty clear that I think neither of you should be near this. But you are. Now, you need to step up, you need to stand up, to step into the ring with one man like yourself, and two who are fighting a bloody ideological war for the future of the WFWF. You have to make yourself ready for that, because that's the situation Lila has put you in.
Needless to say I hope Shapiro will make that step. I don't know if he can, I've never been in a ring with him, I can only hope that he shows me something that he hasn't shown before.
As for you Axel, I'm pretty confident to be honest, that you won't step up.
It's not a very nice thing to say, and I know I risk firing you up. But having stepped in that ring with you before, having beaten you, I don't believe you have what it takes to step up this quickly. And that, I'm afraid, makes you a very clear target.
I do want to end my war with Trace in this match. But I'm more than willing to postpone it, if the chance to pin you presents itself. Because doing so, will be a huge propaganda coup for a revolution that needs all the support it can get. It'll be a huge propaganda coup for me, and I need all the support I can get.
Because right now, I am a man without an army. A man without support, and without supporters.
Now I have no desire to drag this war with Trace Demon out, but if doing so can aid the destruction of Lila Sleater's bastardized WFWF, then I'll do so in a heart beat. I've beaten you before Axel, and if you give me the opportunity, I will do it again.
This match is one that has the potential to change the complexion of the WFWF for years to come. And it's one I intend to win. But I might not. There are too many variables, I don't know how Shapiro will react to being put in the fight of his life, so I could well lose. But Trace, I will not be beaten. Not in the manner you want to beat me. If I can end you hear I will. If I can end you at End Game I will. If I can't, then I can't, and the WFWF will perish. Whatever way you want to look at it, the end is coming for you Trace.
It doesn't really matter who deals the knockout blow, because everyone knows, that you've done it to yourself.
You might not like hearing it, but it's true. You're a failure.
OOC: Another short one from me due to time constraints I'm afraid. I'm really hoping that the Easter break from Uni will provide more time for the PPV, but things are very hectic/stressful at the moment and probably will be for a little while.
