Post by Hayden Newsom on Jan 29, 2017 20:50:33 GMT -5
The scene opens up with a pair of wrists held out with black bands. He brings his right hand over to his left wrist as he starts to adjust the band. The cameras scroll up and Mike Smith is staring relentlessly at the camera as he raises his upper lip, snarling. He continues adjusting his wristband on his left wrist and he looks down at it. He squints his eyes as he starts to shake his head. He places his lips together real close and exhale carbon dioxide. He tips his head up and stares up at the camera.
Mike Smith: “My first singles match since I signed the dotted line here in NAW. I was starting to think the NAW’s powers thought of me as nothing more than a tag team wrestler. One-half of the team Beauty and the Beast. Nothing more than the enforcer for the leader Jason Phoenix. While I stand in full support of Jason Phoenix, I am not a pushover, nor do I just surrender as a tag team wrestler. I want to be seen as a vital threat across the board. I want people to see me as I should be seen. I am a ruthless individual who has the power, strength, and intelligence to prevail in any given situation.”
He grabs a side of his wristband and snaps it against his wrist. He lowers his arms to his sides and he starts to walk around the room. He is licking his lips while staring furiously at the camera. He blinks and cocks his head up.
Mike Smith: “Nemesis… it’s a perfect name for my next opponent. Nemesis, your debut might have been a victorious one, but this is the end of the line for you. When it comes to an opportunity for something as terrific as the NAW’s Horizon Championship, I’ll do everything in my power to earn a chance at it. Nemesis, you can pretend to be somebody worse nightmare all you want. Do you think you’re the first person in my lifetime I have seen with your persona, attitude, and wardrobe? The truth is, I’ve been around for a very long time and nothing surprises me anymore.”
He stretches his back and pulls his arms back as he flexes his back muscles. He perches his hands on his waist.
Mike Smith: “Nemesis, you might think you’re predictable and you can outmaneuver, outfly, outwrestle, and outrun anybody on this roster because your new flesh, but that’s exactly what you are—new flesh. Your fresh blood. We will sniff you out and go on the attack until we successfully hunt you down. Jason Phoenix always tells his opponents they can run, but they can’t hide. This is the philosophy all Power Trip’s members live by. We don’t need FBI, CIA, U.S. Marshalls, or Navy Seals’ training to be successful masterminds. We have the experience in this industry to be masterminds. We have mastered the art of wrestling.”
He raises his right arm up and places his hand over his mouth. He cocks his head down and stares at the floor before he briefly closes his eyes. He shakes his head as he starts to speak.
Mike Smith: “Being big can be an advantage, but being big and dumb tends to be the trend in wrestling these days. Look at one-half of the tag team champions… Drake Knight? He’s being yanked around by his dog collar by a bitch who has him pussy whipped. Drake Knight wouldn’t last a minute in my shoes, Nemesis. He might be big and he can be mean, but he has too many vulnerabilities. He has too many weaknesses exposed and somebody as experienced as Jason Phoenix, Christian Taylor, and myself can use those weaknesses to our advantage. The moral of this story Nemesis is I don’t want you to think I’m anything like Mr. Drake Knight. I am big, I am powerful, but I am insightful.”
He brings his right hand up from his chin to his head as he starts to tap his finger on the side of his head. He cocks his head back in the upright position. He cups his hands together and starts rub his fingers over the front of his hands.
Mike Smith: “While you’re thinking about being able to use my size against me, I’m counting the ways I can use your speed against you. If you like to fly, I’ll just have to see to it that you remain grounded for the duration of this match. Watch the news because I heard no flights are going out of Salt Lake City, Utah for the next weeks due to heavy storms and lighting shows. After your introduction with my leather boot to your face, you will be introduced to experience. You will be introduced to an experience you’re never forget.”
Mike raises his left hand to his ear on the same side as he rolls his neck around in a circular direction. He stretches his neck as he cracks the joints in the back of his neck. As the cracking of his joints are heard popping, he blinks a few times.
Mike Smith: “There’s been one constant thing taught by the Power Trip since we came onto the scene and that is nothing gets in our way. Nothing stops us in our path for total dominance. I don’t know if you’ve paid much attention to the rankings of Power Trip, but I would highly advise you do so. I would look deep into our NAW’s roots and you will find an extremely dominating alliance built for dominance.”
He cups his fingers together and pushes them outward as the popping of his knuckles are heard while stretching his arms. He unhooks his fingers and lowers his left arm and raises his right index finger as he points it toward the cameras.
Mike Smith: “My first singles match and your second NAW’s match is for a potential opportunity for the Horizon Championship. Beauty and the Beast was seconds away from being crowned the Tag Team Championships, but Sexy Jason failed not just the Jason’s, but Beauty and the Beast as well. Power Trip have been in a constant state of war with the Jason’s ever since. Now it’s time to focus on other business, but this is no longer about Jason Price or Sexy Jason. Where has Sexy Jason been since they folded like a bad poker hand two weeks ago? Power Trip reigned supreme over the Legacy Champion on the last Meltdown and dominance in that form doesn’t come very often in this business. Dominance like that is what earns people opportunities. My victory, along with Christian Taylor, and Jason Phoenix, have earned us unforgettable opportunities.”
He reaches his left hand over to his right bicep as he starts to massage his arm. He looks down at his arm as he flexes the muscles in his bicep. He glances up at the camera and continues to speak.
Mike Smith: “Nemesis, you have no idea how long it has been since I got my hands on singles gold. I want the opportunity to show the world despite my advanced age, I am still very much capable of representing the Horizon Championship’s division!”
He raises his hands down to his waist and he starts to circle his waist, as he’s pretending the title is already there around his waist.
Mike Smith: “You can say whatever you want. The one trend I have seen from majority of the newer talent and rookies in this industry is that they are all like you, prone to making mistakes. Underestimating me because you are confident in your own abilities. Nemesis, there is a very fine line between confidence and arrogance. And you are on the cusp of dipping over to the arrogant side. I know you don’t want to make the same mistake as all these other men before you. I know you don’t want to show a lack of respect for somebody who has been doing this since the late 1990s. I can stand here and talk about every single title I have managed to hold. I can tell you everything I have done and people I have wrestled. What would that do in this match? What would that do for me in the eyes of you? You can always use my age against me, just like you used my size. I have always been shoved in hardcore and tag team divisions. Past wrestling promoters automatically think because of my size, I belong in hardcore and extreme styled matches. They discriminate against they feel guys my size should be brutal and aggressive. They discriminate against me because they think I am nothing more than just a monster. I’m not a monster. I have a temper that I can control. I have anger issues I can regulate perfectly normal.”
He rubs his hand over the top of his head as he grins.
Mike Smith: “What is the source of my power?”
He holds up his bare hands with his fingers extended.
Mike Smith: “Right here. You see Nemesis, I don’t need any special weapons or match stipulations to work in my favor. I don’t need to make pointless little threats to try and scare you. Do you even think your worthily of me threatening? If you don’t believe what I am capable of doing, then I just have to make you believe it. I don’t need to fill your head up with different scenarios how this match is going. That is a personal favor. There is a chance you could surprise the world and walk away with an upset in this match. Anything can happen in the four corners of that ring! Nemesis, you will eventually find out that wrestling is unpredictable. It is one of the most unpredictable sports in today’s entertainment world. I want you to know my power is in my hands, my arms, and my legs. I am instilled with power.”
He lowers his hands to his side and cups them against his hips.
Mike Smith: “You can try to use all the little anagrams you want to convince yourself you have a chance in this company, the Horizon title division, and this match. You can compare this match to jaguars fighting each other in the jungle to prove they are the alpha male while you're at it. You can use any points you deemed important because there is only one point that matters. Winning. I can see how you could mistake this match to the jungle because it does have many similarities. The truth is the differences between the jungle and this business still weigh more than the similarities. These people don’t care about who the alpha male is. They only care about us putting on a good match. North Atlantic Wrestling is one of the longest reigning wrestling organizations in this industry and people know about it. That makes the NAW’s titles much more valuable than other companies. To be the alpha male in the alpha wrestling organization, should be everybody’s number one intention. It is not my intention to be the greatest or the best. My intention is just to prove I still have what it takes. I still can carry my own with all the new guys and girls coming into this industry. Guys like you, Nemesis and Sutton, need to be taught a little thing in respect!”
He balls his right hand into a fist and holds it up to the tip of his chin.
Mike Smith: “People always associate me with just a member of the Power Trip and I plan on breaking out of the place of irrelevance. I will break out on my own and become relevant as Mike Smith. I get one step closer to the Horizon Championship and in the process knocking you ten feet back from achieving your dreams. You are stepping inside the ring with somebody much hungrier than you could ever imagine somebody being. You are getting inside the ring that is foaming at the mouth for success and failure is never an option for me. If I fail, I guarantee you it will be because I have exhausted all other methods. I will close with this because unlike you, I do show a certain respect to my opponents. Goodluck.
He licks his lips and reopens his hand and drops his arm at his side. He turns around and he starts to slowly walk away as the cameras zoom out. The cameras continue to zoom out until the scene fades to black.
Mike Smith: “My first singles match since I signed the dotted line here in NAW. I was starting to think the NAW’s powers thought of me as nothing more than a tag team wrestler. One-half of the team Beauty and the Beast. Nothing more than the enforcer for the leader Jason Phoenix. While I stand in full support of Jason Phoenix, I am not a pushover, nor do I just surrender as a tag team wrestler. I want to be seen as a vital threat across the board. I want people to see me as I should be seen. I am a ruthless individual who has the power, strength, and intelligence to prevail in any given situation.”
He grabs a side of his wristband and snaps it against his wrist. He lowers his arms to his sides and he starts to walk around the room. He is licking his lips while staring furiously at the camera. He blinks and cocks his head up.
Mike Smith: “Nemesis… it’s a perfect name for my next opponent. Nemesis, your debut might have been a victorious one, but this is the end of the line for you. When it comes to an opportunity for something as terrific as the NAW’s Horizon Championship, I’ll do everything in my power to earn a chance at it. Nemesis, you can pretend to be somebody worse nightmare all you want. Do you think you’re the first person in my lifetime I have seen with your persona, attitude, and wardrobe? The truth is, I’ve been around for a very long time and nothing surprises me anymore.”
He stretches his back and pulls his arms back as he flexes his back muscles. He perches his hands on his waist.
Mike Smith: “Nemesis, you might think you’re predictable and you can outmaneuver, outfly, outwrestle, and outrun anybody on this roster because your new flesh, but that’s exactly what you are—new flesh. Your fresh blood. We will sniff you out and go on the attack until we successfully hunt you down. Jason Phoenix always tells his opponents they can run, but they can’t hide. This is the philosophy all Power Trip’s members live by. We don’t need FBI, CIA, U.S. Marshalls, or Navy Seals’ training to be successful masterminds. We have the experience in this industry to be masterminds. We have mastered the art of wrestling.”
He raises his right arm up and places his hand over his mouth. He cocks his head down and stares at the floor before he briefly closes his eyes. He shakes his head as he starts to speak.
Mike Smith: “Being big can be an advantage, but being big and dumb tends to be the trend in wrestling these days. Look at one-half of the tag team champions… Drake Knight? He’s being yanked around by his dog collar by a bitch who has him pussy whipped. Drake Knight wouldn’t last a minute in my shoes, Nemesis. He might be big and he can be mean, but he has too many vulnerabilities. He has too many weaknesses exposed and somebody as experienced as Jason Phoenix, Christian Taylor, and myself can use those weaknesses to our advantage. The moral of this story Nemesis is I don’t want you to think I’m anything like Mr. Drake Knight. I am big, I am powerful, but I am insightful.”
He brings his right hand up from his chin to his head as he starts to tap his finger on the side of his head. He cocks his head back in the upright position. He cups his hands together and starts rub his fingers over the front of his hands.
Mike Smith: “While you’re thinking about being able to use my size against me, I’m counting the ways I can use your speed against you. If you like to fly, I’ll just have to see to it that you remain grounded for the duration of this match. Watch the news because I heard no flights are going out of Salt Lake City, Utah for the next weeks due to heavy storms and lighting shows. After your introduction with my leather boot to your face, you will be introduced to experience. You will be introduced to an experience you’re never forget.”
Mike raises his left hand to his ear on the same side as he rolls his neck around in a circular direction. He stretches his neck as he cracks the joints in the back of his neck. As the cracking of his joints are heard popping, he blinks a few times.
Mike Smith: “There’s been one constant thing taught by the Power Trip since we came onto the scene and that is nothing gets in our way. Nothing stops us in our path for total dominance. I don’t know if you’ve paid much attention to the rankings of Power Trip, but I would highly advise you do so. I would look deep into our NAW’s roots and you will find an extremely dominating alliance built for dominance.”
He cups his fingers together and pushes them outward as the popping of his knuckles are heard while stretching his arms. He unhooks his fingers and lowers his left arm and raises his right index finger as he points it toward the cameras.
Mike Smith: “My first singles match and your second NAW’s match is for a potential opportunity for the Horizon Championship. Beauty and the Beast was seconds away from being crowned the Tag Team Championships, but Sexy Jason failed not just the Jason’s, but Beauty and the Beast as well. Power Trip have been in a constant state of war with the Jason’s ever since. Now it’s time to focus on other business, but this is no longer about Jason Price or Sexy Jason. Where has Sexy Jason been since they folded like a bad poker hand two weeks ago? Power Trip reigned supreme over the Legacy Champion on the last Meltdown and dominance in that form doesn’t come very often in this business. Dominance like that is what earns people opportunities. My victory, along with Christian Taylor, and Jason Phoenix, have earned us unforgettable opportunities.”
He reaches his left hand over to his right bicep as he starts to massage his arm. He looks down at his arm as he flexes the muscles in his bicep. He glances up at the camera and continues to speak.
Mike Smith: “Nemesis, you have no idea how long it has been since I got my hands on singles gold. I want the opportunity to show the world despite my advanced age, I am still very much capable of representing the Horizon Championship’s division!”
He raises his hands down to his waist and he starts to circle his waist, as he’s pretending the title is already there around his waist.
Mike Smith: “You can say whatever you want. The one trend I have seen from majority of the newer talent and rookies in this industry is that they are all like you, prone to making mistakes. Underestimating me because you are confident in your own abilities. Nemesis, there is a very fine line between confidence and arrogance. And you are on the cusp of dipping over to the arrogant side. I know you don’t want to make the same mistake as all these other men before you. I know you don’t want to show a lack of respect for somebody who has been doing this since the late 1990s. I can stand here and talk about every single title I have managed to hold. I can tell you everything I have done and people I have wrestled. What would that do in this match? What would that do for me in the eyes of you? You can always use my age against me, just like you used my size. I have always been shoved in hardcore and tag team divisions. Past wrestling promoters automatically think because of my size, I belong in hardcore and extreme styled matches. They discriminate against they feel guys my size should be brutal and aggressive. They discriminate against me because they think I am nothing more than just a monster. I’m not a monster. I have a temper that I can control. I have anger issues I can regulate perfectly normal.”
He rubs his hand over the top of his head as he grins.
Mike Smith: “What is the source of my power?”
He holds up his bare hands with his fingers extended.
Mike Smith: “Right here. You see Nemesis, I don’t need any special weapons or match stipulations to work in my favor. I don’t need to make pointless little threats to try and scare you. Do you even think your worthily of me threatening? If you don’t believe what I am capable of doing, then I just have to make you believe it. I don’t need to fill your head up with different scenarios how this match is going. That is a personal favor. There is a chance you could surprise the world and walk away with an upset in this match. Anything can happen in the four corners of that ring! Nemesis, you will eventually find out that wrestling is unpredictable. It is one of the most unpredictable sports in today’s entertainment world. I want you to know my power is in my hands, my arms, and my legs. I am instilled with power.”
He lowers his hands to his side and cups them against his hips.
Mike Smith: “You can try to use all the little anagrams you want to convince yourself you have a chance in this company, the Horizon title division, and this match. You can compare this match to jaguars fighting each other in the jungle to prove they are the alpha male while you're at it. You can use any points you deemed important because there is only one point that matters. Winning. I can see how you could mistake this match to the jungle because it does have many similarities. The truth is the differences between the jungle and this business still weigh more than the similarities. These people don’t care about who the alpha male is. They only care about us putting on a good match. North Atlantic Wrestling is one of the longest reigning wrestling organizations in this industry and people know about it. That makes the NAW’s titles much more valuable than other companies. To be the alpha male in the alpha wrestling organization, should be everybody’s number one intention. It is not my intention to be the greatest or the best. My intention is just to prove I still have what it takes. I still can carry my own with all the new guys and girls coming into this industry. Guys like you, Nemesis and Sutton, need to be taught a little thing in respect!”
He balls his right hand into a fist and holds it up to the tip of his chin.
Mike Smith: “People always associate me with just a member of the Power Trip and I plan on breaking out of the place of irrelevance. I will break out on my own and become relevant as Mike Smith. I get one step closer to the Horizon Championship and in the process knocking you ten feet back from achieving your dreams. You are stepping inside the ring with somebody much hungrier than you could ever imagine somebody being. You are getting inside the ring that is foaming at the mouth for success and failure is never an option for me. If I fail, I guarantee you it will be because I have exhausted all other methods. I will close with this because unlike you, I do show a certain respect to my opponents. Goodluck.
He licks his lips and reopens his hand and drops his arm at his side. He turns around and he starts to slowly walk away as the cameras zoom out. The cameras continue to zoom out until the scene fades to black.