Post by ethancage on Oct 30, 2012 21:47:38 GMT -5
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Night of Aftershock
The camera comes in on a pair of black curtains, Burn It Down by Five Finger Death Punch is still playing, as the camera comes closer, we see Poe looking through those black curtains staring up with a tear in her eye. Because not only is Ash not seriously hurt, he is sitting atop a ladder with the championship next to him. Ash's words going through her head,"I may not have been on Fusion but you can bet your ass on the next pay per view, I will make a difference", and that difference is that Ash is MPW's first ever X-Core Champion. Through the last month and a half, no eyes were on Ash Soulsfate, and with every win he's gained respect. Poe stands there in an Aftershock black baby tee and white shorts and black Chuck Taylors. As much as she wants to run out there and hold him, she knows this is his moment, a moment that will live on in the eyes of the audience forever, and in the annals of MPW time. Ash comes down the ladder claiming his belt and collapses and rolls out of the ring. Ash makes his way to the back, the audience request high fives to which of course he doesn't, but Ash doesn't flinch at the pats on the back either. The new X-Core title slung over his shoulder, his heart beats faster as the sight of his new belt on a shoulder becomes more of a realization that he is in fact a champion within this company. A championship he must and will defend with honor, and of course his way. Ash makes it to the back to an awaiting Poe who has a single tear rolling down her cheek. Ash finally seeing the one person he can admit anything to, falls to his knees in exhaustion and Poe does what she can to hold him upright, his arms wrapped around her legs. A smile on his face, would he go back into that ring and do it all over again, fuck yes. This is Ash Soulsfate, and the feeling he's living right now means the world. Ash Soulsfate is a fuckin' champion in the MPW, an honor, and an accomplishment that not many can claim. Poe wraps her arms around Ash's head, kissing the top of his head not even caring about the sweat. The front of his hair overlapping her forearm. A slow clap begins to build, some even missing some of the pay per view to pay just due to Ash for what he just went through. Another smile arises hearing the appreciation for nearly killing himself for the belt that's over his shoulders. One clap is louder than the rest, but almost sounds mockingly in it's loudness. Ash pulls Poe behind him and gets up to his feet but visibly tired and in fighting stance, only to see Bobby Ball, Ash's agent is the one clapping. Ash drops his hands and a sense of relief washes over his face. Bobby hugs Ash and takes a long look at Ash's belt.
Bobby: This is only beginning, isn't it Ash?
Ash: I hope so, I already found out I have to face Calista Vandal next week.
Bobby: I'm sure that'll go off without a hitch.
Ash: Yeah.
Bobby: Listen, I just came here to say congratulations.
Ash: Thanks.
Bobby: You just spit in the face of those that believed wholeheartedly that it was going to be Brandon Nytrus or Kuk Killswitch. I'm damn proud of you kid.
Ash: Thanks for finding me MPW.
Bobby: How do you like it here?
Ash: This feeling is amazing, I mean I knew I had it in me to take down Kuk Killswitch, and the rest, but it's great to have the confirmation over my shoulder.
Bobby: As we know right now, Jordan Storm is next in line as he's just defeated your opponent next week Calista Vandal.
Ash: I know Bobby, I know. But for now, let me just enjoy this moment.
Voice: Excuse me Ash, Ash!
Ash: What do you want?
Jay Wyatt comes into the camera's view.
Jay: What do you think I want, I want the new and first X-Core Champion's words on what just happened out there.
Ash: What happened out there is that I just woke the world up, I've opened the eyes of the people that need to see me.
Ash points to himself.
Ash: I'm every bit the man I've been claiming to be. Kuk Killswitch, Jordan X, Chicken and Brandon Nytrus have made their name in the hardcore realm. It was what they were known for, and believe you me, there was a time or two when I thought I might not get it, but I gathered more and more on my opponents as I saw them going back and forth to the penalty box.
Jay: How did you keep from going to the penalty box Ash?
Ash: I was in the right place at the right time, I did get the flying chicken which of course I would've kicked out of anyway but I still got hit with the move. Which means I need to work that much harder so that he never gets that opportunity again. This was a night where Chicken finally pinned Nytrus. This was a night where I pinned the considered favorites for my title. I got three pins tonight.
Jay: What do you think about Madd Katt's interference?
Ash: Well, all I can say is that it worked out in my favor and it was Brandon Nytrus' big fuckin' mouth that got him put down in the first place. Was it good to see a general manager who could put boots to asses, god damn right. Had he done it to me, I'd be fired right now for tearing the head off of our general manager, but hey, it didn't.
Jay: And what about Anthony McNair and that situation?
Ash: How a piece of fat shit lost some 60 odd pounds between shows makes absolutely no sense. But hey, I've seen infomercials, if they sell big dick pills, then they probably have some pill where you shit out sixty pounds and turn blonde. Who gives a shit, he's not wearing the X-Core Championship, Jay. I am.
Jay Wyatt: Thank you for your time Ash.
Ash: Thank me for being the Pinnacle of Excellence.
Jay: Yeah, I'll do that.
Ash stands directly in front of Jay not budging.
Bobby: I think you better tell him.
Jay: I...but....
Jay drops his head knowing no way out of this.
Jay: Thank you for being the pinacle of...excellence.
Ash smirks, and Poe pulls Ash by the arm off camera. While Bobby stays.
Bobby: My client....is going to be so much bigger....than you'll ever know...or imagine.
Jay: Do you-
Bobby walks off camera before Jay can even finish his question....and it fades to black.
Thursday Night Takedown 10-18-2012
[Jordan Xavier runs from behind Calista and nails her with a steel chair to the back of the head. Ash jumps down from the turnbuckle and calls for X to come the ring. From the crowd behind him, Johnny Clash and Rage jump the guard rail and slide in the ring. They stand behind Ash waiting. Jordan slides in the ring and Ash goes to attack. Rage pulls him back and hits a spinebuster]
Thomas Simon: TWI Is ruining this X-Core Match!
Bob Herman: These guys can do whatever they want!
[Johnny takes off his jacket and throws it to the side. They all stop away on Ash and Jordan takes his X-Core Championship and waits in the corner with it. Rage and Johnny lift Ash up and throw him towards Jordan. Jordan runs and nails him with his own title belt. In the ring Jordan, Johnny and Rage stand in a line and raise their arms to a rain of boos from the fans]
Later That Night
It is pitch black, and Ash opens his eyes to see a white cloth stained with blood over his face. Ash hears someone crying, the sound is very familiar, a sound he heard when Poe's puppy Rogue died of parvo. Ash pulls off the cloth to see Poe with her head down crying into an MPW logo'd shirt, his X-Core Championship over the chair next to her. Ash breathes but when he does so, his back tingles, Ash grimaces and pulls himself up. Poe not hearing Ash move over her crying. Ash is upright, a bandage on the left of his forehead. Ash turns to see a very concerned Bobby Ball staring directly at Ash Soulsfate.
Ash: What's happened?
Bobby: Ash, it was TWI, most of all it was Rage, Johnny Clash....and Jordan X.
Ash: That fuckin' asshole.
Poe wipes her tears and hugs Ash with all her might.
Ash: Little tender babe.
Poe: I'm sorry baby.
Bobby: We knew this was going to happen Ash.
Ash: Yes, I thought it'd be Kuk or Brandon Nytrus.
Bobby: Listen Ash, I've got a phone call from some people very high on the MPW food chain.
Ash: I want Jordan X.
Bobby: That will have to happen after Jordan Storm.
Ash: I want Rage!
Bobby: That will take a little more wins than-
Ash: I want Johnny Clash!
Bobby: Ash, you're a little angry and I can understand that, but you can't take on these men all by yourself.
Ash: Give me TWI!
Bobby smiles seeing that this hasn't stopped.
Bobby: Like I said Ash, you're never going to believe who called me it was-
Ash: It doesn't matter, I'm a champion now in the MPW and if Madd Katt is calling me to see if I'm coming into work, you can tell that man hell yeah!
Bobby: You're not medically cleared Ash.
Ash: Calista Vandal-
Bobby: Is also not medically cleared.
Ash: I'm goin' to kill the TWI.
Bobby: When you do come back Ash, it would appear that the MPW want to make sure the X-Core Championship, is with someone who...can defend it. So, to make sure of that, you'll be facing Jordan Storm.
Ash: That's fine, he earned it, and I'm going to make him regret earning it.
Bobby: Ash, there's something you should know.
Poe: Baby,TWI was about to brought a table out and they were about to put you through it.
Ash: So they put me through a table, so what?
Poe: No, James Harlow, Aiden Caine and Trey Baxter came out to stop them.
Ash sighs, trying to think why that would happen.
Ash: Bobby.
Bobby: What's that Ash?
Ash: Get me out of here.
Bobby: What, you're not cleared to leave here.
Poe: Baby-
Ash: I want to get out of here now.
Bobby: You haven't even stopped bleeding yet.
Ash grunts and swings her left leg off the gourney, and then the next leg.
Bobby: Ash, what are you doin'?
Ash: I'm going to be at Thursday Night Takedown next week.
Bobby: What for?
Ash: To give the True Wrestling Icons....a wake up call.
Bobby: Okay, there's no way to talk you out of this?
Ash glares at Bobby.
Bobby: Okay, noted.
Bobby grabs his coat off a nearby chair and covers Ash with it over his shoulders. An EMT with a logo stands at the side.
EMT: Where do you think you're going?
Bobby: My client says he's ready to leave.
EMT: I carried that man from the ring to the back, he can't go anywhere. It's on MPW's insurance that he must stay until medically cleared.
Bobby: How much will it take for you to you know, look the other way?
EMT: You balding idiot, this is my job, I won't allow my livelihood to be-
A superkick square to the jaw of the EMT.
Bobby: Ash?
Bobby turns to see Ash holding himself up on the door frame, and sees Poe in a stance, as clearly it was her who kicked the poor man in the face.
Bobby: What the hell was that?
Poe: What, you took too long.
Bobby: You know, of the both of you, you're supposed to be the sweet one.
Bobby drops his card on the unconscious man and helps Poe with Ash and they make their way towards the door. Ash pulls his title off of Bobby and starts to walk on his own, and then slams into the wall. Bobby tries to help Ash but Ash pushes him off again and gets up. And walks to the outside, Ash feels the now morning air on his skin, a peeking sun on Ash's face, this brings a smile to Ash's lips, a sense of victory. When Ash looks back down, he sees a limo with the name BBalls on the license plate, which can only be Bobby's. Ash makes his way to the limo. The driver opens the door for Ash, holding his arm out.
Ash: Don't fuckin' touch me.
Ash turns around to face the camera.
Ash: Jordan Storm, right now, you're looking at a man with a target on his back and that's fine, there's nothing like a man that's put in the corner. If it seems like I'm looking passed you, I'm not, because you're coming for my title and I'm coming to claim your head on a stick. I am not a weak man, I will fight you and I will win this match. You beat Calista Vandal, a woman who no longer gives a shit about her career, and while I was about to show her what it would've been like to go against me, I had a little mishap. But now it's your turn, and I have so much pent up anger in me, I really can't be held responsible for what I do to you. Since walking into this company, you think you've been making some sort of statement. Well me, I came into this company, and I've made complete upsets in my short time here, and I've been making the statements that you only THINK you are.
Ash: Storm, when you are in that ring with me, it's going to be like the devil coming for your soul. And I will not stop until I hear you scream, I will not stop until I feel your body go limp, and I will not stop until I've broken you.
The camera goes to black but rises on a new scene.
Thursday Night Takedown 10-25-2012
While Ash and Jordan Storm are doing that segment at this week's TNT, now we are backstage with Jay Wyatt and Poe, who is once again waiting for Ash to come backstage.
Jay: It's been quite a weird couple of weeks.
Poe: That's right.
Jay: I heard Ash crawled out of the hospital just to make it here this week.
Poe smiles, slightly proud to say the following.
Poe: No, ...it was on his own two feet.
Ash bursts through the back.
Ash: Stupid ass. Jordan Storm thinks this is all just a big joke, that this is a simple match between competitors and you know what, it might've been, but that was before TWI upped the ante and now, I'm going to be like the headless horseman and claim some heads. Jordan, you tell the world that you understand how good I am, well fuck that, what you need to understand is, how drop dead amazing I am. I do things in that ring that you don't have the experience or the balls to do. I've beaten new, old and I've beaten former champions and it'll never stop. Now, I know that I may one day lose, and I can fully accept that, however it will never be to a man like you. A man that would walk to that ring and half ass it. You see, Calista Vandal wasn't the flashiest, she wasn't the scariest, but you know what, I recognize when people put in work and that's what she did....at one time, but see you are the benefactor of the aspect that she, just up and stopped caring.
Ash: The TWI attacked her like they attacked me, and here I am today, telling the world that I'm still standing and not only that, I've put them on notice. Jordan Storm, for some reason, my name has stuck with management, my name has stuck with those that have been booking me and during the time when they thought I was an easy win, I've proven everyone wrong and returned their stars with broken egos. And now, because of an easy win over Calista, you are standing in front of me like it means something. Listen up kid, you don't mean shit to me, out there right now, that's the friendliest banter you are going to get from me. Now is the time when I rip you apart and make your mom wish I came out of her vagina, and then with my looks...she'll only want me right back in.
Ash smirks.
Ash: You think I only have "some sort of ability", apparently you have no idea about me, you just came out there tonight and began to talk out of your ass and hoped for something to stick. Well I don't play that game, I know shit about you, I learned stuff about you before I even won my title. Because that's how my mind operates, I knew I was going to win the X-Core Championship, and as soon as you beat Calista Vandal, I started my research on you. Hell, while healing, that's all I COULD do. So I stand before you today, completely ready, fully prepared to break your ugly duckface and knock that ridiculous porn director ponytail off your fuckin' head.
Jay: Will you rise from the ashes?
Ash looks at Jay.
Ash: Fuckin' puns?
Jay: I thought-
Ash: Well fuckin' don't.
Ash looks back at the camera while Jay realizes that he won't be getting an interview this night and walks off camera.
Ash: Back to Jordan Storm, they call you the Thunder from Down Under which is utterly stupid and a lame attempt at a market ploy to get that on some kind of shirt. Well, Thunder, they call me the death of your career, because once you face me, you'll forget any success you've had in the past as will the MPW audience. You are 6'4 and 250 pounds, and you are supposed to be lightning quick, well I've faced people half your size and were supposed to be the fastest people in the business and wouldn't you know it, here I stand still in MPW undefeated.
Ash: Yes, I'm an asshole god damn son of a bitch but you know what, I'm the god damned X-Core Champion, I am in essence something you can only aspire from afar to be. I came into this company and for weeks I was ignored, and after beating the living shit out of anything that moved, I slowly made a name for myself. And if you think you're pineapple headed self is going to even compare to me, I got an adios motherfucker just waiting for you. You see I've been off for two weeks, two extremely long weeks and I don't take pride in much but my record here in the MPW, my ability to give a woman multiple orgasms and my X-Core Championship and you stand to try and take one of those away from me. Well that ain't going to happen. From what I've seen you've put up half assed promos, and let me tell you something you fuckin' idiot, it's going to take a hell of a lot more than that to generate the interest that I can. I'm fuckin' main event level, and everyone in the company knows it. I'm the fuckin' future of MPW, look at this face and look at it well, right now it's guys like Trey Baxter, Aidan Caine, Rage and Johnny Classless, but one day, and you can make book on this Jordan Storm, I will have my face on the MPW site. Hell, I already am as the X-Core Champion.
Ash: Now let's get into when you actually have a shot at my title. I'd say when I'm 96 years old and die from being in a ladder match with your great grand daughter after she found out I'm not making child support, it'd be a child support match where the winner would reach for the child support, and my lasting smile would be to have cheaped her out of it and fall to the mat, thus ending my life, and ending up in the hall of fame as the NEW dirtiest player in the game. I live to make guys' like you's life miserable, because as long as a guy like me is in this business, and more over this company, you will never get a shot at greatness. I'm too god damned amazing for you to even attempt to be. I live greatness and I shit anarchy, that's my life and that's how I want to go out. Now, once I win a higher title I'm sure management will make me relinquish this title but I went down in this company as it's first X-Core Champion. Which means I will live as long as this place does in history. Then, once I am made to relinquish it, then you will have to go into some god forsaken tournament and maybe, you'll have a chance at winning it. But you'll always know that I am and will always be it's champion. Come Takedown, I'm going to give you my anarchy, my chaos, my own purity of terror and I will go through hell and back for the title over my shoulder. Will you?
Ash: Look at your promos, you don't give a shit, you're in the running for being the hugest waste of air time with Ian Andrews, you both simply can't be bothered. Well, me, not only can I be bothered, I'm going to make sure people see you for what you are. A man that struck luck, and now the other shoe is about to drop in the fact that you have found yourself in a match with one of the most ruthless men in this company. To look at me, I'm a Brad Pitt, a Channing Tatum, but inside me, lurks the devil you don't ever want to cross. Look at Rage, Clash and X, it's my life's blood to hunt them down and make their assholes my personal foot warmers. You've come at me at a wrong time in my career, at a time where I don't give a shit about another man's health, because I look to destroy it.
Ash: You tell the world that you are ready to ignite the world of wrestling, well as far as this company goes, you are way too late for that. You my friend of jackassery will be lost in the shuffle that is our roster until you realize that you will get nowhere in this company and you will take your leave along with the thousands that have been here before. Let me know if I'm hitting a little too close to home.It is said that the sky is the limit for you, and you know what I say, fuck that, I have no limits, I am the infinite, I am the all mighty when it comes to that ring. They call you the perfect mix, ...yeah, of horseshit and puke. You know when you've had to much to drink and you have to puke...but you also had late night Taco Bell, and it's a crap shoot to figure out which is coming out first....yeah, well that's you.
Ash: It is said that you are obsessed with wrestling, well dickface, I'm obsessed with winning, be it wrestling, mini golf or ending a piss in my stall before the other guy. Your obsession has brought you to this company and it's brought you to this match which will be the end of opportunity for you. This could end with you being this company's second X-Core Champion or you will walk away with nothing. Now ask yourself, will I allow myself to pull a Primal and lose my title upon my first defense of it. Am I not better than that, I mean I did put the man down and maybe to this day, he's living in a state of unconsciousness because he's beginning to suck, and that's only after one match with me. I live in the world of bad, I'm not a nice man, I'm truly heartless which is why you attempting to take what's mine is going to put you number one on my hitlist. I take this match very serious, and I take my role in the MPW very serious. I will grow in status, and others beside you will falter in their attempt to take my title away from me. You'll have tons of company with you in the losers circle.
Ash: In just 5 weeks of matches, I've won a championship, I've bathed in my own blood, I've caught the attention of whom they are calling the wrong people. I'm living the life they said I'd never have again. Consider yourself out of your league in this match, consider yourself to be beneathe ....consider yourself...because after this match...no one else will.
Ash walks off camera, and Poe shrugs to the camera as if to say Sucks to be You Storm.
-Black-