Post by ethancage on Oct 1, 2012 1:34:07 GMT -5
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X-Core
The camera comes in on Ash Soulsfate stepping out of his '67 fastback Mustang and into a bar called El Diablo. Ash is in jeans, a white wifebeater and his leather jacket. As he walks in, it's noticeably quiet which brings a concerned look to Ash's face. He makes his way through the entrance and pushes the curtains back and hears a voice say his name. As he looks up he sees what everyone is looking at. It's Jayde Brooklyn's promo, and she's talking about one of this bar's regulars, Ash Soulsfate. Ash reaches his crew, all scruffy lookin' but well to do, but like Ash doesn't like to show it off, other than his guilty pleasure in his car or home.
Zakk: Dude, this girl wants to bone you bad.
Ash: This is about a match I have with her this week.
Zakk: I got to get into this wrestlin' business. If you're fightin' bitches like her, I'd have a boner the whole fight.
Nick: Yeah man, how are you going to concentrate. I'm hypnotized by that ass.
Ash: Because, I want a title in MPW. And it'll start with the X-Core championship.
Zakk: Yeah but I mean if a girl spoke to me like that, I'd know if was on.
Ash: Well, I have Poe.
Nick: Speaking of which, has she seen this?
Ash: I don't know.
Zakk: Well you should do whatever you can to keep this from her.
Ash: This ain't highschool assholes.
Nick: Yeah, Ash hasn't done anything. Everyone knew this match was coming since it was announced like two or three weeks ago.
Zakk: Yeah but that was before Jayde announced how hot Ash was. That she wanted to wrestle him in bed.
Ash: You guys are stupid, grow up.
Ash looks at the bartender.
Ash: Double shot of J.D.
Bartender: You hear about that girl that wants you to bend her over and-
Ash: Yeah, I heard something like that. Just give me the drink.
Bartender: You been coming in here forever, this ain't the first chick you've ever faced.
Ash: Right, so I don't get why everyone's gaga over this one.
Zakk: I'm just sayin' if you're not going to hit that. I'm going to have to.
Ash: I don't think she'd go for a moron, but hey, your mother did, right?
Nick: Harsh.
Zakk: Was it something I said.
Ash is given his shot and takes it without even batting an eye.
Ash: Yes, think before you speak next time. I gotta get Poe.
Nick: You know we were just clowning around right?
Ash: Yeah man. She's not getting into my head, it's all some little ploy to drop my guard with her looks and it's just not going to work. This ain't Match.com motherfucker, this is MPW and I'm in the company to make a name for myself.
Nick: You're a stronger man than I am, Zakk's right, she's a hottie.
Ash: When a woman has a goal, she will do anything to get it. Flirting with me so that I go in thinking this is about sex, that's just not me, out of the ring that's a different story. But the MPW doesn't have Ash Soulsfate on their radar yet, and getting into that qualifer for the X-Core division will get some eyes on me, and winning the damn thing will have to put some attention on me.
Ash takes another shot of Jack and his cell goes off. Ash looks down at his cell to see.
"Done in 10 xoxoxox"
Ash: All right guys, I'm out of here.
Zakk: Try to get a sense of humor when you come back.
Ash: Oh I will. Hey Jarvis.
Bartender: Ya?
Ash: Those shots are on Zakk.
Ash says as he leaves out of the exit. Nick laughs and Zakk looks at him.
Zakk: Shut up.
The camera fades out.
Scene 2
Once again, Ash is entering another building, this time there are posters of women along the walls. Christina Applegate, Carmen Electra and others, including the Pussycat Dolls pop group. Ash makes his way through the lobby, nodding all along the way. When he gets to the elevator, he pressed the 6th floor and the doors close. Once at the sixth floor, the doors open and Skrillex is playing and Ash takes a seat towards the middle. As he watches Poe in her sailor uniform for this piece for the show, and their dance routine.
Seeing her work puts a smile on his face, as she watches him from the back on a monitor and at times from the curtain. As she used to be a wrestler, and still does have a match from time to time. She tends to be a little more careful these days as she is contractually obligated to do at least 30 shows a year with the Pussycat Dolls, not the singing group, but the dance troupe. Ash lifts his legs and props them on chair in front of him. When someone sits behind him, power suit and crimson tie.
Bobby: Looks like things are looking up for you.
Ash: Don't talk about that girl liking me.
Bobby: She is competition Ash, I need you to be a champion. No, I won't be talking about her liking you. She does have a nice ass though.
Ash: What's the business Bobby. I'm starting to think I'm on some sort of GPS, you just show up where I am.
Bobby: I tend to know your schedule, as of course I book you. I know this is about the time you come get Poe and I needed to know where your head was in this upcoming match.
Ash: My mind and body is set to beating Jayde Brooklyn, it's set to winning our match and gaining the X-Core championship.
Bobby: That's splendid. So what's the deal with Poe?
Ash: What's what deal?
Bobby: When are we going to get her into that ring again, a wasted talent, her superkick took out CWA's world champion once man.
Ash: That's on her, I think she loves what she's doing now.
Bobby: You and Poe used to be the Bonnie and Clyde of the CWA. Here's what I'm thinking, after this match with Jayde Brooklyn. What if you two hook up and made what you had with Poe, with Jayde.
Ash: What are you talking about?
Bobby: I mean keep it all professional. I just meant that you have no friends in MPW.
Ash: I don't need friends.
Bobby: Think of it Ash. Ash Soulsfate and Jayde Brooklyn, Ash and Jayde, Jayde and Ash. Both your first matches were on the first day. You against Frost, her against Jamal, she beat Jamal and you beat Frost.
Ash: I roll solo. I make my name on my own.
Bobby: Fine, I'm just putting it out there.
Ash: You just want me to introduce her to you so you can represent her as well.
Bobby: You hurt me when you say things like that.
Ash: Am I wrong?
Bobby: No but it still hurts.
Ash: As I said, I will be going into Thursday Night Takedown to beat Jayde.
Bobby: What you did to Primal, epic. That man took down some good talent, and you took HIM down. I'm proud of you.
Ash: You are on a roll and you've proven to MPW that you mean business.
Bobby: Think about that Jayde thing.
Poe: What are you guys talking about?
Bobby: I was just-
Ash: Leaving. He was saying goodbye.
Bobby: Good luck in your match Ash.
Bobby Ball gets up, fixes his suit and walks out of the building.
Poe: What was that all about?
Ash: Giving me a heads up on Jayde Brooklyn.
Poe: The woman that wants to fuck you.
Ash: Uh...no, she wants to "pulverize my face".
Poe: Pulverize, what is she, mugger from the 50's?
Ash laughs.
Poe: It doesn't bother me that she wants you. It bothers me that she's making threats against you.
Ash: But you never cared when it was a guy.
Poe: Yeah, well I don't like when a woman wants to hurt my man.
Ash: She won't hurt me.
Poe: You ready?
Ash: Yeah.
Poe kisses Ash when he stands.
Blonde: Hey Ash.
Ash: Sup?
Poe smiles.
The blonde waves and leaves.
Poe: Remember the fun times we had with her?
Ash: Yeah.
Poe: You know, it really is too bad Jayde hates to kiss women...
As they are leaving.
Poe: The fun we could've had with her.
Ash shakes his head laughing.
I'm Breaking You
The camera comes up on Ash who is wearing no shirt, just jeans and barefoot. Poe is asleep on the bed, you can tell she's nude as the sheets are hugging her curves. On the side, an open door exposing a shower, his wife beater on the floor, her clothes on the floor, as if they used it recently. Ash's hair is still wet, he reaches into his nightstand and pulls out wrist tape and wraps his hands, his tats ever present. He places his hands on his thighs and gets up from bed. Ash walks out the door and to the hallway and gets to the stairwell and to the roof where there's a punching bag.
Ash: Jayde, this is a qualifier for the X-Core division. I know that you don't take you being a female as a disadvantage, and that's great for you. But we're walking into a match to qualify to be apart of one of the most brutal championships to have. I know in your women's rights head, you're thinking it wouldn't matter. You think that facing a man a Kuk Killswitch won't matter, and he'll have weapons and destroy you. In this match, you being a woman will not be a factor, but this is just a match. All I have to do is pin you, that man has a hurt factor all unto himself. Now if it's between you and me, to go against him, it's going to be me because I am going to beat you this week. Because I'm the one that can hurt Killswitch, and I will hurt him. He thinks he's invincible because of his threshold for pain. We'll see about that. Now as you know, I'm here for titles and I'm here to make my name again in this business.
Ash: Jayde, you are 5'5 and 120 pounds. So I take it that speed will be your advantage but if you look at my matches, I kept up with Frost and I destroyed him. I will overpower you, I will make sure you know my name well. You are a barbie doll pretending to be a wrestler, and you have everyone in the locker room drooling over you. Not me, this is about professionalism, and while I tend to go for low blows or I do skits making fun of someone, I will never let a woman's looks get in the way of a win.
Ash punches the bag with a right.
Ash: Now I told Primal that I will not walk into this qualifier a loser, and I didn't. This has been about getting MPW's attention and I will and it'll be at your cost. You're against me, a god amongst mere men. I'm a ring general and I'm going to own you. If you think you're going to stand in my way to getting my first title in this company, you're fuckin' out of your mind. I'm not going to let all my talk of wanting titles go down because I'm afraid to hurt you. The fact is, I don't care if I hurt you or not. You are not a factor in this qualifier, you and I will go head to head and I will have my hand raised in the end. I'm out to make you cry, I'm out to break your heart, you're going to suffer your first loss against me. And I'm going to walk into that qualifier with a huge smile on my face. You know that I am a future name in this company, you can feel it. I have the in ring talent, I have the mic skills, and I look like I was made out of marble. I am Ash Soulsfate baby, and I've been making matches watchable ever since my first in ring match a few years back. I AM WRESTLING.
Ash: Ever since seeing my father hold up his Intercontinental title, holding it up with a pride I've never seen a man have. I knew that I wanted that feeling myself. And I have had that feeling many times in my career, and in this company, it will happen again. I will stand tall as this company's X-Core Champion. I know you think you'll be the next Bliss and it's good to have high hopes but you're not going through me to get to those hopes.
Ash: How serious are you taking this wrestling thing anyway, you come out to Katy Perry. You come out bouncy and thinking the world is your oyster because you look like a million bucks. But these people are only clapping because they admire your looks, they jerk off to you, but they will never respect you or your inring work. All they are waiting for, is some kind of moves where you stick out your ass, or for you opponent to hit you so hard you have a wardrobe malfunction. That's what you are, eye candy, something to give everyone a breath while in between the real matches.
Ash picks up a jump rope and begins to go.
Ash: You are a woman that enjoys stuffed animals and cotton candy, and you're trying for the X-Core title? Come on, give me a break. I'm a man that is mystified by how much pain I can put a person through. That title is about hurting people putting them in such pain and that is just not you. I mean you beat Jamal, but when Calista Vandal called you a fake and a poser, what happened, you last week proved her right. You see when you treat wrestling like it's second in your life, it's going to cost you. And now here you are talking big talk about how you're going to hurt me when you couldn't beat someone that is 5'4 and 107 pounds. Probably the only one that weighs less and is shorter than you, and no I'm not counting Chicken. I just took out a 6'1 and 284 pound man, and you're here talking about hurting me. I don't care the excuse that you're going to use of why you lost, it really doesn't matter. You got cocky and went for Vandal's move and you failed and in the end, you got the move you were trying for in the face. And someone had to tend to you. And you think you're going into the X-Core Championship division.
Ash: She talked down to you like you were a piece of shit and then she put a whooping to that ass. She embarrassed you, humiliated you, and now I'm supposed to take you seriously. You and I have two matches under our belt, and I'm two for two, you are one for two, and guess that you want to rub that loss right out by beating me, but you see Calista told you that you don't belong here and maybe you don't. This is no hobby, this is not something to be apart of because it gets you air time. You don't have wrestling in your heart, you have fame and self delusions, and I can't respect that.
Ash: You see this talk with Jace you got going about me like this was a babysitter's club book, that comes to an end. Because you see, I'm going to get you to hate me, if I haven't already. When you look at me, all your going to think about is hate. You're going to see an egotistical prick and it's very true, it's true because I know what I can do in that ring. I'm magic, and the hardest part is that I know it. I make matches, soon in this company when you see my name on a flier, you know that match is going to be the best one on the card. People are getting a hint of it now, but after I get my title, it'll really set in.
Ash laughs and brushes a lock of her out of face and unleashes a smile that only he can.
Ash: You don't have to worry about what you're going to do to my face, because you should worry about what I'm going to do to yours. You've disregarded me thinking you're going to beat me, and really that plays to my advantage, because you don't know who you're going up against. And you really don't, you see I'm fully prepared, I know exactly who I'm facing at Thursday Night Takedown. Like Primal last week, you did no homework, we're all just a new opponent every week in your head, again my advantage. You see when you look passed someone, you end up looking like a horses ass, like you did last week when you tried to do Vandal's move to her. And now you stand to look passed me and underestimate me, and I'm going to make you pay for that.
Ash: What was funny is that you were all sad faced after you got "God's" permission to hurt me. You say that you will fight me without hesitation, and yet, there was still that sad to with Jace about me. So that tells everyone that you are lying, there is still hesitation in you, you don't have it in you to beat me. You are not as good in that ring as me, and now you don't even have the will power to try. Believe me Jayde, I will not hesitate, not one bit. And thinking that you're having personal conversations with God has me thinking that you're not all there. In fact that is down right weird, and it would explain why you are not going all the way in your quest to hurt me. From a man that says turn the other cheek, your god said to hurt me, well I'd like to think I'm the one motherfucker that god hates so much that he'd say fuck the bible, hurt me. My ego would love that, but I know that it's highly unlikely. So once again, you're little Melrose Place promo was for shit.
Ash: Instead of preparing yourself to damage my face, why don't you prepare yourself for the loss you're about to collect. I mean after I beat you, you would suffer two loses in a row and management isn't going to like that. I mean what kind of matches will you be put in when you can't beat actual competition. I mean Jamal walked in to your match already beaten, couldn't even bring himself to promote his match and you hurt him. But you went against actual competition and you failed. You see, that's why you're truly sad, you thought every week would be like a Jamal, easy prey where you can talk about who you've beaten and there would be this laundry list of forgettable names. Well, not last week and not this week, this week you're being put up against the fuckin' man in that ring. And I'm going to make sure you know it, I'm going to make your ass my show because I'm putting my foot so far up it, you're going to taste the dog shit I stepped in that morning. I don't play games, and this week you chose the wrong motherfucker to mess with. As soon as you saw my name two weeks ago when it was announced you were facing me, right then and there you should've known that you were done, that you had no chance at that qualifier. Maybe you're blonde in the roots, because you just don't get it.
Ash: You know Jayde, as these men drool over you, I do take it as a bit of a compliment that I have your attention, amongst all these men, and you're absolutely right, I am a sin. I'm the worst sinner there is, because I don't give a fuck, I fully understand that there is a place in hell for me, hell it probably has my name etched into it. But this is my life here, I like to have fun, and I don't live by anyone's standards. Anyone passing judgement on me can kiss my ass, because when I walk into that ring and I see a sea of awed faces, amazed at what I can do, that is what tells me I'm doing right. Love me or hate me, I couldn't give two shits, this is where I thrive. I'm going to make Thursday Night Takedown rise in ratings to not only match Monday Night Main Event, I'm going to make the ratings surpass it. Because that's my power, that's what I can do, and it's only a matter of time before that happens.
Ash: You "have to kick my butt for being pretty", oh man how ridiculous is that. Now that's something I'd expect to hear out of Primal or Kuk Killswitch as they both look like lumberjacks or the cast of the Deadliest Catch, but not from a barbie doll. I ain't pretty, I'm fuckin' gorgeous, and I know that, but it's never cost me a match, because I'm here to fight and I'm here to win matches. I'm not here to be in Men's magazines, though I'm asked all the time, but you see when I was born and the miracle was had, I gained the whole package, looks and athletic ability and that ability has put food on the table and championships around my waist. And the fact that I look great, makes companies want me to be their poster boy. Because women want to fuck me, and men want to be me.
Ash: You know, you said it yourself, to beat me, it's easier said than done and you're saying it a lot, but when it's all over, said and done and once again you're looking up at the lights wondering how you got there, I want you to think of this face. You see because whenever you think of me, you're going to remember that loss to me, how I cost you a chance at a title shot. You want to lust after me that's fine, because when I kick your ass and I put you down hard, you're going to know that I'm the new thing in MPW. I'm very much for real when it comes to this business.
Ash: And you can stop dreaming about me, I'm not trying to trick you to defeat you, I'm telling you to your face I'm going to beat you. You talk about how I'm ugly on the inside, that is very real, I'm not a sweetheart, I don't well wish people and I don't do charities. I'm a selfish egotistical narcissist and I like that about me. I earned my ego, highlight clips of what I do in the ring, the interviews, the money I've made companies with my matches, it is all well earned. I'm not here for you to change, for you to judge my personality, I could care less what you think about me. You may not like me, but you'll know from now on that when you see my name next to yours, that means your ass. And that means respect, I push everyone's game up several notches, because when they face me, they know they have to bring it. And most times even their best can't hold a candle to me.
Ash: How over dramatic are you that you would pull out your eyes to not see me. Am I that appealing to you that you would forever blind yourself to not see me. That would only make it worse, because I would be the only thing you saw in your mind and it would make you go crazy. You see the more you spoke about how you need to get over my looks and how you're going to pulverize me, the more you went back on how good looking I am. You'll never be over me, you'll want me until you just can't take it anymore. You'll sneak into my locker room, hear that shower running and you'll do everything you can to stay out, but inside you'll know what you want. You want me to give you the best night of your life, to do what I do best. Because you know that anything that is worth it's salt, I'm obsess over it. And with sex, if I attacked it the way I attack wrestling, if I put forth the learning of my opponents and put that into sex, you know just how good I am at it. The sensuality, the power, what I do with my mouth, the way I would run my fingers all over your body. The way I'm going to touch you in that ring.
Ash smiles.
Ash: See, how you feel right now, after I said those things, you'll never be over it. Tearing your eyes out would only give me yet another advantage and you've already given me so many.
Ash: Also, if Jace puts a fight, you can tell him I'm more than happy to oblige. That motherfucker thinks I'm a nobody. I'll show him who's a fuckin' nobody when I put his face through a wall. I don't take lightly to anyone thinking they are better than me. So you can tell Jace to shut the fuck up or knuckle up, he speaks like that because he thinks he's safe in your promos. He's gossiping about me like a little fuckin' bitch, he ever steps foot into an arena and I see him, I'm gonna fuck him up...bad.
Ash: You think you can hurt me so much that I'd beg you to stop, get fuckin' real. I never beg for anything, never had to, never will. You have the wrong guy if you think that, you will not bloody my face, this match will show you just how amazing I am.
Ash: You can imagine yourself beating me up all you want, because that's the closest it'll ever come to being true.
Ash laughs.
Ash: I'm not a boy band guy, or this Chad Murray fella, FUCK YOU! I'm going to punch you until my arms get tired and then I'm going to start kicking. You will never disregard me again. I'm coming for you Jayde. You have to train yourself to hate me, believe me, when I'm done with you, you'll do enough to hate me. I don't care who you think is hot or not, and telling yourself over and over that I'm not, tricking yourself into thinking it, means you are small minded. I mean you're so dumb you're believing your own lies, knowing they are lies and taking them for worth. Jayde, I'm going to own you, and I'm going to put that self doubt in you and I'm going to make you believe yourself to be insufficient.
Ash: You are a girl right out of the WB network, and we are stuck with this ridiculous version of MTV, and these stupid shows and movies that we're dragged to. It's because of idiot women like you, that are clueless and want so much more than they have. You live through these Selena Gomez's and that Twilight chick, you and women like you have made this world week. And you come into company seeking glory in the fight? You don't know what I'm about to put you through. The pain, agony and the tears, the heartbreak. Another place you fucked up, you called my wife a dog, so you've made this personal. You've come into this business to assume some sort of male role, therefore I will treat you like one. I'm going to rip your head off and put in a box for Jace to open on Christmas day. You have no fuckin' place to talk about my wife, and believe me, in that ring, she can beat the shit out of you. But it's my place to beat you, and it's because of the X-Core Championship qualifier. And Jayde, I will beat you, make no mistake about it.
Ash: Beside, how serious can I take you when you don't even know my name. It's Soulsfate stupid ass, not Soulfate. I'm supposed to believe you're focused when you can't even get my name right.
Ash: You see, you believe taking my looks is going to cost me, if I worried about my looks I would've never entered this business. A woman's looks are all she has, namely you, because you sure as hell don't have any brains. You see you've gotten everything because of your looks, and you've used it over and over and that's why you think it's going to hurt me. My looks didn't get a win over Frost or over Primal, so I don't know why you think threatening my looks is a big fuckin' deal. I wouldn't want to make my way into an X-Core Qualifier and I definitely wouldn't want a match with Kuk Killswitch, but hey, I do want all those things. I want the best of everything and I earn it, just like I will earn this company's respect with what I do in that ring. And you've seen my work, you know that it won't be that far off. And part of it will come with a win over you and I get into that qualifier match.
Ash: I will never remain on the bottom, if anything you will. I'm too damn good for that. Your big talk is going to come back and bite you in the ass. You won't be my salvation because I don't need it.
Ash: Jayde, the next time you open your mouth, try thinking first, I don't know how well it'll do you but it's got to be better than what you already said.
Ash looks out at the Los Angeles city, it is day and the city so busy.
Ash: You're sitting around talkin' to yourself, dreaming of me, you have pictures of me, I'm already in your head....so you're coming to Takendown.....already beaten.
The camera fades to...
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