Post by LC Babay! on Nov 6, 2014 10:03:21 GMT
"Burn it Down" - "Learn Some Respect" Pt. 2; A Developmental Piece
"So you've all enjoyed it so far, huh? You've enjoyed this.. "passion" that you've been seeing?? 'Cause ya know it's a funny thing, that passion. See, Frank decided he had enough and chose to speak up, speak his mind, say things how it is, how he sees and and I figured, ya know what? I've always been a pretty loud mouthed kinda guy with some pent up aggression so I figure, what the hell, why not, and I spoke out what I had to say and what do I hear? I hear from the boss man 'I love it. Everyone's promos have been filled with passion as of late.' You LOVE IT?! Of course you do, but if only you actually could get your own head out of your ass long enough to see that what you're riding right now is a sinking ship. You're trying to act like it's the best damn thing on the planet while you ride off of the coat tails of Missouri State Wrestling, buying it out and giving you SO MUCH to work off of but you choose to only pick and choose the parts you want to acknowledge all the while your entire roster is made up of those hard working individuals and it seems to me that people are either not speaking up because they're benefiting from your bullshit like Konstantine, who let's face it, you obviously want him to be facing for your world title or else there's no way in hell you would have made the call to say his promo work was better than mine in that triple threat two shows ago."
I paused for a moment.
"Now, I'm sure right now that comment confused some folks, so let me break it down for you. Rech has said since the beginning that the way he's running this is how quite a few promotions SAY they run their ship. Through the course of the two weeks each wrestler that's competing promos for their match and it's put up on the web for your viewing pleasure. Then the night of the show he comes to us and he tells us who he thought did the better promo work, and says that's who's gonna take the win. Now... that's what he tells us. But what he tells us isn't actually what he feels. See, you've got a guy like Daniel Smart... Daniel is something else because Daniel gets to do next to nothing and gets all of the benefit from this crap. He has Michael Smart talking for him... every time.. when the two are supposed to be polar opposite people. We're trying to see a change in Daniel, right? Well spoiler alert, Daniel Smart isn't the hero you want him to be. Sooner than later he's gonna turn on somebody, he'll become the bad guy and Rech will want you all to be in shock and awe because he thinks we're all a bunch of f*cking idiots or something. Do you know why Konstantine got the decision in that match? In case you missed it the last time I spoke, it's because we got told that it seemed I was trying to tell more of a story than he was, so that's why he wanted me to run in to save Frank at the end with Alex Arren -- who couldn't even bother to cut a promo either when he was supposed to be my partner. So you know what man? Screw you. I didn't wanna work with you to begin with, I tried to approach you if you wanted to collaborate on something and ya ignored me then and during the match so screw you, piss off, go run along to Garland and Rech. Maybe they'll enjoy your asinine sense of humor."
I just shook my head. All of this was just... yeah. And seeing the boss man say that he loved all of this, that he thought our passion was for HIM?! Who the hell was he kidding.
"See, that bubbly girl of ours, Marie Porter, she did what, in Rech's view, I didn't do. And Artemis did what, in Rech's view, what I did, but look at the results and you tell me if I'm wrong. Because I guess standing up for my friends, running out to make a save for a friend, having respect for my friends and the company I WAS going to work for... having RESPECT for a hall of famer, former world champion and a master of his craft, I guess that gives me passion for you, right? HELL NO! I don't give a damn about this company. There's nothing revolutionary about this place. It's a damn tar pit and unless you're smart there's no getting out until its dead and gone, which at this rate might be sooner than later. Nah, see, the passion that you claim to love? It's for that little Missouri promotion that had the eyes of all of the fans and all of the haters. It's for that little Missouri based promotion that ran with the best talent, bringing talents together that never faced each other and creating something new, awesome and unique. But you're just a god damn leach trying to leach off of that success, using it's name to say what you're about just to make yourself seem good. Then once we're here? It's a damn shame. Might as well be calling yourself a Christian while only using the Bible to make yourself seem like a good person because that's EXACTLY what the RWD has done with Missouri State's name and value."
I sighed.
"So you can argue with me all day and night if you want, you can disagree with what I'm saying but I will not and I cannot be silenced. I will continue to stand up for the morals I have been raised with. I will continue to stand up and defend the respect I was taught in this business and stand up for NEVER having an ounce of respect for Travis Rech or the RWD until it either burns to the ground in a burst of flames, or he decides to quit letting this shit go in one ear and out the other, listen, and fix your product. The only heart in that locker room is Frank Washington, Shawna Martinez, myself and Drew Stevenson until you drove him away for the very reason that we've chose to speak loudly about. I know I should be on that leader board for the belt... but the belt doesn't even matter to me when there's no value to it. There's no value to any of this. There's no value to anything we've done. Missouri State was something to be proud of and you've tried to take that away from all of us. We still look back and enjoy what happened in Missouri State, from the beginning all the way until its tragic end. You've got some real talented individuals working under you, Rech, but it seems the only ones that you seem to care about are the ones you've got sewn to your every word, believing in your bullshit. The RWD isn't even a blip on the wrestling world. You're a cheap Missouri State knock-off but there could only be one Missouri State so ya may as well stop trying. That is..."
Yeah.
".. That is unless you quit contradicting yourself at your every move every show. Don't make a decision one way for story just to make the opposite decision for the same reason two weeks later. At first.. I thought this place had potential. I thought it'd be fun to work in a company like this but instead it makes me sick every day that I wake up and know that I have to look at this place. You don't have the respect for us and right now? There's definitely no respect for how you're piloting this Mini-Titanic of your own world, but a Titanic is a Titanic and it's destined to fail unless you learn from past mistakes. I hate the way only people who can't think for themselves and hang on your every word are the ones that we're seeing at the top of the mountain. Konstantine and Schneider, Daniel Smart, Artemis Kaiser and you even managed to somehow corrupt Frankie Cocheese and it just makes me sick. So in the end of it all, when it all boils down to one result.. I can't stand this company. I can't stand how not every talent is treated with equality. I can't stand how you tell us that our promos and what we say in them matter but then decide that the person who did the better job isn't what you want so you alter the decision and mask it under "his one promo was much more complete" bullshit. I'm tired of same old story, the same old song and dance. Frank is tired of it, Shawna is tired of it, Drew got sick of it and quit already and it's YOUR FAULT, Rech. And it's your fault that disrespectful little fucks like Kruzer decided to make a comment, saying "Did you at least let the door hit him in the ass on the way out?!" In the end, every mother f*cker in that locker room knows I'm right but they're either too afraid to speak up, or you've brainwashed them."
Time to wrap it up.
"I'm not here to care about RWD succeeding. I'm not here to care about some sad little match that I'll probably get given the raw end of the stick anyway. I'm here right now, giving you this promo, to care only about a few things, a few people and together, collectively, we had one wish. To watch your whole world BURN."
I paused for a moment.
"Now, I'm sure right now that comment confused some folks, so let me break it down for you. Rech has said since the beginning that the way he's running this is how quite a few promotions SAY they run their ship. Through the course of the two weeks each wrestler that's competing promos for their match and it's put up on the web for your viewing pleasure. Then the night of the show he comes to us and he tells us who he thought did the better promo work, and says that's who's gonna take the win. Now... that's what he tells us. But what he tells us isn't actually what he feels. See, you've got a guy like Daniel Smart... Daniel is something else because Daniel gets to do next to nothing and gets all of the benefit from this crap. He has Michael Smart talking for him... every time.. when the two are supposed to be polar opposite people. We're trying to see a change in Daniel, right? Well spoiler alert, Daniel Smart isn't the hero you want him to be. Sooner than later he's gonna turn on somebody, he'll become the bad guy and Rech will want you all to be in shock and awe because he thinks we're all a bunch of f*cking idiots or something. Do you know why Konstantine got the decision in that match? In case you missed it the last time I spoke, it's because we got told that it seemed I was trying to tell more of a story than he was, so that's why he wanted me to run in to save Frank at the end with Alex Arren -- who couldn't even bother to cut a promo either when he was supposed to be my partner. So you know what man? Screw you. I didn't wanna work with you to begin with, I tried to approach you if you wanted to collaborate on something and ya ignored me then and during the match so screw you, piss off, go run along to Garland and Rech. Maybe they'll enjoy your asinine sense of humor."
I just shook my head. All of this was just... yeah. And seeing the boss man say that he loved all of this, that he thought our passion was for HIM?! Who the hell was he kidding.
"See, that bubbly girl of ours, Marie Porter, she did what, in Rech's view, I didn't do. And Artemis did what, in Rech's view, what I did, but look at the results and you tell me if I'm wrong. Because I guess standing up for my friends, running out to make a save for a friend, having respect for my friends and the company I WAS going to work for... having RESPECT for a hall of famer, former world champion and a master of his craft, I guess that gives me passion for you, right? HELL NO! I don't give a damn about this company. There's nothing revolutionary about this place. It's a damn tar pit and unless you're smart there's no getting out until its dead and gone, which at this rate might be sooner than later. Nah, see, the passion that you claim to love? It's for that little Missouri promotion that had the eyes of all of the fans and all of the haters. It's for that little Missouri based promotion that ran with the best talent, bringing talents together that never faced each other and creating something new, awesome and unique. But you're just a god damn leach trying to leach off of that success, using it's name to say what you're about just to make yourself seem good. Then once we're here? It's a damn shame. Might as well be calling yourself a Christian while only using the Bible to make yourself seem like a good person because that's EXACTLY what the RWD has done with Missouri State's name and value."
I sighed.
"So you can argue with me all day and night if you want, you can disagree with what I'm saying but I will not and I cannot be silenced. I will continue to stand up for the morals I have been raised with. I will continue to stand up and defend the respect I was taught in this business and stand up for NEVER having an ounce of respect for Travis Rech or the RWD until it either burns to the ground in a burst of flames, or he decides to quit letting this shit go in one ear and out the other, listen, and fix your product. The only heart in that locker room is Frank Washington, Shawna Martinez, myself and Drew Stevenson until you drove him away for the very reason that we've chose to speak loudly about. I know I should be on that leader board for the belt... but the belt doesn't even matter to me when there's no value to it. There's no value to any of this. There's no value to anything we've done. Missouri State was something to be proud of and you've tried to take that away from all of us. We still look back and enjoy what happened in Missouri State, from the beginning all the way until its tragic end. You've got some real talented individuals working under you, Rech, but it seems the only ones that you seem to care about are the ones you've got sewn to your every word, believing in your bullshit. The RWD isn't even a blip on the wrestling world. You're a cheap Missouri State knock-off but there could only be one Missouri State so ya may as well stop trying. That is..."
Yeah.
".. That is unless you quit contradicting yourself at your every move every show. Don't make a decision one way for story just to make the opposite decision for the same reason two weeks later. At first.. I thought this place had potential. I thought it'd be fun to work in a company like this but instead it makes me sick every day that I wake up and know that I have to look at this place. You don't have the respect for us and right now? There's definitely no respect for how you're piloting this Mini-Titanic of your own world, but a Titanic is a Titanic and it's destined to fail unless you learn from past mistakes. I hate the way only people who can't think for themselves and hang on your every word are the ones that we're seeing at the top of the mountain. Konstantine and Schneider, Daniel Smart, Artemis Kaiser and you even managed to somehow corrupt Frankie Cocheese and it just makes me sick. So in the end of it all, when it all boils down to one result.. I can't stand this company. I can't stand how not every talent is treated with equality. I can't stand how you tell us that our promos and what we say in them matter but then decide that the person who did the better job isn't what you want so you alter the decision and mask it under "his one promo was much more complete" bullshit. I'm tired of same old story, the same old song and dance. Frank is tired of it, Shawna is tired of it, Drew got sick of it and quit already and it's YOUR FAULT, Rech. And it's your fault that disrespectful little fucks like Kruzer decided to make a comment, saying "Did you at least let the door hit him in the ass on the way out?!" In the end, every mother f*cker in that locker room knows I'm right but they're either too afraid to speak up, or you've brainwashed them."
Time to wrap it up.
"I'm not here to care about RWD succeeding. I'm not here to care about some sad little match that I'll probably get given the raw end of the stick anyway. I'm here right now, giving you this promo, to care only about a few things, a few people and together, collectively, we had one wish. To watch your whole world BURN."