Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2017 10:52:55 GMT -5
The scene opens up backstage in the Bank of America Arena. We open up on a scene with a pair of chairs, some fake looking plants and a WCF logo in the background. Seated in one of the chairs is WCF’s most famous interviewer, Hank Brown. In the other is WCF’s Gravedigger. Gravedigger is swatting away the makeup people while Hank Brown puckers his lips like a fucking loser and lets them go to town on his face.
Finally they finish with Hank Brown with Gravedigger glaring at him while Hank gives an oblivious look and nod to Gravedigger. Hank glances off screen and nods. He turns towards the camera.
Hank Brown: WCF, it is I, everyone’s favorite interviewer, Hank Brown. Toda---
Gravedigger: Not everyone’s.
Hank Brown stops and frowns at the interruption and glances at Gravedigger.
Hank Brown: What? Who says I’m not their favorite?
Gravedigger smirks.
Gravedigger: Me. You’re not my favorite. I asked for Lucsious Jackson.
Hank Brown: He’s dead. Sarah Twilight beheaded him years ago.
Gravedigger: To this day, he is still better at interviewing than you.
Hank Brown looks like he’s about to cry.
Hank Brown: I thought we had a good rapport Gravedigger? We’ve known each other most of your WCF career.
Gravedigger: Yeah we know each other. We get along. I can deal with your nonsense, but you’re not my favorite. You don’t wipe that fucking tear I just saw streaming down from your face, I will come over there and FUCK YOU UP.
A look of shock mixed with fear goes across the face of Hank Brown. He quickly wipes away at his cheek. He gulps audibly.
Gravedigger: Don’t fucking do that.
Hank Brown: Do what?
Gravedigger: Don’t do that stupid fucking gulp or the next time you swallow it will be one of my boots.
Hank Brown laughs nervously, looking down at his cards. Gravedigger glares, leaning over his chair.
Hank Brown: Um, uh, well anyway. Let me introduce my guest today. He is --
Gravedigger cuts Hank Brown off again.
Gravedigger: Hank they know who the fuck I am!
Hank Brown glares at Gravedigger.
Hank Brown: Are you going to let me do my job here?
Gravedigger: Your job is to ask the questions. Ask me some fucking questions.
Hank Brown looks down at his cards.
Hank Brown: Who is your favorite baske---
Gravedigger stands up from his chair, fists clenched. Hank jumps in his seat and starts rifling through his cards, tossing some out. He finally stops on one and points at it with a “Eureka” moment on his face.
Hank Brown: Here we go! Here we go! I got a good one.
Gravedigger slowly sits back down in his chair, eyeballing Hank.
Hank Brown: S-so, how does it feel to be one of two men in 2017 here in WCF to hold two singles titles?
Gravedigger: Well, they’re not the most prestigious titles and Jared Holmes did it better with one of his belts being the World title, but I have to say it feels pretty great. I find it ironic that these two belts are two of the belts that I’ve shat on more than any other titles in the company’s history and now here I am holding both of them.
Hank Brown: This has been a roller coaster of a year for you. You’ve had your ups and your downs this year. You’ve won singles titles, you’ve beaten a few tag teams here and there with Jayson Price and in Trios with Kevin Bishop as well. But then you’ve had your losses in Trios, and against Joey Flash for the world title and in the main event of Ultimate Showdown you didn’t walk out with the world title. What are your thoughts on all of that?
Gravedigger ponders the question for a moment before responding.
Gravedigger: Honestly, it’s been consistent with most of my career here in WCF. I’ve had my high moments and my low moments. Winning Trios would have been nice for the resume, but unlike Everest, I didn’t need it. Winning Ultimate Showdown would have also been nice for the resume, but again, I didn’t need it. I’m at a point where I still want to be the best, but I no longer have to go out each week and prove it.
Some people would scoff at that statement, but who in WCF in the calendar year of 2017 can even come close to my career here? Joey Flash and Jayson Price are the only two men not already in the Hall of Fame that could compare. I can sit here and rattle off a list of major names this year including the current world champion and I can tell you that none of them are Hall of Fame bound except for Flash and Price like I just mentioned.
Hank Brown: You don’t think Stephen Singh will make it into the Hall of Fame? Even after winning Ultimate Showdown?
Gravedigger chuckles.
Gravedigger: No. Winning Ultimate Showdown is not some guaranteed Hall of Fame spot. Guys like Dune, Gemini Battle, Ice Beckman, and NvL have won Ultimate Showdown and Dune is arguably the only one of that list who will make it in. War is where you see men make it into the Hall of Fame.
Hank Brown: Do you have your eye on a second War win for your resume?
Gravedigger: Yeah, but winning War is a crapshoot, especially with the level of talent that will be in it this year.
Hank Brown: Agreed. So let’s switch gears to what you’ve been dealing with for the past month. You won the People’s Title at Ultimate Showdown and during your celebration segment, you called out the locker room to deliver you a challenger for your newly won title. Your long time friend and sometimes foe, Bishop, walked out from the back to accept the challenge.
Gravedigger smirks.
Gravedigger: Yeah, that was a surprise to see him walk out there. It wasn’t a total shock to see him making a big move like that especially since he turned on his brother previously and was going the singles route once again. We basically broke into the business together. Even before either one of us started wrestling, we are both the brothers of men who were also friends and teammates, so our families have been linked here in wrestling since our debuts.
Hank Brown: You’re referring to your brother Chester, and Bishop’s other brother Tiny?
Gravedigger: Yeah. We all go way back. For those who have followed WCF religiously, we were all part of a faction called The Dark Side here in 2003. We eventually split when I was away on injury and when I came back The Dark Side was split into two groups with Bishop leading the other. We eventually reformed when I won the world title back, but the two of us are no strangers to fighting each other.
Hank Brown: Yeah that fight the other week for the People’s Title at Revenge was brutal to watch.
Gravedigger: Bishop surprised me there. I wasn’t expecting that kind of effort from him. He really felt he needed to beat me and take the People’s Title. He needed to prove himself. Like he mentioned, beating me in that tag team match wasn’t enough.
Hank Brown: Has Bishop ever beaten you?
Gravedigger: I’ve been doing this so long and we’ve had so many matches earlier in our career that I can’t really remember. There may have been one time when he beat me, but overall, the record between the two of us is heavily skewed in my favor. Especially when titles are on the line. I learned last week that he has set the bar higher for himself in an attempt to finally wrest a title from my grasp.
Hank Brown: Well, this week you two are in the ring again, this time in a tag team match with Damian Simmons tagging with Bishop while your partner will be Matthew Drake. What are your thoughts on this match tonight on Slam?
Gravedigger shrugs.
Gravedigger: There’s no telling Hank. All I know is I will not underestimate Bishop again like I did in the big tag match before Revenge or even at Revenge. I will come at Bishop with everything I’ve got. I don’t care how many people are in the match or what kind it is. I will prove to the world that he’s not on my level and that I just simply underestimated him.
Hank Brown: Well thanks Gravedigger for speaking with me today. Good luck in your match tonight! Folks tune into Slam tonight!
The scene fades out.
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The scene opens up backstage as Gravedigger walks towards the lockerroom area, a bag slung over his shoulder. He looks at the camera and speaks.
Gravedigger: Bishop, I know you pinning me in that tag team match the other week and then nearly beating me for the People’s Title has bolstered your confidence, but I can tell you right now that you need to take a step back and think about what it is you’re doing here. Like I said before, this isn’t 2003 and we’re not on the same level anymore. I’ve gone on to win 3 world titles and nearly every other belt this company has ever had. I’ve main evented and I’ve beaten the best in this company.
You on the other hand have been eating the mat in over 90% of your matches in the past 14 years since those good ol’ days in 2003. This really isn’t a fight you can ultimately win. I promise you that come War, I’ll still be the People’s champion and you’ll still be chasing gold. It probably won’t be my gold because if I have to, I’ll bury you just like all the others here in WCF.
I’m the People’s champion and I don’t intend on losing this belt anytime soon. So if you really want another shot at this title on my shoulder, you’re going to have to prove it tonight on Slam in our tag team match.
Speaking of our tag team match, I just want to go ahead and warn Damian Simmons and Matthew Drake. I don’t give a shit if one of you is my tag team partner, you two need to just no-show tonight on Slam. Or go talk to Seth about getting you out of this match and him making this another one-on-one match between Bishop and myself. The two of us are going to walk all over You guys have been here for over 2 months and I still don’t have a single fucking clue who either one of you are. If you show up tonight, you’ll be just another set of bodies for me to bury in the center of the ring.
But hey, Matthew Drake, since you are my tag team partner, you better bring your A game. I can tell you now that Bishop’s only priority is destroying me and pinning me again. He’s going to be distracted with taking me out. He may not be on a huge winning streak this year, but I can promise you he’s not someone to take lightly. Bring your A game and don’t fuck up and we’ll be good.
Damian Simmons, Bishop. Tonight, WCF will watch as I take you both out. Tag team wrestling is one of my specialities. It’s how I broke into the business and I’ve got more tag titles to my name than almost every single wrestler who has entered WCF. Only a couple of men in the company’s history can match or beat my tag team history.
Gravedigger finally enters the lockerroom. He drops his bag down on a bench along with his People’s Title. He turns back to the camera and flexes, pointing at his arm.
Gravedigger: See this, Damian? This is how I’m going to introduce myself to you tonight. With a Grave Marker that will nearly take your head off and then by burying you with a Death Driver. Maybe you’ll be lucky and Bishop will be the recipient instead. Ah fuck it, I think I’ll just bury you both. Come to Slam, fellas. Get buried.
Gravedigger smirks as the scene fades to black.
Finally they finish with Hank Brown with Gravedigger glaring at him while Hank gives an oblivious look and nod to Gravedigger. Hank glances off screen and nods. He turns towards the camera.
Hank Brown: WCF, it is I, everyone’s favorite interviewer, Hank Brown. Toda---
Gravedigger: Not everyone’s.
Hank Brown stops and frowns at the interruption and glances at Gravedigger.
Hank Brown: What? Who says I’m not their favorite?
Gravedigger smirks.
Gravedigger: Me. You’re not my favorite. I asked for Lucsious Jackson.
Hank Brown: He’s dead. Sarah Twilight beheaded him years ago.
Gravedigger: To this day, he is still better at interviewing than you.
Hank Brown looks like he’s about to cry.
Hank Brown: I thought we had a good rapport Gravedigger? We’ve known each other most of your WCF career.
Gravedigger: Yeah we know each other. We get along. I can deal with your nonsense, but you’re not my favorite. You don’t wipe that fucking tear I just saw streaming down from your face, I will come over there and FUCK YOU UP.
A look of shock mixed with fear goes across the face of Hank Brown. He quickly wipes away at his cheek. He gulps audibly.
Gravedigger: Don’t fucking do that.
Hank Brown: Do what?
Gravedigger: Don’t do that stupid fucking gulp or the next time you swallow it will be one of my boots.
Hank Brown laughs nervously, looking down at his cards. Gravedigger glares, leaning over his chair.
Hank Brown: Um, uh, well anyway. Let me introduce my guest today. He is --
Gravedigger cuts Hank Brown off again.
Gravedigger: Hank they know who the fuck I am!
Hank Brown glares at Gravedigger.
Hank Brown: Are you going to let me do my job here?
Gravedigger: Your job is to ask the questions. Ask me some fucking questions.
Hank Brown looks down at his cards.
Hank Brown: Who is your favorite baske---
Gravedigger stands up from his chair, fists clenched. Hank jumps in his seat and starts rifling through his cards, tossing some out. He finally stops on one and points at it with a “Eureka” moment on his face.
Hank Brown: Here we go! Here we go! I got a good one.
Gravedigger slowly sits back down in his chair, eyeballing Hank.
Hank Brown: S-so, how does it feel to be one of two men in 2017 here in WCF to hold two singles titles?
Gravedigger: Well, they’re not the most prestigious titles and Jared Holmes did it better with one of his belts being the World title, but I have to say it feels pretty great. I find it ironic that these two belts are two of the belts that I’ve shat on more than any other titles in the company’s history and now here I am holding both of them.
Hank Brown: This has been a roller coaster of a year for you. You’ve had your ups and your downs this year. You’ve won singles titles, you’ve beaten a few tag teams here and there with Jayson Price and in Trios with Kevin Bishop as well. But then you’ve had your losses in Trios, and against Joey Flash for the world title and in the main event of Ultimate Showdown you didn’t walk out with the world title. What are your thoughts on all of that?
Gravedigger ponders the question for a moment before responding.
Gravedigger: Honestly, it’s been consistent with most of my career here in WCF. I’ve had my high moments and my low moments. Winning Trios would have been nice for the resume, but unlike Everest, I didn’t need it. Winning Ultimate Showdown would have also been nice for the resume, but again, I didn’t need it. I’m at a point where I still want to be the best, but I no longer have to go out each week and prove it.
Some people would scoff at that statement, but who in WCF in the calendar year of 2017 can even come close to my career here? Joey Flash and Jayson Price are the only two men not already in the Hall of Fame that could compare. I can sit here and rattle off a list of major names this year including the current world champion and I can tell you that none of them are Hall of Fame bound except for Flash and Price like I just mentioned.
Hank Brown: You don’t think Stephen Singh will make it into the Hall of Fame? Even after winning Ultimate Showdown?
Gravedigger chuckles.
Gravedigger: No. Winning Ultimate Showdown is not some guaranteed Hall of Fame spot. Guys like Dune, Gemini Battle, Ice Beckman, and NvL have won Ultimate Showdown and Dune is arguably the only one of that list who will make it in. War is where you see men make it into the Hall of Fame.
Hank Brown: Do you have your eye on a second War win for your resume?
Gravedigger: Yeah, but winning War is a crapshoot, especially with the level of talent that will be in it this year.
Hank Brown: Agreed. So let’s switch gears to what you’ve been dealing with for the past month. You won the People’s Title at Ultimate Showdown and during your celebration segment, you called out the locker room to deliver you a challenger for your newly won title. Your long time friend and sometimes foe, Bishop, walked out from the back to accept the challenge.
Gravedigger smirks.
Gravedigger: Yeah, that was a surprise to see him walk out there. It wasn’t a total shock to see him making a big move like that especially since he turned on his brother previously and was going the singles route once again. We basically broke into the business together. Even before either one of us started wrestling, we are both the brothers of men who were also friends and teammates, so our families have been linked here in wrestling since our debuts.
Hank Brown: You’re referring to your brother Chester, and Bishop’s other brother Tiny?
Gravedigger: Yeah. We all go way back. For those who have followed WCF religiously, we were all part of a faction called The Dark Side here in 2003. We eventually split when I was away on injury and when I came back The Dark Side was split into two groups with Bishop leading the other. We eventually reformed when I won the world title back, but the two of us are no strangers to fighting each other.
Hank Brown: Yeah that fight the other week for the People’s Title at Revenge was brutal to watch.
Gravedigger: Bishop surprised me there. I wasn’t expecting that kind of effort from him. He really felt he needed to beat me and take the People’s Title. He needed to prove himself. Like he mentioned, beating me in that tag team match wasn’t enough.
Hank Brown: Has Bishop ever beaten you?
Gravedigger: I’ve been doing this so long and we’ve had so many matches earlier in our career that I can’t really remember. There may have been one time when he beat me, but overall, the record between the two of us is heavily skewed in my favor. Especially when titles are on the line. I learned last week that he has set the bar higher for himself in an attempt to finally wrest a title from my grasp.
Hank Brown: Well, this week you two are in the ring again, this time in a tag team match with Damian Simmons tagging with Bishop while your partner will be Matthew Drake. What are your thoughts on this match tonight on Slam?
Gravedigger shrugs.
Gravedigger: There’s no telling Hank. All I know is I will not underestimate Bishop again like I did in the big tag match before Revenge or even at Revenge. I will come at Bishop with everything I’ve got. I don’t care how many people are in the match or what kind it is. I will prove to the world that he’s not on my level and that I just simply underestimated him.
Hank Brown: Well thanks Gravedigger for speaking with me today. Good luck in your match tonight! Folks tune into Slam tonight!
The scene fades out.
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The scene opens up backstage as Gravedigger walks towards the lockerroom area, a bag slung over his shoulder. He looks at the camera and speaks.
Gravedigger: Bishop, I know you pinning me in that tag team match the other week and then nearly beating me for the People’s Title has bolstered your confidence, but I can tell you right now that you need to take a step back and think about what it is you’re doing here. Like I said before, this isn’t 2003 and we’re not on the same level anymore. I’ve gone on to win 3 world titles and nearly every other belt this company has ever had. I’ve main evented and I’ve beaten the best in this company.
You on the other hand have been eating the mat in over 90% of your matches in the past 14 years since those good ol’ days in 2003. This really isn’t a fight you can ultimately win. I promise you that come War, I’ll still be the People’s champion and you’ll still be chasing gold. It probably won’t be my gold because if I have to, I’ll bury you just like all the others here in WCF.
I’m the People’s champion and I don’t intend on losing this belt anytime soon. So if you really want another shot at this title on my shoulder, you’re going to have to prove it tonight on Slam in our tag team match.
Speaking of our tag team match, I just want to go ahead and warn Damian Simmons and Matthew Drake. I don’t give a shit if one of you is my tag team partner, you two need to just no-show tonight on Slam. Or go talk to Seth about getting you out of this match and him making this another one-on-one match between Bishop and myself. The two of us are going to walk all over You guys have been here for over 2 months and I still don’t have a single fucking clue who either one of you are. If you show up tonight, you’ll be just another set of bodies for me to bury in the center of the ring.
But hey, Matthew Drake, since you are my tag team partner, you better bring your A game. I can tell you now that Bishop’s only priority is destroying me and pinning me again. He’s going to be distracted with taking me out. He may not be on a huge winning streak this year, but I can promise you he’s not someone to take lightly. Bring your A game and don’t fuck up and we’ll be good.
Damian Simmons, Bishop. Tonight, WCF will watch as I take you both out. Tag team wrestling is one of my specialities. It’s how I broke into the business and I’ve got more tag titles to my name than almost every single wrestler who has entered WCF. Only a couple of men in the company’s history can match or beat my tag team history.
Gravedigger finally enters the lockerroom. He drops his bag down on a bench along with his People’s Title. He turns back to the camera and flexes, pointing at his arm.
Gravedigger: See this, Damian? This is how I’m going to introduce myself to you tonight. With a Grave Marker that will nearly take your head off and then by burying you with a Death Driver. Maybe you’ll be lucky and Bishop will be the recipient instead. Ah fuck it, I think I’ll just bury you both. Come to Slam, fellas. Get buried.
Gravedigger smirks as the scene fades to black.