Post by John Barber on Sept 29, 2013 10:09:53 GMT -5
“Stand Up” by Trapt is playing on the speakers as the scene fades into the US Airways Center. There are countless crew members all over the stage area, ramp, and ringside setting up for tonight’s War PPV. Out in the stands sits John Barber’s friend Billy and WCF interviewer Hank Brown. Off to the side is a man in a gray hoodie running quickly up the steps. Once he reaches the top, he drops to the ground and starts doing pushups. After so many, he hops back up, turns around and runs back down the steps. A glimpse of his face can be seen under the hoodie and it’s of course John Barber. He jogs down to the bottom of the steps and drops to the floor doing pushups once more.
A cameraman is seen walking down one of the aisles towards Billy and Hank Brown and the scene switches to that camera’s view to catch the upcoming interview.
Hank Brown
So I want to thank you and John for letting me interview you just hours before the big event tonight.
Hank looks over his shoulder at John real quick and gestures towards him.
Hank Brown
I take it he won’t be joining us?
Billy
Not until he finishes his workout. I’ll take all the questions until then.
Hank Brown
Perfectly fine. So how are you enjoying your new managerial duties?
Billy
Hehe duties. Um, yeah, so I think I’m likin ‘em something fierce there Hankster. It’s been pretty fun being a manager. Part of me wishes John was one of the bad guys so I could reach into the ring and trip people up or throw salt into their eyes like Mr. Fuji used to do for Yokozuna. I still think with John being one of the good guys, I can get a megaphone like Jimmy Hart, right?
Hank Brown
I could definitely see that. You mentioned some of the biggest managers in the history of our business. Who do you see yourself one day being compared to? Who would you like to be talked about in the same sentence with when it comes to managers.
Billy looks off to the side, thinking for a few seconds.
Billy
I think I could one day see myself being talked about in the same sentences as Bobby Heenan. Hell, John’s got a younger brother who wants to be a wrassler and a couple of cousins about his age as well. We could have our own Barber Family here in WCF.
Hank Brown
Heenan called his the Heenan Family. Are you saying your last name is Barber?
Billy
Nope.
Hank Brown
Then what is it?
Billy
That’s not important here. I thought we were here to talk about John Barber and War?
Hank Brown
Rats, I tried. So back to the last week. What was up with your guys’ initial promo? The one where you guys were imitating Hulk Hogan, The Ultimate Warrior, and Gene Okerlund?
Billy
Ah, that was just us having some fun. We wanted to start off with something that we both found hilarious.
Hank Brown
Right, well, you seem to have stuck with this whole Barbermania thing.
Billy
Well, yeah, it is like Barbermania. Everywhere we’ve been going the last week or two, he’s getting recognized, hell I’m getting recognized. I’ve been to places by myself without him and even I get people running up to me asking if John is nearby.
Hank Brown
Yeah, I have to admit that John is gaining in popularity. Some of it is because of all these wins and he’s beating all these guys that the fans boo. Then there’s the fact that you two stepped up to Eric Price a few weeks ago and have defended Ana Valentine as well. Plus I believe you and your personality have a lot to do with his success as well.
Billy
I’m not surprised by any of it Hank. Me and John, we go a ways back. All the way to preschool. I was addicted to paste and he got me off of it. There’s no telling how bad off I’d be if I hadn’t kicked that habit as a toddler.
Hank Brown
Well that’s interesting. So, we’re hours away from War and what are your thoughts on John’s chances in the match tonight?
Billy
I think he stands a pretty good chance. We still have the belief that he could win the damn thing. We’re not guaranteeing the win, but we’re really confident that he has a great shot at winning. Like we said the other day, just because he’s a rookie doesn’t mean he doesn’t have a shot. Like we pointed out, there’s been others who were rookies here and they won War. Over one third of the people who won War were rookies here. Logan won it three times so technically if you took it just by the number of War winners period, the percentage of War winners who was rookies is even higher, Hank.
Hank Brown
So you still maintain that the others were wrong about John not having a chance?
Billy
Yeah, I do. Look, every year at War, there’s anywhere from 20-40 plus people in the event. And every year only one of them wins. Look at who was in last year’s War event. Names like FPV, Odin Balfore, Johnny Reb, Eric Price, Mikami, Gravedigger, Corey Black, and so many more. Yet none of them won the War match. It doesn’t matter who you are or how long you’ve been here in a match like this because at any time you can be eliminated by anyone. Sarah Twilight and Eric Price, both former World champions are starting this match. If they don’t somehow tear each other apart before the third or fourth entrants come out, everyone entering the match would already have fierce competition to deal with. We could wake up tomorrow morning and the winner of War could be a rookie. Whether or not that’s John Barber is something else altogether, Hank.
Hank Brown
One thing that hasn’t been talked about this week is Ana Valentine and S-PAC taking her out. What are your thoughts on that?
Billy’s face gets red as he gets a little pissed off at that last question.
Billy
Oh, there’s gonna be some hell to pay I can tell you that right now, Hank. If S-PAC thinks they’re going to just get away with it and nothing is gonna be done about it, they got another thing coming. I do find it funny though that they had to be the ones to finally take her out. They spent all that time on the Twitter tweetin at people, trying to get them to take up the million dollar offer. Most of the people said no and the ones who tried got their rear ends tore up. If John Barber ends up winning War, we’re dedicatin this here title win to her.
Hank Brown
So, Billy, any final comments before we wrap this up?
Billy
Yeah, to all the wrasslers in the back, the Florida Cracker is coming for each and every one of you tonight. There ain’t a damn one of you that is going to stop him, maybe not individually. Although I guess if you all teamed up at once you’d definitely eliminate him. Hell, I think if three or four of ya teamed up, you could get the job done. Well shitfire! John’s going to just have to be on his feet tonight if he wants to win that match. John Barber might be a rookie and only have a few matches here under his belt, but that ain’t gonna stop him from being the MVP of this here match tonight.
John’s been eatin, livin and breathin in this arena for days now in preparation for tonight’s matches. Unless one of the other War participants is going to be his mystery TV title challenger tonight, John’s going to be the only damn one of ya that is wrasslin in not one, but TWO matches tonight. We’re planning on going home loaded down with gold and I’ll tell you right now that the TV title isn’t enough to make us be loaded down. We’re going home with that world title. We ain’t doin like Adam Young and stealin it. We’re winning it the honorable way by securing it around John’s waist as the new world champion.
The boys in PSWF are depending on us. Our family and friends are depending on us. The fans are depending on us. Ana Valentine is depending on us. Like John pointed out the other day, we ain’t like the other competitors who are doing this for themselves. We’re doing this to better ourselves, to better WCF, Sarah Twilight and her antics be damned. We ain’t scared of you, you’re all scared of the Florida Cracker. John’s ready to make all of you tap out. Hell, John might even grab his own arm and make himself tap out if he has to, but wait, that would mean he was eliminated. Ok, I didn’t think that one through, but the bottom line is this. Them there speakers that are playing Trapt songs right now while John works out. They’re going to be playing his Rev Theory song multiple times tonight. Before his TV title match, after his TV title match when he wins. Then it’s going to be played again when he runs out from the back to join the War competition and then one more time at the end of the PPV when he stands perched upon one of them turnbuckles clutching the world title. That ain’t an opinion, it’s a damn fact!
The scene fades to black.
A cameraman is seen walking down one of the aisles towards Billy and Hank Brown and the scene switches to that camera’s view to catch the upcoming interview.
Hank Brown
So I want to thank you and John for letting me interview you just hours before the big event tonight.
Hank looks over his shoulder at John real quick and gestures towards him.
Hank Brown
I take it he won’t be joining us?
Billy
Not until he finishes his workout. I’ll take all the questions until then.
Hank Brown
Perfectly fine. So how are you enjoying your new managerial duties?
Billy
Hehe duties. Um, yeah, so I think I’m likin ‘em something fierce there Hankster. It’s been pretty fun being a manager. Part of me wishes John was one of the bad guys so I could reach into the ring and trip people up or throw salt into their eyes like Mr. Fuji used to do for Yokozuna. I still think with John being one of the good guys, I can get a megaphone like Jimmy Hart, right?
Hank Brown
I could definitely see that. You mentioned some of the biggest managers in the history of our business. Who do you see yourself one day being compared to? Who would you like to be talked about in the same sentence with when it comes to managers.
Billy looks off to the side, thinking for a few seconds.
Billy
I think I could one day see myself being talked about in the same sentences as Bobby Heenan. Hell, John’s got a younger brother who wants to be a wrassler and a couple of cousins about his age as well. We could have our own Barber Family here in WCF.
Hank Brown
Heenan called his the Heenan Family. Are you saying your last name is Barber?
Billy
Nope.
Hank Brown
Then what is it?
Billy
That’s not important here. I thought we were here to talk about John Barber and War?
Hank Brown
Rats, I tried. So back to the last week. What was up with your guys’ initial promo? The one where you guys were imitating Hulk Hogan, The Ultimate Warrior, and Gene Okerlund?
Billy
Ah, that was just us having some fun. We wanted to start off with something that we both found hilarious.
Hank Brown
Right, well, you seem to have stuck with this whole Barbermania thing.
Billy
Well, yeah, it is like Barbermania. Everywhere we’ve been going the last week or two, he’s getting recognized, hell I’m getting recognized. I’ve been to places by myself without him and even I get people running up to me asking if John is nearby.
Hank Brown
Yeah, I have to admit that John is gaining in popularity. Some of it is because of all these wins and he’s beating all these guys that the fans boo. Then there’s the fact that you two stepped up to Eric Price a few weeks ago and have defended Ana Valentine as well. Plus I believe you and your personality have a lot to do with his success as well.
Billy
I’m not surprised by any of it Hank. Me and John, we go a ways back. All the way to preschool. I was addicted to paste and he got me off of it. There’s no telling how bad off I’d be if I hadn’t kicked that habit as a toddler.
Hank Brown
Well that’s interesting. So, we’re hours away from War and what are your thoughts on John’s chances in the match tonight?
Billy
I think he stands a pretty good chance. We still have the belief that he could win the damn thing. We’re not guaranteeing the win, but we’re really confident that he has a great shot at winning. Like we said the other day, just because he’s a rookie doesn’t mean he doesn’t have a shot. Like we pointed out, there’s been others who were rookies here and they won War. Over one third of the people who won War were rookies here. Logan won it three times so technically if you took it just by the number of War winners period, the percentage of War winners who was rookies is even higher, Hank.
Hank Brown
So you still maintain that the others were wrong about John not having a chance?
Billy
Yeah, I do. Look, every year at War, there’s anywhere from 20-40 plus people in the event. And every year only one of them wins. Look at who was in last year’s War event. Names like FPV, Odin Balfore, Johnny Reb, Eric Price, Mikami, Gravedigger, Corey Black, and so many more. Yet none of them won the War match. It doesn’t matter who you are or how long you’ve been here in a match like this because at any time you can be eliminated by anyone. Sarah Twilight and Eric Price, both former World champions are starting this match. If they don’t somehow tear each other apart before the third or fourth entrants come out, everyone entering the match would already have fierce competition to deal with. We could wake up tomorrow morning and the winner of War could be a rookie. Whether or not that’s John Barber is something else altogether, Hank.
Hank Brown
One thing that hasn’t been talked about this week is Ana Valentine and S-PAC taking her out. What are your thoughts on that?
Billy’s face gets red as he gets a little pissed off at that last question.
Billy
Oh, there’s gonna be some hell to pay I can tell you that right now, Hank. If S-PAC thinks they’re going to just get away with it and nothing is gonna be done about it, they got another thing coming. I do find it funny though that they had to be the ones to finally take her out. They spent all that time on the Twitter tweetin at people, trying to get them to take up the million dollar offer. Most of the people said no and the ones who tried got their rear ends tore up. If John Barber ends up winning War, we’re dedicatin this here title win to her.
Hank Brown
So, Billy, any final comments before we wrap this up?
Billy
Yeah, to all the wrasslers in the back, the Florida Cracker is coming for each and every one of you tonight. There ain’t a damn one of you that is going to stop him, maybe not individually. Although I guess if you all teamed up at once you’d definitely eliminate him. Hell, I think if three or four of ya teamed up, you could get the job done. Well shitfire! John’s going to just have to be on his feet tonight if he wants to win that match. John Barber might be a rookie and only have a few matches here under his belt, but that ain’t gonna stop him from being the MVP of this here match tonight.
John’s been eatin, livin and breathin in this arena for days now in preparation for tonight’s matches. Unless one of the other War participants is going to be his mystery TV title challenger tonight, John’s going to be the only damn one of ya that is wrasslin in not one, but TWO matches tonight. We’re planning on going home loaded down with gold and I’ll tell you right now that the TV title isn’t enough to make us be loaded down. We’re going home with that world title. We ain’t doin like Adam Young and stealin it. We’re winning it the honorable way by securing it around John’s waist as the new world champion.
The boys in PSWF are depending on us. Our family and friends are depending on us. The fans are depending on us. Ana Valentine is depending on us. Like John pointed out the other day, we ain’t like the other competitors who are doing this for themselves. We’re doing this to better ourselves, to better WCF, Sarah Twilight and her antics be damned. We ain’t scared of you, you’re all scared of the Florida Cracker. John’s ready to make all of you tap out. Hell, John might even grab his own arm and make himself tap out if he has to, but wait, that would mean he was eliminated. Ok, I didn’t think that one through, but the bottom line is this. Them there speakers that are playing Trapt songs right now while John works out. They’re going to be playing his Rev Theory song multiple times tonight. Before his TV title match, after his TV title match when he wins. Then it’s going to be played again when he runs out from the back to join the War competition and then one more time at the end of the PPV when he stands perched upon one of them turnbuckles clutching the world title. That ain’t an opinion, it’s a damn fact!
The scene fades to black.
